Hacienda de Café Pomarrosa — Restaurant in Ponce

Getting here We drove from Ponce. The directions from Kurt take you from San Juan thru Ponce. The roads are very narrow and it’s best to follow his directions to the letter rather than to use Google Maps. The place wasn’t that hard to find. We arrived on a Sunday in a Wrangler and randomly became part of a tricked-out Jeep convoy that left from a gas station in the mountains at the same time we were driving through. That was random and fun.

Views The views are gorgeous. What else is there to say? You can see the ocean from the balcony of our cabana. I picked the one overlooking the jungle. Best decision. It came with two twin beds that we pushed together.

Breakfast Breakfast was lovely. The coffee was excellent! I’m not a coffee connoisseur but my taste buds work well enough to tell me that they took care to make sure their coffee was quality.

Plantation The plantation itself was adorable. Kurt’s wife Eva regaled my wife and I with their life story during breakfast. They started out with nothing 30 years ago. They also lost their entire coffee crop during Hurricane Maria and are slowly building back up. We were very happy to support them and bought a box of coffee to be shipped home.

Kurt gives a tour on Saturdays. I wish I had known that beforehand and would’ve changed my booking. He also roasts the beans on Wednesdays.

The evenings were wonderful. My wife and I put our toddler down at 7pm and we sat outside on the veranda and looke at the stars to the background symphony of coqui frogs. Such a welcome relief from the day to day grind of life; it felt like I was a part of a fairy tale.

Getting around/dinner Only breakfast is provided (it’s a bed and breakfast after all). We drove to a small place called 3 Pueblos nearby that had fantastic views and some tacos. (Get the chicken taco not fish since I’m pretty sure the fish was defrosted; that’s what my wife gets for ordering a fish taco in the mountains…)

We drove to Ponce for dinner at the recommendation of Eva to a place called La Casa del Chef. It’s only 45min from their place and only 15 longer than driving to Jayuya since nothing is open in the mountains at night. She told us to drive down route 139 since it’s only used by the locals and no trucks are allowed. It’s also been recently paved. Don’t listen to your GPS when you leave the hacienda and it tells you to make an immediate left out of their driveway. Make that right, go the regular route to 143 first and then go to route 139. Otherwise you’ll think you’re in someone’s back yard a few times before you link up with the real route 139. The drive is absolutely stunning.

La Casa del Chef? My god that place was fantastic. It’s in a supermarket parking lot?? But the food was top notch. We’ve eaten in a few places in SJ on the way here but this place’s food was the best we’ve had by far.

Overall this coffee plantation was so cute and charming that I wouldn’t hesitate to return. We’ll be telling all of our friends, family, and coworkers about this little...

Amazing. Dan and Anna bought the business in 2024 and in just a year have accomplished so much! There is so many great things to say about the tour we took here, but it is difficult to put it all in a google review. Of course the coffee was amazing and seeing the process of how coffee goes from the plant to our homes was eye opening and made us have an even greater appreciation for it. Additionally, being able to pick fresh fruit from the farm was a one of a kind experience! we saw the bananas on the tree and Anna encouraged us to pick any we wanted to eat! Best bananas we have ever had. We also got to try fresh picked grapefruit, mandarins, pomarrosas and even try a cacao bean which is what chocolate comes from! The best thing about our trip was getting to learn from Dan and Anna and see how much hard work they put into the place! We could really feel how much they cared about each of us on the tour and how they genuinely just wanted to share the experience of being on their farm! Truly unforgettable experience and we cannot recommend enough! and yes, its worth the drive!!!! just be careful and slow around...

Wonderful views and great tour. Loved sitting around discussing the history of coffee both in Puerto Rico and world wide. Also a bed and breakfast. We came for the tour and enjoyed father, son and location so much, that we booked a room for that night! We had time to drive into Ponce for dinner etc and come back. Sabastian made a wonderful large breakfast including lemon mango ricotta pancakes! And also coffee! Not a 'fake' place at as someone mentioned. So to address those concers mentuoned: This is a small family planted, family owned place. If I recal correctly, the family bought the land 25ish years ago and father planted the coffee with his young son. Puerto Rico is part of America so I'm not sure what 'an american with a bad accent' was about-but the owner has an accent in line with his unique story, which no didn't start in Puerto Rico or USA. It was fun asking questions about that too! With so much of coffee being bought out by larger companies, it was great to see small specialty coffee growers talking pride in what they do! Even if i still prefer my coffee with...