Puerto Viejo favorite spot for Max Hodges, surfer, reporter and television star for TMZ

TMZ reporter and surfer says his favorite spot is Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, where he said he could “dance all night in reggae bars and surf all day in Caribbean water.”

Verano Telehit 2011 desde Costa Rica
"Verano Telehit, Costa Rica"

Consta de 10 diferentes programas que dan a conocer todas aquellas actividades que encuentras en Costa Rica.
Viviendo las más grandes experiencias: en la aventura, pudieron recorrer primeramente la capital con sus hermosos museos, el inigualable teatro nacional, los bares y restaurantes en la capital San Jose

No terminándose ahí? saltar desde el bungee, caminar en las cataratas, abismarse en el cráter de un volcán, sumergirse en las cálidas aguas de sus hermosas playas en busca de vida marina, adentrarse en el caribe sur para convivir con los locales, bañarse en las aguas termales, navegar en un bote por sus caudalosos ríos y hasta colgarse de los árboles para hacer tirolesa.

No te pierdas este Espcial desde Costa Rica:
Martes y Jueves 21:00hrs, hora del centro de México.
A partir del día 2 de Agosto.

• KOKi Beach Restaurant & Bar

TeleHit shooting Verano 2011 @ KOKI BEACH

TeleHit, TV music channel founded in 1993 with a presence in 52 countries, has chosen Costa Rica to host their annual Verano show. Previous years has been shot in Playa del Carmen, Mexico and Miami, USA, and now they will be in Caribesur showing off our world class beaches, beach volley, arts, sports and, of course, restaurants and nightlife.

They will be shooting from Koki on June 10 so join us for drinks, food and music

Just found an old post about us in Swedish press

http://blogg.aftonbladet.se/travellingbellinis/2010/02/koki-beach

Look what people say about us

This was posted this morning on Trip Advisor, a leading travel site with reviews and opinions, by a visitor about their experience

" Koki Beach - we picked this place due to the beautiful ocean view it has. Their yucca chips were awesome and I had the tilapia with Caribbean sauce. The view and the ambiance were amazing, and it was probably my favorite meal of my trip.

Well, thank you, Mr Kennedy

Cafe Colada

Talamanca

The county of Talamancas indigenous community is easy to reach from the beach towns of Puerto Viejo and Cahuita. Rich in culture and customs its well worth a visit. Koki Beach incorporated handcrafts ranging from lamps made from "hickaras" and baskets woven from local plants. This matriarch is preparing the palm leaves used for basket weaving in her abode made from palm trunks and raised above ground on stilts

NYE 2011

New Years Eve 2011

Choose from two New Years Menues in addition to our regular menu. Prices are per person. Reservations highly recommended and last seating 9.45PM.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸FELIZ NAVIDAD *•♫♪ ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸

Our Christmas tree made entirely out of empty beer and wine bottles has been a great hit and widely photographed.

KOKI BEACH featured in Lonely Planet Magazine Dec issue

So we got several mention and was recommended as in Lonely Planet Mag this month. Here is an excerpt from the article ;

Copas con tragos multicolores se vacían y se vuelven a llenar en la terraza de Koki Beach. La noche con luna creciente apenas ilumina el tranquilo mar Caribe. Cuesta imaginar esa ola perfecta con el mar tan planchado. Los Cafres suenan alto: “Quiero despertar tranquilo en un lugar, quiero despertar tranquilo y disfrutar. Lejos del circo quiero estar...”. En la mesa de al lado dos chicas negras se ponen de pie y bailan el reggae como si estuvieran solas. En la barra, un surfer rasta lamenta la escasez de olas y su amigo lo consuela: “Vea, mae -la forma de llamarse unos a otros en Costa Rica-, deje de quejarse, el Todopoderoso sabe, ¿oye? Si el mar está flat (chato), pues a bucear, mae, a sacar langosta, no sea necio”. Jorge, uno de los dueños del lugar, se vuelve hacia mí, que me estoy yendo, y, mientras me despide, me repite con picardía: “Y oiga, no se olvide de que el Caribe está de moda.”

More; http://puertoviejosatellite.com/clippings/Lonely_Planet_Magazine.pdf

Check us out on facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Puerto-Viejo-Costa-Rica/KOKi-Beach-Puerto-Viejo-Costa-Rica/346587615108?ref=ts

KOKi Beach Restaurant & Bar rated "excellent" by 16 travelers

Season reopening Dec 21st @ 5PM

Hello friends, Koki Beach will reopen for business December 21st and kicking off the season with a new expanded bar and lounge

Check us out on Doin' Costa Rica

http://doingcostarica.blogspot.com/2010/11/puerto-viejo-costa-rica-restaurants.html

The Comprehensive Guide to Puerto Viejo and Caribesur

Planning on going to the Puerto Viejo area? Check out Puerto Viejo Satellite for hotels, restaurants, tours, weather and more. The key to unlocking the wonders of Caribesur

www.puertoviejosatellite.com

KOKi Beach celebrating One Year Anniversary with Art Exhibition

KOKi Beach is kicking of Anniversary party with Art Exhibit by renowned Costa Rican artist Adrian Gomez 6 PM Saturday Oct 2.

Adrian Gomez en su parlabras

Mi encuentro con el Caribe inició hace tanto como lo que tengo de memoria... claro, ¡esto sin saber

que sería atrapado por su belleza! Hoy a la vuelta de tantos años la alegría de reencontrarme junto a él y

mi lectura de lo que he sentido es para mi como artista ... su sensación y color Caribe... se da con una alegría

enorme en este momento y junto a ello el honor de poder compartir con todos este conjunto de piezas, síntesis

de un proceso de más de 15 años, asi que no siendo de otra forma esto, hoy luego de todo este recorrido llego

con mi obra, junto a parte del entorno que le dio vida y sentido a mi labor de artista, mi amor por el Caribe...

Además a ello se suma el honor de tenerlos en este espacio tan especial de KOKI BEACH y muy especialmente

para que la misma sea parte de la celebración de su primer aniversario, mi agradecimiento por el espacio y

celebremos la belleza de nuestro Caribe...

Adrián Gómez

Octubre 2 , 2010

Adrián Gómez. (Costa Rica, 1962).

Artista visual proveniente de la generación de finales de 1980, su formación de carácter autodidacta a partir de

1978. Ha participado a la fecha en más de 47 muestras colectivas y realizado 34 exposiciones individuales. La obra

de Gómez está apoyada dentro de una línea figurativa nutriéndose esta de la cultura Afro-Caribeña, con la cual

logra darle continuidad a una constante presente en su obra, como lo son el movimiento, el mundo lúdico de la niñez,

la paz y los espacios de serenidad; todas ellas sensaciones con los cuales elabora su lenguaje y de esta forma logra

transmitir un acercamiento de cómo ...respira la vida el Caribe…

Koki Beach featured in Su Casa

To read the whole article;

http://www.revistasucasa.com/contenido/articles/677/1/Eco-cool/Paacuteginas1.html

Our First Year Anniversary

daily routine

This fellow is a funny one. He runs thru the restaurant every morning up the almond tree where he stuffs his cheeks full of almonds before descending the trunk and running back thru be there people or not the whole restaurant over to his home in the back of the property. So cute

Great article on Caribesur in Costa Rica Traveler Magazine

http://www.costaricatraveler.com/english/article.php?id=283

Caribesur climate

http://costa-rica-guide.com/Weather/WeatherMap.html

new menu

Summer kickoff

On Tuesday June 1 we will reopen KOKi with a new menu and a layer of fresh paint to kick off the summer. Weather has been amazing with sunny clear blue skies welcoming our visitors. Happy hour starts at 5PM and we hope to see you all there.

season closing

KOKi Beach Puerto Viejo will be closed the month of May and reopens June. Thanks to all of you for your support and a great fun filled season.

Puerto Viejo travel in the New York Times

The laid-back, untamed vibe of Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast attracts surfing disciples and soul-searching world travelers.SOME vacation destinations attract tourists. Others attract disciples. The surfer town of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca and the tiny beach communities southeast of it, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, are of the latter variety. This wild, often overlooked coastal stretch, an 11-mile-long necklace of small sandy coves located in southern Limón province, may be in one of Costa Rica’s poorest areas, but it’s also one of the most diverse, populated by a blend of Costa Ricans, English-speaking Afro-Caribbeans, indigenous Cabecar and Bribri Indians, and plenty of expatriates, from French fashion designers to old German hippies.

Read the whole article;

http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/travel/04next.html?emc=eta1

Comparsa @ KOKi Beach

A comparsa (conga de comparsa) is the band which plays a conga during a Latin American Carnival celebration. It consists of a large group of dancers wearing costumes dancing to a group of musicians playing percussions, drums (bongos), frying pans, tambores, cowbells and other instruments. It often travels on the streets, followed by a Carrosa (carriage) where the musicians play. The Comparsa is a development of African processions where groups of devotees followed a given saint or deity during a particular religious celebration. Some of the comparsas have a long history, with costumes and traditions passed down from one generation to the next