Coquitos Latin Cuisine

Pearl Harbor & Leeward O‘ahu


Inside a small, breezy green plantation-style house surrounded by fast-food joints, this cafe looks like it belongs in the Caribbean or Key West. The Puerto Rican kitchen prepares classic dishes such as mofongo (mashed plantains with garlic and bacon), grilled Cuban sandwiches, shredded beef empanadas, and tall tres leches (sponge cake) for dessert. There is lanai seating.


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