Amazing-Amazing...simply amazing! The food, service, the accessibility being that it was Old San Juan omg! The food was very delicious and we will definitely come back when ever we travel back to PR! read more

See all

El mofongo no sabía a nada, los tostones eran de bolsa congelada y la carne estaba quemada. También tardaron mucho en preparar nuestra orden, aproximadamente unos 55 minutos. No me quejo del servicio pero no vuelvo a ir. read more

Was recommended to me by a girl in a shop nearby as I wanted some good local food. It was pretty empty so I was skeptical, but I did end up entering and getting a table. It's clean and the food was tasty. Tastiest food I've had in PR so far. I would give it 5 stars however even though I was the only one in there, the service was very slow. I ordered Mofongo and Wings and it took roughly an hour to arrive. Staff were alright. Would come back when I'm not in a rush. read more

This was my first time visiting and I have Shrimp w/ Creole Sauce & rice and it was delicious! It was very busy so I was seated immediately. The service was fast and the food arrived fresh & hot. The other dishes I saw coming from the kitchen looked amazing and appetizing as well especially the giant fried pork chop! read more

Vaca Brava - Shrimp w/ Creole Sauce - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

The food was great. I had the shank steak and roasted vegetables, even though I am not much of a beef eater. YOLO. The customer service was terrible. We had a reservation for outside, but it was full. Second, our waiter seemed unfriendly or racist. He entered the no tip. You read more

Waited 45 mins to be seated, once seated, waited 25 minutes to be aknowledge, ended up leaving. I was looking forward to trying their food since it was recommended by a lot of locals, but the service was terrible. Try it probably you have better luck! read more

This restaurant was recommended to us by a friend in Puerto Rico. The food was simply amazing. Arrival - the wait wasn't extremely long and the waitress provided us menus to view while we waited to be seated. That took about 15 min Ambiance - the restaurant is definitely not a romantic environment. It has picnic table settings and is very open and airy. There are several tvs available to watch. You really get more of a family vibe from it. Ordering - Our waiter was awesome, but the food took forever to come out. I actually got my appetizer and main entrée at the same time. My sister didn't receive her food until we were all ready to pay our bills. (Hence a 4 star instead of 5) Food - I had the Mofongo with garlic shrimp...AMAZING...the portion was just right and it taste again AMAZING. My appetizer was the fried cheese with Guava dipping sauce...DEFINITELY pass on that one. Drinks - The drinks were made well and the beer tap was definitely on point. Overall my experience was a great one & I would definitely go there again. read more

See all

Came in to try there grass fed beef. And end up eating the Kankan pork shop. Diablo! It's so good. The white rice and red beans are so scrumptious. Oh and let me tell you about the Mojitos. Try the passion fruit and the coconut one you will have an orgasm. Pricey but it's all about location here. read more

Vaca Brava - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Incredible food! Great prices. The mojitos are to die for. We were referred to this place by our taxi driver and he described it as great authentic Puerto Rican quisine. He did not lie! read more

Vaca Brava - Mango mojito! - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

See all

We mistook this place for the Club that many of the locals were telling us was popular in San Juan. Apparently the club was called Brava or Bravo but was located inside a hotel. When we walked in we automatically knew this was no club nor would it turn into one after dinner hours. Whoops. But looking at the menu and since we were already there, we decided to give this place a try for dinner. Given this place was on Man vs. Food, i was hesitant on how authentic the food would taste because it seemed like, and probably is, a tourist trap. Oh well. After a few recommendations from our server, Jan, who was super friendly and patient with all our questions, we went ahead and ordered the Chuleta de Can Can, Mofongo, and Paella to go with our 2 mojitos. When the food came out, damn...HUGE portions!! Luckily we shared so it was more than enough to fill us up. Honestly, we had a good experience here, and yes the price is a little high for the dishes you can probably get more authentically cooked elsewhere, but the meats here tasted fresh. read more

Vaca Brava - Chuleta de Can Can - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

It's rare to find a waitress who knows her shit. Luckily there's one at Vaca Brava named Stephanie. She helped me navigate the menu with my food allergies (gluten, dairy & soy). I ordered the ribeye with a side of trifongo. The cut itself was superb but I just couldn't get it cooked to a medium-rare NY style. The PR style of medium-rare is very very rare. We asked to cook it again to a medium and still it was just too rare - with the fleshy look. Ended up doggy bagging it since I filled up on the trifongo. We learn something new every day in PR. Vaca Brava has a fryer dedicated to plantains so no cross contamination. If you have food allergies like me - this is the place to go! read more

If you want some good Puerto Rican food, this place offers a variety of options with a pretty lively atmosphere at night. I ordered a pork chop meal that was more than I bargained for but was decent. The fried mofongo balls were excellent! Would definitely go back to have something different like the chicken or salmon. We decided to sit at the bar and was served by a friendly bartender. read more

Vaca Brava - Kan kan pork chop with rice and beans - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

See all

Great service and you get a lot of food. Delicious. We ordered one dish for two and I tell you it was good enough for three. Very accommodating waiting staff and the food did not disappoint. read more

See all

This place is expensive, dirty and the food is not good at all. A lot of the locals come here that is why we thought that the food was going to be good. The two stars are for the good and friendly service. read more

Minus one star because ordering took 3 different waiters and one entree took 45 minutes to arrive! Amazing food. Amazing host out front. Thursday night at 8 there was no wait to be seated for two. A man in a black shirt was very prompt in greeting us and explaining to us he will not be our waiter but he'd be happy to take our drink orders. The waiter would be a few more minutes ( which was nerve wracking because of the other reviews ). The passion fruit smoothie w added alcohol was very good with very little alcohol though... Ordering our full meal took 3 different people! We had to call one to us each time we had a question or order to make. We ordered mofongo balls & sausages as appetizers. Fresh and filling I recommend both. We ordered the stack of ribs and Mahi Mahi fillet with sides of fried plantains and sweet plantains. Highly recommend both. Most of the food came fairly quickly - despite the ordering debacle. However the Mahi Mahi took about 45 minutes !! (With only 7 tables full) Ended up just getting the entire entree to go. :/ Overall highly recommend when you're not on a tight schedule. We only saw our waiter twice but the host and bartender/manager (not sure) made sure to keep us in the loop. read more

Vaca Brava - Mahi Mahi w sweet plantains - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

See all

Yelp.. the service sucks!! first, we asked for bottle water and received tap water.. they ran out of 3 appetizers - including chicken wings even though I wasn't going to order them.. and it was only 530pm on a Monday..! Then the waiter took like 20minutes to come back to ask what we wanted to eat. I would say it took longer but I lost count. My sister spoke to the manager.. This place is for tourist.. it advertises it had the best ribs.. and they don't even have red beans and rice! Go somewhere else. I'm still seating here and writing this review.. why I don't know... The waiter will not be getting a freaking tip at all! read more

This food was amazing! If u try the mofango u will never be disappointed! Great service and great drinks! read more

Vaca Brava - Mofango shrimp - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

The food was delicious and the mojitos, spectacular! Why three stars then instead of four or five? Two reasons. This is probably the most expensive restaurant in Old San Juan. They also serve too much food! They have a menu that is meant to share between two people and my fiance and I ordered the trio off of the menu which included "samples" of pork ribs, a sirloin steak with mushroom sauce and a half of a chicken. The platter that they served us was large enough to serve 4 people with ease. We barely made a dent in the deliciousness and we ended up needing 2 to go boxes to carry out the left overs. Now most people who go here are tourists and not all hotels have refrigerators or microwaves so it ends up being a waste of money. The trio was the least expensive dish at 50.00. With all the food left over, we were able to give the boxes to some homeless people but we wish they kept in mind that they need to tell people honestly it's more than enough for three or 4 people instead of just two. I suggest going with a small group and sharing! read more

This was the best. Found it from a YouTube traveler and it was all that and some. The pork Chop on the stick and the Red snapper was very good. Don't miss going here. read more

Vaca Brava - Enjoyed! - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

See all

Worst service ever, food is overpriced and overrated for what it's advertised as. The waiter was definitely prejudice against tourists, which we witnessed first hand.the food was dry and not very tasty at all.when we asked for the bill the waiter asked us how much of a tip are we giving him! What kind of question is that for a waiter to ask. I wouldn't have given him a dime. My girlfriend felt uncomfortable with such an awkward question she said five dollars and gave him the credit card.which he promptly took an left and continued to talk with another table of his friends.when he finally came back around 5 minutes later he just threw my girlfriends card and recite on the table and left without a word! read more

One of the best meals I've had in a long time. Wasn't feeling like an alcohol day, so I got the lemonade--nice and tart. Other folks' drinks were also well received. The meat order we shared was a veritable feast and wonderfully done. The green plantain mofongo was delicious as well. read more

This is probably my first 1 star review for a restaurant. I don't know if I was the unlucky one at my table. I ordered the steak and it was 65 % all fat. I tried my best to eat it but at the end my palate was disgustingly covered in fat. This was the worst steak I've ever had. I did see other dishes coming out that looked way better than what I got.Beware don't order the read more

Vaca Brava - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

See all

Great place! They were able to accept our party of 13 easily!! The menu is smaller but I like it, not a menu that's too big! The meat is great! Perrier sparkling water to drink. Appetizer was fried cheese with guava sauce YUM!! I got the KanKan pork chop and it was massive, crispy and the presentation was great!! The rice is phenomenal. Next time I go back I'll try the mofongo!! Our server was a young gentlemen and he was very attentive!! Even thought there was 13 of us he kept us happy. Definitely good place to go! Little touristy but it was great! I would suggest! read more

Vaca Brava - For dinner i chose the Kan Kan! The pork was great, crispy and the presentation was great. Plus the rice that came with it was so yummy!! - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

I came to PR for my birthday and Vaca Brava was one of the many restaurants I had. It's a causal style restaurant, pretty spacious with a nice size bar. Service was great, we sat down immediately and our sever answered any questions we had about the menu. The menu is fully of Puerto Rican dishes which I loved! I got the shrimp monfogo which was a huge portion and very flavorful! My boyfriend got the Kan Kan porkchop which he loved. The have a very good passion fruit mojito as well. Next time I'm in PR I'm def coming back! read more

This restaurant is amazing!! I had the steak mofongo and ropa vieja with trifongo and I was the happiest person on earth! I'm def sad that we don't have a vaca brava in Washington DC. read more

The food was decent but the kitchen is SUPER SLOW! Not the best place to stop fir a quick bite.

Open late and friendly wait staff! Their mofogos and fried beef tips are so yummy! All the meats and dishes we ordered were on point at Vaca Brava! We can't wait to go back! read more

This place is awful!!!! RUN! I hate to write a negative review, I always try to support establishments. Especially with my fellow Puerto Rican's. But damn this place made that impossible. My Husband, son and 5 month old baby and I parked next door so we thought it would be simple and easy to eat here. The food took forever. I am a very patient person but my goodness. Plus there was only 2 other tables and 5 waiters.. it took about 25 minutes for the waitress to take our order and another hour or so to get our food. Which wasn't very good on top of that. Still trying to breathe and remind myself sometimes everyone has an off day. I went to the bathroom and it was disgusting. Dirty and the toilets wouldn't flash. It started to back up. I ran out and informed staff and they really didn't seem too concerned. Weird! I also came back to another Bottle of water I didn't order. Which clearly isn't free. We asked for our check and that took another 20 minutes. At that point I had it! I said look this is really poor customer service and instead of getting an apology I got nasty attitude. I paid cash and left a tip which was the minimum percentage of the bill since that's what I felt they earned. (I should have left nothing FYI) the waitress came behind and asked if I wanted change in a very condensing manner and I looked at her smile and said no. Have a great day. She was so angry. Please avoid this place. Food is crap. Service is crap. The woman's bathroom literally had crap coming out of the toilets lol. read more

This place was ok but the price they had on thIs dish was not worth it the food didn't taste all that good for the pRice I have had better Spanish food. read more

Pros: portion size Cons: The customer service was subpar, the food was either over seasoned or under seasoned. Did I mention that the customer service was subpar?! Would I visit again?! Absolutely not! I had to wait about 20 minutes for someone to take our drink order. I watched two servers argue about who was going to take our order...which should have told us to get our crap and leave but we stayed and the food was just ok. Nothing to jump and scream about. We ordered red velvet cheese cake to go and it was horrible. If you care only about the portion size, this is the place for you. If you would like to receive excellent customer service and really enjoy what you pay for...keep going! P.S. There was a bug crawling on the wall as we were preparing to leave. read more

This place is not the greatest, I asked the guy, what is the MP for the red snapper, he said between $20 - $40, but they charged me $75... Then our drinks to so long to get to us. We wanted a shrimp mofongo, but the mofongo was already broken up already not in a ball, and our waiter said, thats how it is served. Then when we get ur bill, he tells us we need to add the tip on your bill. SMH. I will make sure every one who plans to visit this place to think twice about it, there is better places around there, especially across the street which is much better and good for your money! read more

Terrible service! Went at about 8:30 pm on a Thursday and the restaurant was not full. Took 1 hr to get drinks, 2 hrs to be served food. Other tables who came in after got food and drinks within 30 minutes. Food was served cold and drinks were watered down. We DO NOT recommend this place. read more

This place is not worth it at all. Only reason it gets 1 star is for the ladies at the desk outside who were super nice. I had been walking around Old San Juan all day and was super thirsty and a bit hungry. The outside seating was nice! Ordered a sweet tea and decided on 2 appetizers - the mofongo balls and yucca balls. It literally took like 35 mins to get my food and it was really not good. Neither dish was hot and both were flavorless. This was the only bad meal I've had on the island in 4 days! The waitress asked how they were and I said not good and she was just like oh ok. Nothing. $25 for tea and 2 subpar apps. Run the other direction! read more

Our meal tonight was good. The appetizers were ok, nothing great nothing bad. Three in our group ordered the churrassco steak. All three were cooked perfectly and the sides were good, especially the puerto rican rice. This is not a five star restaurant but they are also not charging five star prices. Good food at a reasonable price. We will be back. The service tonight was GREAT. our sever was Jean Paul. He was very nice, very helpful and we did not have to wait for anything. read more

I seen this on the food travel channel and had it on my must do list for PR. I must say I was so happy I did . The huge portions you get can be intimidating so I recommend coming with a group and sharing with the table; Trust, you'll have more than enough. A Theme restaurant you must try. read more

See all

TERRIBLE! ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY! My cousin lives right around the corner from this place. After looking at the menu we were reeled in thinking we had found a good steak place. This was the WORSE meal we had in San Juan. Our waiter was terrible. I ordered a NY Strip and was brought a ribeye instead. Then the waiter continued to argue with me about the cut of meat. I had to get management involved and the chef only to be proven right it was in fact a ribeye and that I was brought the wrong steak. Clearly after having to argue, I completely lost my appetite. Additionally, I ordered dirty martinis which were soooo small! My friends did get their right order, but they also weren't satisfied with the quality or taste. This is a very low-scale steak house that will fool you by the decor. KEEP WALKING and try something else. Unless you want to overpay for a bad meal and small, weak drinks. read more

Decent food a lot of food there is fried...Good spot to check out for apps and drinks

Very expensive, food is good but you will be waiting a long time. Do no recommend staff looks miserable. Ordered an appetizer, however only got it after reminding the Server after already getting food. Ordered Skirt Steak and was over cooked like a shoe all the way through Rice and Beans were cold. Luckily appetizer was good and good enough portion to fill me up. read more

Awesome food!!! Great mojitos!!! The place is San Juan is brand new therefore is super packed at all times. We had the yuca mofongo with churrasco and pollo. Amazing! But the almost hour and a half wait was way too much. I will not return. read more

Vaca Brava - Latin American Near Me - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

HORRIBLE SERVICE!!!!! Waited over an hour just to receive water in plastic cups in a pitcher . Waited another 30 mins to get our drinks which by the way was disgusting. Then we had to get the host to be our server instead since our waiter decided not be our waiter no more . And she purposely didn't put in our food order and messed up our drink orders. Food was mediocre. Just terrible service overall. Never again . 0/10 read more