The Cabana Mexican American Restaurant

The atmosphere is relaxed and welcoming, perfect for catching up with friends.

Best Sunday brunch. All you can drink frozens and the breakfast steak tacos 😋

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

An amazing place with a friendly staff. 😊

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fun fun fun! The frozen drinks are the real deal and the live bands are TOPS. You’ll often run into Bob the owner, a congenial fellow who keeps on good eye on things. As a past devotee of Malibu I was “late to the table” to learn of The Knobs..an EXCELLENT 80’s music band that played there yesterday. Also, the many Grateful Dead bands that Bob favors. Cabana is a Long Beach gem 💎

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

We had lunch. Sangria was delicious. Ordered chips and guacamole. Awesome. Beef taco shrimp taco Mac and cheese quesadilla all were fantastic.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

cool crowd, great vibe, great service, live music making me happy

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great band, great drinks, really good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The bartender was extremely rude and would not serve my friend because she claimed that an out of state license doesn’t count. For context, Pennsylvania IDs do not expire until a few years after someone’s 21st birthday. Therefore all Pennsylvania IDs specify the date that you are no longer under 21. Her 21st birthday was in June 2025, we were there July 12th 2025. We showed her that the ID has not expired and is completely valid and she got extremely heated. She also would say rudely, “well we’re not in Pennsylvania”. She yelled at us that she is following the law and it doesn’t matter. It’s not the state law. Our group included other over 21 out of state IDs that were served, so again clearly this is not the state law. We remained calm while she repeatedly yelled at us with her accusation that in NY this is not a valid ID because it specifies the age she turns 21. Other customers at the bar were clearly turned off by the experience. Another customer at the bar asked us what had happened (because you really couldn’t ignore the situation), we explained and they were just as confused as us. This bartender started going to her coworkers behind the bar saying she was going to “lose it”. It completely ruined our time there and put a sour taste in our mouth for this bar. Clearly the staff is not trained on how to properly check an ID or handle a situation where there may be confusion. It was clear she was not going to serve us when we proved her wrong so we gave up. To be clear, she did not think the ID was fake. She just felt so knowledgeable that she would not listen to correct information, or check outside resources. I can’t even express the anger she had it was truly terrifying. It wasn’t even an argument just an unnecessary escalation due to her own ego. This was also at about 3 or 4 in the afternoon, I cannot imagine how she handles any situation when the night gets late and patrons have been drinking. It’s not a bad establishment by any means just one employee that ruined our experience. If she had calmly expressed her concern about the law we would have informed her, asked for a second opinion, or had a quick conversion where I am 100 percent sure she could have corrected her mistake. I hope this review lends itself to a more informed staff to reduce the amount of hostility when simply checking an ID for a legal customer. I still stand by the fact that even if this were the law she was extremely and unnecessarily rude because that’s how she started her approach.

Places, trash food sucks kicking paid customers out

Long Beach has real Mexican food , authentic huge portions great seasoning , drinks are good but pricey get Happy hour , but the quality and quantity of the food makes up for it . Thurday $1 tacos 4-9 pm get those and get happy order uber

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great atmosphere nice yard live music

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

A little noisy for older folks

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

This review is not based on their food since we never had the opportunity to try the food. We were sitted quickly but never had a waiter come to take our order. The hostess came over after 15mins to let us know she reminded the waiter/waitress. We sat for a few more minutes saw other group who were just seated have chips and salsa brought to them. We waited a bit more then decided to leave.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Worst wings Ive ever tried , smelled like old meat, matter of fact the best food was beans (which probably came from the can lol)
It took an hour for someone to take empty glasses and dishes
Great location, great band playing ( rainbow spiral)
Would come back only to listen to the music and have drinks

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 2

The food is ABSOLUTELY delicious! The Surf & Turf wrap was great on every bite. Very cute & cozy spot for catching up with friends and it's also by the beach!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spicy Irish Nachos, Chips and Salsa, Empanadas De Carne