This place was amazing. The staff was so attentive and they made us feel like Family. The food was tremendous served with love and Care and if you didn't care for something, they were straight to say you don't like it. We'll take it back. I highly recommend anything to do with fish, but on a separate note, the pork chops were pretty awesome as well. read more

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Food is prepared fresh, the service is great, and the scenery is breath taking. By the time you leave you feel like you left your relatives house. Must try. read more

Island View sits overlooking the water and the island across the way. The food and service were top notch! A casual restaurant with amazing food. We will definitely be back! read more

Island View Restaurant - View from the restaurant - Spanish Near Me - Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

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Fried fish pieces for appetizer were piping hot, crunchy on the outside, and tender inside. Went great with the Mayo ketchup sauce. Garlic bread was a little stale but nice freebie along with the green side salad served before the meal. Red snapper filet was so tender. Fell apart with a fork and taste was exquisite with a garlic butter sauce. So yum. Side of rice & beans had the most amazing authentic home cooked flavor we've had in awhile. Shrimp mofongo was also delicious. The sauce was plentiful and just soaked into the mofongo to make it super yummy. Counted a total of 8 huge shrimp in my plate! Drinks were nicely loaded to your choice of liquor and amounts to your liking. Prices were very reasonable. Service was more than attentive. Very friendly bilingual staff ready to answer all our questions and willing to take their time for conversations if you wanted. Dinner time view of water & the sound of the gentle lapping of the waves along with the sound of the local birds was therapeutic and so relaxing. Had a fabulous romantic dinner and can't wait to come back! They currently close at 6 pm because of lack of staff but hope to change that to later hours soon. read more

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Great local spot for amazing Puerto Rican food as well as seafood. Fast service ,lovely staff and good portions. Glad I found this place . Oh you won't be disappointed read more

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Great for the Hawk fish and the lobster!!! Mofongo, and carne frita not so tasty. Dessert tierrita and tres leches cake was delicious! Customer service was awesome and the view is breathtaking! I would return for seafood for sure! read more

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The location and view and the server were great. That's about it! I'm not sure what people are giving rave reviews to! but for us it was a terrible meal. For starters unless you order a fresh lobster (they didn't have any) the lobster options were pre cooked a few days prior and cut up. So the lobster meal was rubbery and lacking flavor because the sauces just didn't stick to it. The ceviche that had conch and octopus was even worse and I tried to doctor it by adding lime and salt...nothing could be saved. My buddy takes medicines for which he has to eat within about 30 minutes of taking it so he ended up rinsing the octopus and swallowing the pieces and he basically forced the lobster into his mouth. I had luck with the fresh fish. The rice was also not good. I think it was cooked yesterday and then warmed up. We tossed a lot of the food to the fishes! My friend drove 2.5 hours to take me to the area to eat and for me to see sunset views. I picked the restaurant based on the reviews He said I wasnt allowed to pick anything to go to again. My choice sure blew read more

If you want ambiance, this place doesn't have it. But if you want great service and food, then come here. The view in the back patio is spectacular, particularly when the sun is setting. Everything on the menu is tasty. I've had the fillet of red snapper stuffed with shrimp and lobster, and a side order of yucca with garlic sauce, which was delicious. My family has been coming here for 30yrs...need I say more? read more

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This restaurant was very inviting! Beautiful view for the sunset too. Waiter spoke great English and gave recommendations. We started off with 2 empanadas, one was shrimp and was ok, the other was beef and was delicious! You really can't go wrong with fried dough! We tried the local beer Medella, which is light and good. And also tried the strawberry daiquiri, yummy! For dinner, I had the grilled red snapper with the Mofongo. The fish was excellent, but the Mofongo was not my favorite (and I love this stuff). My husband had the whole lobster and it wasn't bad but it wasn't amazing either. All in all it was a nice meal! Menu is in English and Spanish. read more

Island View Restaurant - View from the patio. - Spanish Near Me - Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Fantastic seafood and view. Had seafood mofongo which was perfectly spiced, loads of octopus, lobster, conch and shrimp.

The restaurant was a terrific place to end a day. We dined outside with a wonderful breeze and sunset. There were six of us and 2 of us ordered these huge live lobsters! So big we named them - Tomas and Pepe - (with the exception of the lobster being just a tad over cooked or I would have given this A 5-star) everything else was great and authentic. The prices were extremely reasonable! Would recommend! read more

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Amazing food and service went there on Tuesday night and as I ate the rice mamposteo it reminded me of the rice my mom made so I sat there and ate and cried and also the empanada de lobster just like my mom. This place is a blessing to me and who ever cooked my food your amazing. read more

Island View Restaurant - This is the arroz mampostiao what I managed to take a picture of - Spanish Near Me - Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

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I was born and raised in PR and even though I moved away, whenever I come home to visit my parents we ALWAYS come here. There is no other restaurant like this one on the island. We've been eating here ever since I can remember and it's truly the best. Literally everything on their menu is delicious. I highly recommend it and guarantee you will not be disappointed. read more

This has been my favorite restaurant in Joyuda for a loooooooooong timeeeeeee! The service is great and the food is even better! They make the ambiance feel very homey and I will definitely be back, as I've been doing for years. read more

Stopped here for an early dinner after a visit to Boqueron Beach. We ordered right away, we were famished. The waitress was very helpful, We asked about Gilligan's Island and she brought us a map which showed it to be located in Guanica.(Another future trip!) she also was very charming and spoke perfect English. I had the snapper fillet and churrasco combo with mofongo de yucca which I very much enjoyed. My husband had an asopao de mariscos which was also very good. The meal came with garlic bread and a salad. I would have liked to see arroz mamposteado on the menu and also a pique del pais instead of tabasco sauce. Enjoyed the view, Isla de Ratones. Would definitely stop here again. read more

Detailed review : Place: the restaurant is positively speaking very basic and decoration is very questionable as it never feels comfortable. The outside patio is more a terrace with a small slit to the sea looking over a governmental island. Even though a big plus, it is very uninspired, several tables clad in old brown plastic cloth. That is 2 stars max. Service: our service was extremely polite, very good English knowledge and even though my Spanish is ok that's definitely a big plus. Quick, friendly and very considerate. That's 5 stars. Food: the caldo de pesce (fish soup) was extremely oily and even though the taste was good it just was too fat. The salad came with a supermarket pre-made salad seasoning which I will not comment. The fish was fresh but other than a little salt they did not bother to do anything with it. Of course, fish doesn't need much, but this one turned out very bland. We had Samna and Capitán. The adjoining vegetables were cold and not even salted. My fried plantain was great and my wife's manioc was great too. The kids had fish nuggets, very ok. All portions were easily big enough. We skipped desert. 2 stars Price: we paid 57 $ without tip and I would say that's ok for fresh fish. But altogether it all seemed to much for what we got. 3 stars Total: food is the major part so for me it is 2 stars. For Puerto Rican standard is a little lower than in other places I might give it a 3, but that would be max. read more

It's been a few years since Ive been here and I was so excited to come back here, but I'm sorry to say I was so so very disappointed. The place has no ambiance and actually looks kind of run down. Scattered tables around set in colored plastic coverings and table settings were not even...salt, pepper, oil, vinegar...not all tables had everything. Service was nice, quick and they spoke English. But the servers just had no oomph to them, like they didn't want to be here. I ordered the churrasco (grilled strip steak) and Lobster. Ordered the churrasco well done, but they serve it with sautéed onions and peppers and so you don't get that char ur looking for. The lobster was actually just lobster pcs which did not equate to a whole lobster. I don't cook lobster but if it can be overcooked this one definitely was...it was tough and chewy. Supposedly, this town of Joyuda is the "seafood heaven of Puerto Rico" and the restaurants here are all known for their fresh well prepared seafood, well this restaurant fell short of that moniker. read more

Wonderful sunset views. Authentic Puerto Rico cuisine. Great to see Island View is back in full swing after the 2017 hurricane season. We come here every time we visit pr. Don't miss it. read more

My husband and I had lunch here. The empanadillas (turnovers) caldo de pescado (fish broth) and surullitos (corn fritters) were excellent. Best of all, Yara, our waitress was very attentive. We will come back. read more