Ok, trust me on this one. I know, I know... You were planning on eating at one of the super…read moreexclusive little restaurants where they ferry you by boat to the middle of the lake but you arrived too late and missed the last ferry and now you're stuck and the only place you see is this little local dive bar. Go. Eat here. Don't look for a big blue "A" outside the doors; you won't find it. What you will find is an actual local spot owned by a husband and wife (they are the only two employees) who cook up AMAZING food at pretty cheap prices. Entrees run $15, appetizers around $3, beer at $1. Bottled water only, no free tap water. Now: there will be no English going on here, so brush up on a "I want" and "my wife / friend / kid would like" before you go. The menu is 50% translated into English (lots of dishes with "chiken," -- no "c") but if you have an AT&T phone you'll be in luck and you can Google everything faster than your phone works in the states. Empanadas... Great. Arañas... So yummy (not actual spiders) Steak Mufungo... Best on the Island. Creole Chicken... Light and bursting with flavor. Tostones... Theirs beat the crap out of every other plantain served in the commonwealth. Corona... Freezing cold little 7oz bottles that go down like the nectar of life. Live guitar music and dancing on Sundays in the evening. Super-nice owner (he'll shake your hand and introduce himself as he apologetically says "no English"). Crazy-good "Mom made this" food. Go local, or go home!

We went to Utuado to visit the restaurants around the bay (those are truly worth it) but the…read moreferries weren't working that day. So we ended up here, the closest restaurant. We don't recommend it. Pricey for the quality and not a good example of true Puerto Rican food.

We had to knock because the door was locked. Then a lady asked us through the window what we…read morewanted. We replied we wanted to come in and eat. I'm not joking. Service was lacking, as was running water in the bathroom. What a mistake.

Wii ok s this was really good. I didn't know what to order. My wife helped me since she knows…read moreSpanish. I wouldn't have ordered the creole sauce, but she did. And it was good. Probably the best I've had while traveling. As an outsider to the culture, I only know what my stomach tells me is good. And it says this is good. Great even. It's outside only. If I knew that I would have avoided the place. I like inside and the air conditioner. Beware of the mosquitos. There were a ton. We got there and there was a small line. By the time we got our food there were 10 plus people. What encouraged me upon arrival was the fact military members were eating there. I know they know where good food is. Even police showed up to get food before we left. We were clearly the only lost tourists. It was the only place to have Coke Zero. All around very good food. Affordable prices too.

Quiero dejar saber por este medio que recientemente tuvimos la desgracia de organizar un evento en…read moreel restaurante Rincón Criollo Don Primo en Hatillo: hicimos la reservación con 2 semanas de anticipación y se mantuvo el contacto todo el tiempo para confirmar hora de llegada, que la Picadera estuviera lista al llegar los invitados entre otros; al llegar al lugar no tenían los entremeses listos como acordaron. Se tardaron más de una hora en estar listos (eran frituras) Luego la comida para alrededor de 30 personas se tardó 4 horas en ser servida a todos y solo tenían 6 comensales adicionales en su restaurante, que ya estaban comiendo cuando llegamos. Y no llegó nadie más hasta finalizar la actividad después de 4 horas o sea sino hubiésemos escogido su local para hacer la actividad ese día hubiese sido uno bien flojo y era domingo. No recomiendo este lugar a nadie. La excusa que nos dieron es que son jóvenes y eran muchas personas pero al hacer el contrato se jactaron de que eran expertos en atener cientos de personas y no solo eso, nos mintieron diciendo que tenían otra actividad en el salón de al lado y era mentira. (Todo en esta vida se sabe) Otra mentira fue cuando pedimos hablar con la gerente y nos dijeron que había ponchado y se había ido y al final apareció de la oficina. La excusa: como lo nuestro era a la carta se tardó (en serio? 4 horas y casi todos pidieron más o menos lo mismo y ni tan siquiera sabía tan buena la comida). Sirvieron los tickets en desorden. 7 personas se fueron, algunos porque tenían otros compromisos, y otras porque tenían mucha hambre y se cansaron de esperar. Esa excusa que "porque era a la carta se tardaron", no es una excusa válida, ya que hemos ido a otros restaurantes con grupos más grandes de personas y hemos ordenado a la carta como por ejemplo en el Fogón de la abuela en Camuy que le pueden dar cátedra de cómo se atiende ese tipo de actividad que, by the way, fue nuestra primera opción pero ya la fecha estaba reservada cuando nos comunicamos para la reservación. Deben ir al Fogón de la abuela a coger un adiestramiento de cómo atender al público, es por eso que llevan tantos años en ese negocio... y empezaron jóvenes... deben además de ver los episodios del Chef Ramsey. Pero saben qué: quédense con los clientes que se merecen; los que le dejaron el parking lleno de caca de caballo y un mosquero que tuvieron por varios días y que también le rompieron la verja días antes. Jamás recomendaré un lugar como este, no es lo mismo de hace años, cambiaron de dueño para empeorar...

I don't know about giving this place 5 stars. Eating out everyday can get really expensive so I…read morethought to find q more local place and I came looking for a place that maybe would be less than $25 per person. Which is what I am typically spending for a dinner near the beach. Food was good but not amazing or anything. Ambience def a 3. Music so loud and no one was there to dance yet and bathroom had no toilet paper. More or less typical food you find anywhere. Waited a long while for the food. Location was blah it's inside more, in residential district Barrio Corcovado near Hatillo quite a ways in from the number 2. Prices were same as I would pay in Islote and I've got the ocean hitting the rocks practically under my Feet. Yesterday I paid $18.99 for my meal which was fish and included rice, beans and mofongo. This time I ordered same and it looks like it's cheaper at $13.95 but they include only 1 side so the tostones were extra. Basically coming out to the same price as by the beach in Alcazar. Not really my kind of place but if in area, will stop in for lunch as lunch can't be beat. Locals say it's known for lunch, they have lots of options and only $5.95!

This is a very new place, lots of good seafood and mofongo. Open 7 Days a week form 10 am to 10 pm…read more Right at the beach. Nice parking. Very friendly staff. You need to give this place a try!! Super clean and nicely build!!

Great spot next to the beach with a lot of potential. Unfortunately, while our waiter was lovely,…read moreeverything else was a trainwreck. The place was not full or busy at all and there were lots of wait staff around taking orders. We ordered a few appetizers and eventually our main course. We waited... and waited... and waited. One and a half hours later, after our waitress checked on the order several times, our order came along with the appetizers. She knew we were very disappointed and was very apologetic, but acknowledged that she had no idea what the kitchen was doing. The food: soggy queso frito, good sorullos and ham croquetas. The breaded shrimp was good. They got my lobster mofongo order wrong and gave me the wrong sauce. At that point we'd been waiting for over 1.5 hours for everything so I didn't care. The food was at room temperature, which was even more enraging. To top things off, we spoke to the manager to tell him about our experience, to which he asked "And what do you want me to do about it?" Well, taking off one of the appetizers or offering us a dessert on the house would have been nice considering people left and right were leaving the restaurant disgruntled. Maybe even an apology and a promise to do things better if we ever decide to join them again. The verdict: the place has been open only 2 months and, while it's in a great location and the surroundings are beautiful, I don't expect them to stay open without amping up their service and kitchen practices. I don't think I'll ever go out of my way to eat there again, which is sad because I really wanted to support a post-Maria local business.

We went for the first time and I was not impressed as expected. The octopus croquettes had no much…read moreflavor. You can't tell if it was octopus or even ham croquettes. The ossobuco raviolis were empty inside and hard on the outside. We needed a knife to cut them When ordering three fish plates, they offered different sauces. As we chose the sauce, it didn't had it, they put the sauce on the side and we had to request it because they did not brought the sauce when serving the plate We brought our own wines and they charged $38 for corkage when we pay more or less $15 in other places We expected more for the high price...

Precios de New York City en Arecibo. Primero, el descorche…read morede el area es entre $10 - $25 por persona que es común en PR. Este sitio te compra $38 por botella!!! Y ni tienen una lista de vinos que amerite una cosa así! Segundo, los precios de los platos también son fuera de una realidad para ese mercado. Y le doy 3 estrellas a ellos. Si quieren comer pescado, langosta o Steaks en Arecibo hay un número de mejores opciones que esto! Y con precios y descorche que son mejores y de mejor calidad.

Great place if you're staying at the hotel nearby or a local! Not a ton of parking but enough for…read morethe amount of seats. Very cozy with great breakfast options and carefully crafted coffees! The French toast meal was excellent! Even if you don't know Spanish you can get by without. Un buen lugar para ir a desayunar en el área, acogedor con varias alternativas en el menú. Las tostadas francesas son excelentes!

Well well, this is a small, cozy and friendly spot! We arrived like at 10 am, and on a holiday…read more There open sign was lit so we took a fast stop for a morning brunch. There menu is varied but small. The parking space is limited but the good part is that it wasn't crowded, so we were like there 2nd customers of the day! We ordered a latte, passion fruit juice, Cocoa Power and Waffle Bowl-Nutella in the side. Everything came out to be on spot. Nice and hot looked delicious and tasted amazing. Definitely one of those hidden 'gems' @ Hatillo.

Lovely welcoming ambiance! Very friendly customer service. The food is delicious!!! And it's great…read morecoffee. Highly recommend this lovely gem.

Our Airbnb host recommended breakfast here. We were able to find street parking. The coffee shop…read morewas charming and quaint. The staff were friendly and provided excellent service. The coffee we had was phenomenal! The pastries tasted as good as they looked so we ended up grabbing some for the road. Breakfast was fresh and cooked perfectly. We sat outside on the patio and had the cutest most delicious breakfast together. Definitely recommend!

Wonderful coffee with blended beans, dried and roasted by the owner. The hospitality was amazing…read more The owner and his family manage the the shop. The Mountain View from the bar in the back is beautiful

This is a decent roadside cafe for Puerto Rico standards. My son enjoyed a ham & cheese sandwich…read more(no mustard available, only condiment choices were butter or mayonnaise) even though there was no lettuce or anything else on it. I ordered the mahi mahi plate. The menu says that you get one side plus a salad. They had run out of the first couple of items that I requested as my meal's "side." I ended up with rice & beans as my meal's side, and it was decent. They never gave me my salad. My son's grandmother ordered a virgin piña colada for my son. The bartender heaped whip cream on top. Once I managed to scrape that off & give my son the drink, he only drank a couple of sips before he said he didn't want it. He was already sweating from our hike in Cueva Ventana, so I was surprised that he snubbed the ice-cold drink... until I tried it. It tasted like pineapple syrup... SO SWEET. Too sweet to drink. We threw away that cup of drink that was more than 3/4 full. There's no indoor seating, which means no air-conditioning nor any protection from the weather other than a few table umbrellas. However, there aren't any other options for food within a 5 mile radius (unless you want to eat gas station food), and it's definitely better than nothing.

Cute little spot to eat something to fuel up before doing the Window Cave (La Ventana) tour…read more Personally, I kept it simple with the ham and cheese (con mantequilla). Nothing fancy but ABSOLUTELY DELICOUS. Pair it with a cafe con leche for the perfect snack before the tour. (Coffee might make you sweat a bit but very good coffee) My friends had the octopus salad with tostones and they loved it! Octopus salad is a sort-of ceviche style "salad". Top your tostones with mayo-ketchup and this salad for some flavor that's BIEN TROPICAL! Sorry no pics for this one. We were too busy eating and chatting. Did wanna share the experience though!