We came to the area from California, and I was headed to Tostado, which is next door. They had a wait, so hubby decided to go to Bogetta to have a drink at the bar. The rest was history! We met Victor and ended up eating at Bogetta. The brunch was amazing, and Victor was the best server ever. He made our experience a complete 100%. The dates stuffed with sausage were wrapped in bacon and provided the perfect sweet and unexpected savory. We loved it! Hubby ordered the lemon pancakes. Amazing!!! The lemon zest was infused into the light and fluffy pancakes, set off by the light and refreshing lemon cream that was on top of the pancake. The edible fresh flowers and strawberries were a delightful and unexpected touch. I had the huveas sol and wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! The avocados were fresh and tender. The vegetable puree was a wonderful explosion of flavor in my mouth when combined with the perfectly cook sunny side up eggs. Everything we ate was a win! I hope to come back before we head back to California. Today is day one, and it has exceeded our expectations thus far. read more

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We were waitlisted elsewhere, which ended up getting cancelled. So, we decided to come here for dinner and drinks. Food was okay, but there were a few items that caught my eye. The Oysters were fresh, and very reasonably priced. The Tomate and Avocado Salad (not pictured) was also fresh and light- it was my second choice bc they didn't have the Beets & Goat Cheese Salad. I tried the Bolognese and thought it was a bit boring. The drinks were boozy, but I did find the Paloma too sweet/tart. Overall, it was a great time- nice outdoor space. The service was attentive and friendly. read more

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After reading the reviews for this place, I was expecting mediocre service. However, I could not have been more wrong! We made a reservation here on a Saturday night and were seated immediately in their outdoor area. Our waiter was very competent and nice, and most importantly, so fast! We started with a round of cocktails (I recommend a cocktail over their sangria) and they were brought out within 10 minutes. We then ordered a variety of tapas, including the gnocchi a la brava (my personal favorite, we ended up getting an additional order!) and rabbit turnovers (pretty good but not the most flavorful). All the food came out quickly and we had zero issues. Great dinner spot! read more

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The environment here is very warm and cute. good music and very friendly staff. the food is DELICIOUS! we ordered croquettes, dumplings, and the spanish tortilla. After the first round of food, we re-ordered all the items. they were all fantastic, I am hoping to go back here before I leave PR! Victor was our waiter and he was lovely :) read more

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Great ambiance, nice decor, and the food was pretty good but the service was lacking on the evening we went. I had bolognese, my sister had a shrimp dish with grits. but there were many items on the menu that weren't available. Which was a bummer because my husband doesn't eat shellfish. I would try again. But the vibe was off on the night we visited. read more

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Very great place for brunch. Ambiance is very nice. Food is excellent. Service was great. Very clean as well.

Wow, not only did we wait an hour and 40 minutes to get our food, we got the wrong food! Not what we even ordered!!!! Evidently management here can't even take responsibility and say sorry. How can we linger and enjoy food that we don't receive?!? How about a true apology and a refund???! Once again, I reiterate, 3 weeks in PR and this was my WORST dining experience in all of Puerto Rico! Avoid! read more

To start we were sat at a dirty table that had large visible pieces of food and liquids on it. No big deal except for when we asked her to clean the table, she was visible upset by it. We both ordered the hamburger. Mine medium and the other well done. Literally 45 minutes later I asked a waitress about our burgers and instead of replaying 'I'll go check', she replied 'there still cooking'. I mentioned it's been 45 minutes, and her reply was, 'she asked for well done'... no joke, that was the answer for why it's taking so long. I finally asked her to please go to kitchen and check on them. She replied yes and went off to another table and never checked. A few minutes later another waitress brought the burgers out. McDonalds does a better hamburger. Dry and overcooked with 2-3 day old thrice baked potatoe wedges... 45 minutes for this $20 hamburger ?!? Save your money, it is better spent most anywhere else. Not to mention the horrible service from the apathetic staff. read more

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My husband and I tried this place for the first time while we were on our honeymoon. It exceeded our expectations. The drinks were great, the appetizer was great, and overall the food was amazing. We asked our waiter to surprise us on our cocktails and we were thoroughly satisfied. I would definitely eat here again. read more

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Comida y Servicio excelente. Buen sazón, los vinos a un buen precio. Buen estacionamiento. read more

Bottega - El churrasco y manpostiao delicioso!!!!! - Wine Bars Near Me - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Randomly walked upon this place and it was a great surprise. Everything was good! Seriously everything. My absolute favorites were the rabbit empanadas, the black squid ink rice. The octopus stuffed empanadas were loved by everyone, not me as much. The bacon/chorizo dates had too much bacon. The ratio was off. read more

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I don't leave a lot of reviews but man is this place amazing. Every single thing we got was absolutely delicious. Cool servers too! read more

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Cruising and found this place, couple of friends have posted some pics been here so I thought lets go... sit at the bar ask for whiskey line up, Rafael the bartender at that moment went FULL with the line up. Japanese, french, you name it! Ate a filet mignon with vegies fell in love... keep it up guys!!! read more

Bottega - Nice parking area looking at Bottega's entrance - Wine Bars Near Me - San Juan, Puerto Rico

My food was delicious! And the staff was very accommodating. They didn't have an English speaking waiter so the hostess actually took our order. The other wait staff made a group effort to make sure we had great service. I would definitely recommend for brunch! read more

Bottega - Chicken and waffles and burger - Wine Bars Near Me - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Really good tapas and stylish interior; only criticism is it's very pricey Food: my recommendation is to get mostly the grilled seafood and a side or two; the other dishes were good but not super unique Grilled octopus: super tender and the perfect amount of char/crispiness on the edges. One of the best octopus I've ever had. Scallops: cooked really well so that it was perfectly tender. But 2 scallops is not worth $14 in my opinion. Rabbit Empanadas: good pastry shell, crispy and doughy. But the filling could've been chicken and I wouldn't have known the difference Coconut rice with scallions: more like a porridge but really good flavor read more

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My first time in San Juan, PR. We had 6 couples with us when we stumbled into this place. It looked nice on the outside and inside. We looked at the menu and decided to dine in. They sat us down and it took the waiter 10 minutes to acknowledge us. When he did and realized we didn't speak Spanish, he had a big attitude. We felt like he rushed us to order. On the way to the restroom, I saw they had an oyster bar and a guy was chucking them. When we asked the waiter for oysters, he flat out said no. My friend had to go to the guy who was chucking them. He said they were sold out. Again this waiter was rude! If it was a language barrier, he would have said that. The lady that was getting our water was way nicer than our own waiter. Horrible waiter! Other than that the food was good, the place looked like a trendy, hipster area. If you go ask for the female waiter. The only male waiter there was horrible!!! read more

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We stopped her for lunch after being on the beach. Such a beautiful and relaxing ambiance. The staff were so kind and attentive and made great recommendation. Mediterranean salad was fresh and delicious. We will totally come back! Highly recommend! read more

My experience here wasn't bad but this just seems to be an overrated spot, in my opinion. The service was great but the food is mediocre and of course overpriced. It's a cool spot but I would recommend another restaurant instead of this one. read more

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Victor was our server our server and he was absolutely amazing!! We ordered the Calamari, the fried gnocchi, veggies dumplings & croquetas they were all absolutely amazing. The restaurant had live music and the energy was amazing I definitely recommend. read more

The restaurant itself is cool from a style & design perspective. Their wine and cocktail program is great, but their service is severely lacking. Some big issues, some minor issues that aren't worth mentioning. They messed up our order multiple times and the server was rude about it. We asked if the croquettes of the day had any meat in them and we were told they had cheese and squash in them, only to have our friend who doesn't eat meat find some sort of sausage in them. Then our waiter forgot to enter one of the entrees we ordered, so one person had to wait for about 15 minutes for their food to come. Then after he finally receives his food, about 10-15 minutes later, the server brought the same entree again. When we pointed out that we had all of our food, he accused us of ordering the same thing twice and then had the manager come over to try to get us to accept it, despite the fact that we all had our entrees in front of us. The food was pretty good despite these issues. It was obvious that this server was having a bad night and wasn't handling it well. I'd be willing to try this place again to give them another shot. read more

Thanks to Yelp, I was able to score some "cool dad points" and impress my teenage son with a fancy night out on the town. We were seated quickly on the patio and ate a delicious meal. The ambiance is trendy and upscale with nice background music. An unexpected bonus - a celebrity actress was sitting two tables away! read more

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Drink selection is good.. service sucks .. the place was not even packed and we waited 20+ minutes for the first round of drinks at the bar. read more

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Cocktails 5 star! The waffle old fashioned was delicious! Food 1 star. The dumplings I ordered came out almost raw.

This place is stylish and is great for craft cocktails and tapas. They have a very vegetarian and vegan friendly menu and their food hits the mark in taste and variety. We will return for another visit soon! The atmosphere is very comfortable and and you feel relaxed hanging out there. The waiters and waitresses were attentive and helpful. read more

Bottega - Delicious cocktail and an even cooler garnish! - Wine Bars Near Me - San Juan, Puerto Rico

We went on Saturday eve and the place is just gorgeous. Our waiter, Marcos, was amazing, friendly, very knowledgeable and he gave us great suggestions and the Negroni was on spot. The food unfortunately wasn't as great as the rest. My friend ordered a fennel-watermelon-salad but there was no fennel and the watermelon tasted just old. But that was ok and we wouldn't care but the main dish came. My friend told me that her food was good but mine, a Risotto with Prawns was a disaster. The rice was overcooked, super salty with too much parmesan cheese. The prawns were overcooked and strangely creamy. Anyway I ate because we were very hungry but it was really BAD. I'll definitely going back because I love the place and hopefully next time the food will be better. read more

I hate to do this one star review but this place messed up my 30th birthday dinner! We walked in and put our name down, agreed to wait the hour wait time they said it would be. After an hour we walked in to check on the status and they rudely told us the kitchen was closed. Not apologetic at all that they F***ed our night up. Everything in this area closes early so we were stuck eating appetizers at a place we begged to get seated at. Front desk girl was rude af too. read more

We had a great time at Bottega. We went around 3pm on a Saturday and sat in the beautiful garden area. Barely anyone else there. Great wine selection and vegetarian selection. The vegetable dumplings and the gnocchi were excellent. We had a very nice time. Everyone in our party loved the tapas. read more

Amazing Food , Horrible Customer Service unfortunately. So many things went wrong as time went , leading me to a not so great experience as I had this restaurant high on my list of places I wanted to go to.My Husband and myself came to this restaurant with a reservation for 2 at 6pm. When we were walked to our table outside, Host were not ready and had to re arranged tables. Not a big deal, but table should be ready for a reservation especially a small one. Waited 20 min on our table and nobody came to us, when we finally met our server Javier we ask him for 2 beers and quickly put in some Tapas, we also asked if it was posible to order a bottle of wine , and keep on the table past 7 with the new Rules the Government had put of not serving alcohol after 7pm. He stated " as long as I put in the order now, you will fine , cause it has to be put in by 6:20" We said ok ! At this point it was about 6:25. Our appetizers started coming to the table , but we still had no drinks !! He brings out the bottle of wine , but forgot the beers, we had to remind him. At this point it's 6 50 we finally got our 2 beers , and also someone coming to us to take away our bottle 5 min later cause it was already going to be 7pm. The lady explained that she could not have a bottle on the table at all , but she was happy to serve us to little cups and put our bottle to Go ! We said ok. She was very nice and did explained everything to us ( We think she was a manager, but not sure) it's not there fault the new rules on the island, and we completely understand that. But the waiter should have said that from the beginning and also not take about 50 min to get our drinks. A young lady came to bring out a Tapas, and we ask her for the waiter, or if she could tell him to put in for us a order of Dátiles and my husband ask Where were the Oyters from? And if they were Blue Point ? She did not know, but told us she would find out . I told her Thank You! Either way can you also give us 1 Dozen. We had to flag down waiter a little later .... one of our first orders when we arrive, never came , and the young lady never told him about the Oysters or the Dátiles. So he puts its in the order , our Hot order came before the oysters , the first order came wrong and we were charged for the correction!!!!! . I work in the Industry for over 15 years and a Assistant General Manager myself in NYC , so I understand certain things happen and it's not the waiters fault. But the customer service was just not worth a $175 dinner for 2 with tip , which I left only cause I know how the business works and they are working on tips. I usually tip 20% or above but left 15% cause of everything that had happen. On the waiters defense he was by himself outside, with about 6 to 7 tables and 2 of them being groups. THE HOST should sit complete party's as they just had the waiter going back and forth everytime someone sat. He should ask for help! If he feels overwhelmed like he looked . And Management should be touching tables if he's alone outside and making sure everything is going smoothly. My Husband was still hungry but we ask for the check, which I had to get the Bartender inside to get for me. And left and grab some quick food outside . This experience was so unfortunate cause I was very excited about there Menu and PR having some great restaurants for tourists. As I lived in the island for 20 years before .I added my receipt to this review as well. Like I said food was amazing but customer service left me wanting to spend my money else where. read more

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This is the first time we come this place, there were four of us. As soon as we got in, the hostess was very unwelcoming and told us to wait outside for our table. When we were finally seated, we had to wait 15 to 20 min for the waiter to show up. The place wasn't busy at all. The waiter took our order, then we waited 20 more minutes to get our drinks (only because we reminded her) otherwise we would still be waiting. We waited around 35 minutes for the food, only to get one of the four plates. 10 minutes later, we reminded the waiter that only one of the plates was served. She later brought one more dish, ten minutes later, another one. 20 more minutes for the last plate, I asked her again if the rest of the food was really coming. She seemed like she had forgotten, then finally brought it. We needed ketchup, syrup for the waffles, and the drinks we ordered, and once again, the waiter was nowhere to be found. The food was really good at least. Finally, as we are about to leave needed the hostess to validate our parking ticket. She gave me a very dismissive expression and explained where to pay and we left this nightmare. Don' t even bother going unless you're ok with waiting at least an hour to eat. read more

We are visiting San Juan and we were excited to come here . But when I said the waitress NEY was the worst waitress ever . I don't know but I felt racially discriminate or socially insulted . She had an attitude and forgot our drinks . And when we got our checks she messed up and when I told her that it was wrong she said " why can't you just give her the money "? I'm paying for a service and I'm on vacation but to be treated like this is horrible . The only good thing was the food . But If you do come here don't sit in her section . I won't be coming here and I don't recommend it if service is like that . read more

Worst experience ever!! Tonight I went in with friends for a late dinner. We were so hungry! There were only two other tables at 10pm. We all ordered and everyone got their food except for me. Oysters, salads, gnocchi, drinks. They all got theirs and I asked my waiter about my chicken Mediterranean salad. He said it's coming. My friends were all done eating their food and my salad still didn't come. At 47 min, I asked the lady at the cashier to just make it to go! 47 minutes!! The waiter comes out with the check for my friends bills... without my salad! It's still not ready!! ( the mgr did comp it! As they should've!!) she said it was an issue with the oven.. what? Really? Now it was 58 min since I ordered it. Don't waste your time at this place. What a horrible experience. Did the cooks think I'd just forget I ordered? What imbecile do they have in the kitchen? And the ridiculous waiter, he never thought to actually inquire to the kitchen after my whole table was done with their food?? This place is a joke of a restaurant! read more

This was the worst service experience I've ever had. Our party of 6 came across this place by chance. We were celebrating the day after a friend's wedding and we all ordered meals. First, two of us ordered coconut water, but the drinks were from stale coconuts. We instead asked for pineapple juice, which a few others in our party had gotten. They tasted fine, even though the drinks were watered down. Our appetizer came out. Then, our food started to come out. Everything looked great, except for the two orders of filet mignon which never made it to the table. After some time, we asked our waiter about the steaks and he said that it would be about 5 to 10 more minutes for them. We asked if we could have some bread or something since everyone else had their entree. He returned and told us that the bread would be $4.00. We clearly told him that we just wanted something for the other two people in our party because everyone else had had food for the past 4 minutes. We continued to wait and split up a bit of what we did have to eat until everyone else had almost finished their meals. By that time, we asked to simply cancel the steaks because it had been so long that we were absolutely fed up. Our waiter, who looked pretty flustered at this point, told us that his manager said we couldn't cancel because the steaks were already made and coming out. He also brought us the bread (which consisted of 4 small pieces of bread sprinkled with olive oil and chives). Needless to say, we asked to speak to the manager. She came out furious, but we told her we just wanted the check without the steaks so we could leave. She had the nerve to bring a takeout bag with the steaks and asked us if we would take them with a 20% discount! We refused and she angrily left and came back with a credit card machine, told us the total (which we asked to review), swiped our card, and walked off. We never got a receipt and when we tried to give our waiter a tip (the poor kid seemed like he was having a rough time), the manager told us we didn't need to (we still did). The rest of the food was good, so if you ever get your steak order, it might be worth the $28. read more

Had apps stuffed dates and fried calamari and octopus. Some of the best fried calamari I have ever had. Definitely will go back!

10/10 recommend. This place has been the highlight of our trip. Great food, drinks, and awesome music. It's such a vibe. Our waiter was attentive and so informative. Everyone should try this place out. read more

Due to the abundance of bad Yelp reviews, this place wasn't even on my radar. Then one night, I was walking down Loíza with a friend and saw what appeared to be a magical oasis in the middle of the urban chaos that is Calle Loíza. We were curious to know what this enchanted place was, so we strolled over to take a look. We were blown away. The place is absolutely stunning; one of the nicest atmospheres I've ever seen in any restuarant. It features a spectaular indoor/outdoor garden setting, beautifully lit, perfect music and a very high-end crowd. They have a huge selectoin of beer and wine, an extensive and innovative cocktail list, plus they allow you to smoke cigars outside in the beer garden. It's like paradise on Earth. The food is incredible as well and I'm a big-time foodie, but the atmosphere and scene are so amazing, that I wouldn't care if they didn't serve food at all. It's the perfect place to come, hang out, enjoy some drinks and cigars and meet some beatiful people. Hands down, this is my favorite restaurant and bar in Puerto Rico. read more

They suck. I live in PR. My partner does not speak English. When we started to speak Spanish the quality of service went down to the point that my partner had to look for our drinks at the bar. read more

Beautifully built out new restaurant on Loiza. Excellent wine selection and interesting small plates as well as entrees.

no service, no quality of food , no Desiree to served people with good food

Drinks were ok. Service was mediocre and my lobster roll had an extremely foul taste. I usually give places 2nd chances. But I definitely wouldn't return here again. read more

Bottega is a new type of enoteca, with fairly good wine inventory to combine it with either dinner or Piscolabis with family or freinds. The food is good and large enough portions to share. Has parking available. read more