Chickpea hamburguer served with french fries. at Kivu in Alajuela
Vegetarian Fajitas served with tortillas, guacamole, beans and pico de gallo. at Kivu in Alajuela

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Beer/Wine
Take-out
Breakfast
Costa Rican
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Restaurant set within the Rescate wildlife rescue center and is open to the public. Offers typical Costa Rican dishes including casado with vegetarian or vegan option, fajitas with refried beans, guacamole and pico de gallo. Serves coffee. Open Mon-Sun 9:00am-5:00pm.

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4 Reviews

First Review by Alexakivu

Avatar luvanimals

luvanimals

Points +24

Vegan
22 Apr 2026

Agree with US Kiwi

Basically a zoo that claims animal rescue. Perhaps. But the vegetable fajitas at Kivu should be avoided. The vegetables were mixed broccoli cauliflower and carrots which were not good for fajitas. Wife’s asian bowl was pretty good.

Updated from previous review on 2026-04-22

Avatar US Kiwi

US Kiwi

Points +184

Vegan
28 Dec 2025

Basically a Zoo

Very limited vegan options, they don’t even have plant milk for coffee. It is basically a zoo. It shouldn’t even be on here. We went here as it was on the way to the airport thinking it was a great animal rescue with great vegan food but were duped.

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-28

Cons: Basically a zoo, Very limited vegan options

Avatar AdiG

AdiG

Points +27

Vegan
29 Jan 2025

Tasty food

Really tasty food and lots of vegan options (fajitas, burritos, casados, bowls, burgers). Worth a visit, despite of the hypocrisy of rescuing wild animals and selling the meat of others.

Updated from previous review on 2025-01-29

Avatar Alexakivu

Alexakivu

Points +22

Vegetarian
Owner
23 Jun 2021

Wonderful place

This place is amazing, they have a really nice food, and prices, and the best thing of everything is that the earnings goes to the wildlife rescue center for rehabilitate wild animales. and you have a great view from the restaurant you are able to see macaws, iguanas, birds etcc..

Vegetarian Fajitas served with tortillas, guacamole, beans and pico de gallo. at Kivu in Alajuela

Chickpea hamburguer served with french fries. at Kivu in Alajuela

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