Lubnan

While it’s not that close to Hostel Bekuo, this is where you are likely to find some of our guests and most certainly some of the staff on Wednesday nights.  Negotiate the quirky wrought-iron-and-burlap revolving door at the entrance, and you’ve made it into one of San José’s few Middle Eastern restaurants. The Lebanese owners serve a wide variety of dishes from their native region, so if you can’t decide, the mezza serves two people and gives you a little bit of everything. For your own individual dish, try the juicy shish kebab de cordero (of lamb), or if you’re feeling especially adventurous, the raw ground-meat kebbe naye (with wheat meal) and kafta naye (without wheat meal). A hip bar in the back serves the same menu, and on Wednsesdays is the hot spot in San Jose featuring local Dj’s and an incredible mix of locals and young ex-pats.