La Cueva del Mar

Puerto Rican Seafood Restaurant in Isla Verde

Address: 8000 José M. Tartak Ave, Isla Verde, Carolina, PR 00979
Phone: +1 787-649-8700
Hours: Sunday-Thursday 12-9 PM; Friday-Saturday 12-10 PM

Puerto RicanSeafood

Menu prices: $4.95–$41 · $$ · Median main: $21.95 · 35/35 with a published price

Classic Puerto Rican seafood restaurant at La Plazoleta de Isla Verde, known for fresh local seafood, conch salads and generous Puerto Rican rice dishes.

Mini Empanadillas

• Mini Empanadillas de Carne (5) — $10.00

  Five mini beef turnovers
• Mini Empanadillas de Dorado (5) — $10.95

  Five mini mahi turnovers
• Mini Empanadillas de Jueyes (5) — $10.95

  Five mini crab turnovers
• Mini Alcapurrias de Carne (5) — $9.00

  Five mini beef alcapurrias
• Mini Alcapurrias de Jueyes (5) — $11.50

  Five mini crab alcapurrias

Fish Tacos

• Fish Tacos (1) — $4.95

  Single fish taco
• Fish Tacos (3) — $13.75

  Three fish tacos
• Fish Taco Dorado (Grilled) — $5.95

  Grilled mahi taco
• Shrimp Tacos — $5.50

  Shrimp tacos

Salads & Sandwiches

• Blackened Tuna Wrap — $16.95

  Blackened tuna wrap
• Caesar Salad de la Casa — $11.95

  House caesar with homemade dressing
• Sesame Crusted Tuna Salad — $21.95

  Sesame crusted tuna salad
• Ensalada de Carrucho — $33.00

  Fresh local conch salad
• Ensalada de Pulpo — $33.00

  Spanish octopus salad
• Ensalada Mixta Carrucho y Pulpo — $33.00

  Mixed conch and octopus salad

Arroces de la Casa

• Paella Campera — $17.95

  Meat paella with pork, chicken, longaniza, chorizo, ham
• Arroz con Mariscos La Cueva — $20.50

  Shrimp, calamari, mahi, clams, mussels
• Arroz con Jueyes y Salmorejo — $21.95

  Crabmeat rice or crab stew
• Arroz con Pollo — $17.00

  Rice with chicken
• Arroz con Calamares en su Tinta — $21.95

  Black rice with calamari in its own ink
• Arroz con Camarones — $21.95

  Shrimp rice
• Arroz Guisado con Bacalao — $17.00

  Stewed rice with codfish
• Arroz con Langosta — $41.00

  Lobster rice
• Arroz Marinero — $41.00

  Seafarer's rice with mixed seafood

Mofongos

• Mofongo Relleno de Camarones — $26.00

  Stuffed with shrimp
• Mofongo Relleno de Pechuga de Pollo — $22.95

  Stuffed with chicken breast
• Mofongo Relleno de Churrasco — $35.95

  Stuffed with skirt steak
• Yucafongo Relleno de Pollo, Churrasco y Chorizo — $28.95

  Yuca mofongo with chicken, skirt steak and chorizo in white cheese sauce
• Mofongo Relleno de Jueyes — $23.95

  Stuffed with crabmeat stew
• Mofongo Relleno de Ropa Vieja — $25.95

  Stuffed with shredded beef
• Yucafongo Relleno de Camarones — $28.95

  Yuca mofongo with shrimp in creamy cheese sauce
• Mofongo Relleno de Pulpo — $35.50

  Stuffed with octopus
• Mofongo Relleno de Langosta — $35.95

  Stuffed with lobster
• Mofongo Relleno de Carrucho — $35.50

  Stuffed with conch
• Mofongo Relleno de Vegetales — $20.50

  Stuffed with fresh vegetables