Wild Kitchen by Chef Isgut at El Mañanero — Restaurant in San Juan

As a flight attendant who travels frequently, I’ve dined at countless restaurants, but Wild Kitchen has been, by far, the worst experience I’ve ever had. We went to celebrate our granddaughter’s 22nd birthday, and it was a disaster from start to finish.

My husband ordered a skirt steak, medium rare, and while the rest of our group was served, his meal never arrived. When we asked about it, the chef-owner shockingly claimed it had been ordered late—completely untrue, as our group of seven placed all orders at the same time, and the waiter, Guido, even confirmed the doneness of the steak.

I ordered the pastrami empanadillas, which were underwhelming and didn’t meet my expectations. To make matters worse, no apology or restitution was offered for their mistake. This is the first restaurant I’ve ever been to where such poor service and lack of accountability were displayed.

We even left an 18% tip for the waiter, despite feeling he didn’t deserve it. He should have been far more attentive to our table and ensured that issues were addressed.

The food is overpriced, mediocre, and the service is abysmal. I absolutely do not...

I was with a party 7 and all of our orders where placed at the same time. My order never came despite reminding the waiter that my order had not been served. I was assure that it would arrive within in two minutes. After, everyone had finished their meal my daughter got up from the table to speak to the waiter very upset over the delay, and requested the check to be paid. At that precise moment, my plate was delivered to the table but we where no longer interested and refused to except it. They were never apologetic for the delay nor for the lack of service they provided. Hence, they made no offer to amend the situation. This restaurant is way to pricey for the quality of food and much less for the service they provided I don't recommend this restaurant. We wanted to give a fair tip for the service they provided but they arbitrarily put the only option of 18% on our credit card which totaled $80 dollars. A ridiculous amount for...

An amazing restaurant hidden at plain sight. I would have never guessed that I was going to find such an amazing restaurant in an area dominated by commercial businesses. Service was great, lots of attention to detail and customer comfort.

The food is one of the very best menus I’ve ever encountered with. Their risotto is fabulous, so creamy and tasty and fresh. The harimasa fish was so good it was absurd they could achieve such taste.

The wine selections are perfect for pairing with their food. I’ll take on the cocktails next time, the wine paired so perfect, I couldn’t think of drinking anything else.

Finally, the dessert was so incredible, I’m not going to even try to explain it, because I will only diminish the grandeur of such an exquisite plate.

This place moved to the very top of my “to go places” in...