THE best restaurant in Santa Teresa. Ambiance is magical, food is stellar, service is knowledgeable about entire menu, drinks are creative and fresh. We’ve been here a handful of times and it is consistently excellent. Gracias!

Best restaurant in Santa Teresa! The food is absolutely amazing and the service is top notch! It is clear that a lot of love goes into each and every item that leaves the kitchen. We have dined here several times over the past 6 years...and continue to be blown away each time! We cannot wait to come back again next year! Pura VidaMore

The food, atmosphere, and service was amazing at this restaurant. Our server, Vilda, was awesome. She was very knowledgeable about the menu and gave us some great advice on places to go in the area. Will definitely return if we ever get the chance to...come back to Santa Teresa!More

The food and service are the best! The family that owns the restaurant are awesome people!! We live close by and eat there frequently, be sure to stop by!

Simple and special italian food. The pork lambs were one of the best dishes we have tasted. Great service. Great food. Great atmosphere

I have dined at Al Chile Viola twice in a week. Loved the atmosphere and enjoyed talking with Luz, co-owner and wife of the Italian chef. You will love the tuna carpaccio! It’s marinated in passion fruit, lime, olive oil and capers. The seabass is...a symphony and I will let you discover it, should you chose to go fish all way. Pitty I don’t eat meat, couse I was told the beef carpaccio was equally good and the roasted pork rested for hours in an apple, tamarind sauce…. But who knows, maybe I will make an exception after more than 2 glasses of their very good Chianti🤭 So enjoy!More

AMAZING! The food was really good! The best restaurant we went to in our holiday in Costa Rica. We loved every minute. Our waitress Alice was really nice and made us feel at home the second we stepped in the restaurant. Thanks for this experience...and we will be back!More

Al Chile Viola is always on my list when I visit Santa Teresa. Last night's dinner did not disappoint. All my favorites were spectacular: beef carpaccio, caprese salad, and eggplant Parmesan as well as bull's balls ravioli and grilled octopus with roasted pumpkin. And of...course, a Bailey's frozen for dessert. Chef Emiliano and his wife Luz are always friendly, the service is wonderful, and the atmosphere is charming. As always, we will return on our next trip!More

Great specials & service. Got the yellowfin special and it was a huge portion. Two thumbs up! Highly recommend

Good Italian food. Beautiful atmosphere. The thing to get here is apparently the bull balls ravioli, which is actually very tender and not bad. I had eggplant parm appitizer, which was very tasty.

I have been coming to Santa Teresa for more than 15 years and everytime I come, I cant wait to visit Chef Emiliano and his lovely wife Luz. Amazing food, amazing ingredients, warm service and attention to detail. I am not sure how Emiliano manages...to get the quality ingredients he gets to this remote location but he does and he cooks like the best in New York or London but ....in Santa Teresa quite far from these ritzy locations and their plentiful ingredient supply options. Not only is hands down the best food in town but also has the warmth, ambiance and cozyness that completes the package for me. If I would be a Michelin Star judge I would give them one!More

OMG this food!!!! One of the people from my hotel was saying how great this food was and I wasn’t that excited because I’m not a huge foodie person. All I can say is that my mind changed very quickly. I started with the Tuna...Tartare and it might have been the best thing I’ve ever eaten. Absolutely breathtaking. For main course I had the Duck and again I was blown away. I love duck and I’ve never had duck that good. My dinner mate had the grilled octopus with a pumpkin sauce and it was mind blowing as well. My mate said this place should have a Michelin star and I agree. The chef is a classically trained Italian and to have this level of cuisine in a little Costa Rican beach town is an experience you must have. When we got the bill I expected it to cost 4 times as much as it did and it would have been worth that much but it was actually super affordable. If you are in Santa Teresa, or heck on the Nicoya Peninsula, you must go here!More