Old San Juan Restaurants

My fiancé and I are cruising on the Carnival Fascination out of San Juan next June for our honeymoon!

What are some of your favorite restaurants in Old San Juan?

We've cruised out of Old San Juan a couple times (check out my reviews for detailed data on it). Our favorite places are Barrachina, Marmalade and Cafe Manolin. All of them are easy to get to and not too far from the port. And congratulations!!! We love sailing out of Old San Juan!

We really enjoyed Raices as well. They had the best Pina Coladas ever!!

BARRACHINA......This is the birthplace of the Pina Colada. They started it all!

It's in old San Juan. The food was good and the drink was awesome!!!!

I really wish I could remember the name of where I ate, it was a restaurant that was at the back of a store in OSJ. Sounds kind of sketchy, but the food was delicious, the best Asopao con Pollo I have ever had in my life. If anyone else on here knows the name and can help me out, that is surely what I would recommend to you!

Hotel Milano has a rooftop restaurant great Mofongo and happy hour 2 for 1 Mojito stayed at this hotel pre cruise twice

We had a traditional dinner at El Jibarito in OSJ. Get the fish...we tried other items, but the fried fish looked spectacular.

You have to try a mallorca at Cafe Mallorca. It's a lovely breakfast pastry and is perfect with a cafe con leche. That's my idea of a perfect breakfast...total cost $5 for a mallorca and two cafes.

You can get more recs if you hit up the San Juan port board.

311 on Forteleza maybe 12 tables in the place. Outstanding!

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Marmalade and Baranchina's for sure!

Thank you everyone for the suggestions so far! They sound amazing! :)

Hotel Milano has a rooftop restaurant great Mofongo and happy hour 2 for 1 Mojito stayed at this hotel pre cruise twice

It's called Punto de Vista and is wonderful...mofongo is really good!

311 on Forteleza maybe 12 tables in the place. Outstanding!

 

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(y) Small but VERY good! :)

Raices for Mofongo. Casa Cortes for anything. Every dish has chocolate in it. I had a chocolate grilled cheese that was amazing.

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Thanks for all the info. Saving to find again before our December cruise.

Can you tell me how far the walk is to Marmalade Restaurant...my husband can't walk too far...could we get a taxi to the restaurant? Do we need reservations?

Thanks so much for answering my questions.

We've cruised out of Old San Juan a couple times (check out my reviews for detailed data on it). Our favorite places are Barrachina, Marmalade and Cafe Manolin. All of them are easy to get to and not too far from the port. And congratulations!!! We love sailing out of Old San Juan!

Jibarito for local lunch, Cafe majorca for coffee-dessert or local eats as well would be my choices.

Can you tell me how far the walk is to Marmalade Restaurant...my husband can't walk too far...could we get a taxi to the restaurant? Do we need reservations?

 

Thanks so much for answering my questions.

Hi dinojude, it is about a 5 block walk from the port and is slightly uphill. Its address is 317 Calle Fortaleza. It's not too difficult but if your husband has some mobility issues than yes, you can take a taxi there. It is right across the street from CasaBlanca, one of our favorite hotels in Old San Juan and we have taken a taxi there from the airport before. You can catch taxis right at the port as well as any where along the waterfront area.

Cafe Puerto Rico!! Across from the Christopher Columbus statue in the town square

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Vote for Marmalade! We go whenever we are in San Juan and send everyone we know there too! Fabulous restaurant!

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La Bombonera for breakfast mallorca's (ham & cheese) and the Parrot Club for lunch/dinner food and drinks. Parrot Club was so yummy we went there pre-cruise and during our turnaround day on our B2B.

Princesa Gastropub. On Paeso de la Princesa. Nice walk near the water. Outdoor dining. Fantastic mojitos.

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La Bombonera for breakfast mallorca's (ham & cheese) and the Parrot Club for lunch/dinner food and drinks. Parrot Club was so yummy we went there pre-cruise and during our turnaround day on our B2B.

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Is the Caribe Hilton or the Vanderbuilt worth checking out? Our ship is in port until close to m idnight so I am trying to come up with some ideas for dinner, etc. Thanks in advance for your input.

Is the Caribe Hilton or the Vanderbuilt worth checking out? Our ship is in port until close to m idnight so I am trying to come up with some ideas for dinner, etc. Thanks in advance for your input.

Never heard anything worthy of any restaurants in either hotel, nor anything worthy of just visiting either hotel.

Now, if you have the time and want to go "local", rent a car and drive out to the Rio Grande/Luquillo area. Really good BBQ at El Verde right on the main road in Rio Grande (bring your Google Translate so you can read the menu board) - it's kind of a "drive in" place, no indoor dining. You place your order and either take it to-go or find a picnic table there. Or, go up a little further to the famous food kiosks at Luquillo Beach.

Aguaviva on Calle Fortaleza. The ceviche is amazing!