Pikayo

Specialties

Pikayo is the flagship restaurant for Chef Wilo Benet. The restaurant has set standards and raised the level of luxury in fine dining in Puerto Rico. Pikayo combines exquisite taste with exclusive ambiance and unique creativity in its cuisine.

This one-​of-​a-​kind restaurant rated the best Museum restaurant in the world, features nu + global mix cuisine, a fusion of exotic ingredients from international cuisine (East Europe and Africa) and traditional Puerto Rican flavors.

Pikayo uses the best ingredients from both sea and land. Enjoy favorites such as Maine Diver Scallops and Petit Duck Magaret.

Chef Wilo and Pikayo have been featured on television and in many publications. Recently, Chef Wilo appeared as a guest judge on Bravo’s popular show, Top Chef. He followed up that experience by competing alongside other well-​known chefs on Top Chef: Masters. Pikayo has also hosted Andrew Zimmern and his television show from the Travel Channel.

History

Established in 1990.

Chef Benet defines his culinary style as contemporary global cuisine, a concept that combines traditional Puerto Rican ingredients with Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Spanish, Italian, French and Arab influences. This fusion of flavors, together with Wilo’s artistic emphasis on style, transports customers through an unforgettable culinary experience, being at one of his restaurants or an event catered by his company.

Chef Wilo Benet is in a class of his own. This expert Chef goes beyond the traditional in many ways. He is a talented Chef, a keen businessman and a natural leader. His extraordinary vision has taken him to new heights, setting standards in the restaurant industry and contemporary cuisine worldwide.

Pikayo has been featured in some of the most prestigious travel and food publications internationally, such as The New York Times, Conde Naste Traveler, Gourmet Magazine, and Travel Channel.

Meet the Business Owner

Chef Wilo B.

Business Owner

After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Chef Wilo gained experience at prestigious restaurants in the United States, including The Maurice Restaurant, The Water Club and Le Bernardin Restaurant in New York. In 1988, he returned to Puerto Rico to begin his successful career in the Island as Chef De Cuisine at the Governor’s Mansion. This set the way to the opening of Pikayo in 1990, a world-​class restaurant that has received ravishing reviews both locally and internationally.