7 Best Restaurants in Culebra, Vieques and Culebra

Sip a freshly brewed coffee and have a healthy breakfast or brunch at this café adorned with murals and offering indoor and outdoor seating with a covered deck. Heaping slices of avocado toast, breakfast tacos, and French toast are popular menu items. There are milk alternatives and vegan meals available. Don't forget to sign your name on the wall before you go.

This restaurant takes its name from the nearby site of Culebra's heaviest traffic—the arrival and departure of the water taxi. The menu leans toward grilled meats, from hamburgers and wraps to sirloin steaks. If you're stopping by for lunch, make sure it's before 3, when the kitchen closes to prepare for dinner. Daily specials often highlight the restaurant's forte: creole-style seafood, including swordfish and yellowtail, as well as lobster. The adjacent open-air bar is usually packed with expats and a whole cast of local characters. It can get noisy, and the service is anything but doting, so don't expect a quiet dinner for two.

Exercise patience at this oceanfront restaurant offering formal dinner service with menu items like kebabs, spare ribs, and paella. Pair your meal with a nice bottle of wine and watch the sunset. In the mornings this is the site of Latitud Perfecta, serving breakfast. 

This takeout only pizza shop offers 100% sourdough pizzas utilizing fresh, local, and sustainably sourced ingredients like soursop, honey, local cheese, and Caribbean cherries. The menu changes daily. Check out their website for the latest specials. 

This breakfast spot is only open until 11:30 am. They have combo platters, sandwiches, frappés, waffles, pancakes, and more. Despite being an in-demand spot, the service and wait are reasonable.

Pull your dinghy up to the dock, and watch the resident iguanas plod past this simple, open-air, tin-roof restaurant on a rough-plank deck beside the Dewey canal. Tarpon cruise past, and the to-and-fro of boaters completes the show at Culebra's favorite watering hole and gringo hangout. Mamacita's menu changes nightly; though heavy on burgers and sandwiches, it includes some excellent seafood. Hours vary by season.

This unassuming lunch spot is a favorite for locals. They serve classic Puerto Rican dishes from a takeout counter with generous servings at an affordable price. You can dine in or take your food to-go.