Camagüey Restaurants

By the second day we were in Camaguey, clouds filled the sky and rain came pouring down. Since we stayed a little ways out of the city centre and didn't want to get soaked, we decided to have a quick lunch at the restaurant in the nearby Hotel Colon.

It was an oddly uncomfortable 45 minutes. We were pretty sure the restaurant was closed, but they gave us a seat near the very back anyways. The only other people in the restaurant were some serving staff and their friends, and a man taking English lessons. The menu was a random offering of touristy Western food, some meat and sauce dishes... the very basics. I had spaghetti which was basically Chef Boyardee, but enjoyed it quite a bit anyway because it had been a long time since pasta.

The upside is that the soda and bottled water was very cheap here, so we stocked up and brought a bunch back to where we were staying. The Hotel Colon itself is also very nice on the inside, until you get to the restaurant.

Favorite Dish: Nothing we had was very good, but then again somehow we weren't expecting gourmet food :)

The paladares we visited - taxied by bike cycles - just the basic - a poor but CLEAN entrance - some cages for the pet and some cages for the birds !
But very nice people and - excellent food

Favorite Dish: Lobster - well prepared in a special sauce - some local drinks the inhabitants had to order and buy in the closest shop - after the delicious meal a private show of salsa dancing - produced by a little cassette player.