If you are looking for authentic Cuban and Puerto Rican cuisine then Ropa Vieja Grill might just be the place for you. Ropa Vieja (Spanish for Old Clothes) is located in the Condado district of San Juan and is a medium sized restaurant that is popular with locals as well as visiting tourists. The décor is plain with white walls intermixed with the odd splash of color and small pieces of art work.
The restaurant has two main areas. As you enter to the right there is the main bar area, that includes a couple of large round tables and several tables for two. The tables for two are bar height tables and chairs. The left side of the restaurant is the main dining area that has a selection of tables which can be placed together to accommodate large groups. Usually there will be live music playing, but this is very unobtrusive and adds to the ambience of the restaurant.
The menu is extensive and features classic Cuban and Puerto Rican cooking including Ropa Vieja (shredded meat). Appetizers include fried ham & cheese croquettes, calamari, chorizos and my personal favorite risotto with chicharrones (fried pork skin). Entres (too many to mention them all) include chicken with rice, risotto with black beans, fresh seafood, rack of lamb with dry fruit and vaca frita (literally fried cow) Cuban style. As a side dish I strongly recommend the mofungo. Desserts include various flavors of flan, crème brûlée and the Puerto Rican tres leches.
Ropa Vieja Grill is located on Ashford Avenue in the Condado district. I would suggest that you consider making a reservation as it becomes quite busy after 7pm.
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We will be visiting San Juan in April and I am interested in trying this restaurant (Ropa Vieja Grill). Do you have the contact information and address so that I may make reservations for our dinner?
Thank you.
Ropa Vieja Grill is located:
1021 Ashford Avenue (close to the Condado Plaza Hotel)
Tel: 787-725-2665
Enjoy!!!
Don’t go to Ropa Vieja Grill!! We just got back from Puerto Rico. We had heard so many good things about this place that we decided we would go there for our last meal in Puerto Rico. BIG MISTAKE!!! The service was bad and the food was horrible. I ordered lobster ravioli and got old frozen pasta with a mashed up unidentifiable paste inside it, covered with a white, greasy sauce. My husband ordered pork chops which arrived deep fried and so tough that he couldn’t even chew them. There was so much grease on his plate, it was just disgusting. The black beans that accompanied his dish tasted horrible. I can’t even understand how they could be that bad. I saw people stopping to read the menu outside and seriously, I went outside to warn them about the place. Go anywhere but here!!! I think Gordon Ramsay needs to make a trip there for the next season of Kitchen Nightmares.
Sorry Ropa Vieja did not work out for you. We’ve been several times and have never had a bad meal and will be back again at some point I’m sure.
This was a great place to eat, food was fabulous, service was great, price was reasonable. There was 5 of us and we all loved it. If we had stayed in PR longer we would have eaten there again!
Hi Linda
Glad you enjoyed Ropa Vieja. It’s one of our favorites in the Condado area. Thanks for the comment
Maybe you and your husband should try the food the restaurant specializes in, Cuban/Puertorican cuisine. I have made 2 trips to PR, and stayed for 3+ days each time. The food at Ropa Vieja is sooo good and authentic, that I went back for the signature dish and mofungo 3-4 times within both trips!!
Hi Yancy, thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you too enjoy Ropa Vieja
Emm si hablas español cuanto cuesta el plato mas barato??
How much do the lowest in price plate cost??
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