Le MONASTERE Restaurant - Escazu, Costa Rica
LE MONASTERE RESTAURANT
To ME - Le Monastere is one of THE MOST MAGICAL dining experiences in ALL of Costa Rica!! Are you celebrating something SPECIAL? Seeking a ROMANTIC interlude?!!! Are you visiting Costa Rica? If so, Le Monastere is a MUST DO experience for your LAST night!! That way you go home with this AMAZING memory that WILL stay in your heart for LIFE!!!
Set wayyyy at the top of the mountain above Escazu - looking down on the gold dust lights of the WHOLE Central Valley below, I think Le Monastere is one of the MOST ROMANTIC restaurants with SPECTACULAR views I’ve found in Costa Rica so far (270-degrees!!)!! GREAT for ambiance!!!
The menu is more of an INTERNATIONAL cuisine (heavily FRENCH). Prices vary on how much you’re ordering as everything is ala carte but if you’re not having all the separate side like soup or salad and not drinking or having desserts – it can be fairly reasonably priced – especially for the setting!! What I ordered my last time - Soda 525, they have the BEST CEASAR SALAD I’ve found in CR so far!! (2,495-c), Lomito a la Pimienta 6,896, Crema de Mariscos/Seafood Soup (LINGUASMO [tongueGasmic]) 2,895, Orden de Anchoas 2,250. They have CAVIAR, DUCK FOIE GRAS and Spicy Onion Marmalade, homemade DUCK PATE with Cognac and Hazelnuts (yummmm!!), Their house Le Monastere Salad has ROQUEFORT DRESSING!! They also have LOBSTER BISQUE, LOBSTER THERMIDOR, LEG OF LAMB, VEAL STEW, WILD BOAR STEW WITH TRUFFLES, ANGUS BEEF, VENISON, CHATEAUBRIAND, FILET MIGNON, LOTS OF SEAFOOD/FISH options, FRENCH ONION SOUP, FROGS LEGS, Fried Camambert in Blackberry Sauce.
DESSERTS!! LINGUASMO•TongueGasmic!!! The BEST•most authentic CRÈME BRULEE I’ve found so far in Costa Rica (photo below)!!! CRÊPES SUZETTE, Tarte Tatin - caramelized apples over a puff pastry with Ice cream, CHERRIES JUBILLE, CHOCOLATE MOUSSE, Chocolate as well as Orange Cointreau SOUFFLÉ, Chocolate Fantasy - delicate cake filled with hot chocolate (photo below)!!!
They have a HUGE WINE BAR offering over 300 selections. They have three separate areas to enjoy – one - the main restaurants where waiters assist you dressed as 19th century French monks (and they express they would appreciate you dressing appropriately [nicer]), one a romantic bar with magnificent panoramic views of the Central Valley!
LIVE MUSIC (Fri. and Sat.) from a grand piano in the entry and the Cantina La Cava (cave) – an intimate celler for drinks or more dining with a more casual menú and LIVE MUSIC Thurs., Fri. and Sat. nights. Guests are invited to enjoy Gregorian and classical music in the renovated chapel.
Make sure to stroll the grounds and the chapel (which is still used for weddings and some religious ceremonies) while you’re waiting for your meal or after!
HOURS: Le Monastére is open Mon.-Sat. 6:30pm-11pm. Cantina La Cava is open Mon.-Thurs. 6:30pm-MID. and Fri. and Sat. 6:30pm-2am!! Closed Sun., Dec. 25, Jan. 1.
HOLIDAYS OPEN: Christmas Eve, New Years Eve.
LOCATION: Escazu (Monte Las Palomas) - From Calle Vieja (the Old Road between Escazu and Santa Ana) – turn South at the Western end of Paco Plaza and follow the signs WAYYYY up the hill to the Green Cross.
CONTACT:
2-228-8515 • 2-228-8516 / 2-289-4404 • http://facebook.com/LeMonastere • http://monastere-restaurant.com • reservations@Monastere-Restaurant.com • RestaurantLeMonastere@gmail.com
Please allow me (Vicki Skinner - 8-378-6679) to make the reservations for you because I can make a little something in credit from your reservation from them (which does NOT effect your price at all).
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Read MoreTo ME - Le Monastere is one of THE MOST MAGICAL dining experiences in ALL of Costa Rica!! Are you celebrating something SPECIAL? Seeking a ROMANTIC interlude?!!! Are you visiting Costa Rica? If so, Le Monastere is a MUST DO experience for your LAST night!! That way you go home with this AMAZING memory that WILL stay in your heart for LIFE!!!
Set wayyyy at the top of the mountain above Escazu - looking down on the gold dust lights of the WHOLE Central Valley below, I think Le Monastere is one of the MOST ROMANTIC restaurants with SPECTACULAR views I’ve found in Costa Rica so far (270-degrees!!)!! GREAT for ambiance!!!
The menu is more of an INTERNATIONAL cuisine (heavily FRENCH). Prices vary on how much you’re ordering as everything is ala carte but if you’re not having all the separate side like soup or salad and not drinking or having desserts – it can be fairly reasonably priced – especially for the setting!! What I ordered my last time - Soda 525, they have the BEST CEASAR SALAD I’ve found in CR so far!! (2,495-c), Lomito a la Pimienta 6,896, Crema de Mariscos/Seafood Soup (LINGUASMO [tongueGasmic]) 2,895, Orden de Anchoas 2,250. They have CAVIAR, DUCK FOIE GRAS and Spicy Onion Marmalade, homemade DUCK PATE with Cognac and Hazelnuts (yummmm!!), Their house Le Monastere Salad has ROQUEFORT DRESSING!! They also have LOBSTER BISQUE, LOBSTER THERMIDOR, LEG OF LAMB, VEAL STEW, WILD BOAR STEW WITH TRUFFLES, ANGUS BEEF, VENISON, CHATEAUBRIAND, FILET MIGNON, LOTS OF SEAFOOD/FISH options, FRENCH ONION SOUP, FROGS LEGS, Fried Camambert in Blackberry Sauce.
DESSERTS!! LINGUASMO•TongueGasmic!!! The BEST•most authentic CRÈME BRULEE I’ve found so far in Costa Rica (photo below)!!! CRÊPES SUZETTE, Tarte Tatin - caramelized apples over a puff pastry with Ice cream, CHERRIES JUBILLE, CHOCOLATE MOUSSE, Chocolate as well as Orange Cointreau SOUFFLÉ, Chocolate Fantasy - delicate cake filled with hot chocolate (photo below)!!!
They have a HUGE WINE BAR offering over 300 selections. They have three separate areas to enjoy – one - the main restaurants where waiters assist you dressed as 19th century French monks (and they express they would appreciate you dressing appropriately [nicer]), one a romantic bar with magnificent panoramic views of the Central Valley!
LIVE MUSIC (Fri. and Sat.) from a grand piano in the entry and the Cantina La Cava (cave) – an intimate celler for drinks or more dining with a more casual menú and LIVE MUSIC Thurs., Fri. and Sat. nights. Guests are invited to enjoy Gregorian and classical music in the renovated chapel.
Make sure to stroll the grounds and the chapel (which is still used for weddings and some religious ceremonies) while you’re waiting for your meal or after!
HOURS: Le Monastére is open Mon.-Sat. 6:30pm-11pm. Cantina La Cava is open Mon.-Thurs. 6:30pm-MID. and Fri. and Sat. 6:30pm-2am!! Closed Sun., Dec. 25, Jan. 1.
HOLIDAYS OPEN: Christmas Eve, New Years Eve.
LOCATION: Escazu (Monte Las Palomas) - From Calle Vieja (the Old Road between Escazu and Santa Ana) – turn South at the Western end of Paco Plaza and follow the signs WAYYYY up the hill to the Green Cross.
CONTACT:
2-228-8515 • 2-228-8516 / 2-289-4404 • http://facebook.com/LeMonastere • http://monastere-restaurant.com • reservations@Monastere-Restaurant.com • RestaurantLeMonastere@gmail.com
Please allow me (Vicki Skinner - 8-378-6679) to make the reservations for you because I can make a little something in credit from your reservation from them (which does NOT effect your price at all).
.
