Tamarindo Grocery Stores and Supermarkets

Playa Tamarindo, located on the Pacific Coast in the Guanacaste province, is one of the most-visited beach towns for countless reasons so if your planing on staying for a long period you may want to know about the Tamarindo grocery stores.

There are at least five small supermarkets here in Tamarindo that I know of: Super 2001, Las Palmas, Las Palmeras, Super Langosta, Super Compro and the Tamarindo Automercado. All of them have similar prices, so getting snacks, drinks or bathroom products is not a problem. The prices are rather higher than in the USA, except for some local fresh fruits and veggies. I would definitely recommend visiting Automercado. It is a big supermarket about a kilometer away from Tamarindo and it has almost everything you need including the familiar western foods. It won’t be cheaper than buying in local supermarkets but there you will have a better choice of products.

It carries Costa Rican brands, such as Monteverde cheese, Dos Pinos dairy and produce and imported products familiar to Canadian and American visitors and other nationalities including Kraft, General Mills, Nabisco, etc.

The supermarket is comparable to modern supermarkets in the USA and Canada, as you should be able to see in this photo.

There is a smaller supermarket within walking distance of CPM's Tamarindo rentals and the Automercado is a short drive away.