IGUANAS COCINA PUERTORRIQUENA – Wyndham Rio Mar

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   Carl

   Minneapolis

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   This was an exceptional dining experience from start to finish… arrived a few minutes early for our Friday evening reservation,we were seated without delay. Iguana’s is located overlooking a beautiful golf course, the decor has a contemporary island Puerto Rico flair. Our server was a delight…gracious, fun and knowledgeable! The two of us chose to share a few items… Started with their house Caprese Salad, which had a nice sized burrata, heirloom tomatoes and gorgeous basil leaves, with a balsamic/tamarind glaze drizzle…wonderful flavors. Followed this with their garlic prawns…6 large fresh prawns perfectly cooked with a slightly thickened garlic butter… again, perfect and flavorful. For our entree we chose their steak special, a 16 ounce NY strip grilled to a perfect medium rare, with a house made Worcestershire steak sauce. We chose their mofongo as our side with the steak…really delicious with lots of garlic and flavors melded together. They make their mofongo with either plantain or yucca…we chose the latter. Very similiar taste and texture to the best scalloped potato dish I’ve ever experienced. We accompanied our meal with a bottle of Pulenta Malbec, full bodied yet very smooth for a Malbec…paired fabulously with our grilled steak and other sides, which weren’t lacking spice or garlic! Finished off with their house vanilla flan/ chocolate cake combination….again, a wonderful combination of sweet flavors. One of the best meals we’ve enjoyed in our recent travels…we’ll be back!!
   

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   Bert

   VIP

   New York City

   49 reviews

   5.0

   49 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   We’ve eaten here several times and it consistently renders delicious food and outstanding service.
   

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   Robert

   Miami

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 13 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   Our only issue as with others dining at the 7:00 PM/7:30PM timeframe is the restaurant rushed us so they could close, this was very aggravating.
   

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   Peter

   VIP

   Cancun

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on 11 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A very pleasant and relaxing setting, serving excellent traditional Puerto Rican dishes, all well-prepared. Options for other choices, beef and seafood, are also offered. Ettenae was an awesome server. Always friendly, very helpful with recommendations, and very willing to answer questions. Checked on us regularly.
   

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   Marie Ann

   VIP

   New Jersey

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on 3 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food and service was excellent, but wish dishes were not a la carte. For example, if you order the organic chicken, which is fantastic, it should include a side. Instead you have to order separately and it becomes unreasonable.
   

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   Carol-Ann

   Dallas

   6 reviews

   5.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 1 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was delicious! Very large portions. Excellent service!
   

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   Tatiana

   New York City

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on 1 January 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   La verdad quedé muy decepcionada con la experiencia vivida porque compramos la experiencia de fin de año que era $199 por persona y cuando hice la reserva vía telefónica me habían informado que habría brindis de media noche, juegos artificiales y la banda y celebración hasta la 1am. Antes de la media noche ya tuvimos que salir del restaurante, la banda se fue antes y noche hubo brindis ni fuegos artificiales. Y finalmente nuestra cuenta fue de $1,080 por tres personas. Esperábamos mucho más de la experiencia!
   

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   Daniela

   VIP

   New York City

   10 reviews

   5.0

   10 reviews

   Dined on 1 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food, excellent service, overall great experience!
   

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   Jessica

   New York City

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on 31 December 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   This was the new years pre-fix. It was very expensive and our sons aged 6 and 8 had to use the adult menu. They ate less than half of the food and seemed like a wasted.
   

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    FrancisCiel

    VIP

    New York City

    28 reviews

    4.0

    28 reviews

    Dined on 30 December 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4

    Not bad. The filet mignon was excellent. Server was great
    

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