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Restaurant El Dajao

4.0 (16 reviews)
InexpensivePuerto Rican
Open 10:30 am - 9:30 pm

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Maria B.

Sitting at the foothill of the El Yunque Rainforest is Restaurant El Dajao, a brightly colored orange building offering indoor & outdoor dining. The food is buffet-style with items like rice, chicken, potatoes, chorizo, beans, veggies, plantains, and flan available for their lunch special of $10 per person (CASH ONLY). El Dajao's rice & beans were great, the chicken was alright (i'm not a fan of boiled chicken), plantains were a bit too dry, and the flan was tasty. As far as the decor, it was interesting (to say the least). Stark dark eyes from the extensive (frighteningly extensive) doll collection greeted us as we walked in. Hippie beaded curtains adorned the doorways. Drapes & tablecloths with Hawaiian-esque prints were everywhere. Murano glass and shell sculptures were displayed on each table. I'm pretty sure the decor was from a tchotchke hoarder's private collection. Would i go back? Under one condition: get rid of those dolls!

Amazing meal after a good workout hiking to the waterfall at El Yunque. Everything was delicious
Jalaine M.

Amazing meal after a good workout hiking to the waterfall at El Yunque. The chicken pastelles were delicious, as were the beans. The fried cheese was mild but tasty, and the beef empenadas were very rich. Wish they had a Puerto Rican restaurant like his back home in Los Angeles!

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After going zip lining in el yunque me and my wife were looking for some authentic Puerto Rican food for lunch and we found it here ...

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4.0(113 reviews)
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We were hungry after touring El Yunque and found this local tourist spot. I am not big on big…read moretourist traps but since it was technically "linner" we decided to give it a try. Restaurant is big with indoor and outdoor seating with a Tiki bar across from the restaurant. We chose to sit inside for the cool air. Our server was very nice but not very attentive. We started off with the pina coladas and some agua and it took her about 15 min to come back with our drinks and she also gave us Perrier water of which we did not order (she looked confused). We ordered the alcapurria with ground beef. They were tasty and crispy. I ordered the mofongo rellenos con pollo and it was tasty as well and a decently sized portion. BFF ordered the mofongo rellenos con carne frita (fried pork) & his plato was bigger and he said it was ok. He also ordered a side of rice (they didn't have arroz con gandules) and it had day old stewed habichuelas so it was nice and moist. Overall, it was ok. I think had it not been for the lack of service I would have rated this place four stars. We also ordered a couple of pina coladas and we had to ask our server if she placed the order correctly as we could not taste the rum at all (she claimed she got that complaint often and it was probably blended in).

We really enjoyed ourselves at this restaurant after our four wheel excursion. The food was fresh…read moreand prepared well. It's expensive though! The server was friendly and knowledgeable. We sat outside near the bar area and it was nice! Our bill for 4 people was $118

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Restaurant El Dajao - puertorican - Updated May 2026

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