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    Cuesta Blanca Restaurant

    4.0 (16 reviews)
    ModerateSeafood

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    A full Caribbean (warm water) lobster served with melted butter. Meat is less sweet and tougher than Maine type. Roughly 1lb and $35
    Eric S.

    ROCK LOBSTER Warm water crustaceans are the featured attraction at this seafood restaurant in Cabo Rojo. Following a day at the beach in Boquerón, we wanted to hit up a solid place for Caribbean lobster. Nichole C -- a Puerto Rican local -- recommended Cuesta Blanca so we enjoyed dinner here on 1/4/19, the last leg of our Island Tour. It's not much to look at from the outside, though the inside has a bunch of fishing nets, anchors, and other maritime themed bits. The menus are underneath a plastic table covering, which serves a double purpose (they never need awkward collecting, and it keeps 'em clean). Absolutely starving, we quickly decided on individual lobsters that were priced by the pound. Our server "introduced" us to the sea creatures before taking them back to the kitchen to meet their watery fate (mwahahaha). We were given a hot cup of fish soup as a little pre-meal freebie. Prior to the lobster entreé, they brought us a light house salad, mashed plantains, and some garlic bread. The main feature didn't disappoint, as they were presented split in half lengthwise and served with melted butter. Each was roughly $35. ¿ .....But Did You Know ? There are 2 distinct types of lobsters: the ones most Americans are familiar with (the cold water variety) and the kind we ate here (found in warm waters). Cold water 'Maine' lobsters have meat that is whiter, naturally sweeter and more tender, plus they have those distinctive rubber banded claws and are generally larger than their Caribbean counterparts. In contrast, warm water lobsters are smaller. Their meat is tougher, brinier, and they've got long antennae in place of claws. They're also referred to as "spiny", "slipper" or "rock" lobsters -- as my review title suggests -- and yes, I'm well aware of that annoyingly catchy song by The B-52's. Bread = 4 Circuses = 4.5 For dessert, we got a flan ($5) that wrapped up our meal nicely. Service was just fine and the restrooms were relatively clean. Dinner totaled $104 with tip, which is about what you'd expect to pay for a two person lobster dinner. * TL;DR * This was a good choice in between nights spent in Lajas and Caguas. When it comes to lobster, I'm still not totally convinced that I prefer the Caribbean kind to the Maine variant. The former tastes too fishy for my liking and has that weird off-white coloration. Meh..... Grousing aside, we had a nice dinner at Cuesta Blanca. Goes to prove, just because a place has only 8 Yelp reviews doesn't mean it can't be of decent quality. And hey, I tried a new type of edible crustacean! That's always appreciated. Although, have you ever seen a TRUE rock lobster? It's like something Ellen Ripley should be trying to kill with a laser blaster in a Ridley Scott movie. Sh*t's terrifying.

    Jose D.

    Excellent service, good food. Very clean. Little far location but worth it. High recommend. Family ambience.

    Pick your own lobster and pay by the pound - $29.00 when we were there on July 4, 2015

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    The location isn't great, but the fish was very good. Service was also excellent. Wasn't what I expected but I enjoyed the food.

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    Great food! Delicious recipes chapin, trunkfish you cannot find anywhere but in the Cabo Rojo area. Will return soon

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    We had the cheese balls as an appetizer, grilled lobster, filet mignon, fish soup with garlic bread, and salad.

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    Varadero Seafood & Cuban Cuisine - Octopus

    Varadero Seafood & Cuban Cuisine

    4.3(9 reviews)
    6.7 km

    Came here with some friends to eat and watch the sunset and it was amazing! From the views to the…read moreservice to the food, everything was perfect! We got a seat outside, overlooking the water with the most beautiful view. (If you come you have to sit outside!) They also had live music which made it so special. We decided to order the platanos rellenos of ropa vieja and they were so good. Being from Miami and missing home, these definitely hit the spot. We also ordered sorullitos which were fried perfectly and so tasty. For dinner we split a cubano sandwich and it was so hearty. The pork was done to perfection and it was a perfect meal to split since we wanted to pick at different things. I can't wait to go back and try one of their dinner entrees!

    A wonderful meal in Joyuda! We drove through torrential rain and flooded roads to have lunch here…read moreand it was totally worth it. We sat on the covered porch on the water as we waited for the rain (and the roads) to clear. I parked across the street, which was fine. The patio was nice, right on the water with boats bobbing and nice views. Service was team-style, with a young and enthusiastic staff who spoke English but really challenged my Spanish ability as well! Food came out pretty quick. I had a mojito which frankly was far from the best I had in this trip (it was t too sweet but the mont leaves seemed whole, not muddled). We had the conch ceviche which was EXCELLENT. We also split the seafood paella, which was also EXCELLENT. I was also very jealous of the whole red snapper being served at the table next to us, but no regrets - the squid, conch, shrimp, octopus, and mussels in the paella were all fantastic. Nice views, nice service, great food. Would highly recommend.

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