The food was out of this world! My Cuban mother would approve! I was surprised how small it is inside but the decor and music make it homey and festive.
WILL MCKAY (Dr. Will McKay)
You must try - Cuban Food Plus …
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrew Ben Israel
Good food, good coffee and good music loved the experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cubano Sandwich
David Figueroa
Very clean and tidy place, excellent service and very good quality, very good, hot and fresh meals, 5 star place, God bless your staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
shawnm618
Great food, great portions
Parking: Just down the block. Paid parking, large lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Keyo-Ann Goodwin
This is my go to best cafe con lece!! Food is amazing!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Papa Rellena, Cubano Sandwich, Ropa Vieja, Sandwiches
Alex Concepcion
Food is delicious and authentic. A few people in my party even ordered some extra food to-go after our meal because we enjoyed it so much. However, we were auto charged 20% gratuity on the take out food as well (separate check) which just feels opportunist. One person even added an additional tip, not realizing it was already included (totaling 40%), and our waitress said nothing. Wanted to come back, but this left a bad taste and will likely not be returning. At least not for take out.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
Yavet Respes
Great place, great food, and a great vibe. The food took a lil while to come but there were 7 of us so we weren't stressed. Everyone was so friendly and accommodating.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rey Rodriguez
I’ve had this saved in my ‘want to try’ list for some time and was able to finally get there yesterday (7/6). CT just doesn’t have many Cuban restaurants and being a Floridian-born Puerto Rican, I was craving it.
My daughter and I got there just after noon and there was one other couple seated. Sticker on the door indicated this is a black owned restaurant which I was excited to support. The dining room is small, but also intimate. Very beautiful Afro Cuban religious art (Oshun and Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre) adorned the walls. There were also older pictures that I could have spent an hour or more looking at.
Pleasantly surprised to know you have a sister restaurant in Tampa where a lot of my family is located currently. (Already told them to try it there.)
Appetizer was the Soul Sampler. I really enjoyed the spinach croquetas. Mixed the regular and spicy mojo sauce to my preferred level of spice to dip. I can’t have beef, but my daughter enjoyed the papa rellena. Tostones were on point.
Lunch entree for me was the Cuban sandwich which I opted with chips. It’s Tampa style with salami which I was happy to know was made with just pork so I was able to keep it on. Having homemade mariquitas would have been the icing on the cake (instead of the premade kettle potato chips). Sandwich taste was great. Pulled pork was juicy and flavorful.
My daughter opted for the pollo de ajo y naranja. She really enjoyed it and offered me a taste of chicken which I thought was very flavorful. The black beans were slightly bland to our taste.
It was a hot day and the air conditioning could have been a little cooler inside the restaurant (my preference of course). Would love to have tried a coffee or mixed drink, but didn’t want to have alcohol and ate a bit too much to add coffee (or dessert). The flan will be my next thing to try.
Waitress was nice. Will come again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Lechon Asado, Cubano Sandwich
George Farkas
Being a Cuban spot,thought it would have been better
It is a really nice little restaurant with a great food selection on the menu, everything tastes delicious and the drinks are excellent as well, especially the cocktails (try their rum punch)! We will absolutely go back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche, Crispy Pork Belly
Tiffanys Channel
Terrible dining experience. First off my friend and I had a 730 reservation for a table and had to wait 15 minutes to sit down. This restaurant is very small so maybe they shouldn't have a reservation system if they can not honor the time. Secondly our waiter came to our table SWEATING PROFUSELY! It was the most disgusting ? thing I've encountered at a restaurant, his whole face was drenched with sweat and to add insult to injury he kept wiping his head with his bare hands. The waiter then proceeds to tell my friend and I that he's sorry because he was running around, well Sir that's not our problem as paying customers and you should have enough common sense to wipe away your bodily fluids before approaching a table to serve...it was really bad to the point I told my friend we should eat somewhere else but my friend said we should give it a try. The sweaty waiter took our appetizer and entree order. I ordered beef empanadas for an app and the Roja Veija for an entree, the waiter (comes back with a dry face, hopefully he washed his hands) telling me they're out of beef empanadas smh so I had to substitute. When we got our apps, literally within 5 min our main entree arrived (eventhough sweaty waiter said this would not happen) I had literally took a few bites of my app, I immediately asked the waiter for a to go box for my app because I did not want my main dish to get cold. For the main, it was OK, the black beans that came with it were cold. I was highly disappointed with this whole dining experience and will not return.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Melvette Hill
I was so surprised by what came on my plate. I ordered the Wednesday special and it tasted like a tv dinner. The chicken tasted like tyson frozen chicken patty. This restaurant usually has delicious food. Not sure if this is midweek madness or a new owner or what. Also how does a Cuban restaurant not have coffee? I actually came there for the coffee. No regular coffee nor espresso- nada. The waitress was very good, so nice and mad cool. Do better, please . We want to support your business.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
Sharon K
We visited on Saturday night and got served immediately. We had lechon asado and fish (cannot remember the name of the dish), p.o.g (juice), coffee, tres leches, and ceviche (on the house because the staff said there'd be delayed on the fish as they're still defrosting it). The lechon asado was juicy and flavourful and the plantains were so tender and sweet. The fish dish was worth the wait although it wasn't that long for us. Ceviche was fresh and served with plantain chips to add extra texture. Tres leche was simple and hit the point. Service was excellent, the ambiance was mysterious, chill and perfect for a casual dinner.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hancy Rivera
Nayelima servicio was phenomenal. The food was 10/10. Highly recommended. Will be back soon.
The food was out of this world! My Cuban mother would approve! I was surprised how small it is inside but the decor and music make it homey and festive.
You must try - Cuban Food Plus …
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food, good coffee and good music loved the experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cubano Sandwich
Very clean and tidy place, excellent service and very good quality, very good, hot and fresh meals, 5 star place, God bless your staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food, great portions
Parking: Just down the block. Paid parking, large lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is my go to best cafe con lece!! Food is amazing!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Papa Rellena, Cubano Sandwich, Ropa Vieja, Sandwiches
Food is delicious and authentic. A few people in my party even ordered some extra food to-go after our meal because we enjoyed it so much.
However, we were auto charged 20% gratuity on the take out food as well (separate check) which just feels opportunist. One person even added an additional tip, not realizing it was already included (totaling 40%), and our waitress said nothing. Wanted to come back, but this left a bad taste and will likely not be returning. At least not for take out.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
Great place, great food, and a great vibe. The food took a lil while to come but there were 7 of us so we weren't stressed. Everyone was so friendly and accommodating.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I’ve had this saved in my ‘want to try’ list for some time and was able to finally get there yesterday (7/6). CT just doesn’t have many Cuban restaurants and being a Floridian-born Puerto Rican, I was craving it.
My daughter and I got there just after noon and there was one other couple seated. Sticker on the door indicated this is a black owned restaurant which I was excited to support. The dining room is small, but also intimate. Very beautiful Afro Cuban religious art (Oshun and Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre) adorned the walls. There were also older pictures that I could have spent an hour or more looking at.
Pleasantly surprised to know you have a sister restaurant in Tampa where a lot of my family is located currently. (Already told them to try it there.)
Appetizer was the Soul Sampler. I really enjoyed the spinach croquetas. Mixed the regular and spicy mojo sauce to my preferred level of spice to dip. I can’t have beef, but my daughter enjoyed the papa rellena. Tostones were on point.
Lunch entree for me was the Cuban sandwich which I opted with chips. It’s Tampa style with salami which I was happy to know was made with just pork so I was able to keep it on. Having homemade mariquitas would have been the icing on the cake (instead of the premade kettle potato chips). Sandwich taste was great. Pulled pork was juicy and flavorful.
My daughter opted for the pollo de ajo y naranja. She really enjoyed it and offered me a taste of chicken which I thought was very flavorful. The black beans were slightly bland to our taste.
It was a hot day and the air conditioning could have been a little cooler inside the restaurant (my preference of course). Would love to have tried a coffee or mixed drink, but didn’t want to have alcohol and ate a bit too much to add coffee (or dessert). The flan will be my next thing to try.
Waitress was nice. Will come again.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Lechon Asado, Cubano Sandwich
Being a Cuban spot,thought it would have been better
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
It is a really nice little restaurant with a great food selection on the menu, everything tastes delicious and the drinks are excellent as well, especially the cocktails (try their rum punch)! We will absolutely go back again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche, Crispy Pork Belly
Terrible dining experience. First off my friend and I had a 730 reservation for a table and had to wait 15 minutes to sit down. This restaurant is very small so maybe they shouldn't have a reservation system if they can not honor the time. Secondly our waiter came to our table SWEATING PROFUSELY! It was the most disgusting ? thing I've encountered at a restaurant, his whole face was drenched with sweat and to add insult to injury he kept wiping his head with his bare hands. The waiter then proceeds to tell my friend and I that he's sorry because he was running around, well Sir that's not our problem as paying customers and you should have enough common sense to wipe away your bodily fluids before approaching a table to serve...it was really bad to the point I told my friend we should eat somewhere else but my friend said we should give it a try. The sweaty waiter took our appetizer and entree order. I ordered beef empanadas for an app and the Roja Veija for an entree, the waiter (comes back with a dry face, hopefully he washed his hands) telling me they're out of beef empanadas smh so I had to substitute. When we got our apps, literally within 5 min our main entree arrived (eventhough sweaty waiter said this would not happen) I had literally took a few bites of my app, I immediately asked the waiter for a to go box for my app because I did not want my main dish to get cold. For the main, it was OK, the black beans that came with it were cold. I was highly disappointed with this whole dining experience and will not return.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
I was so surprised by what came on my plate. I ordered the Wednesday special and it tasted like a tv dinner. The chicken tasted like tyson frozen chicken patty.
This restaurant usually has delicious food. Not sure if this is midweek madness or a new owner or what. Also how does a Cuban restaurant not have coffee? I actually came there for the coffee. No regular coffee nor espresso- nada.
The waitress was very good, so nice and mad cool. Do better, please . We want to support your business.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 3
We visited on Saturday night and got served immediately. We had lechon asado and fish (cannot remember the name of the dish), p.o.g (juice), coffee, tres leches, and ceviche (on the house because the staff said there'd be delayed on the fish as they're still defrosting it). The lechon asado was juicy and flavourful and the plantains were so tender and sweet. The fish dish was worth the wait although it wasn't that long for us. Ceviche was fresh and served with plantain chips to add extra texture. Tres leche was simple and hit the point. Service was excellent, the ambiance was mysterious, chill and perfect for a casual dinner.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nayelima servicio was phenomenal. The food was 10/10. Highly recommended. Will be back soon.
Kid-friendliness: Nice ambiente family oriented
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Empanada Kids Meal, Cubano Sandwich, Empanadas
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