San Juan

Healthy eating is the focus here, but you likely won’t be concentrating on that as you tuck in to the refined, toothsome food prepared here. — Frommer's

This small, always-packed restaurant across the street from the Santurce Plaza del Mercado has the best fresh seafood in the city. — Frommer's

Chef Santaella fuses local and international ingredients to perfectly execute Puerto Rican nouvelle cuisine. The menu is dominated by tapas, which you can easily make into a meal. — Fodor's

The mofongo, the beloved national meal—essentially a mountain of pounded, garlic-enriched plantains with a bubbly center of chorizo, beef, shrimp, or chicken—is served, rich and juicy. — Concierge

As soon as you enter the warmly lit, grand room of 1919, the fine-dining restaurant located inside Condado Vanderbilt Hotel in San Juan, you just might forget you are in the Caribbean. — Forbes Travel Guide

It's little more than a coffee shop, but Kasalta serves what may be the best café con leche in the Caribbean. — Concierge

Break free of hotel restaurants and come to Condado's popular deli-cafe for breakfasts, smoothies, sandwiches and wraps. — Lonely Planet

One of the best cafes to open in San Juan in recent years, Caficultura prides itself both on its full coffee-bar menu and its delicious cocina de mercado. — Fodor's

Huge platters of delicious comida criolla are constantly streaming out of the kitchen here. — Fodor's

A great selection of more than 30 beers, including the locally brewed Medalla, makes this a popular "come as you are" spot. — Fodor's

This central European-style cafe is housed in a comfortable room with huge glass windows overlooking the charming Plaza Colón, and there's also a sidewalk cafe in front. — Frommer's

Once a convent, the boutique El Convento Hotel is home to El Patio del Nispero, its signature restaurant. — Fodor's

If you want to try locally grown, single-origin, shade-grown coffee, this micro-roastery and café is the place to do it. — Fodor's

With its European flair, this is one of the most elegant and glamorous restaurants in Puerto Rico. — Frommer's

You're in for a real treat - I recommend the chocolate grilled cheese for sure. — Afar Magazine

There's nothing more refreshing on a hot day than an ice pop from Señor Paleta. — Fodor's