Monteverde Wholefoods - Monte Verde

Do yourself a favor and pick up a bag of lime flavored plantain strips. O..M..G. To die for. They have a nice little fridge/freezer selection of vegan/veggie stuff. I was pleasantly surprised!

Stop if you are looking for tofu or meat substitute! The only store I visited with more than two packages from Tofu at a time. Fresh vegan banana bread also! They had Seitan, Tofu, meat substitutes and other healthy goods that are harder to find in Costa Rica. Updated by previous rating on 2023-02-24

Make yourself a favor and get a bag of lime flavored plantain strips. To die. You have a nice small fridge/freezer selection of vegan/veggie stuff. I was pleasantly surprised!

Liked the shopping experience with all kind of healthy groceries to buy.

I don’t think this store deserves the attribute wholefoods. Yes, some fruit and veg was great and they say it’s orgsnuc, others like the red mediterranean capsicum were dried and everything but fresh. They have some great products like Pacific Mushroom Broth which I haven’t seen before, at least not in Australia, but other products are rather average, lots of unhealthy and not special stuff like Ritter Sport chocolate (no, it’s not vegan or organic). I was rather disappointed. That they were low on chilled products like some of the vegan alternatives is ok due to low season. The packed banana bread doesn’t have a label that it is not vegan and apparently it’s not. They also have some sliced banana bread which is told to be vegan. Nice for buying some things but don’t rely on them having particular products. Updated from previous review on 2019-10-07