La Bodega del Viejo San Juan

Great place. The food is really good and the service is very friendly. The 2 for $ 10 mojitos are great, made with mint leaves from mint plants they grow in the restaurant and nice and strong. The mofongo is terrific… the sauce has a little extra spicy kick. Our server was very attentive and friendly. Overall a really good place to go.

Horrible place with horrible customer service. We waited for hour an half to get something completely different than what we ordered. Server knew the order was wrong but still ended up giving us the food. DON’T GO HERE.

Food is delicious off the menu and they even accommodated a special request for us. Mojito’ds are refreshing too! We had 4! Michelle was our bartender. This is a relaxing environment they don’t rush you through your meal so you can enjoy the flavors presented on the plates. We shared Cevich de Marci con chips de name, Apreitas con ropa-​vieja & Manchego gratinado, Monfongo de yuca con camarones! It was all tasty.

Absolutely do not eat here! Out last night in Puerto Rico we picked this highly rated restaurant on Unilocal and were so completely disappointed!
We sat down and received our drinks and ordered our food. Then we waited and waited and waited… No one ever checked on us refilled our drinks brought us more water and we were sitting right by the bar! Finally one of the plates came out… The fillet… Really? Out of everything we ordered that’s what came out first? The a burger… Then nothing. Finally someone brought us water and I asked where out pizza was??? She just said oh they brunt it so they are making a new one??? Did you think maybe you should have told us instead of just making us wonder? The burnt pizza at least finally explained why the other members of our groups food tasted burnt! It was by far one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had! Complete disappointment. Oh and did I mention that we were the only people in the restaurant! What awful service and food!!!

The only reason I’m giving this place 2 stars is because the 2 for 15 flavored mojitos were amazing and the one appetizer I did end up getting was very good as well. My boyfriend and I placed our order at around 3:30 pm, just 3 appetizers and our drinks. Over an hour later, all we had gotten was our drink and one appetizer. Our waiter (who was clueless) attempted to bring us 2 of the same appetizers, and we hadn’t even gotten the other 2 we had ordered. After almost an hour and a half of frustration, my boyfriend went inside to get the bill, which took another 15 minutes. We should’ve known as soon as we sat down that something wasn’t eight because the table next to us had been waiting for their bill for over a half hour, and all they ordered were 2 drinks. Will never return.

Worst service in Old San Juan! So there was only one server yesterday for the whole place and either he was not all there or still up from the night before or on drugs? I’m not sure but he was CLUELESS as to what he was doing. There were only two tables of customers this past Sunday afternoon. We waited for about thirty minutes for our appetizer but he completely forgot about when we asked where it was. We decided to leave after he said he forgot our food. It took him about ten full minutes just to figure out our ticket to close out, he never found the ticket
And couldn’t figure out how to price my mimosa.

Really nice Mojitos for super cheap! Loved the chicken cassava root Mofungo. Took a while, but they were very attentive to requests and friendly as well. The crispy fish was pretty good. Lovely outdoor eating space!

Amazing food, device and atmo. The people are helpful, interesting and REAL. Pizzeta is fabulous. Especially the manchego tomato, basil and arugula version. Staff is soooo helpful. Don’t miss this stop. Unbelievable.

This place is Excellent you must come here! I was on vacation (Dec, 2015) and me and my Girl was looking for a place to eat and she found this place and had great reviews on Unilocal!The food was delicious I recommend to try Mofongo de Yuca a Platano verde con camarones and it was to die for! The staff was very friendly. The inside has great deco and nice ambience. We will defintely come back!!!

DON’T EVER EAT HERE!!! This place just ruined my beautiful day in the old city: We waited 20 minutes until a waiter comes here to accept our order (after repeated requests), and waited an additional at least one hour for the food. Every time we asked the waiter «how long we are gonna wait for the food,» he either said «let me check with the kitchen» or «a few minutes.» But we just never saw the food. There are plenty of tables here and I can tell they have been waiting their food for at least an hour. I heard people on the next table complaining about how starving they are and how the waiter is not responding to their needs. Very disappointed about this place. If you guys cannot serve food in a reasonable time, why open a restaurant and waste our time at all?

I love their fish and risotto, and there servers are really great. The most important is this is a really nice place for a date.

The food was delicious, and the wait staff was incredibly friendly.
Be sure to get the dumplings from the tapas menu!!!

Fantastic: décor & ambience, selection of tapas each prepared lovingly and presented in hip and eclectic fashion along with great service. Havana dumplings are sublime. Snapper crusty strips with variety of dipping sauces. Honey one of them; who knew? Huge portion of fish. Should raise price on that one. Jose was our waiter. We will be back when we can return to the enchanted isle.

Inside is very cute. Staff was nice. Our first time in Old San Juan and this was exactly what we imagined it to be. Its a tapas style menu. Quesadilla de chorizo & the battered fish were very good. Burgers were tasty. The fish was ok, a little salty. We expected the wait to be long for a group of 12. But 3 hrs later and we still were missing 2 plates. This is why i gave it 2 stars. The food came out at all different times. The waiter nah have been overwhelmed. I think they may be better suited for smaller groups. We did get a discount off the bill. So food would be 4 stars, but service 2.

Excellent place to have drinks and a bite to eat. Tremendous value = fabulous food + good pricing.
Update: you MUST come here! If you are in Old SJ this is a great place to have drink, lunch, dinner — whatever… It’s all good, sorry I mean EXCELLENT!

It is a fairly new place in old San Juan. It looks very nice and new. We ordered several tapas and they were elegantly prepared and tasted good. However it was overpriced for that kind of food. Still would eat there again

This is a great place for drinks and food. They have a great wine selection, especially Malbecs. We ordered most of the Tapas items and all were excellent, especially the fried fish. We will definitely go again!

Nice ambiance, very cozy and welcoming. The bartender, was kind and greeted us when we approached the bar. We went only for drinks. The mojitos were not as flavorful as they should taste. It was sort of a lemonade with rum. Very dissapointing in that aspect.
But the true reason I’m subtracting three stars is because they included the tip in my bill when it was only a party of two. I asked the person who brought my check about that, and she said tips are included in the total.
In PR, only with parties of seven or more the tip should be included in the bill. What they are doing is a very untasteful practice. Tips are a courtesy and a «thank you» to someone who did a great job, it’s not an obligation. I would’ve tip the bartender anyway, but I felt tricked when I saw this already on my bill. Will not go back or suggest others to go
there.

This restaurant is on the outskirts of Old San Juan and so beautiful! The inside has great deco and nice ambience.
There were four of us and we ordered a few different items to share and EVERYTHING was great. Hamburger meat was prime cuts and melted Manchego cheese on top was all it needed. Filet mignon was beautifully made and mashed potatoes on the side were a perfect addition.
All in all, if you’re looking for good food, sweet service, and beautiful restaurant in Old San Juan this is the place to stop into.

Had the opportunity to eat at La Bodega on its 2^nd night of opening. The atmosphere was great and the décor was beautiful. It was a pleasure to meet the owner who made the first round of strawberry mojitos. I was nervous they would be too sweet but that was not the case.
Our group tried just about everything on their menu. Although everything we tried was delicious, the dumplings we my absolute favorite. The staff was very welcoming and and service was great. I’m looking forward to retuning.