An eclectic crowd, with street food to fancy dining, completely packed streets around the old Market House on the weekends, formal live music, occasional concerts to impromptu drum playing on the street, fancy rooftop lounges to street drinks in plastic cups, fresh juices and coconut water for mixers, cigar bars, and, if you come before 5pm, the historic market building does still have a weekday market with a good variety of local produce. A much smaller number of bars and restaurants are open on weekdays, so if prefer a more relaxed and less crowded ambiance, consider coming on a Wednesday or Thursday evening. No matter when, you will come back with good memories and an authentic San Juan happy hour night out. If you are in a group, a fairly easy walk from the Condado hotel zone.

Get here early and find your parking spot! The night life ends at 2am and the time goes by so fast. There are many different bars but only a few places to grab a good meal. Eat before you go or grab a meal here.

This is a farmers Market by day n after closing hours and sunset, it becomes a block party! It’s literally a square block of rsnts./bars/night clubs with the market building sitting in the middle. It’s jumping Thursday - Sunday with Saturday night, after 10pm being the peak. Lots of young ppl on weekend nights having a great time, dancing in the streets, singing along n drinking. There’s Marijuana in the air, literally! On Sundays noon till evening there’s salsa n Spanish music in front of Dewald’s, not sure if real name, but there’s a big Dewald sign in front. This place is the most popular we noticed. Spanish singers on Sundays and some regular locals for open mic singing. There are public bathrooms here, they get really messy as the night goes on, n they’re run down. Some doors don’t lock. Bring some bathroom tissue in your pocket ladies, it runs out. During the day, restaurants open around 1 pm n the food in these restaurants at The Placita is authentic Puerto Rican food. We ate at El Popular Restaurant and it was delicious. Average prices. I would Uber, quick n inexpensive, you will pay way more to park around there as there’s no street parking, and they do ticket ppl very often!

Lots of good restaurants and bars here. Loud raucous atmosphere. Get a drink and wander around until you find the restaurant you want or just go to your place. We ate at San Juan Smokehouse. Good, not great, BBQ, fun atmosphere, great drinks.