The famous Tamboo Bar and Grill, located at Beside The Pointe Beachfront Guest House, is a beach lover's paradise and a great place to eat and drink. You can spend the entire day on Sandy Beach, swimming, surfing, kayaking, snorkeling or just laying on the sand, with no concern about having to pack-up and go elsewhere to eat and drink. We had a bowl of mussels, in a delicious garlic sauce that was so tantalizing, we went back the next day for more. The hamburgers at Tamboo are legendary. The Tamboo lunch and dinner menus include fish, pasta and many other tasty dishes that will satisfy any appetite. The atmosphere is very laid back and Javier and Mori (the cool, young new owners) are always around to make sure that everything is running smoothly. They love to meet people, so ask for them when you walk in.
Dinner at El Molino del Quijote, in Barrero, is unique and 
delicious. We recently had a dorado (mahi-mahi) stuffed with lobster, in a butter and garlic sauce. Simply put, it was a triumph. Our appetizer consisted of chorizo slices in a tangy Spanish sauce and surullos (fried corn meal sticks). The service was excellent and the price was great. Our table was situated on the old coastal railroad bed, which gave us a spectacular view of the Mayagüez coastline and mountain lights. While enjoying our dinner, we were entertained by nature as we listened to the gentle waves and watched a light show, provided by distant clouds at sea.
Our Rincon dinner experiences have ranged from the sublime, in a natural setting, to the depths of disappointment, in a wood-paneled environment. Let's talk steak: We do have delicious steak in Rincon. You just won't find it at a local steak palace called The Outlaws Steak House. Our sad experience there began in the poorly-lit parking lot, where while avoiding a power line pole that stands in the very middle of the lot, our rental car bumped into its invisible support cable (seen emerging from the patch of grass in the photo). When we decided that the cable and the pole had stopped shaking enough, and that the transformers were not going to drop on our hood, we parked in an adjacent lot. 
We were greeted by the host, who later turned out to be our server and bartender. He sat us at a leaning table, with very uncomfortable wood chairs. When we mentioned our parking lot experience to the host/server/bartender, he smiled and told us that it happens all the time.
We asked for the best steak in the house and were told that it was the "aged New York Strip". We ordered drinks, a table-side prepared Cesar salad and scalloped potatoes, which were featured on the menu. We were told that the potatoes and the salad were not available. As our trepidation increased, our tepid drinks and water (served in wine glasses) were placed on the leaning table, with no coasters or cocktail napkins. Soon enough, the glasses started to slide towards the lower edge of the table. Moving was not an option, all the other available tables were also listing. When I rescued the glass closest to the brink, I noticed something swirling at the bottom, besides whisky and soda. We realized that the drink had been served in a dirty glass.
Our salad was conventional and when the steaks were served, the waiter unceremoniously lifted our salad plates and placed them on a table directly in front of ours, which became the depository of all of our dirty dinnerware. The steaks came with a eight inch thyme sprig, planted right in the middle- maybe as a reminder to avoid the power line pole on the way out. I had ordered my "aged beef" medium rare. What I observed on my plate was a thin, fat-laden piece of meat that was probably purchased at a local store, before being committed to the freezer. One side was rare and the other was over-cooked. We paid our $94.00 check (a $12.34 tip had been automatically added) and quickly left, making a mental note to always steer clear of the The Outlaws Steak House.
Editor's Note: Before this review was published, we tried to contact the management of this establishment, on the chance that that it was completely off-night. Our efforts were unsuccessful. We understand that it is now under different management.
