Great food, very casual and fantastic service. Staff is friendly and we enjoyed the music as well.read more

Nice place to stop by for a quick bite before or after the beach and just as fun in the night. If…read moreyou want a more relaxed experience definitely come during the day but if you want something even more lively come at night and you will find yourself having a great time. Food was great for the prices and the house made hot sauce is increible! Great wait staff as well. Very friendly and attentive

The best food I had in PR! Sooooooo delicious and so much variety!…read more The staff were extremely friendly and even made a custom meal for my bf who is vegan. We even met the chef who was so kind! We got the yuca fries, bone marrow, fava bean tacos, oxtail cannelloni, duck, mahi mahi, black cod, vegan special, chocolate cake, and coconut sorbet! Everything was to die for except the bone marrow which had a super small portion size. The free bread was also amazing! Probably one of the top 3 free restaurant breads I've had. Will 1000000% be back next time I visit PR!

Fantastic restaurant, the best of many great options on the Ritz property. Luckily we saved it for…read morelast so wasn't disappointed by the other restaurants but MELAO was one of the best experiences we ever had anywhere. I liked the jovial yet professional service but the food is what made it great. Started with a tuna tartare daily special recommended by the waiter, it was great. Many layers of flavors and the tuna and avocado was fantastic. I then had the ribeye (the smaller one, at only 20 oz :-)) and it was one of the best steaks I've ever had. For those who haven't seen my other reviews, I've been to hundreds of the best steakhouses, from NY to Chicago to Las Vegas to London, and while this wasn't a steakhouse it was fantastic. A nice think ribeye, perfect marbling but they also got the medium rare exactly as it should be, with an incredible char on the outside. I would fly back to Puerto Rico just to have this steak again. I also liked the crispy brussel sprouts and the asparagus were excellent, larger portion than you get elsewhere and nice thick asparagus. Finished with the I think 7 layer coconut cake, which I thought was the nicest dessert (split it with my wife's key lime pie, also good, and daughter's carrot cake donuts). Can't wait to go again.

Food and drinks by the beach, what's there not to like? I've been here a few times and it's always…read morepleasant. Good food and service. This time around we dropped by for drinks only. Bushwackers for the adults and virgin drinks for the kids. We enjoyed the nice breeze and watched the kite surfers while we waited for our drinks to be prepared.

This bar and grill is located between the beach and the Dorado Beach East Golf Course. You can…read morereach it in a golf cart or walking. You have a nice view of the ocean, which makes this a nice place to watch the sunset. Sometimes they have live music. I like the fish tacos and the burger. The empanadas and dumplings are also good.

Whoa. I didn't expect a lot from the food in PR at Dorado Beach but I should have. COA checks all…read morethe boxes with fabulous food - seafood that is off the chain good, excellent but not intrusive service, and a nice atmosphere. I could not have been happier with dinner here. Started with the butternut squash soup with coconut emulsion that was so good. The bread basket includes 3 types of breads and butters. You will want to eat it all but have to save room. We moved on to the king crab - perfectly cracked and flavorful w/their own house made sauces. It was the best crab I've had outside of Alaska and we live in Seattle where it's plentiful. Next we had the halibut with an amazing crust of hazelnuts and truffles. It may have been even better than the crab, but it was close. The fish came with a taro mash with truffle - and we didn't realize that so we also ordered the potatoes with Burrata and truffle. You can't have enough truffle. Finished with cappuccinos and molten cake. Really excellent experience all around. Don't miss it if you are in the area. I want to go back and try more on the menu. It was that good.

Another business encounter that has amateurs running it, so you can't show up and expect to gain…read moreaccess to Dorado's COA. Since I'm Deaf, I used CapCall to call and make reservations. Well, the person who answered didn't provide me with a time or anything after I provided my phone number twice, as if I'm supposed to stand outside the gate from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM waiting for a text message with a code for the gate guard. Well, I never received a text from COA, and when i tried to call back twice after waiting fifteen minutes, nobody answered. I suspect the person was avoiding answering because of the caller ID. Needless fo say, I returned to San Juan and told my team that we'd postpone our dinner meeting until I found somewhere else to eat and discuss business plans. Again, i get the feeling that Deaf people here in Puerto Rico are treated like we don't exist or that we're an inconvenience--second-class citizens, as if my money isn't good enough. As if we do good enough to afford McDonald's, it's an attitude that I've encountered in other parts of the world: India, Brazil, Thailand, to name a few, where accessibility doesnt exist, and Deaf people and people with disabilities are given low expectations. Again, as if hearing and intelligence are linked, which they are not. Since I'm Deaf I must have a low wage job.

Here's a nice and comfy place in Dorado (downtown). Their specialty is sea food, and they are…read moreserious about it. Their lobster is wonderful, and the fish and ceviche selection are just delicious! They need a better wine selection, but the food is so good that we can accept this limitation. Service is great and the owners are always close to you to better assist you. My tip: whatever sea food dish you ask, make sure you add the Mofongo!

Fine food, fast efficient service. Delicious Mofongo stuffed with seafood and way better than…read moreexpected. Flan with coconut was Devine. One of our drinks seemed to have too much ice, but the meal made up for it.

Dorado location recommended by friends. The Gallinta Rellena $11.99 was fantastic, tender,…read moreflavorful 1/2 Cornish hen, with fried plantains. The daily special st Louis ribs with 2 sides $13.99 was ok, but that's because the chicken was sooo good. I tried and didn't cate for the fried breadfruit...it didn't have any taste. Later I learned some people dip in a sauce.

Food was so delicious, service is fast and food comes out fresh . Ambiance is great price is right…read more. Servers were great and attentive.

Como siempre esta gente hacen un lechon muy riiiico. Todo lo que hacen está súper bien. Los…read morepasteles son bien sabrosos PERO están un poco pequeños.

Not sure what some of these reviews are talking about- maybe they are not used to tasty food I come…read morehere almost every weekend, the rice is so flavorful, the lechón- I mean if you know about lechón- it is a bit fatty that's why is so good. But here as you can see in the picture, it has tons of meat and the cuerito is soooo crisp. The pastel is delicious too( a bit small ) but delicious. I love the consistency of the flavor and quality

The ambience is kind of neat when you first walk in with a bright colorful wall of straw hats in…read morethe lobby waiting area, a selfie station with a giant bear, and live music performances. Other than that the food and service are very average and prices are on the higher side. The mahi mahi appetizer bites were super dry, so I definitely wouldn't recommend them and steaks had quite a bit of fat.

We are from NY and came to visit my mother in law who lives in Dorado PR. I saw this restaurant on…read moreInstagram and told her I wanted to try it. The restaurant is very trendy. They have both indoor and outdoor dining. The waitress that we had was super friendly and patient. She answered all of our menu related questions. The food had delicious flavor and was seasoned nicely. All of us really enjoyed our meals so much so that we have already told other friends and relatives about it. We will definitely be back next time we visit PR.

Went there for lunch a day or so after arriving on the island for our anniversary. Lunch was so…read moregood went went back two days later again for lunch and then for our Anniversary dinner that night.

My family and I were looking for some yummy local eats, and stumbled upon Villa de Lester on Yelp…read more The restaurant sits across the beach, and is pretty divey. It seems like a place locals go to drink, but not necessarily eat. Nonetheless, we were there and hungry, so ordered a few items. We tried the seafood mofongo, conch salad, and red snapper. The seafood mofongo was some of the best mofongo I had on the island. I enjoyed the seafood, but especially liked the little chicarron bits that were smashed into the mofongo. The red snapper was also huge and very shareable and paired well with hot sauce. Overall, we enjoyed the food and found the staff to be very friendly.