Recommended but a shop owner in old San Juan. It was really good. The mofongo bowls were delicious..I had the red snapper..there was 13 of us and we tried a lot of food. If you are driving by it would be best to stop.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
First time trying Mofongo and without a comparison, it's hard to say how good it was (I got the Steak with garlic sauce, the hubby got crispy pork), but EVERYONE at our table of 14 people ordered different variations and loved it! This coming from a bunch of Minnesotan's . Fantastic food, outstanding service (Thank you Karol) great atmosphere and tons of fun!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Excellent food. It seems to have limited parking, but there is plenty. Great views. Food was really good and nice portions.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
This has been the best place we have eaten since in PR. I am so picky in our dishes (even though we have delicious food not everyone makes it good). Everything we ordered was top notch. So delicious 🤤! Be back here again. Oh and the service (oh the service), the ladies also gave us the best experience. They also have a candy shop right next to the restaurant and took me back to when I was a kid, their sweets are great as well. Wish I could give them a 10! Thank you Parada Típica.
One awful thing: they were playing traditional Mexican music (corridos), reason why I gave 4 stars.
We like MX music, but that is not the place you should expect that music, with the name PARADA TÍPICA you should have PR traditional music. I almost left the place, seriously, but it was late and we were really hungry.
We mentioned the music to the server and she said that they were tired of listening to the music over and over reason why they decided to play corridos.
The other 4 stars, the food was very very GOOD! Beware the surtido pequeño is HUGE!
Server was pretty good.
I may come back for a to go, not to dine in.
Restaurant has a nice decor, the store is pretty cool too!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Ensalada De Pulpo Fresh Octopus Salad and Mofongo
I gotta tell you it's a must go place if you visit Puerto Rico. The food is wonderful and the fact that they have a store next door even better. You can try authentic coconut candies and more. The art work inside and for purchase is amazing. Stop in when you visit the island. You will not regret it.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Update Dec 2022:
The food quality and service is going down. I don't mind waiting, especially if it is busy, but there are errors that shouldn't happen. 1. Our surtido was delivered to another family. The family told them and the server came to our table with the plate and, instead of apologizing and giving us a new one, they gave us the plate that was delivered to the other family. 2. At this point we didn't have our drinks nor utensils, so one of us asked for the drinks. The server brought just one drink (for the person who asked, we were 6). We asked for the rest of the drinks and they brought something drinks that were not ours, TWICE! We didn't get any refills nor were asked if we needed anything else 3. In terms of the food, the surtido was good. I ordered pechuga rellena de churrasco and it was super dry (even with the salsa blanca). The churrasco tasted like old hamburger meat. 4. We also ordered a chuleta Kan Kan. It was huge and looked good but it was undercooked. 5. When I was going to leave, I went to the restrooms and it had no paper nor soap. 6. Finally, when I was going to pay the lady asked me if I was going to tip. She was obviously expecting a No because she looked super surprised when I said yes....
I don't live in PR, and this was my to-do place when I was in Aguada. Not anymore.
Previous review:
Super delicious food. Highly recommended!! I want to go back!!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
This is very nice service people are friendly food was good but the pechuga rellena was horrible! But Erica offered to change the plate and I got the mofongo con camarones delicioso Thanks! Ohh and los surullitos delight
Great customer service! Excellent natural juices. They also sell souvenirs at affordable price.
It's better deal buying 1/2 gallon of natural juice than by the cup, but you need to know which drink you really like.
Awesome food and the inside is painted with murals of Puerto Rico. It is so quaint and the people were nice. We had the lobster and shrimp....to die for! You enter into a souvenir shop at first and it looks like a small wooden house. Make a trip! You won't regret it.
