The food is delicious and the staff is super friendly and accommodating. I've been visiting this restaurant for the last 10 years and its consistency remains. 
Lara Latshaw
It was quiet, but the food was really fantastic. I had the slow cooked beef and the sauce was the best ever. I really liked their special dinner menu where one can choose soup or a salad, a main with sides, and a desert.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rick
It was our first time visiting Miami and the first time exploring La Rosa. Cute location and building, very nice restaurant inside and great service. Unfortunately I'm not able to recall the names of our meals but my wife and I left so full. The food was great, served quickly and portions were perfect size.
Fedor Galkin
The service was exceptional, and I want to thank everyone who tried to fix those disastrous orders that kept coming from the kitchen. I can't put more than two stars because the first and foremost thing for our group that evening was to have some food, and it did not come out well at all. Long story short, please replace your chef and whoever works for him, and you'll become an all-star favorite.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Adam Terry
Every time, outstanding!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
J D
Corner of 41st Ave and NW 7th st, clean, cozy place, food is very salty, food was dried, warmed up, very expensive for Cuban food, small portions; Masitas de puerco $20, Arroz con pollo +soup+dessert $27 , look at the menu attached. Service was good, plenty of parking
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Mike
Real deal Cuban food. Ask for Manuel!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heather Amburgey
The garlic rice was to die for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Fernando Perez
This is our 1st time in Miami from Phoenix, AZ and they recommended this restaurant from Marriot. Let me tell you, this place is AMAZING!!! Our server was Manuel and he was great! I had the Rabo Encendido and my wife had Carne con papa's! Highly recommend! Great place!
Service and food were outstanding!!! Our Server, think his name was Mario, was more than nice and accommodating. The food presentation was adorable! But the grand finale, the deserts were AMAZING!! What a presentation! We really-really enjoyed those deserts with the white fine smoke 💨. Thanks the Chef and the server for the delicious food and the amazing deserts. 🥘
Jose Najas
Such a shame. I have been eating in La Rosa for over 40 years. Because of work, I hadn’t been to Miami for quite some time. La Rosa used to be a favorite of mine and I recommended it to dozens of people. Food used to be authentic, perfect, with good portions for a fair price, service and atmosphere were those of a classic Cuban joint. What a disappointment it has become in most of those points. They have “remodeled it” to look like some kind of semi modern generic restaurant. The waiters they always had are gone and so are their traditional waiter attire, which should be no big deal, but it’s worth noting because it was sort of the charm of the place. The problem comes with whatever idea someone sold the owners so as to optimize profits. Some of their most popular dishes (and staples of Cuban food) like vaca frita, maduros and others are not in the menu (which now includes generic stuff like hamburgers), although, of course, the waitress will “have them made for you”. The portions are about half what they used to be, and their prices have gone waaaay above any inflation. They seem to try to make up for it, with some garnishing and decorations in their plates (like serving about 2 meagre spoonfuls of ropa vieja inside a red pepper). What used to be a wonderful, fulfilling experience, will now leave you hungry and reminiscent of the old La Rosa. They will charge 5 bucks for a small Cuban espresso. Ridiculous. They will not give you a print copy of your bill. Instead, they will bring you a machine to your table with the bill and use that trending and odious social pressure technique of displaying the tipping options in front of the whole table. Unfortunate. The experience was less than satisfactory. As it is, I will not come back to La Rosa. I will keep the old restaurant in my memories and will definitely not recommend it anymore. At least we still have La Carreta for Cuban food. La Rosa used to be better than the later. It is not anymore.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Samantha Street
Food was amazing. Service was good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Yehuda Kovesh
THE FIRST CUBAN RESTAURANT IN MIAMI, WITH THE SOUL OF 1960s HAVANA
I am an Australian, but a frequent visitor to both Miami and Havana, involved in both places as a Professor of Medicine and a Lecturer in Anthropology.
I left Havana in 2023, and today was the first time I truly savored the kind of Cuban cuisine I had grown used to in La Habana—a few notches higher in elegance and sophistication than most Cuban-American restaurants in Miami. I was transported back to the many dinners and long conversations in the halls of Havana, and I deeply enjoyed the nostalgia evoked by the cuisine of 1960s Cuba.
This cherished culinary tradition is kept alive at La Rosa Restaurant, founded in 1968 by people from the province of Matanzas.
I don’t think you’ll find malanga soup with such refined taste anywhere else. I had the grilled fish, and my companion enjoyed vaca frita after his salad. And how can a Cuban meal be complete without Caviar Cubano—frijoles negros, the black beans?
I closed my eyes while sipping the black bean soup and could feel the breeze from the Malecón (my apartment was near the Malecón).
The dessert took us both by surprise. I had Cuban natilla, reminiscent of crema catalana or crème brûlée—every morsel was delicious. My companion had arroz con leche, a melt-in-the-mouth kind of delight.
My stomach was satisfied, my mind coated in the warm nostalgia of my recent life in Havana, and I felt spiritually connected to the rich history of that island just south of here.
You will always be in my heart.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Michael D. Williams
Can’s restaurant because I was staying nearby and I was in the mood for some good octopus mainly because I seen pictures… I want them into my delight. Got a nice version of piña colada obviously got the octopus which was surprisingly flavorful. I didn’t think that it would be enough, but after I finish the plate, I actually got full. That was all before my main course which was steak and eggs I end up taking that to go. The backwards thing about it was I thought I’d be getting one steak and two actually got two steaks and one egg which is great. I felt like the bill was fairly priced and the service was amazing. I drove myself and I’ll definitely be back next time. I’m in Miami staying next to the airport.
Super delicious!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is delicious and the staff is super friendly and accommodating. I've been visiting this restaurant for the last 10 years and its consistency remains. 
It was quiet, but the food was really fantastic. I had the slow cooked beef and the sauce was the best ever. I really liked their special dinner menu where one can choose soup or a salad, a main with sides, and a desert.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It was our first time visiting Miami and the first time exploring La Rosa. Cute location and building, very nice restaurant inside and great service. Unfortunately I'm not able to recall the names of our meals but my wife and I left so full. The food was great, served quickly and portions were perfect size.
The service was exceptional, and I want to thank everyone who tried to fix those disastrous orders that kept coming from the kitchen. I can't put more than two stars because the first and foremost thing for our group that evening was to have some food, and it did not come out well at all. Long story short, please replace your chef and whoever works for him, and you'll become an all-star favorite.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Every time, outstanding!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Corner of 41st Ave and NW 7th st, clean, cozy place, food is very salty, food was dried, warmed up, very expensive for Cuban food, small portions; Masitas de puerco $20, Arroz con pollo +soup+dessert $27 , look at the menu attached. Service was good, plenty of parking
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Real deal Cuban food. Ask for Manuel!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The garlic rice was to die for.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
This is our 1st time in Miami from Phoenix, AZ and they recommended this restaurant from Marriot. Let me tell you, this place is AMAZING!!! Our server was Manuel and he was great! I had the Rabo Encendido and my wife had Carne con papa's! Highly recommend! Great place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Service and food were outstanding!!! Our Server, think his name was Mario, was more than nice and accommodating. The food presentation was adorable! But the grand finale, the deserts were AMAZING!! What a presentation! We really-really enjoyed those deserts with the white fine smoke 💨. Thanks the Chef and the server for the delicious food and the amazing deserts. 🥘
Such a shame. I have been eating in La Rosa for over 40 years. Because of work, I hadn’t been to Miami for quite some time. La Rosa used to be a favorite of mine and I recommended it to dozens of people. Food used to be authentic, perfect, with good portions for a fair price, service and atmosphere were those of a classic Cuban joint. What a disappointment it has become in most of those points. They have “remodeled it” to look like some kind of semi modern generic restaurant. The waiters they always had are gone and so are their traditional waiter attire, which should be no big deal, but it’s worth noting because it was sort of the charm of the place. The problem comes with whatever idea someone sold the owners so as to optimize profits. Some of their most popular dishes (and staples of Cuban food) like vaca frita, maduros and others are not in the menu (which now includes generic stuff like hamburgers), although, of course, the waitress will “have them made for you”. The portions are about half what they used to be, and their prices have gone waaaay above any inflation. They seem to try to make up for it, with some garnishing and decorations in their plates (like serving about 2 meagre spoonfuls of ropa vieja inside a red pepper). What used to be a wonderful, fulfilling experience, will now leave you hungry and reminiscent of the old La Rosa. They will charge 5 bucks for a small Cuban espresso. Ridiculous. They will not give you a print copy of your bill. Instead, they will bring you a machine to your table with the bill and use that trending and odious social pressure technique of displaying the tipping options in front of the whole table. Unfortunate. The experience was less than satisfactory. As it is, I will not come back to La Rosa. I will keep the old restaurant in my memories and will definitely not recommend it anymore. At least we still have La Carreta for Cuban food. La Rosa used to be better than the later. It is not anymore.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Food was amazing. Service was good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
THE FIRST CUBAN RESTAURANT IN MIAMI, WITH THE SOUL OF 1960s HAVANA
I am an Australian, but a frequent visitor to both Miami and Havana, involved in both places as a Professor of Medicine and a Lecturer in Anthropology.
I left Havana in 2023, and today was the first time I truly savored the kind of Cuban cuisine I had grown used to in La Habana—a few notches higher in elegance and sophistication than most Cuban-American restaurants in Miami. I was transported back to the many dinners and long conversations in the halls of Havana, and I deeply enjoyed the nostalgia evoked by the cuisine of 1960s Cuba.
This cherished culinary tradition is kept alive at La Rosa Restaurant, founded in 1968 by people from the province of Matanzas.
I don’t think you’ll find malanga soup with such refined taste anywhere else. I had the grilled fish, and my companion enjoyed vaca frita after his salad. And how can a Cuban meal be complete without Caviar Cubano—frijoles negros, the black beans?
I closed my eyes while sipping the black bean soup and could feel the breeze from the Malecón (my apartment was near the Malecón).
The dessert took us both by surprise. I had Cuban natilla, reminiscent of crema catalana or crème brûlée—every morsel was delicious. My companion had arroz con leche, a melt-in-the-mouth kind of delight.
My stomach was satisfied, my mind coated in the warm nostalgia of my recent life in Havana, and I felt spiritually connected to the rich history of that island just south of here.
You will always be in my heart.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Can’s restaurant because I was staying nearby and I was in the mood for some good octopus mainly because I seen pictures… I want them into my delight. Got a nice version of piña colada obviously got the octopus which was surprisingly flavorful. I didn’t think that it would be enough, but after I finish the plate, I actually got full. That was all before my main course which was steak and eggs I end up taking that to go. The backwards thing about it was I thought I’d be getting one steak and two actually got two steaks and one egg which is great. I felt like the bill was fairly priced and the service was amazing. I drove myself and I’ll definitely be back next time. I’m in Miami staying next to the airport.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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