La Fortuna de San Carlos, Costa Rica
Dinner in our house, not a restaurant.
Chef Arthuro Paniagua cooks in the kitchen of his own home. Jillian sets the table. You book ahead, you arrive, and you eat what the garden and the market gave us that day.
Est. 2015 · Paniagua family home · La Fortuna
110 seats at one table
2Arenal Volcano from the table
3Cooked by the family that lives here
The table
The Shared Table
Dinner With a Story to Tell
Behind the doors of a private home in La Fortuna, a table is waiting.
Six acts. 10 seats. One table. 8PM.
The Table
Four ways to eat with us
The Shared Table
Dinner With a Story to Tell
$135 per person
5-Course Chef Paniagua's Table
A garden tour first, then five courses of the chef's choosing.
price on request
Family-Style Traditional Trio
Three traditional dishes, served family style, in the middle of the table.
price on request
Traditions Cooking Workshop
Hands in the masa. You cook, then you sit down and eat it.
price on request
Lunch at the house
Daylight, family style
From 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM the dining room fills with light, platters and the Family-Style Traditional Trio.
The Chef
Fourth generation, self-taught, from Sarapiquí. Fifteen years in La Fortuna. Arthuro cooks; Jillian runs the house; Josue is the second pair of hands.
The Garden
The garden tour
The 5:00 PM seating begins in the garden, among the cacao, breadfruit and guanábana the chef cooks with.
In Their Words
★★★★★ 4.9 on Google
“Josue and Arthuro made the night”
“A delivered wedding dinner that our guests still talk about”
“Not a restaurant. A home. That is the whole point.”
Come hungry. Leave as part of the table.
Reserve your seat or tell us what you want to celebrate.
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