Bar La Nasa

This review is about the food. This spot is like a large kiosk with a dance floor on the back with the beach front view. They have great empanadas super stuffed with meat or chicken or whatever you want. Very economic. Yes the music can be super loud and you can also dance with the ocean view, but the empanadas are to die for. You won't be disappointed.

The Empanadas are amazing. Music, as you can tell with the 1 star reviews, is POPPIN. I don't understand how people are writing reviews about how "juicy" their steak is and how "buttery" their lobster is when it comes to this place. If you hate the loud music, live somewhere else for your 3-day stay. Anyone else who enjoys a fun time, loud music, and a lively atmosphere, this is the spot. When you are starving at 2am and everything else is closed, you will be happy to realize when you follow the music, you will land on this place with people happy to serve you.

The heartbeat of the malecón! Strong pours, good prices, and loads of character. Always love going to watch the locals dance and have a good time. Carlos couldn’t be more welcoming. Is it loud? Oh yeah. Are you traveling without earplugs? Step up your game! Vieques is lively at night to say the least! If you want to unplug, unwind, meditate, enjoy silence, maybe you should look into a stay at one of the resorts.

Created this google account to specifically leave a review for this place. As others have mentioned, the consideration for anyone other than an occasional blackout drunk is non existent. They crank their music as loud as possible until 4 am into the open air. As I write this, I’m anchored 1/4 mile out in the bay on a sailboat and have to raise my voice to hold a conversation. Esperanza is a beautiful town with a cancer that is La Nasa. It makes the scenic cultural downtown unbearable as the noise can be heard for literal miles. This one establishment has caused me so much headache over our stay that I would not recommend Esperanza to anyone who enjoys sleeping before 4am.

This place is the closest place in Esperanza a club; to party and dance. Music is the loudest in Esperanza, but not crazy loud. Only been here at night on the weekend, but people are dancing and the drinks were pretty strong. Very lively feel

This place is very rude and disrespectful to the neighborhood and other business owners. They blast music all night without any consideration the others living and staying in the area. It is impossible to sleep if you are staying anywhere near this bar.

We were staying at Puertas diagonally across the street and couldn't really sleep for most of our 5 nights due to the unfathomably loud music from this bar - despite there being hardly any guests they went on till the early morning. A couple of houses down we felt like we were trying to sleep in a nightclub, vibrating building and all.

Super enjoyable little bar. The music, views, and all around atmosphere truly gives you the Vieques experience. Owners were extremely friendly and struck up a nice conversation accompanied with some free shots!

There are no pictures from La Nasa. And that's because it's completely dark. Yep, you can barely see inside this indoors/outdoors club. While Lazy Jacks down the way plays basketball games and pumps US music, La Nasa is much more autentico. Locals gather here and they play classic Puerto Rican party jams. We grabbed some drinks (they have the seemingly ubiquitous Don Q Pina Coladas) and watched people dance some version of the salsa. The atmosphere felt a lot more like what we were looking for -- right on the beach, Spanish speaking only, something that's been around for locals forever. Beware the rickety stairs on the way down to the beach. We almost had serious injury there due to the one spinning step. And I'd skip the $1jello shots just on principle. We really enjoyed the juxtaposition of the really American focused bar down the way and this OG spot. Drop in here, grab a bev, enjoy the dark water and the big sky at night.

The old-school Caribbean vibe is thick as algae at La Nasa. Esperanza itself is only one busy street with 7 or 8 restaurants on it, and La Nasa is the bar at the end that's pumping out PR's favorite party tunes from their covered dance floor that looks over the sea. The local beer, Medalla, is $1.50. Or you can be brave and try one of the many tropical drinks listed on the board behind the bar. We got the "Biobay" for $6 each, and to me it tasted like $12 worth of booze (or at least that's was a super-boozy mix drink can cost in Chicago). We promptly spent our savings on the horse roulette game that everyone was playing. With a limit of two dollars per bet, your money won't run away too fast, and you might as well play because this is, quite literally, the only game in town. We were there a little early in the evening and saw a lot of people dancing the merengue. I'm guessing the dance floor only picks up as the night goes on. My friend commented that the glorious part of the establishment was that it felt more like a family place than a bar - old and young age groups were represented on the floor and on the tables out front. For me, this was definitely a highlight of my trip to Puerto Rico, and I plan to come back with my boyfriend soon to get on that dance floor.

We weren't here at night - staying on the other side of the Island but had lunch one day. The food was as authentic as we have found on the Island. Drinks were generously poured. As previously noted, even at lunch it had a great mix of locals, tourists, singles and families. Don't be put off by the exterior, the daily lunch specials and the view are worth a little shabbiness!

Locals hang out. Pain killer $5 medalla $1.50 loud Latin music and salsa on the weekends