If you have time to kill (I mean, absolutely no where to be for the rest of your day) and would…read morelike to enjoy a beautiful view of central PR, Casaju is a must stop.
Unfortunately for my husband and I, we had a place to be and didn't plan on losing 3 hours of our day to Casaju.
We were stuck at Casaju for so long, I got a sunburn... in the shade. I wish I was kidding.
We waited about fifteen minutes for a table, and then were escorted by a very friendly manager to our table. The wait for service was proper Island time and was to be expected... but after the wait of almost TWO HOURS after ordering to get our food, Casaju put island time to shame.
During our wait, my husband realized that he hadn't seen our waitress in quite some time. So long was our wait that I wondered if she went home and the restaurant forgot to make sure we got our ordered food.
We didn't want to be those idiot Americans who complained about the Island time wait (we all have seen those reviews), so we sat and smiled and waited... and waited... and waited.
Finally, our waitress reappeared and brought our food. At this point, I had gone beyond hungry, hangry, and then starving, and had now reached a full blown loss of appetite.
Typically, when food is SO late to arrive, you would anticipate that it is freshly cooked due to a delayed kitchen trying to catch up... our plates were burning hot, like they had been sitting under a warmer for the last hour. Yikes.
The ribs I ordered were very good, but pretty fatty and oddly missing the bones- my sour stomach could only handle three ribs before I had to tap out.
The rice and beans that I ordered on the side were the worst I had in PR.
Two wild dogs joined us on the patio, keeping us all company as we waited another thirty minutes for the check.
We left running to the car, very sad to have lost the day to a mediocre meal... but I was even more sad to realize that I had been sitting in the shade for so long that the indirect Puerto Rican sun had burnt my entire body to a bright red crisp.
This is a spot to skip.