Lechonera Los Pinos — Restaurant in Cayey

If your planning to head here on the weekends get there early to get the whole experience. They have a parking lot and accessible washrooms. Food, service, and atmosphere always on point. The staff working are always so sweet. Food you see in the pictures is morcilla (blood sausage), yuca (cassava), arroz con habichuelas (white rice and beans), arroz con gandules (pr rice), 10lbs of lechon (roasted pork), tostones (fried plaintains), and pastillos (empanadas). We spent $254 for food but that's only because we come every few years but food is extremely affordable. They sell great drinks. Parcha mojitos (passion fruit mojitos), Pina coladas, etc. They take credit cards, cash, etc. The stores that are across the street take cash only so be prepared if you want to shop. Great prices. Lots of noise though so, if you have little ones sensitive to noise bring headphones. The roads are a bit scary if your not accustom to driving PR mountains but very doable. Just be patient and kind. True local experience. Everytime I come to the island this is a stop on either a Saturday or Sunday. You won't be...

The name "pork highway" doesn't disappoint and you'll definitely be rewarded for traveling a little further from the beaten path to this place. This was our first stop on our first trip to PR and it absolutely didn't disappoint. The line was long, but kept moving, and as an open air restaurant we could hear the live music and observe the mass of humanity around us. This is the greatest pork I've ever tasted. I highly recommend the arroz amarillo (yellow rice with tiny beans in it), plantanos maduros (sweet plantains), and a cold Medalla to go with it. The crispy pork skin each plate gets will break your teeth if you're not careful, but is possibly the best part of the whole plate. Speaking Spanish is recommended but ours was terrible and we still managed to get what we wanted and enjoy the...

Finally a place that replied with justifies sass at my sorry attempt to speak Spanish. That is the sign of a quality place. They did not feel that they needed my tourist dollars, but instead felt that I was slowing down their line. I am used to NYC deli lines, so the pace was not unfamiliar, but in this case the shoe was on the other foot and I played the role of "tourist who doesn't know what to order". It was a validation of our arrival at authenticity and I loved every second of it. This place is great because they assemble the plates for you, which allows you to try a little bit of everything that they have. Once you pay, they give you a receipt to go over to the bar where they make your drinks. There was live music being played while we ate and we...