Surprisingly for an island so rich in marine life, fish and seafood rarely top the menu – most seafood is exported…
La Bodeguita del Medio – Havana City
Location: Empedrado No 207, e/ San Ignacio y Cuba, Havana Vieja
The walls are plastered with autographs and drawings left by travelers who have relished the bar’s grilled pork, rice and black beans.This former haunt of Hemingway is extremely lively at night. daily noon–midnight; bar 10:30 a.m.–12:30 a.m.), one block west of Plaza de la Catedral, specializes in traditional Cuban dishes—most famously its roast pork, steeped black beans, flat-fried bananas, garlicky yucca, and sweet guava pudding “overflowing,” thought Nicolás Guillén (Cuba’s national poet), “with surges of aged rum.”
Showtime(s): 10:30 AM to 12:30 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 10:30 AM
Cocina de Lilliam – Havana City
Location: Calle 48 #1311, e/ 13 y 15, Miramar
The most beautiful garden restaurant in Havana with some of the best food you can find in the city. Lilliam Dominguez the cook has turned her house into a lush, romantically lighted garden where dinners sit on comfortable wrought-iron chairs. I recommend you to try “Ropa Vieja”, a traditional Cuban dish prepared with lamb meat simmered so long it falls into shreds (traditionally it is made with beef, but private restaurants are not permitted to serve beef. It is reserve to state owned restaurants).
Showtime(s): 12 M to 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: At Noon – 12 M
Don Lorenzo – Havana City
Location: Acosta #260A, e/ Habana y Compostela, Habana Vieja
Paladar Don Lorenzo: It is a rooftop restaurant with thatched bar, has a large and creative menu that includes stuffed tomatoes (CUC2.50) and octopus vinaigrette (CUC5) appetizers, and main dishes such as squid in ink (CUC14), crocodile in mustard sauce (CUC18), and roast chicken in cider (CUC15). …
Showtime(s): 12 M – 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 12 M
El Gijones – Havana City
Location: Paseo del Prado No 309 altos Esquina Virtudes
It’s one of the best restaurants in Havana today…
Showtime(s): 12 M – 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 12 M
La Esperanza – Havana City
Location: Calle 16 #105, e/ 1ra y 3ra, Miramar, Playa
It is an exceptional paladar inside a 1930s middle- class home with a sala full of art nouveau furnishings, antiques, books, and intriguing miscellany. Jazz or classical music is normally playing. Your waiter will read off the day’s French inspirations, served with lively sauces. On my last visit, I enjoyed a superb eggplant de ochún (in honey) stuffed with chicken. The service is friendly and professional, and prices are fair (budget CUC25 for a meal), although a 10 percent service charge is automatically added.
Showtime(s): 12 M – 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 12 M
La Fontana – Havana City
Location: 3ra Av. #305, esq. 46 Playa
Paladar “La Fontana Habana”, a place that takes great pleasure in serving and delighting everybody who visit them with its Cuban Traditional Cuisine culinary specialties. Founded 8 years ago by a small group of relatives, students and friends, it has become a famous “paladar”, as private restaurants in Cuba are named, keeping alive the ancient culinary traditions. …
Showtime(s): 12 M to 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 12 M
Website: http://www.lafontanahavana.info
La Guarida ” Fresa y Chocolate “
Location: Concordia No.418 /Gervasio y Escobar. Centro Habana.
“Welcome to La Guarida, a place where not everyone gets,” Diego tells to David in the film “Strawberry and Chocolate.” Welcome to the Lair, Henry and Odeisys also say (the owners) and we give way to the same site, maintained by them as a magic space in which also an adventure, between memories and the presence of characters from fiction and Cuban history. The palate is the most personality of Havana, with a kitchen that will surprise even the most demanding.
Showtime(s): 12 M – 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 12 M
Website: http://www.laguarida.com/
La Paila
Location: Ave 51A No 8827 btwn Calles 88B & 88C, Marianao
It would be in Habana’s top five Restaurants. With just a few tables ensconced in a garden replete with soft-lit lanterns, this is the most romantic paladar no one knows about. And the food is infallible. All is made with Carbon….
Showtime(s): 12 M – 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 12 M
Vistamar – Havana City
Location: 1ra Av. #2206, e/ 22 y 24, Miramar
It is a modern house on the seafront, is popular for its high-quality cuisine and has the advantage of ocean views. It serves continental fare as well as Cuban staples. Starters include fish cocktail (CUC3) and mushroom soup (CUC3.50), while main dishes include pescado milanesa (CUC12), and grilled fish with garlic (CUC11.50). One block west, Paladar Ristorante El Palio (1ra Av. #2402, esq. 24, tel. 07/202-9869; noon–midnight) serves Italian-criollo cuisine and is popular with elite Cubans. Pastas and seafood dishes average CUC5….
Showtime(s): 12 M – 12 AM | Type: Top 10 Restaurants | Doors Open: 12 M
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