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Selvin's

main road to punta uva, Costa Rica
Ranked #25 of 50 restaurants in Puerto Viejo
4.0 of 5 stars 25 Reviews
Cuisines: Caribbean
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Lisa R
Chicago, Illinois
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4 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 6, 2012

Both my husband & I had the Rodon, a seafood bisque. We shared an entree, which was plenty for two of grilled squid, coconut rice, plantains and fresh greens. Delicious. All very fresh. The ginger cookie served with whip cream at the end of this fantastic meal was so good. Service was great and the staff was friendly. Do stop... More

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Cutetreefrog
Ottawa
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24 reviews
4 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 5, 2012

I had chicken with Caribbean sauce and it included a tasty but small thigh, rice that was too salty and had too strong a coconut flavour for my liking, and a bit of salad. My partner had the Caribbean seafood soup, that he said was excellent. The grilled red snapper was okay, but not exceptional. More

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Fun2bblonde
Warrington
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17 reviews
12 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed February 5, 2012

Selvin was recommended to us by many people & we tried to eat there but got the feeling we weren't welcomed. We had stopped earlier in the day to reserve a table as it was Saturday night. We arrived at 7pm, the table was ready,we sat ordered a bottle of wine while looking over the menu. There were a few... More

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vida_nueva_lisa
Puerto Viejo
Senior Contributor
22 reviews
3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed February 3, 2012

Selvin's is a local icon - everybody loves Selvin and his cooking, especially his recipe for Rondon. Try it! More

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Barry S
Stockton, New Jersey
Senior Contributor
24 reviews
10 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed February 2, 2012

We went to Selvin's on our first night in Puerto Viejo on the recommendation of the manager at our hotel. We found it to be a pleasant open air restaurant (we have since learned that every restaurant in the area is open-air) serving what is apparently typical Costa Rican-Carribean food. As an appetizer our son and my wife shared a... More

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Paul R
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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4 reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed February 1, 2012

The grilled squid was excellent! A huge plate of food was brought for a very reasonable price. More

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Darren B
London
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39 reviews
7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed January 30, 2012

We arrived in Punta Uva after a 5 hour drive from San Jose, so we were ready for a big meal! The portions here were pretty big, so although the prices seemed high, in actual fact they are no different to many restaurants in Puerto Viejo, and the portions bigger and most importantly it was the tastiest meal we had... More

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dagoDenver
Denver, Colorado
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17 reviews
64 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 19, 2012

Spent our last night with friends at this restaurant and the owner went out of his way to satisfy. We each got our favorite dish (one was vegetarian prepared) and were not disappointed. Good time/Good meal/Good friends. Less than $100 for 4 w/drinks and appetizers (better than Denver). More

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mchilcot
Plymouth, Massachusetts
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5 reviews
2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed January 16, 2012

it took 20 minutes before we were even offerd a drink. then it took another 30 to get the drink. we orderd our food when we orderd the drinks. the food and drinks came at the same time. good food though. to give them a break the whole country has slow customer food service More

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Marissa S
San Jose, Costa Rica
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4 reviews
2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed January 10, 2012

Food was great !!! the service is awesome, everything was very fresh More

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