La Estación

Wow the food here is super good! Restaurant has Great vibes, drinks and top notch service! I live in Texas and we know good BBQ and this place exceed my expectations. Highly recommend!!!

Great spot all around! The pulled pork sandwich I got was enough for two people. Luckily I came hungry. The views and the staff was amazing! I would be back when I’m on that side of the island. I however would have loved to see a couple more options on the menu. Like a brisket sandwich and that sorta stuff. Still 5 stars!

Fajardo, PR Open air restaurant. They open at 4 pm. People are waiting in line before opening. We were the first. I’m a vegetarian so all they can suggest are sides. I ordered the salad with goat cheese. That was just OK not crazy about the vinaigrette. I didn’t finish it. I ordered potato salad, which was terrible. It was lacking flavor. I also ordered the mac & cheese, which normally would come with some kind of meat or fish, but they gave it to me without and that was OK. I didn’t quite finish it because it was just too much for me. It was suggested that I order these little coconut rounds. They did not taste like coconut at all. It was a little round bread like things, and they were a bit hard and lacked any sort of flavor. The vegetarian rice and beans was a good choice. My husband ordered the brisket which was way overpriced. And he didn’t quite finish it and french fries that came with. Fries were very overdone and he didn’t even touch them. I told the server but he was just like OK and that was it. So I guess they could really care less whether you eat it or like it , it doesn’t really seem to matter. I asked for a strong drink and asked them to suggest a cocktail and I was told about this one with tequila and guava juice and I ordered that, that was a poor choice because it was very bland and it wasn’t strong at all ….it was so blah. I can’t quite tell you why I didn’t like it … it just lacked flavor. I didn’t taste any kind of guava juice, although it was an orange color. And it appeared to have a dried slice of orange probably a blood orange but that gave it no flavor. It was mainly for decoration, which was completely useless to me. After tasting so many side dishes I really had no desire for dessert and we just paid the bill and left. This was recommended by a friend and they absolutely loved it. They had a huge lobster that seemed to be stuffed with some things and they just love this place so we tried it on their recommendation. Our server told us that the truck didn’t come in with the lobsters on it so that wasn’t available. Even though I don’t eat lobster but perhaps my husband wanted to try it and yeah, so that wasn’t available. This is a meat and seafood lovers restaurant. I’m sure that other people enjoy it. It’s apparent by the way that people lineup outside for it. I don’t think I’d come here again because they don’t have much for me even though they do have these sides that I can order but I feel that at least one entrée should be for vegetarians instead of me having to order so many sides. So I’m disappointed with that. There’s parking in the front I don’t know how much is available because we only saw a few parking spaces in the front. I don’t know about handicap parking or a handicap access because there are a few steps that you have to go through but there might be another entrance for handicap wheelchair access. It’s kid friendly. The place is clean. I can’t really complain about that. I do recommend trying it, my food opinion is just mine as a vegetarian. My husband is a meat eater and he said that he probably wouldn’t come here again. He doesn’t think that there’s anything special about it. There was a New York strip steak on the menu and that was hugely overpriced. His brisket was I believe about $70 which was way way way overpriced. Reservations are strongly recommended. They will take the people that have reservations first.

We were really excited to try La Estacion during our visit and had high expectations based on all the glaring reviews, however, it was overhyped. The food was good, but nothing to rave home about. I would put this in the average to slightly above average BBQ category. We tried the BBQ sampler (brisket, ribs and pulled park) along with a shrimp seafood special. The brisket was on the dryer side which was disappointing considering this is one of their signature dishes. The service was good and the ambience is nice. It’s certainly worth going to if you are in the area, however I think the reviews oversell the place.

Good food, but not worth the price. It took a while for our food to come out, which is fine, they were busy. The food was good but not remarkable. The brisket had way too much fat on it and the rice and beans needed a little more flavor. The matahambre sandwich was excellent however.

Excellent meal from drinks to main courses. Would highly recommend it if you are in the area. I would go out of my way to come here. (This is based on one meal.)

We stopped by on Memorial Day for dinner. Their was a full house. So we went inside and made reservations for 45 minutes later. We sat out some of the time waiting for a parking space. They had a nice woman managing the parking, she held a spot for us while we drove away to turn around and return to park in the spot. So NICE! We let the host know we were available to be seated, we got seated on 15 minutes before the reservation! NICE! We wanted Ribs but being the last day of the holiday weekend and the last hours of operation they were gone! We settled for a 16 oz ribeye with fries and garden salad (we added their cole slaw). The steak was so thick that we had to ask to have it cooked more since the inside was rare. They qucky put it back on the grill and the second time was a charm. Yum! They gave us a complimentary bread pudding with vanilla ice cream dessert. Extra NICE!

This restaurant is a hidden gem, just a 3-minute walk from our hotel! It offers the best food, vibes, and services on the island. I highly recommend it! ♥️We visited it twice.