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Cuban Food Varadero
8 Reviews Directly across the street from Sunbeach, to the east, is a small outdoor patio bar that is open day and night. It is right on the corner, and you have to go down a few steps from the sidewalk to...
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Paladares Havana
21 Reviews We had dinner one night at this private family-owned restaurant (called a paladar), and it was one of our best meals. . Open Noon to Midnight. Most restaurants are owned by the state instead of by...
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State Owned Restaurants Holguín
8 Reviews This place has not been in the guidebooks I have seen as it is relatively new. It has a covered area for dollar paying guests and another patio style area for people wanting to pay in pesos. I thought...
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Government owned restaurants Santiago de Cuba
5 Reviews La Elisabelica is a coffee shop in Plaza Dolores opposite the Restaurant Matamoros on the corner of Calvario and Aguilera . The prices here are in moneda nacional , not in convertibiles but if you are...
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Paladares Trinidad
4 Reviews Here you see the 6 of use who went to this delicious dish, Nele, Wim, Jean, Marijke, John and me. As you can see the table is filled with meat, fish and vegetables and even more then you can eat. We...
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Paladares Cienfuegos
3 Reviews We stopped at a paradar for lunch on our way to Cienfuegos. It had rental cabins, a restaurant, gift shop, and small grocery store. Government owned, of course. The main building had a thatched roof,...
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Sea Food Varadero
3 Reviews Named the best restaurant in Varadero (calle primera #1648 entre 18 y 20 reparto costa Azul Boca de Camarioca in a little local village non dangerous for tourist ..GOOD FOOD CLEAN the best unkonwn...
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La Bodeguita del Medio Havana
17 Reviews The "B del M," as it's also known, oozes history and suffers from overcrowding. Still, it's still a must for any first-time trip to Havana. The collage of famous photos and signatures that crowd the...
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Beach Restaurants Holguín
2 Reviews My favorite was the meal at the Pesquero Beach. It was a nice meal from chicken with oil and garlic...hmmmm when i think about it i can still taste it...yammie. The chickens we grilled on a wooden...
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Paladars Santiago de Cuba
3 Reviews One of my favorite restaurants in Santiago is La Cocinita. Cheap and delicious fried chicken and plantain meals for about $2 USD. Don't freak out when you see the menu the prices are in pesos. I don't...
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Government owned restaurants Trinidad
5 Reviews This Government restaurant is a little outside of town about five kilometers off the paved road along a narrow dirt road....the restaurant is the showpiece of a ranch like setting adjacent to a Nature...
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Government owned restaurant and bars Cienfuegos
1 Review For a fast lunch or just a stop for a beer, look for El Palatino on the main square, just by the south west corner.(It also has a reasonable toilet) It has very high ceilings, patio seating under the...
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Buffet Varadero
4 Reviews I found Cuban food lacked in freshness; very little or no fresh fruit or vegetables. I stayed at Club Puntarena, but I had others say the same about the food in their resorts. The pasta made to order...
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Coppelia Ice Havana
7 Reviews This is a Cuban institution: fabulous ice cream, ridiculously inexpensive prices (for us foreigners at least) and big long line-ups. There is NO point in going to Coppelia's and skipping the line,...
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International Food Varadero
3 Reviews What can I say about dinner in a cave? We had to try it! Parque Josone in Varadero has a bunch of different types of restaurants, La Gruta is the wine cellar oriented one. It's small, intimate, and...
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China Town Havana
10 Reviews China Town, every city has it´s onw. In havana is located on Centro Habana, near the Capitolio. The main things in china town is it´s restorants. There are plenty of them, almost all particulars....
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El Floridita. Havana
5 Reviews The El Floridita is not far from El Capitolia - look for the bright red exterior. This is "The Home of the Dacquiri" and, while I am not a huge fan of dacquiris, I must admit that the one I had here...
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La Lluvia de Oro Havana
4 Reviews We stayed in Havana in mid February 2008 for 4 nights with my wife. We discovered Lluvia del oro first night and went there for 3 nights. We love Cuban music and in Lluvia del oro, Son Tradicional, a...
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Restaurante Gringo Viejo Havana
3 Reviews The ambiance is very nice. The room have a very nice decoration and the service is professional. I tried the "Ropa Vieja". It was very good but I found the fries too cosmopolitan ;). One of te good...
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El Ajibe Havana
3 Reviews I asked the bellboy who worked in the hotel, Where is the good resutaurant? He answerd, 'El ajibe' is good ! near hear ! Chicken was soft and juicy. I ordered combo.chicken and beenrice,which is...
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D'Giovanni Havana
3 Reviews The greatest thing about this restaurant is its location. It is a bit more quiet than some of the other restaurants and the terrace offers a great view of the Fortaleza, which makes for a nice and...
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La Torre Havana
2 Reviews We stopped here after it started raining, initially trying to find a place with a patio and in our discouragement, decided to indulge in some salty and delicious Chinese comfort food. The menu...
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Los Vitrales Havana
2 Reviews This could be a very good value for money meal but just check before ordering the set menu and stick wit it. We had some salad, very good lobster, rice and mashed potatoes, large glass of wine...
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Cafe Taberna Havana
1 Review This restaurant is on the ground floor of a building erected in 1772 and is nicely decorated. You can get an entree for about $5.00 to $7.00 U.S. Your best bet is to choose from the seafood, chicken,...
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Dona Carmela Havana
1 Review We had our lunch here, in a nice garden, after visiting San Carlos de la Cabaña, which is very close to the paladar. It was relaxing to be having lunch at a garden, after the humid heat during...
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Throughout Cuba, you will find these small private "home" restaurants. Basically they are 1-3 table small restaurants that are more or less ran out of the bottom floor of a person's home. The prices are reasonable and you get to taste real Cuban cooking. These are legal and government run.
On the whole the food in Cuba isn't that great, but take the trouble to hunt out a paladar. These are privately run restaurants in family homes and the food is better (and often cheaper) than in the state-run places.We went to a great one in Cienfuegos, recommended by other guests in our hotel (word of mouth is the best way to find these). There was no printed menu but lots of choice - you just need to concentrate while the waiter runs through the options!
For anyone who wants to live less like a tourist, and save a few bucks at the same time, Cuba can easily be experienced from within the peso economy (moneda nacional, not the CUC, or Cuban Convertable Pesos). Just drop into any Cadeca (money changing shops - look for the white sign with "Cadeca $" on them) like the one at 23 and 10; 23 and M; Obispo St; many, many others. Hand over 5 CUC and get back a wad of 20-pesos moneda nacional bills.Then pop over to 23 and 12 in Vedado. This is a corner of historic importance - it's where Fidel Castro declared the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution, among other things. Also in this area is the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute), the "Fresa y Chocolate" café (and accompanying ICAIC video and movie poster store), a pizza place - the Cinecitta - which always has huge lineups to get in (but around the right side on 12 you'll find a take-out window...
Yep, maybe a cliché but true ... La Guarida is the best restaurant in Cuba AND the most expensive AND the most famousIt is famous because the restaurant was the decor of the movie La Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate)Many celeberties had dinner here, like the Royal Spanish Family ... to give you an example
so, this restaurant's on the top of the Y-shaped apartment building in vedado, along the malecon. this is the same building that khrushchev saw during his visit to cuba in the early 1960's and decided to build 5 of (because of its all-in-one design). that aside, the restaurant basically serves glorified cafeteria food. it does have a nice view of havana, complete with open windows for a bit of breeze, but i'd recommend just having a coctail and then eating somewhere cheaper. the drinks.
out by all the bizarro embassies in the near-suburb of miramar is this great little paladar. they, apparently, own the only clay oven in cuba, which quickly churns out simple, sabroso pizzas. the margarita pizza was wonderful.
perhaps the most well-known "paladar" in havana (a "paladar" being a state-approved restaurant in one's home), la guarida serves delicious and sophisticated food in the charming setting of an old mansion. my dinner companion remarked, "it's like finding some incredible little place in manhattan that no one's yet heard of, but soon will." though paladars are supposed to have only 12 seats, this place has somehow (bribed the right people, perhaps?) managed to get around that limitation, seating something like 60 at a time. increased capacity aside, however, you should still call in advance to get a table, as it's terribly popular. i hesitantly ordered the chicken curry, and it turned out to be absolutely fantastic. the tuna on sugar cane skewers is delightful, as well.
The best food and option while in Cuba is to take meals with the Casa Particular your staying with. It's also an oportunity to get to know the locals.Average Prices Beef/Chicken Dishes - 8 PesoBreakfast - 3 PesoDrinks(water, beer) - 1 peso
This is my favourite restaurant in the whole of la Habana, kind of a mix of local and tourist clientele, it is simply the best value you will find anywhere. You pay 3-3.50 CUC for a pretty decent sized meal, ice cream and they even throw a beer in, and it doesnt look like a cheap place and compares well with any restaurant you can find in London (apart from the cuban waiting times of course,lol)- There is even a piano player (usually in the evenings) which is great. There is also a cocktail bar opposite the restaurant area, which is perfect for after meal drinks, usually the bar plays spanish/american pop and reggaeton music. La Roca is located in Vedado, not far from the Habana Libre hotel, on 21 y M, any taxi driver or local will know la roca ;) The menu is pretty much as you will find in most cuban restaurants, and is thus, limited to fish, pork, beef or sometimes horse ;), with rice...
Cuba a not a gourmet country. The food is simple and based on chicken, pork, beef and fish, prepared in a simple manner mostly served with rice, black beans, cucumber and tomatoes.In state restaurants they often serve food which was frozen before and therefore isn't fresh. Often the meals are more expensive than in Europe but unfortunately the quality is lower.The best food can be found in paladores (= private family owned restaurants controlled by the state) and casas particulares (= bed & breakfast). They have a limited choice but the ingredients are always fresh. Lobster and shrimps. However, only state restaurants and hotels are allowed to serve it.
Villa Las Brujas Cuba
2 Reviews and 51 Opinions I could have chosen Okay but some problems, but I still think it falls too short to express how...
NH Parque Central Havana
8 Reviews and 1262 Opinions This is a jewel of a hotel, located just a block or two away from Old Havana, and the shops of Calle...
Iberostar Varadero Varadero
5 Reviews and 1866 Opinions great food gained 5 lbs on the french sauces whatch out for the car rental guy Frank , he takes the...
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Q: We're hoping to do Eastern Cuba in December, we've already done the west. I'm trying to book flights, ideally from Manchester. I...
A: flights domestically it is, aerocaribbean do it, as you are in Manchester check the Cuban tourist office http://www.travel2cuba.co.uk/ hope it helps cheers
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