Frommer's Review
Opened in 2004, this restaurant is trendy and stylish, with a decor that's as urban, as hip, and as avant-garde as any other restaurant in Vieques. It lies beside a busy street in Isabel Segunda, with separate dining rooms for both its more upscale venue (Uva) and its less expensive venue (the Quenepo Grill). Both areas funnel into a central courtyard with a prominent bohío-style bar and -- you guessed it -- a fruit-bearing quenepo tree whose roots were carefully preserved during the large-scale building that surrounded it on all sides. Within both venues, you can expect well-prepared grilled meats and fresh fish, but whereas Quenepo focuses a bit more on churrasco-style grills, burgers, barbecues, quesadillas, and steaks; Uva is more geared to cutting-edge, high-style cuisine that emulates what you might have expected in an upscale and trendy restaurant of San Juan. The best examples, depending on the season, include eggplant stuffed with white beans and chunks of lobster; ceviche with ginger, rice, and jicama (a local root vegetable) slaw; beef sweetbreads served "lo mein" style with curry sauce; and a salad of smoked venison served with cherry tomatoes and feta cheese. There also seafood with squid-ink pasta; codfish filet served over rice and chickpeas with coconut milk; and lightly glazed and seared sushi-quality tuna with asparagus risotto, prosciutto, and manchego cheese.
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