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    Con Recao

    4.6 (22 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:45 pm

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    Francisco V.

    I think I just found my go-to spot for Puerto Rican food back home. This place has only been around for about two years but feels extremely well hidden! The restaurant feels very open and inviting, with several different seating sections, including a more private group area. The decor is very fitting - recao is the Puerto Rican name for culantro, and there is a big Puerto Rico flag in one wall, and one nicely green contrast wall by the bar. This place just makes me feel like it is exactly where I need to be. The food is spectacular. Those breadfruit fritters were divine, and the tangy spiced dipping sauce it came with made the perfect combination. The breaded steak was thicker than I am used to, which in hindsight was great! I think the breading is ground crackers, which gave it a nice flaky consistency. Their green rice was great. But how about that trifongo side?! It's a GREAT portion, and it's only $5 as an add-on. This is probably the best one I have had in years. I hope this place gets more business and reviews, because the food is epic and the vibe is just right. Top notch.

    chuleta Kan Kan, arroz recao

    Good Food Good Service Clean Place good Ambiance La Pasamos muy bien! Bien Recomendado

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    Alexis M.

    Great experience, food is over the top. The Great Service is up to another level. I'll definitely recommend this place at any time. I'll be back soon.

    Pechuga de pollo relleno de amarillo con arroz y habichuelas
    Richard R.

    Food is incredibly delicious. The restaurant is very nicely decorated which creates a nice ambiance. The staff is extremely friendly. Everything we tried was delicious! Highly, highly recommend!!!

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    Jaime C.

    Vinimos en familia con un grupo de 8. El restaurante tiene un area relativamente privada que se puede reservar. La comida criolla estuvo muy buena. El servicio y la decoración fue de agrado. Muy recomendado para almorzar o cenar.

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    Very good food and service. Good location and ambience worth visiting and repeting. Menu is very complete.

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    Nice place to eat. Good service and prices. Limited parking in front. Nice menu with a variety of options to choose from.

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    Excellent Caribbean cuosine and service. Food is great and very tasty. I would totally recommend.

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    Good excellent, stuffed chicken amazing. service was good, owner young guy super nice. Beautiful place

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    Casita Miramar - Arroz con Mariscos (seafood paella) and Churrasco (steak); Follow me @RimyEats on Instagram

    Casita Miramar

    4.5(1.7k reviews)
    9.6 km
    $$$

    What a great food experience!!! Casita Miramar easily earned a spot in my top 2 restaurants I've…read morehad the pleasure of dining at in Puerto Rico when it comes to quality food and an overall amazing experience. The restaurant itself is absolutely beautiful, and the service was excellent from beginning to end,from the hostess to the servers and bussers. Our server, Jeffery, was amazing! He was energetic, professional, attentive, and you can genuinely tell he takes his position seriously. I loved that! We were greeted with complimentary sopa de plátano and bacalaítos, and I was NOT expecting to love them as much as I did. This was by far the best sopa de plátano I've ever had. I never thought I could fall in love with a soup, but here we are! (I ordered a whole extra regular size bowl )The bacalaítos were another surprise because they're normally not something I order or even particularly like--and I've tried quite a few in my life--but these were absolutely delicious. My S/O and I shared the churrasco with arroz mamposteao, along with a side of avocado salad and majado de viandas. Everything was a straight 10/10. Not one disappointment on the table. They also make an amazing Rojo Pico, which was the perfect addition to the experience. 100% recommend Casita Miramar. Don't overthink JUST GO! Beautiful atmosphere, excellent service, and most importantly, genuinely delicious, quality Puerto Rican food. This place absolutely deserves the hype and its spot in my top two!

    The workers were honestly the sweetest. the environment is so welcoming and calm…read more although i wasn't very happy with the food. i went with my family and we found the food very bland and overpriced!! my mom LOVES cooking and she could tell when frozen beans are served to her. the food tasted old and the rice look like it was reheated from days ago.. definitely might be a tourist trap. the aesthetics are beautiful but isn't worth the price. on the good side, they sell natural juices and the parcha juice was the best i ever had!!

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    Amazing chocolate Fudge Cake delivered to restaurant (Cakes by Glorimar in PR). Staff sang and added candle

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    Toston Jibareño - Some appetizers like crispy shreded and fried plantains and a empanada style beef wrapped in plantain and deep fried.

    Toston Jibareño

    4.4(73 reviews)
    7.4 km
    $$

    When it comes to Puerto Rican food, I truly only know Grandma's cooking. Our close friends mom,…read morewhom we refer to as Grandma cooked some of the best Pernil,arroz con gondules, tostones, and so on. So on our first night in the PR, we definitely wanted some authentic Puerto Rican food and with no recommendations, I resulted to what I know and did some Yelp searching. Not far from us was Toston Jibareño. As soon as we entered, I knew we were in the right place. The place has a decent amount of people inside so I knew it had to be ok. The menu has items I wasn't familiar with, but I went with what I thought I knew. Let me just say everything we ordered was spot on authentic to what I know. The pork chops was out of this world. The mofongo's and tostones brought back memories, the skirt steak was so tender and they did not have arroz con gondules, but instead arroz con habichuelas which are beans and I can't eat beans. It was a great first night. As much as I would love to come back,I have to try different places and different things, but if you are a local and haven't been here or a tourist and want good PR food, this is a great first stop.

    We were recommended to come here by an employee at the rum distillery we were at before this (Ron…read moredel Barrilito), and it may have been the alcohol speaking, but it was delicious. My friends and I shared the skirt steak with mofongo, and the mofongo was the best we had our entire trip. We got to try to chicharron too, and it was crispy and flavorful. The steak was tender and juicy. I can't remember much else from the meal, but I would definitely come back, even just for the mofongo alone!

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    MELAO By Mario Pagán

    MELAO By Mario Pagán

    5.0(3 reviews)
    22.8 km

    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.

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    MELAO By Mario Pagán
    MELAO By Mario Pagán

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    Epicuro

    Epicuro

    5.0(3 reviews)
    9.3 km

    From the moment you walk in the ambience transforms you into another world. The couple are amazing…read more You feel their love and what they do and for each other this was my first experience having a chefs tasting, and I loved every moment of it they made me and my sister feel very welcomed and they celebrated my birthday with me. I will definitely be coming back. I loved every moment of it.

    Five stars is not enough for the incredible experience that Antonio and Sarah provide at Epicuro!…read more As Chef Antonio said, this is not a restaurant but rather it is his and Sarah's home that they welcome us into. This 12-seated Chef's Table is an experience and conversation with those around you as well as with the food that speaks volumes while allowing you to be curious. Chef Antonio makes this experience extremely welcoming and accessible for anyone from all walks of life. Sarah made our day when she was so kind in emails leading up to potentially attending the November Cheese month. I had emailed her to see if there were two spots available and she put us on her list and crossed her fingers for us! When we got the email that two spots had opened (on our wedding day) it was the most beautiful gift to us! Sarah continued to be warm, welcoming, and connective on a human to human level. Antonio took us on a journey of the ingredients and how cheese was highlighted in each dish, not to mention the wine pairing that Sarah would create to emphasize each flavor! Truly one of the biggest highlights of our trip! Beyond grateful that we were able to experience the creation and knowledge of these two.

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    El Refrán - NY strip with Root vegetable mash

    El Refrán

    4.5(335 reviews)
    10.0 km
    $$

    We ended up dining at Refran for dinner our first night in San Juan and it did not disappoint. Our…read moreserver was so sweet and attentive. We ordered the bacalaitos (codfish fritters) as an appetizer and the mofongo with shrimp (and another with pernil). The bacalaitos were perfectly fried, not greasy. The mofongo was the best mofongo I had in San Juan! It was full of flavor and the shrimp was the perfect compliment. My son housed their rice and beans. My husband ordered the tres leches cake. It was probably the best tres leches I've ever had. We'll definitely return next time we're in San Juan.

    A very small restaurant with absolutely authentic Puerto Rican food with about 10 tables or so,…read moreabsolutely do not miss this place! So what do you get by coming here? You get the real deal, real Puerto Rican dishes, with the greatest flavors and fair prices. Unless you prefer playing overpriced, find dining restaurants with average Puerto Rican food, which there are plenty of in the area. I'm not able to emphasize how small this restaurant is, it's located right along the main walking strip in Coronado Beach. Maybe 10 tables or so. No reservations walk up wait in line if you have to eat and leave. Not only will you eat the best tasting food during your trip, but probably also pay the least amount of money. We went here twice! Their rice and beans recipe is probably what it's all about! We got grilled shrimp and skirt steak over rice and beans and honestly, I could've had it all week long! This little gem local place is not to be missed! Highly recommended!

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    El Refrán - Skirt steak on top of a bed of rice and beans

    Skirt steak on top of a bed of rice and beans

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