Bodegas Compostela

Amazing customer service! From the time we walked in until the time we left we were treated so well. We asked the server for a wine suggestion and we got the perfect wine. You must get that chocolate soufflé.

Best restaurant in San Juan! One of the better places we’ve been to anywhere! Very attentive staff… dynamite food… beautiful décor! Couldn’t have asked for a nicer evening! Cannot wait till our next visit to PR and Compostellas!

I have dined at Bodegas Compostela many time for both lunch and dinner and have never been disappointed. The wait staff is very experienced and engaging.
The appetizers are excellent with Octopus Carpaccio, Prawn Kataifi and Ahi as the best choices.
For main courses the crispy suckling pig along with the organic veal chop are among my favorites. The restaurant also has an extensive wine list with very resonable pricing.

Amazing meal! The deep sea Snapper, octopus carpaccio and tuna tartare were stand out dishes. The whole meal was simply delicious. The tuna was the best I’ve ever had, better than Nobu Malibu even. Great meal, can’t wait to go back.

All I can say is WOW, incredible Spanish dishes with very good service; pricey but worth every penny. Solid wine list, not extensive but what they do have is excellent. The Suckling Pig is delicious and so is the Angel Hair Seafood Paella.

Really loved this place on our stay in San Juan. It was pricey but worth it. Great ambiance and décor. You can tell this is where the locals go for a fancy night out. Four tapas plus two desserts and a bottle of wine filled us up, and everything we ate was delicious. A great place for a fancy celebratory dinner.

On our last evening in Puerto Rico, we did not want to take any chances, so we went to what we knew was an expensive restaurant, expecting good food and outstanding service. And that is exactly what we got at Bodegas Compostelas y Tapas. The waitstaff very kindly guided us through the tapas menu and suggested a couple of dishes to round out a full meal. The Pincho de Solomillo de Angus Beef (basically beef kebab) was especially good, as was the Crepa de Ternera al Graten de Foie Gras (veal crêpe). Not cheap, but everything was done perfecly and the service was attentive and helpful. For a guaranteed fine meal, this is an excellent choice.

I attended two private party dinners here and the food and service were both excellent. I had the halibut both nights and was not disappointed. The tapas were great, we were able to try a little bit of everything — all of it was delish.

Having traveled the world, I can truly say that Compostela is world class! Maximino, Jose and team continue to impress their discerning clientele with culinary genius and an extraordinary wine list to please even the best sommeliers. The tapas menu is full of gastronomic wonders and the platos principales offer the freshest selection of fish and meat. I would classify the menu as Neveau Spanish with some of the dishes having a more modern and gourmet adaptation. Perfection is the best adjective to describe the quality of food, service and décor. Congratulations to Jose and Maximino for delighting us with your epicurean talents!

Best Spanish food in the capital. Classy and elegant with great chic interior. The tapas we tried were all VERY good and included the octopus carpaccio, codfish, pork cheeks (my wife’s fave) and chorizo w/​roasted red pepper and quail eggs. Finished with a nice cup of coffee.
Prices about what I suspected ($ 140 for two people for four tapas, a cup of coffee, bottle of wine, extra glass of wine, tax and tip). Not bad.
Service was phenomenal.
PS They will try to charge you $ 5 by sneaking in some perrier into your glass but they instantly removed it upon request.
For a special occassion it’s a real treat!

Great place to bring your expense account, where it will meet the expense accounts of all of the local bigshots. My local host (law firm partner) says that this is by far his favorite restaurant. Atmosphere is very cordial if you know people, but I guess a tourist might feel like an outsider here because… he would be one. It seems to be sort of a private club for the power brokers of the island.
We had some really great food, e.g., the octopus tapas and a rabbit stew. They really could use some more vegetables. Maybe have a plate of steamed asparagus at home before heading over.

Best fine dining in Puerto Rico. Octopus carpaccio is a must.

Trusted the other reviews but this turned out to be a mistake. Ordered the tuna and every other bite tasted fishy. Then came the bill… charged me $ 5.00 for the bottled water they readily kept pouring, but they did not charge any of the others in our party. I had a beer which was like $ 6.25 while my wife’s iced tea garnered a charge of $ 12.00…now how does that work I ask you? Portions were very small so we left still hungry and paid big. I recommend putting this restaurant on ‘Drive By’ status but, if you do go, check your bill very closely because they will take you when you are not looking.

Tried the chocolate soufflé and flan and both were out of this world. Expensive, but superb.

This is definetly one of the best restaurants in Puerto Rico. I have been dining there for at least the past 25 years. They have recently changed the concept of the restaurant but the food remains 5 star quality. You will be hard to find a better restaurant and more consisten anywhere in the world. The wines are very good and some can be enjoyed by the glass. The cuisine is based on spain but it has a
local and international influence. Do not miss it if you are in Puerto Rico. It has been the choice a generation of puertorricans that appreciate good cuisine

I have to start out with saying this was the best place in San Juan that we went to, by far. We walked here from our hotel, and it was so worth it. I am still craving almost everything I had there.
When you walk into Bodegas Compostela, it is a really modern and sophisticated place. It looks like they have spared no expense. Also, all of the patrons are ridiculously good looking people, and I swear there were some really important people there. I would venture into saying they were heads of states, but who knows.
We started out with a bottle of wine, the Jaros, 2005. Make sure you look on the first page of the menu because there are wine and food specials listed there. We didn’t notice until after we ordered, but luckily our wine was on special. This place is a little bit pricier but it is TOTALLY worth it.
We actually didn’t try any of their primary plates, but here are the different tapas plates we got:
Pimiento de Piquillo Relleno — stuffed red pepper. It was stuffed with chorizo and pure delight. My dinner partner and I brainstormed for a good ten minutes about how they got the red pepper to be so pliable, and yet still so brightly colored. It was seriously amazing. It was perfectly stuffed, and there were onions and green peppers along with the chorizo. The flavor was absolutely amazing. One per person is perfect.
Montadito Riojano (Unidad) — This was pretty delicious but not my favorite. The roasted red pepper was really good, along with the baguette it came on. The quail egg left a little to be desired. It was pretty flavorful overall though.
Tortilla Española, Pan Tomate — This wasn’t my favorite because it wasn’t too flavorful. It came in four pieces, almost like a pie. The egg and potato weren’t as flavored as I would have liked. It came with a baguette with some pan tomato spread on it; that was delicious.
Canutillos de Papa con Chistorra — Chistorra is a type of sausage that is spicier and delicious. These little guys came on toothpicks, and were like pigs in blankets. They were super flavorful and went well with our wine.
There was one more tapas plate that we had that had sundried tomato, goat cheese, and proscioutto on them. It was RIDICULOUS. The menu said something about Denver goat cheese. It was the most amazing goat cheese I have ever had, ever. It was also the most amazing sundried tomato I have ever had. We ordered another round of them because of how delish they were. Please make sure you get this!
Chocolate Soufflé– PLEASE ORDER THIS. The server brought it over and cut a circle in the middle, and then poured a delightful liquid into it. Every bite tasted like Ferrer Rocher. It was almost peanut buttery. RIDICULOUS. Please please order this.
The service here was impeccable also. I seriously LOVED this place!

Tapas, it feels like, has become all the rage these days, and I must say i’ve become a sucker for it just the same. I can’t name all the dishes I had, but the pulpo was very tasty, along with their own version of a paella. Also, Crème Brulee… wow. Lets just say, when I got this dish, I ate it so fast, everyone at the table looked at me as if I was possessed. Nuff said.
The décor is super sheik, with chairs and tables that seem to have come from the Ikea catalog for extremely rich people.
One of the more interesting things about the place is how the owner (who does not dress as trendy as the restaurant looks, but that doesn’t matter) is very involved with your meal making sure everything is taken care of. It adds a strong amount of personal touch to the meal, which I found quite pleasing.
Great spot worth checking out in the Condado area, if you have the $$$$ to dish out.

Bodegas Compostela could compete in Washington, Miami, Santiago or anywhere. It was by far the best meal I ate in my short stay in Puerto Rico, and the only restaurant I’d like to go back to for dinner tonight. Right now.
I went for lunch with three Puerto Rican friends. The restaurant design is modern, clean, and sophisticated. The cuisine is Spanish, not Puerto Rican. The owner came by the table, shook hands with the four of us, and described the specialties of the day. I had the fish of the day — a local variety of Red Snapper grilled perfectly and accompanied by vegetables. My friends had cochinillo (suckling pig). The dishes were beautifully presented and the quality compares to the best Spanish restaurants anywhere. The wine was excellent.

Wonderful experience all around. Lovely ambiance. Great service. Tasty food. Great wine list.
We were looking for high-​end Puerto Rican dining and certainly found it. We focused on the Tapas, and had some of the best taste treats of any restaurant we have visited.
If you are staying along the Condado strip in San Juan, this is an easy walk, although it might look a little scary crossing busy roads under the highway. But it is worth the trouble.