Your Guide to Puerto Rico's Best Restaurants

My list of the best restaurants to grab lunch in San Juan, whether you're on the go and want a quick bite or prefer to take a lengthy break and enjoy a lively, vibrant spot.

My five favorite restaurants in San Juan. From world-class fine-dining to no-frills neighborhood eateries, this list has something for every budget and taste.

A review of Pikayo restaurant, which combines some of the most inventive interpretations of Puerto Rican cooking you'll ever eat with a sexy, sleek setting at the Conrad Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan.

A review of Budatai Restaurant in San Juan, the flagship eatery of star chef Roberto Treviño. Budatai combines Asian and Puerto Rican flavors in a wonderful fusion of Asian and Caribbean flavors.

Review of Toro Salao, a Spanish restaurant with Caribbean touches around the corner from swank Fortaleza Street in Old San Juan. For Old World or New World tapas, richly flavored entrees and one or two typically Spanish, and seriously decadent desserts, this is the place to be.

A review of Varita Restaurant, a wood-burning meatlover's paradise and the brainchild of Chef Wilo Benet, one of the most inventive masters of traditional and fusion Puerto Rican cuisine.

One of the best reasons to visit San Juan is its world-class dining, which features everything from traditional Puerto Rican cuisine to creative fusion recipes from around the world. Dining in Puerto Rico's capital can be an expensive proposition if you're willing to splurge, or it can be deliciously affordable, if you know where to go. Here are my favorite bargain restaurants in San Juan.

One of the best reasons to visit Puerto Rico is the food. The restaurants in San Juan, in particular, offer something for everyone, from junk-food lovers to the most refined gourmands. However, for those who want a break from 'Rican cooking, these restaurants bring you exotic flavors from around the world.

Where should you take your loved one for that special evening out? Where do you want to dine to cap off a romantic island escape? Even more important, where should you book a table on the night you plan to pop the question? These five restaurants offer the ambience, intimacy, cuisine and service that you're looking for when nothing less than the...

A review of Koco Restaurant, the latest addition to the El San Juan Hotel in Isla Verde. This modern Caribbean restaurant blends inventive cuisine, chic style, and a cool ambience to produce one of San Juan's hippest restaurants.

A review of one of Puerto Rico's hottest spots for a great meal and a funky late-night hangout. Dragonfly is not just a San Juan restaurant and lounge; it's a hip, happening infusion of Asian and Puerto Rican style and taste.

Aguaviva leads the vanguard of creative fusion cooking in San Juan. From its funky aquarium-cool decor to its delicious seafood creations, it's one of the freshest places in town.

The Parrot Club is a mainstay of the Puerto Rico dining circuit. Located on trendy Fortaleza Street, it has been delighting locals and tourists alike with excellent Puerto Rican classics in a relaxed, fun, and pleasant environment.

For cuisine as inspired and artistic as its surroundings in the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, you can't beat Pikayo. Chef Wilo Benet's prize Puerto Rican culinary star makes for an experience for all the senses.

An eclectic menu that ranges from gourmet pizzas to fine continental fare (try the shrimps served in a Cointreau sauce), El Buren combines casual dining with a lounge atmosphere and a lively bar scene.

A review of the outstanding BLT Steak Restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, San Juan.

Review of Roberto Treviño's Bar Gitano restaurant in Condado, San Juan.

A review of the visually stunning Perla, the flagship restaurant at La Concha, A Renaissance Resort in San Juan's hip Condado neighborhood.

If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you need to know where to go to get the best breakfast you can eat when you're in San Juan. Start with these restaurants.

Dining in Isla Verde doesn't offer quite the culinary smorgasbord that you'll find in Old San Juan or Condado, but there are a few solid bets, and plenty of international flavors mixed with a few reliable local joints.

A review of Chef Alexis Torres' funky Blu Guayaba restaurant, which specializes in creative Caribbean cuisine.

A review of the Piña Colada Club Restaurant, a tropical diner at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan.

For a different take on Puerto Rico cooking, try Aureola, a sophisticated casual restaurant in Old San Juan.

There are few places like Bodega Chic Restaurant and Lounge in Puerto Rico: a casual bar with a laid back vibe, excellent drinks and killer food.

A review of El Picoteo, the Spanish tapas bar and restaurant at the El Convento Hotel

A review of Bistro de Paris Restaurant in Santurce, San Juan