Boooo. The service was ehh. The service forgot tiny friends order, which isn't uncommon but then the food took 35 minutes to make. Meanwhile everything else that we attempted to order came out late or worn as well. When she finally received the food the order was totally wrong. She ordered Arroz con pollo, she just got arroz. No chicken. Then when we requested our money back, and refused the gratuity the manager gave us back only a portion of that. Wish it was better but nope. read more

I was a little skeptical stopping to eat here because it's in a direct path of the cruise ship crowd. We had a long travel day and I wanted mofungo so we tried it while walking past. The sangria was sweeter than I prefer but it had a punch to take the edge off. We ordered mofungo with chicken and a mofungo with beans. I liked both but with beans had a lot more flavor. Satisfying first stop in old San Juan. read more

Authentic and tasty. Prices are excellent! Doesn't feel like a tourist trap like a lot of the other places. We had mofongo, fried fish, rice and beans and cold beer. It was nice to enjoy the flavors of PR without spending an arm and a leg. read more

Extremely touristy. Food was mediocre at best. The waitresses were kind but the service was slow. if you're looking for authentic Puerto Rican food do not go to this place. read more

I will keep this review short and to the point. Best coconut mojito's on the island and the shrimp mofongo ain't to shabby. The waitress Alexandra is the BEST! read more

Very friendly service and the most reasonably priced dinner I had in Old San Juan. Dinner for 2 was under 20. Very casual and authentic food even though located in a heavily trafficked tourist area. A friendly waiter convinced me to go in as he saw me walking by. very cheap, under 20 for 2 people. I would come back here for the authentic food, cheap prices, friendly service, and great location. read more

Great place to eat in Old San Juan. Came here by recommendation of someone who lives in San Juan. Not very touristy like all the other places-- just authentic delicious food. They had a happy hour so we ordered some drinks as well. Their mofongo is delicious and prepared just how mofongo should be prepared. Very nice family owned restaurant--- Will be back when I'm back in San Juan. read more

Crappy food and will over charge any chance they can. I've traveled many countries and any place that takes advantage of a language barrier deserves a 1 star read more

Horrible service I was vacationing in SAN Juan and we decided to stop here a party of 7. We were there from 5pm until 7pm our food was not served until we started to complain. We asked for our bill on numerous occasions and they refused to give it to us. Another party received there food little by little just like us. They brought one item to the table next to us and one appetizer to us and one person ate at the table. Horrible service if you are a tourist do not come here! read more

Genesis - Puerto Rican Near Me - San Juan, Puerto Rico

I agree with the rest of the reviews. The wait is so LONG!!! We had fried pork chops and lobster with garlic sauce. Pork chop was dried, lobster was over cooked. Nothing great. read more

Great for lunch and great drinks, although tourist all around GREAT authentic food. Great staff and service although I thought prices were high guess that is the norm for island living! We would definitely come back read more

We decided to stop into this place because it caught our eye. We got the mozzarella sticks and they were small but good. My fiancé got the chimchanga he enjoyed it and I got the chicken fettuccine it was mediocre. The worst part was the bread they gave me and the chips they gave him were very stale. The wait staff was very pleasant though,amazing servicep 0. Drink specials same as everywhere else, mojoitos good but there are better. read more

Ran into this restaurant and their menu drew me in. I had pastel de amarillos. (Sweet plantain lasagna) with rice and beans. It was amazing and the price was great as it was a lunch special. My husband had shrimp salad that was fresh and full of flavor. If you wander by stay and eat. Thanks for the great service as well. read more

Worst meal while vacationing in Old San Juan. Shrimp appetizer was overly salty. Chicken entree tasted overcooked and like it had been sitting in the kitchen for a while. Very disappointed considering what I paid. read more

Drinks were reasonably priced. We did not eat here so I can't review the food but I did peruse the menu. Prices seemed to range from $15 - $25 for an entree. The menu was fairly extensive in its choices. I'm giving it a 3 because it was good but not something that will particularly stand out in my mind as memorable. read more

Slow service. Ordered the Mofongo with Churrasco and the flavor was very bland and the quality was not great either. One of the worst mofongos I have ever eaten. It was also an expensive plate too at 19$. Also if you want split tickets then good luck because their "system" does not support that functionality. read more

The food was okay, not the best we've had being in PR. BUT the worst is when you get forgotten about ... We came in at the same time as two other guys. One guy sat right next to us and ordered, got his food, ate and left, someone else sat down at the same table, ordered and got his food before us. We had two people waiting on us. At one point one came and apologized and said only 10 more mins. After that, they brought out salads, I'm guessing because they felt bad. Then our second waiter come by and apologized again and told us only 5 more mins... Ridicules! I turned to my husband and asked if we should just leave but right when I said that our food came out. One of our waiter actually was very apologetic and gave us two free drinks. But they definitely forgot about us being there! read more

Good service, good prices compared to the rest of restaurants in the same block. They serve mofongo with vegetables, really good for vegetarians. :) read more

COCKROACH ALERT!!!! Here we go. Im still at the restaurant writing this review. Service is tremendously slow and we are the only ones here. One of our friends ordered shrimp soup and guess what we found a HUGE COCKCROACH!!!!!! THIS PLACE SHOULD BE CLOSED!!!!!! The staff didnt believe me and once they saw it in plain site they brought it to the back and a guy came out didn't identify himself, pulled me aside and just said sorry im not charging you that plate. Im like ofcourse your not going to charge. Oh restroom was open, used and not flushed. Disgusting. Why did we stay here? I dont know. End of story don't eat here. No wonder its empty. read more

As I sit here outside this restaurant I had no choice but to download yelp app and comment. This was my wifes abd I's third time here abd this time with a highschool friend (twice this vacation trip). Great inexpensive food and GREAT drinks that are $2 to $3 than nearby places. We had their Mojitos, Margaritas (frozen and on the rocks, Pina Colada, and Amaretto Sour. Again, cheap great tasting food and drinks! Friendly wait staff. read more

Friendly service, great food and much better than other more "popular" restaurants nearby. Highly recommend!

This place was cheap and delicious. Overall a wonderful experience. Try the plantain lasagna!

Loved this place. Came here multiple times this past week. Delicious affordable food and wonderful service.

Bland Mofongo and lots of bugs. Would not recommend. Go next door Fogo De Chao is the best

Me, my boyfriend, and a couple of his friends took a trip to Puerto Rico a couple weeks ago, the consierge at our hotel recomeded this little spot. Surprisingly it was AMAZING. You wouldn't have guest it by the looks of the place. It was dark and it needed a little work but that:s also what made it so cozy. We were told by on of our servers ( one didn"t speak English) to try the "Mofongo". It's a dish that PR is known for come to find out. It was sooooo dliscious. It was mashed plantains with shredded chicken and this red sauce that was to die for. We also tried the rice and beans which had pumpkin in it, that was also incredible. No where else went had the same great tasting Monfongo. Definitly go here. We took taxi's so not sure about the parking. read more

I was starving and my group wanted cocktails so we stopped here on a what looked to be a slow night for the restaurant. From what I could see there were two diners sitting inside the restaurant, and my group. We chose to sit outside. The hostess is a really sweet teenage girl. She quickly brought our drinks and took my dinner order. I ordered the snapper and yellow rice. I'm not sure why it took so long for my order to come out considering that no one was at the restaurant, but I must have waited at least an hour . The poor girl saw the distress on my face and went in to check on things once or twice, but I doubt it did anything to speed up the process of getting my food out. Once it arrived, I noticed that my rice was white instead of yellow, and my meal was accompanied by beans, which were not on the menu. The food tasted fine. The drinks were out fast and were super cheap. Next time I will only be visiting for drinks. read more

I visited this place and was not impressed. We all ordered my little one ordered the plain mini sliders (no cheese). When we received them they were still frozen and when I opened them they had cheese. I come from NY so when I looked at the patty they were White Castle burgers. I sent them back and explained I wanted them plain he took them back they came back out frozen again. Of course I didn't send it back. The food finally came out and my other son still hadn't received his meal. I kept asking the waiter and he kept saying it's coming out. It never did. I told him to forget it we were all done eating and my son had to eat a little of everyone plate. Very disappointing. When we received the bill they had charged us $7. for two white castle burgers. Don't advertise sliders and serve white castle burgers. We will never visit this place again. $200 down the drain. To top it off the waiter was upset because I didn't want to take my sons plate to go. The one that never showed up was apparently ready when we were ready to pay. read more

We picked this place for a late breakfast (9:30 am). It was fairly busy- locals and tourists. When we got there they had one table left but a few were just finishing up. Genesis gave us our first hard learned lesson in Puerto Rico... if you know that you'll be hungry for a meal- start 45 minutes before you know you'll be starving. Unfortunately on day 1 of the trip we didn't quite understand this yet and we randomly picked Genesis. The waitress that seated us was extremely nice! She was trying very hard to to make sure we were attended to with a smile. The menu was fairly priced. I can't remember specifics but I know that my eyes didn't pop out at the prices. We started out with two Corona's (vacation).. and then two more... and then we waited patiently.. and waited... and watched a few people order and finish their meals... and waited with patience waning ... for an HOUR AND A HALF! It got so bad that the waitress stopped even coming by to tell us it would be out soon. Finally at the hour and a half mark- and with no luck getting the attention of our server...as I was about to pass out from hunger- we walked up to the bar counter and offered to pay for our drinks and cancel the food so we could go somewhere else and find something (anything) to but into our stomachs. At this point another waitress went to find our waitress who started arguing about whether it had been an hour and a half- we knew it had been because there is very limited cell phone service in the restaraunt and I was waiting for a call back from a snorkeling tour company... and was missing it while waiting for breakfast. I had checked the time when we arrived to make sure I had plenty of time before the call came in. At the point and time that we asked to pay the bill sans the missing food it was just after 11:00 and the day was really starting to slip on by. After a few moments of conversation and a few frustrated glances between the staff- we were told the the food would be out in about 5 minutes. At this point all we wanted was some food so we agreed to the additional 5. I ordered a very non-Puerto Rican dish, chicken cordon bleu, and the sweet heart tried some local pork monfongo for the first time. After the wait I was suprised to find out that the food was very good. Unfortunately although it was very tasty and served in the perfect size portion it wasn't worth the trade off of feeling like we'd already lost half a day just trying to get breakfast. The waitress was torqued about the fact that we had tried to pay early and opt out because of the wait and even though she smiled it was obvious the relationship would never be prepared. We tipped 15% as we felt like maybe it was the kitchen that was to blame but we also vowed never to go back- and we had it on our list on "non-recommended" places to stop. I would not go back... There are so many other places that have great food and acceptable service that it isn't worth giving it a second chance. read more

Came here twice on my vacation. Had the whole fried red snapper and shrimp mofongo. Wasn't impressed with the shrimp mofongo- it was very bland. Also, the shrimp on top for presentation was deveined, but the shrimp inside wasn't. I get super grossed out when my shrimp isn't deveined! Not sure if that was laziness on their part or what? But the snapper was great each time along with the sweet plantains, beans and rice. Also had their sangria- it was excellent! Did not have a wait either time we dined there. Service was a little slow but I think that's the way it is in PR! :) read more

no comments, food is just so so. I ordered breaded steak, it is aweful. While, the service is pretty good.

We were plesantly surprised on this one. We were looking for dining options and ended up here. We go the Mofongo and steak and the mofongo was probably the best out of the 3 times we ate mofongo around town. Cheap prices authentic food. read more

This place is awesome! I've been to San Juan twice and each time I made sure to make my way to Genesis. The first time I had probably the best mafungo ever and had to go back the second time, a year later. I made sure to bring a bunch of friends over there and we had one of the most fun dining experiences ever! The staff there were so fun and again the food was amazing! I would recommend this place to everyone that goes to San Juan!!!! read more

Great place to grab a bite! Prices are affordable & the customer service is amazing! Ordered the chicken mofongo, it was a bit too salty for my taste but tried other plates & they were delicious. Definitely recommend it! read more

I have been To San Juan three times in the last two years. Being a huge fan of paella, I have tried it in many places. It has ranged from good to outstanding. This restaurant, in my opinion makes the best paella I have eaten yet. They have simply raised the bar. A nice young waiter named Rafael knows what I want now when he sees me. We don't even bother with a menu, although I'd bet anything else on it would be good as well! You should eat here. I do. read more

I just don't think that Chinese people were meant to eat Puerto Rican food because it's wayyyy too salty. The irony is that we ran into a lot of chinese during this trip and none of them liked the food. This restaurant had good reviews on yelp and fact is they're reasonable priced compared to all the restaurants we went to in RIO GRANDE and the Wyndham Rio Mar resort. The fried Red Snapper was the best Puerto Rican dish that we had ao far and only $20.95 for a 2 pound fish is a great deal. I gave the mofongo a second try with chicken which was recommend by nice waitress standing outside the restaurant and others patrons also recommend it. I think the if I was a fan of Puerto Rican food then maybe this restaurant deserves 4 stars but the fact is that they use too much salt on all their food. The chicken was super salty and I only edible because mofongo was served with it. Mofongo is a PR speciality made from mashed plantains and pork fat. The mofongo was a little sweet so it was a nice contrast. Another problem with PR restaurants is that they work really slow, and it took 30 minutes for the food to be served. Most of the places that we went to had the same problem. P R has great beaches but we were bummed out by 3 days of rains when we first got here. My wife said that she's definitely not coming back because the food sucks. If you like Caribbean food that is salty then you'll love PR. read more

The friendliest person there is the young girl who stands outside urging passersby to stop in. Once inside, the attitude changes fast. The wait staff was rude and abrupt. Service was SLOW, took over an hour and 15 minutes to get our food. We weren't alone. A table of four next to us got up and left after they waited an hour. Our server said they had only ONE STOVE to cook the entire restaurant's food...wow. Food was so-so, depending on what you got. The premises are dirty inside. What could make it worse? How about an automatic tip of 15% added to the bill with nothing posted in the restaurant about that as a policy (we were a party of 5, hardly the standard mandatory tip level). Of course, the check had a place to add an additional tip (adding insult to injury). We complained and the excuse was, "The computer adds the tip, nothing we can do about it." We fought it and got the check adjusted, but it should not be this unpleasant. NEVER AGAIN. read more