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Tortugero BBQ

4.4 (21 reviews)
InexpensiveBarbeque, Puerto Rican

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Moderate noise
Good for groups
Good for kids
Outdoor seating

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Philip Z.

Cafetería style restaurant. Indoor and outdoor seating. Food was very good, but it seems no one ever cleans the place; tables were sticky and the floor unswept. There are no excuses for an unclean place. Food is served in to-go boxes.

Cod & eggplant stew, octopus salad, fried plantain, red beans w/pork leg, yellow rice with sausage, pork rib, fried grouper.
Darci W.

Home cooked Puerto Rican food after our guided tour of the Arenelas caves. The ribs and grouper are a must try!

Jane P.

Okay, you know the food is going to be good and authentic when you walk in and people don't understand you speaking English! Seriously this place has authentic Puerto Rican food and I am so glad we ended up here. I ordered half a chicken with plantains and rice and beans. The chicken was moist and flavorful. The plantains were the best. They gave a whole plantain and it was perfectly cooked and just sweet enough. The rice and beans were good too. They were so helpful and tried their best to try and explain everything to us (even though we were super confused). They were patient and kind to us. I would recommend this place if you are in the area.

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Dave C.

Very popular with locals when we visited at lunch. Authentic traditional Puerto Rican staples with their super tender BBQ chicken at the center. Shared a quarter chicken with rice and beans. If my Spanish was better, would have loved to try other items on the menu. Ordering is done by going down the line, letting them know what you'd like. Best rice and beans we had on the whole island.

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Good BBQ chicken. Lots of other food not just chicken. If your not a bbq chicken lover then your in the wrong place.

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3 years ago

Muy bueno todo, la comida bien variada y sabrosa! Un poco caro pero ya todo está caro asi que al menos es comida criolla de buena calidad!

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5 years ago

The food was very good and the workers spoke very little english. There is little sit down most took out as we did.

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10 years ago

I come from out of state with my family. love the food. Wishing i had some right now.

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Yes there is a lot of food but I had to try out a little of each thing for the experience of authentic Puerto Rican food.

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El Refrán - NY strip with Root vegetable mash

El Refrán

4.5(328 reviews)
35.0 km
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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!

This casual restaurant is a fun dinner stop with open air dining (not so good on a hot day though)…read more We went early at 5pm and avoided crowds. The restaurant filled up before we left. We went with the waitress's recommended dishes - Mofongo Churrasco (steak) and Mamposteao Tacu Tacu with grilled shrimp. Flavors were strong and a bit on the salty side, but delicious. We enjoyed both dishes. The Mamposteao Tacu Tacu has a long fancy name but it was rice and beans topped with skirt steak. The sangria was the happy hour cocktail of the night, very refreshing.

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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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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(72 reviews)
25.4 km
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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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Toston Jibareño - The Tostón Jibareño

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Tortugero BBQ - bbq - Updated July 2026

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