Journeys – El Retiro Private Journeys

Fine dining & private chef

Dinner where the forest is the dining room

A private estate held by rainforest sound. Facilitators, ceremony, nourishing food and long afternoons with nothing to attend.

Experiences

Ways to eat with us

Placeholder pricing per experience; all menus are quoted with your journey.

Seven-course tasting

A tropical tasting menu built around the morning’s market: heart of palm, sea bass tiradito, cacao finish.

From $185 per guest · placeholder

Jungle asado

Open-fire cooking on the terrace — whole fish, plantain, chorizo criollo and smoke in the candlelight.

From $120 per guest · placeholder

Chef's table brunch

Gallo pinto, tropical fruit carving, estate coffee cupping and fresh tortillas pressed at the table.

From $75 per guest · placeholder

Mixology ritual

Guanabana, tamarind and Costa Rican rum. A bartender, a story per glass, sunset on the ridge.

From $65 per guest · placeholder

Dinner for two

A single table on the deck, lanterns, a private violinist and a menu written for your story.

From $480 per couple · placeholder

Full-stay chef service

Breakfast, lunch and dinner for the length of your journey, with all dietary needs designed in.

Custom quote · placeholder

Sample menu

A placeholder seven-course evening

Swap in your chef’s real menu whenever you’d like.

Aperitivo

Tamarind & rosemary spritz, cassava crisps

First

Heart of palm ceviche, coconut leche de tigre

Second

Charred plantain, queso Turrialba, chiltepe honey

Third

Rainforest greens, passionfruit vinaigrette, toasted pepita

Fourth

Sea bass tiradito, green mango, culantro oil

Fifth

Open-fire beef tenderloin or heart of palm steak

Sweet

Cacao mousse, guanabana sorbet, estate coffee

After

Ron añejo and cigars by the fire pit

Good to know

Dietary care, without fuss

Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, kosher-style, allergy and children’s menus are all part of the planning conversation. Tell us once and it’s handled for every course of your stay.

Private & unhurried

Design your menu

Share your dates, guest count and dietary notes — our chef will propose a menu with your journey.

El Retiro