Found this place while lost in Lago Dos Bocas area. What a beautiful place! Excellent customer service and the food was so good! We had a delicious grilled salmon with a salad and a majadito (mashed) de malanga (a root vegetable) also an acerola juice. Throughly enjoyed our time there read more

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El servicio excelente y la Comida exquisita. Nos atendieron muy bien. Mucha comida y rica. read more

The food was outstanding. The service is happy and genuine. The ambience was right by a river. It was absolutely perfect.. read more

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Go here, seriously it's a place you CANNOT miss. The food was something to remember, super flavorful and most definitely fresh. The views are also a bonus, we saw chickens, roosters, and horses! Although the drive may be rough, the destination is SO worth it. This is the best food we've had our entire vacation. read more

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After reading the reviews, I was really looking forward to trying this place. We spent the day in Utuado and thought it would be a nice way to cap the day. There were three of us. To say we were disappointed is an understatement. Service was such a bummer. Everything was slow which I found incredibly weird considering there weren't too many patrons at the time. Our drinks, including two bottles of beer took a solid 10-15 mins. The margarita took an additional 5mins. From then, we just settled on another beer and a couple of water bottles which again took nearly 10mins. We had to remind the server about appetizers several times. At one point a different server approached us to ask which items we ordered. 30 mins later the appetizers finally came out. Our main entrees took the longest. We asked several times and each time were told that they wouldn't take much longer. Meanwhile, a party of about 10 came in about 15mins after us and received their drinks and food very quickly. In fact, they received their food before we did. Another party of four came in about 45 mins after us and got their food at the same time as we did. We considered leaving but I convinced the others to give it a chance. I really hoped that the food would be the redeeming factor but it was just fine. Not spectacular; good enough that I don't have much to say either way. Generally, we received a couple of "sorry for the wait" but the entire time we saw no sense of urgency on anything to do with our order. No offer to do anything or to correct the situation. Maybe we were unlucky and caught them on an unusual bad day. Either way, we have no plans of testing that theory. read more

The food was so good! Felt very authentic and the restaurant is right on the river-beautiful atmosphere and people. The service was awesome too. Non alcoholic coconut and passion fruit mojitos were so good! Will come back! read more

So good! Went there with 6 adults, 2 teenage kids, one of whom has celiac (severe gluten allergy). The mojitos were amazing (we tried parcha/passionfruit, coconut, pina). Chicken mofongo was gluten-free, my celiac kid had zero issues (once it was clear our spanish sucked so they sent over the english speaking waitress. We tried, but clearly were speaking far too slowly). In the group we tried the fried pork, burgers, tacos, everything rocked. They even made virgin mojitos for the teenagers, which was super nice. And, there was a guitar player for live music, will add pics & video if I can figure it out, the atmosphere was stellar. Packed at 2pm on a Sunday with locals, so clearly this is a great place. If we didn't have to be somewhere else we would have stayed for another few hours to have another drink or two and listen. 13/10 would go again. read more

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We visited this restaurant in the late afternoon after exploring the coffee farms and Taino archeological sites in the area. The first thing to say is the view here is outstanding - the covered outdoor seating has views of the river and surrounding mountains and forest. The food was tasty - they specialized in tacos but also had a good selection of frituras, the fried appetizers that are part of Puerto Rico cuisine. We had a chicken taco, the steak (churrasco) tacos, the rellanitos, which were tasty fried balls filled with beef, and the fried lightly sweet corn fritters known as surullitos. Everything tasted fresh and homemade. My non-alcoholic pina colada served as a great dessert. The service was helpful - there was one bilingual server, and the others worked with us thanks to my daughter's Spanish. (You'd be fine using gestures and Google translate). Overall, this was a wonderful experience due to the food and magical location. read more

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We were leaving a tour in the area. We called Hijos del Josco Restraurant and I didn't realize they were closed. They gladly and happily invited me to come by early and they'll open up a little earlier to better serve me. I was very impressed and had to come. The food was as good as the customer service if not better! My wife and I stared with a PINA COLADA, hands down the best one I've ever tried in my life. my wife and I ordered the Lomita. It was big and delicious !! I was more then satisfied with the food and customer service. This place is a family owned Restraurant, so glad I decided to come out here. Did I mention there's a water front view of a river? Really good place to eat, drink, and be happy! read more

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Picadillo tacos are incredible. Highly recommend this restaurant. Beautiful view of the mountains. Nice breeze that comes thru the dining area. read more

The best chicken tacos I ever taste. The taco shell is made with cod fish, it is great. The restaurant is at the edge of Arecibo river, beautiful view. Jose treated us like family. read more

Hijos del Josco - Puerto Rican Near Me - Utuado, Puerto Rico

We stumbled onto this place coming back from a caving adventure and I can say it was one of the top 3 meals we had in Puerto Rico , the service was amazing everyone who helped us greeted us with a smile , and the owner of the place goes out of his was to shake your hand talk to you and make sure you feel like home !! I will definitely return when we come back to Puerto Rico , what a great !! read more

Hijos del Josco - Delicious!! - Puerto Rican Near Me - Utuado, Puerto Rico

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Food is ok. Taco is good. VERYVERY Slow service and the staff can't speak English. They told me one taco is 3 bucks and they have chicken fish and steak to choose. I asked for steak and they charged me 14 for three tacos because I ORDERED A TACO PLATE which I never heard of before seeing the bill. read more

What a great place to eat...the food was delicious, the server was beautiful and the owner was a very pleasant person to speak to. I sat with him at the entrance and just spoke for a while before the food was ready. It was a party of 6 (2 children) and we ordered the mixed meat (pork, churrasco, chicken,) with Amarillo and sweet potato fries...it was more than enough. Plus we got an order of mofongo and bifongo with I believe 2 specialty drinks and the total was about $58. This is a local mom and pop and it's always a great feeling helping out those that live in the area. The restaurant itself looks a bit rough on the exterior but that just adds to the authenticity and beauty of the restaurant in the area of Utuado. Of course like in many places in PR there is no air conditioning but there are fans throughout. The only drawback was that the power went out while we were there and that led to no fan and having to eat in the humidity that PR has to offer lol. I'm not removing any starts because that's not their fault. Almost one yr later the island is still dealing with the effects of Hurricane Maria. In fact, the owner told me he was closed for six months due to the hurricane and only recently was he able to open. From within the restaurant you can see the puente hamaca Utuado (destroyed) and the river. The drive down could be a bit interesting if you're not from the area but it's definitely worth it. Drive safe and enjoy! read more

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Excellent food and service! The steak was specially good. The drinks were relatively good and pretty to the eye.

Family oriented restaurant. Great for sharing with a big group. The tacos were excellent, they have their own tortilla recipe made out of "bacalaitos" or cod fish. The sangria is very refreshing on a hot day. Please come and try it! read more

Hijos del Josco - Puerto Rican Near Me - Utuado, Puerto Rico

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Great food. Great view. Excellent service. Great option for anyone who has celiac disease or gluten intolerance.