Looking for lunch ideas

[wrg]

Hi all,

We are sailing on RCCL and would like to have a casual lunch in port. Any suggestions? We are open catching an Uber but hope there is somewhere in port or close by. Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

[njhorseman]

33 minutes ago, wrg said:

Hi all,

We are sailing on RCCL and would like to have a casual lunch in port. Any suggestions? We are open catching an Uber but hope there is somewhere in port or close by. Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

For some genuine Puerto Rican food a short walk from the pier try Cafe Manolin . It's about as casual and unpretentious as you can get... similar to a small diner or luncheonette in the states. It closes early...about 3:30 or 4 .

Edited May 16 by njhorseman

[BklynBoy8]

 

Barrachina's restaurant in Old San Juan is the location of the original Pina Colada. They have a small restaurant we enjoyed once for lunch.

[njhorseman]

10 minutes ago, BklynBoy8 said:

Barrachina's restaurant in Old San Juan is the location of the original Pina Colada.

FWIW, an unprovable and disputed claim . Two different  bartenders at the Caribe Hilton claimed to have invented the Pina Colada almost a decade before it was served at Barrachina. 

[wrg]

Thanks all!

[BklynBoy8]

Barrachina Restaurant Old San Juan was born following a long family tradition in the culinary arts. Barrachina Restaurant Old San Juan was recognized as the king of “Paella”, also a traditional Spanish bartender Don Ramon Portas Mingot in 1963 created what became the world's famous drink: the Piña Colada.

 

Ramón 'Monchito' Marrero Pérez claims to have first made it at the Caribe Hilton Hotel's Beachcomber Bar in San Juan on 15th August 1952 (the Caribe Hilton say 1954), using the then newly available Coco López cream of coconut.

 

Matter of opinion... a claim...to research....

Edited May 18 by BklynBoy8

[PORT ROYAL]

On 5/16/2024 at 6:26 PM, wrg said:

Hi all,

We are sailing on RCCL and would like to have a casual lunch in port. Any suggestions? We are open catching an Uber but hope there is somewhere in port or close by. Thanks in advance for your recommendations.

Another vote for Manolin, but also consider https://restauranteraices.com/?page_id=112

Both are gentle on one’s lunch budget, but the food is ethnic and very good.  Not fine dining, but still nice places.  Both wil not disappoint