Arbore Gastrobar — Restaurant in Arecibo

Summary: We ate well, but would never go again. Good food, long wait, bad drinks. The food: Delicious, this was the saving grace and the reason for the two stars. The croquetas and the dumplings were so good, beautifully served, hot from the kitchen and creatively delicious. The main dishes were also great, showing creative flavors mixed in with the traditional Puerto Rican flavors. The service: The seating hostess was warm and welcoming, the waiter was friendly. They were not prompt to remove dishes from the table, but this is not a major flaw. However, what made the experience one to never repeat were the wait times. We waited 20 minutes to order, 45 minutes after that for our drinks, an hour for the appetizers, and over an hour and a half for the main entrees. All this on a calm, half-empty Wednesday evening. This is just not reasonable, and the waiter did not provide updates or apologized for the delays. Spending over three hours at a restaurant is excessive. The drinks: awful. The fresh lemonades ordered were too sour and concentrated, the alcoholic mixed drink was too sour as well, and showed a lack of knowledge in good mixology. The flavors just didn't complement each other in the mojito. Takeaway: byob or stick to water. The ambiance: somewhat pretentious. The old American classics playing gave the place an air of "we are trying so hard to be elevated" bougie je ne sais quoi that felt inauthentic in a place with otherwise rustic decor and a dirt floor. Music aside, the place is "nice", with tons of greenery, and lends itself for family gatherings or outings with friends. Note that there is a small seating area indoors, but the majority of the seating is outside, in the heat. All in all, I would not come again, but mainly for the wait. The food was, indeed, delicious, and if you're a very patient person, you should totally give this...

Saw this place a couple of weeks ago in our way to celebrate my wife birthday and remembered that I have it in my bucket list (I have a long list…) it’s located on the side of the 129 road. When sat our waitress Valeria suggested the house drinks, mine was their version of the “moscow mule” but with wiskey it was very good and strong you can feel the layers of flavors of the wiskey,ginger and lemon. The “coconut margarita” was very good to and strong. Follow with the appetizers; again Valeria recommended the manchego cheese and guava croquettes “delicious” ,the nachos with chicken was good to. Continue with the main plates. I try the Àrbore rissoto with salmon on top with a “mango pico de gallo” the risotto was very tasty (had chunks of sweet plantain) the salmon was a little under seasoned for my taste but mix well with the mango pico de gallo. The Àrbore rice is a mix of “manposteaò” and “arroz con pollo” very good to. The ribs and the garlic shrimp was very good too.. can’t try the desserts because were full… the 4 stars was for their creativity in their drinks and menu and their amicable service (the owner great us at the exit) in summary, we have a great time and eat good....

Update after management’s response: the dish was not explained to me and the chicken had a weird taste, it was not enjoyable at all. Plus the thing with the walkie talkies looked disrespectful because the waitress was in front of the table yelling a name. After seeing all the answers from management to a lot of people I’m definitely not coming back.

The service was good, but could be better and the place is super pretty. The lavander drink that I had was great but too sweet. The food was not tasty, the fish tacos were a little burnt and would be better with lime/lemon than orange. The yuca mofongo was horrible. The only good thing was the sauce. The mofongo itself was way too soft, the chicken didn’t have a good taste at all. I told the waitress and the answer that she gave was not reassuring. Also, they brought one plate first and then we had to wait about 5 minutes for the other plate, plus they almost gave us the order from another table. I did see a waitress in front of another table basically talking in their walkie talkie, it looked disrespectful to her customers. I would only go again for the drinks, but not...