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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.
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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. read more
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Excellent service, good food. Very clean. Little far location but worth it. High recommend. Family ambience. read more
11 years ago
An out if the way restaurant with authentic Island seafood. (un)fortunately it also has island service, slow but charming. We had the cheese balls as an appetizer, grilled lobster, filet mignon, fish soup with garlic bread, and salad. Oh, and there were other sides. Needless to say there were leftovers! read more
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Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico 00623
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