San Juan Smokehouse — Restaurant in San Juan

My husband and I were excited to eat here on the last night of our visit to PR, especially since they had vegan BBQ which is more rare to find. When we got there about 6:30pm (Saturday night), they were pretty busy - a huge long table of people had just left and the table had all the mess on it. Nobody greeted us at first, but we waited a few minutes and then they cleared a table for us. It was clear that they were short staffed as it looked like they only had 2 people running the whole floor and 1 of them was also a bartender - the one guy was running around like crazy.

Then we learned they were out of a bunch of stuff, including pulled chicken which my husband was going to get, vegan cheese and a few other things. It was surprising since it was early in the night. So he ordered the pulled pork in avocado, beans and rice, and I ordered the pulled jackfruit in avocado with vegan watermelon. We got the food fairly fast, but the watermelon had feta on it and the waitress never came back to check on us. The other waiter was able to help us out.

Overall, the food was good, but the service was a little disappointing (maybe it was on off night or someone called out), and note they don’t have A/C. It was nice to hear the live music from next door.

Note, we parked on the street and walked down - there is no parking lot. Check out via lactea down the street for vegan ice cream, delicious! Closes at 7pm so we ate dessert before dinner and split a flight of 4 flavors...

A piece of Texas in Pueto Rico. I've had this restaurant in my watch list for some time now. It did not disappoint. Place was very clean and peacefull. Service was very good specially the waiter who explained to us the menu and made some suggestions.

Now for the food. We ordered 1/2 rack of ribs, Texas style brisket, burnt ends and a side of watermelon with feta cheese. The ribs were just a little bit dry but were tender and the seasoning was very good and very original tasting, I had never taste seasoning like this on ribs ever it reminded me a little to the flavor of meat loaf 😄 in a good way and it whent perfect with the pineapple BBQ sauce. Burnt ends were tender, juicy and full of flavor the only thing I didn't like about it is that it had too much sauce. Now the star of the show was the Texas style brisket, it was tender, juicy and flavorfull, when I took the first bite it felt literally like it was melting in my mouth. I've taste brisket before but this was like brisket heaven. Weirdly the best side ive tasted to go with this type of food was the watermelon chunks with feta cheese, the refreshing taste went perfect with the saltines of the meat.

I'll definitely come back and taste more of they're awesome menu that includes brisket stuffed avocados. If you've had barbeque in Texas you will immediately know that this place is legit. I would give it a 4.5 but the google system doesn't have that option so I'll have...

Our last night in San Juan and we happened on this BBQ Joint. It was good but just good, the beans were the best thing, then the brisket and the ribs followed by the chicken lastly the pork. Cole Slaw was seasoned looking but it was oddly bland, it looked like it was to a good peppery flavor but it didn't deliver with the flavor. Whomever paired watermelon with feta cheese, cilantro, and mint leaves should be facing some sort of penalty box, this dish is on so many menus throughout the island i decided to give it a try and i should not have, it was a weird pairing, my pallet just did not get this flavor combo. What I did appreciate was the serving of all meats with just the dry rub. I do this st home when smoking meat, if the guests want sauce let em ask, I rather the meat speak for itself. The brisket was good, and did not need sauce, even when I added sauce they were better without. The ribs were very good with just dry rub but were a bit dry. Pulled Pork was very good and topped with the Cole Slaw, it had nice flavor but was just ok. The chicken was very good, I finished it at home and appreciated the smoky flavor and the sauce came in handy with the chicken. I would definitely visit again!! **Beware if sitting on the outer edge, there are birds over head and they will dump...