Don Rufino

Named after one of the city's founders, Don Rufino is the classiest haute in La Fortuna. The restaurant's enormous menu is daunting until you learn about the Rufino Grandmother's Chicken smothered in a tangy barbeque sauce wrapped and roasted in banana leaves infused with chocolate, tarragon and coffee. A molten lava of sauce bubbles out as the server slices open the wrapped chicken tableside – though it'd be better if they'd taken off the aluminum foil beforehand.

Last updated: Sep 4, 2024