La Isla

A coworker who's from Puerto Rico highly suggested this place to me after I told her that I've never been to a Puerto Rican restaurant. She told me to order the mofongo with pernil and that's exactly what I did. Excellent food, staff, drinks, and atmosphere. The walls were painted vibrant colors and decorated with lots of art. My family always makes arroz con gandules, that was the only thing that could've used more flavor and color. I'm going to have to come here again to try more from their tempting menu.

It's hard to distill the experience of the flavors I experienced, into words. If I was forced to pick just one I'd simply say: DELICIOUS. If you've never been, this place would be great for a first date. Casual atmosphere, very, very reasonably priced, and satisfying fare. Good drink selection. My wife had the "Lunch Empanadilla" special and we were both blown away by the rice and beans that came with it. These aren't like Azteca restaurant kind of rice and beans. These are perfectly cooked, uniquely spiced rice and beans that you can only get here or in Puerto Rico. Indeed, we were more impressed with them than the actual empanadilla (though it was good, as well)... That's how amazing they were. I had the Tripleta sandwich which was amazing. Hearty and cheesy, good bread, excellent sweet potato fries as an included accompaniment, and delicious garlic sauce for dipping. We'll definitely be back. If my review helped you, please click the thumbs-up "helpful" button, below. Thanks and enjoy!

So I went here because I was feeling homesick. I'm a great cook! But, there is nothing like abuela's and mami's home cooked Puertorican food!!! I went hoping it was actually going to be Puertorican food and not someone's rendition of it; or someone trying to make a version of their own. I literally ordered like 10 things lol The pork, rice and beans, alcapurrias, Bacalao, mojito, and many more things. Obviously, it will never be better than abuela's or mami's; but it was sooooo good!!!!! The rice and beans were very well flavored and not dry at all. The pork almost made me cry. So tender and succulent. The pique (Puertorican hot sauce; best ever)made the rice,beans and pork taste even better than it already was. The bacalao and alcapurrias were super fresh and sooo good. As a Puertorican who loves food and tried everything once; La Isla is a must try. If you want REAL SPANISH CARRIBEAN food this is a must try. The inside is decorated very nicely. Clean, comfortable and great music. Their rum is , of course, Don Q. One of the best rums out there! Whether you drink it alone or mixed it's great. Highly recommend La Isla!! This is where I go when I'm to tired to cook and want great food from home!

Best and only Puertorrican restaurant i have ever been to ...in Seattle...i had a bistec sandwich and it was acceptable and it looked perfect...the problem is that a frequent Puerto Rico a lot and when you eat overthere is very difficult to be fair to the chefs here....sorry....but if i want Puertorrican food in Seattle this is the place

Great food for Puerto Rican cuisine. Their service was good and the food was excellent! Pastries are done in house for an amazing end of your meal. Is nice to see a Puerto Rican restaurant this far away from the island.

Good environment! Very homey with Puerto Rican music and the everyone is friendly!. Would recommend, Great food just like back home.

Amazing! Food is delicious and the service is very nice. Authentic puertorrican food and music! My family loved it!

I’ve been missing Puerto Rican food, so I had high hopes for our early lunch. Food would have been okay, if it would not have had sooo much garlic in it. We had mofongo and one other dish and in both a taste of raw garlic was so overpowering, and we do love garlic, but this was burning our mouths. In Puerto Rico we ate at restaurants, small street-side eateries and stands with various luck, but never once food was so extremely garlicky. That garlic unpleasantly lingered around for the rest of the day. Water glass had someone else’s lipstick all over it and service was tepid.