Placita Restaurant

Fresh Local Ingredients Meet Mesquite-Fired Flavor

Modern industrial-style Placita Restaurant with concrete walls, open kitchen, bar, and wooden tables at El Blok in Vieques.
Seared fish fillet with potatoes and fresh greens at Placita Restaurant, El Blok in Vieques.
Fresh tuna tartare with pickled onions, cilantro, and crispy plantain chips at Placita Restaurant, El Blok in Vieques.
Grilled octopus with fresh tomato salsa on a white plate at Placita Restaurant at El Blok in Vieques
White plate with creamy tomato soup garnished with herbs and golden fried bread slices at Placita Restaurant at El Blok.
Placita Restaurant Logo at El Blok Hotel in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.

Its not just our space that we see as art, it’s our food and drinks as well. Helmed by Executive Chef, Alex Espinal, we bring you Contemporary Puerto Rican cuisine centered around our locally sourced, bayahonda mesquite fired, American Grill Works grill that is always fresh, very often wholly local, and all at once creative, humble and unique.  Our dinner menu typically features 4 to 5 main courses and a special or 2 depending on what goodness the local fisherman, farmers, urban foragers, and our staff bring through the doors on a particular day. Food and Family. That is what dining at El Blok is all about.  

Our cocktail game is also serious business. Ingenuity reigns as classic cocktails that get a breath of new life with fresh local ingredients and Caribbean inspired touches.

Price range: 15-75

00765 Vieques Puerto Rico

Monday5PM-10PM

TuesdayCLOSED

WednesdayCLOSED NOCHE BUENA + NEW YEARS EVE WE WILL BE OPEN.

Thursday5PM-1OPM

Friday5PM-10PM

Saturday5PM-10PM

Sunday5PM-10PM