Great friendly atmosphere--Delicious Mafungo! Inexpensive and COLD beers! Music on Thursday night! Not at all fancy but comfy and friendly.

We got tired of the expensive and mediocre food at El Con so I asked some of the resort's employees where to grab an authentic bite to eat. I went to this place four times during our stay to get the arepas de coco and the pies willed with chicken, fish and beef. Like most hole in the wall joints, this place was filled with locals and tasty.

We were STARVING by the time we got here, Capt. Osva from the Fishing Tour in Fajardo recommended the place (even saw him eating where when we got there). We ordered mofongo (I got chicken, sooo good). The shrimp was good too. It just took a LOOOONG time to get the food, so don't go starving and don't go if you're in a rush. All in all it was a good local place to eat, and a short walk from the El Con. We spent $50 for five of us to eat there. Not bad Especially if you're staying at El Con where maybe 2 people eating would be over $60 bucks.

Just a casual place w/ plastic chairs, loud local music playing (sometimes; live music on Sundays), and seafood at great prices. I was staying at El Con, went on a walk to look for some geocaches for my daughters, and happened upon this place. It turned out to be happy hour – just $1 for cans of Medalla or Medalla Light (regularly $1.60 or $2 for a bottle); wow – after prices at El Con, that was quite the bargain. I also tried the pastelillos w/ shrimp (just $2.25) – kind of like an empanada or turnover, w/ shrimp in a tasty tomato-type sauce inside – very good.

My husband and I came back the next day for lunch and tried the local fish pastelillo (very good - $1.70), an arepa w/ shrimp, octopus and conch for $6 (kind of a sandwich between cornbread patties; pretty good, not too much flavor, maybe pork would have been better), and mofongos rellenos w/ combinacion of seafood (fish, shrimp, octopus, conch - $19) – almost everyone at the table of local folks behind us got this, too, and we liked it, but I think we were spoiled by the gourmet-like mofongo we had the night before at La Estacion – it was really light, almost like a cornbread pudding, and this one (which probably was more authentic and traditional) was quite a bit denser, and not quite as much flavor. Afterward, we kind of wished we’d tried the whole grilled fish of the day, but it was all still very good. The side of beans and rice (just $3) was incredible.

TIPS – the menu on the board and specials are entirely in Spanish, but they can give you a menu in English and Spanish if you ask. They also have wonderful bottles of homemade salsas if you ask.

NOTE: To get there from the El Con, go down to the Marina, Go left and follow the path out the security exit, and follow the road along the water until you get to the park, it’s on the left side of the street, just past the park. Less than 15 minute walk.