Most extraordinary negative experience of human behaviour in a long time! We parked our car in front of the restaurant were you can park for free - as told by a waitress of that restaurant. After she found out that we needed to catch our boat and therefore were not planning to have something to eat or drink, she ordered us to remove our car because "it's not safe".

That we found out why: upon our return two days later, one of tires had been punctured and showed clear signs of vandalism. The same waitress happened to be around and was laughing out loud directly at us already when we were nearing our car. Instead of offering some help or whatsoever, she kept laughing. With some help of a friendly man of another restaurant near the dock (Kokopelli) we managed to chance our tire and leave not soon thereafter.

Before we left, we wanted to confront the waitress with the situation and the restaurant's involvement. She probably sensed this, because as soon as we entered the restaurant she hid behind her colleagues and eventually denied everything, but from the initial 'warning' to the laughing and this 'denial', the signs of guilt on her face were very very clear.

If innocent travellers are given such a treatment, it tells much the philosophy of this place.

The service was beyond poor, there were only four people in the restaurant and it took 45minutes to get our food. The guac was good with fresh chips and spaghetti carbonara was tasty. We got the feeling that they rather dislike the tourists that support their town. The setting was magical right beside the Sierpe River and it would have been nice to hear the parrots, toucans, macaws and other jungle sounds, but we were instead assaulted by the music videos blasting at us. We sat as far from the speakers as possible and we're still unable to talk without raising our voices. With so few choices and most diners being travelers, they know they will always have a steady flow of customers.

Las Vegas is a very pleasant restaurant located downtown in the tiny town of Sierpe. The restaurant has several tables located both inside and outside, along the Sierpe river. The food is good, the service is excellent, and it is fun to watch people and animals along the river. But BEWARE of the boats at the dock carrying passengers from SIERPE to DRAKE BAY, and from Sierpe to see the WHALES. These boats are not part of Las Vegas Restaurant, but they depart from the dock there. I was horrified. The captain did not give out a single lifejacket to anyone, and we crossed over the very DANGEROUS and unstable river mouth, overloaded with 26 passengers including a tiny baby. 3 days ago, , a public boat with 24 people flipped over at this same Sierpe river mouth, because the boat was overloaded. Although the boat did not have enough life jackets for everyone, miraculously no one died because another boat following immediately behind was able to pick up the survivors from the water. Our boat had even more people, 26 people in a boat licensed for 17 people, and we did not have a single life jacket! We were on a hotel boat. This was a day after the public boat flipped. We heard that the other boat had flipped before, 2 years ago, and we were told that more than 60 people have died in separate accidents at the Sierpe river mouth. No wonder, since they overload the boats and do not give out enough lifejackets. They don't seem to learn from all the deaths, or boats flipping over the day before, and the Costa Rica government does not exercise any control. So, if you value your life, stay away from the public boats and the hotel boats. How can you get to Drake safetly? Take an airplane, or take a private boat so you're not overloaded and check the lifejackets. Otherwise, write your will before you go.