Hidden gem, great Cuban food and reasonably priced! Staff was very friendly and helpful. We enjoyed a Cuban sandwich, yucca frita, and congri they even had classic sodas like jupina! Quick service for lunch. read more

Awesome Cuban and Argentinian food at a great price. Quick service - great for a lunchtime Cuban Sandwich and Cafe con Leche, but menu has much more to offer. My favorite is the breaded steak! read more

This place has the Best Coffee in FLORIDA by far. When I tell you this is a must stop. You need to listen and go. I have had coffee from around the world but this coffee here OMG !!!!!!! Then the food is authentic Cuban food. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. read more

Excellent ham croquettes sandwich! Bread was fresh; croquettes hot and they are really nice.

We love this place so much! The food is so good, and same with the service. The prices are great too. Highly suggest going here!

The best Cuban food in the area by far. Everyone has to try this place I been eating here every week now love this place

Delicious Cuban coffee and Cuban sandwich. The staff was pleasant and quick to respond.

We had Ropa Vieja - salty and with overcooked string beef. House salad was good as were prices. Service was prompt and courteous. Some mat like the food. I do not. read more

This is so far my favorite Latin food place. BEST coffee, best food and service. Cozy little location with all needed for a good experience: authentic Latin plates and fast accurate service. I already came back and will continue coming. Thanks guys! Keep the good work! read more

Abuela's Kitchen - Best coffee! Like the one my mom makes. Any selection from the menu is good. The chicken milanesa is good, fried yuca as well... maduros... - Sandwiches Near Me - Palmetto, Florida

Legit Cuban food. Loved the fried bananas especially. Took friends here and all were happy with their food. BIG bottles of water and tea per person. read more

I come often for a lot of reason. The food I eat here is always delicious and it makes me feel at home while I was a kid. The steak milanesa is delicious accompanied with black beans and maduros (fried sweet plantains). The tostones (green fried plantains) are also delicious. The chicken breast is delicious, the chef makes fun of me because I love their chicken breast cooked with a lot of onions. The parrilla is also delicious and can feed two easily. I top my delicious meal with a Cuban coffee (coladita). read more

Abuela's Kitchen - Sandwiches Near Me - Palmetto, Florida

We had eight people here for lunch recently. It is a tiny café that is apparently a mom-and-pop operation. I think that our group may have overwhelmed the capacity to a certain degree, as it took a fair amount of time to get the food. The food was generally quite delicious. We had roast pork, Cubano sandwich, black beans and rice, sweet plantains, and fried yucca. Everything was nicely done and we thought it was a find. read more

A Gem We passed by this place on the way to the beach. Precious noticed it. We love to eat cuban food anytime we're within driving distance of a cuban restaurant so we stopped in one afternoon on our way home from sunworshipping. It was a great surprise. This has all the usual cuban menu items from ropa vieja to cuban sandwiches even the legendary medianoche sandwich to the roast pork and maduros fritos. I got the medianoche, and Precious got the roast pork. The medianoche was good. It love it. The roast pork was just so tender and succulent, and the maduros were sweet and flavorful. We were also served some bread with a unique sauce. This sauce was olive oil, oregano, some kind of garlic, and some other spices, the type of sauce that they serve in italian restaurants and in Bone Fish. But it had it's own unique twist, and we were not able to reverse engineer it. We talked to the owner, and she was not willing to give away her secret, but it was fun trying to decipher her facial expressions when we wee guessing what was in it. We'll probably try to make something similar at home one day. The food was so good that we came back the next day and got a couple of orders that we put in the fridge. We unfortunately had plans to eat with someone else that day, but over the weekend we reheated those orders and love 'em. This is a great restaurant. GREAT!!! read more

This place is a hidden jewel. Great Cuban and Argentine food. He's Argentinean and she's Cuban, together they are a culinary marriage made in heaven. The plates are classic cuban and argentine offerings that would make most ex-pats home sick. Highly recommended. read more

The food was delicious! We both had the roasted pork with black beans and fried plantains. We agree that we will be back! read more

Abuela's Kitchen - This is the roasted pork with fried plantains and black beans. We will be back!! Yummy! - Sandwiches Near Me - Palmetto, Florida

One of my favorite little secrets in Palmetto! The food is fresh, the facility clean and the owners are so nice. I usually have a Cuban with a side of black beans and rice, but friends I have brought have had other traditional Cuban items and they have loved it. read more

Abuela's Kitchen - Their store front. - Sandwiches Near Me - Palmetto, Florida

This place is fantastic! Everything from great food to friendly service. When I walked in and could barely get a table I realized it would probably be very good. I didn't realize my lunch portion would be ridiculous so I now have lunch today in the fridge. I got the special of the day - pork with two sides. The pork was so tender it must have been cooking low and slow for hours. The seasonings on the pork were delicious. I got, as suggested by Yelpers, the yucca fries and the sweet plantains. I don't always love fried things, but would definitely say they were worth a try. The sweet plantains were magnificent. Definitely a great spot. read more

Great food great coffee! We will return for sure! Sorry it's taken so long to visit here! read more

Abuela's Kitchen - Ropa Vieja, Yellow Rice & Sweet Plantains! With a Cafe Con Leche on the side. So delicious! - Sandwiches Near Me - Palmetto, Florida

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This place was amazing. I never would have found it without Yelp. It is set in a corner of a small strip mall, and all the small sign says is Cuban Food. Do not go on appearance! The food was amazing. I got roast pork, yellow rice, and plantanos. Portion was enough for two but it was so tasty that I ate it all. I will be back to try other things. read more

This is a great place for Cuban and Latin American cuisine. It was reasonably priced, I paid $12-13 for a dinner sized portion of grilled chicken, arroz and maduros and then flan for dessert. Most Cuban places only give 3-4 maduros as a side they gave me 9. I spent all day waiting for dinner time so I could eat my leftovers. If you are ever in Sarasota, Bradenton or Ellenton it is well worth the drive for lunch. read more

This place was amazing. Food was soooo delicious. I had the chicken breast with white rice and chick peas and tostones. Big portions and the people were so kind. Will definitely go back !!!!! read more

Delicious! Black beans, yellow rice, plantains. Best in Bradenton area. Café Cubano hits the spot. Perfectly sweet. We ended up ordering extra to take home with us. Yum! read more

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Not easy to find, but worth looking for. It is tucked away in the corner of strip mall. Authentic and delicious. It helps if you speak or read spanish, but they will answer your questions. They serve sliced cuban bread with a dipping oil chock full of spices and seasonings. Be sure and check the board on the counter for specials of the day. read more

Abuela's Kitchen - Grilled Flank Steak Special. - Sandwiches Near Me - Palmetto, Florida

I called and asked what time the restaurant closed and I was told at 5pm. My wife was going to pick up some food on her way home. She called the shop 3 times at 4pm and no answer. With the understanding that they closed at 5pm She went to order her food and the lady was less than nice. It was 4:15 door wide open and when she went to the counter she was told they were closed in a RUDE attitude Thats it, they had a chance to make me a regular customer but we will NEVER give them another chance. If you want to be insulted give them a visit I WON'T Lots of other places to eat that appreciate our business read more

I love Cuban sandwiches and I don't find many that are made with real meet and not lunch meet. So I moved around the area so I figured I would try this place out. Well I was disappointed again, lunch meet on my Cuban . So sad. So I may or my not go back and try something else there but for a Cuban sandwich I won't go back and get. read more

Terrific Cuban Sandwiches. They come with a small cup of a slightly spicy herb sauce, which makes these Cubans unique. Owners are very welcoming, and service is prompt. read more

Real good Cuban food. Small place good cook. Fresh and clean. Felt lack beans and the Cuban salad is huge. Cafe co leeches was delicious

We found this place and thought to give it a try best choice every not being local didn't know what to expect. The service was great. We had the Cuban sandwich half order and it was huge, also we had the steak that had so much Flavor. read more

Visiting Bradenton for a football tournament and wanted some Cuban food! We're from Jacksonville and really have no authentic Cuban Restaurants that we care for back home so we checked out Yelp and read the reviews. This was definitely the right choice. It was like visiting a friend's home, casual, small, family oriented and personal. We ordered some Cuban sandwiches for the boys, the Argentinian steak and ropa vieja (best ever)! Ended the meal with Cuban coffee and the boys had Ironbeer (Cuban root beer)! Excellent place just note they close early 7pm Sat and a bit hard to find cause they're tucked in the corner of a little plaza! Worth the find! read more

Great place, great music and great service. You get an authentic Cuban cafe feel and the cortadito is to die for.

When I want a delicious "milanesa" sandwich well made and fresh I stop by here. All is cooked at the moment, fresh from scratch. My husband loves the Cuban sandwich, he says it is the best in the area. French Fries (papas fritas) are the most delicious I ever tried. And I have to make a special mention for the "chimichurri" authentic Argentine sauce, it is spectacular!!!! I love also de chicken milanesa, out of this world! Love this little place! read more

Excellent food! Fried Yucca, sweet platains, grilled chicken sandwich.....everything we tried was great! Authentic meals from Argentina and Cuba...wish we lived here! read more

This is real authentic Cuban food. No matter how you paint it this is it. The yuca frita were amazing, with the mojo sauce you can't beat it. Croquettes, tamales, melanesa steak sandwich. If there is a bad thing on their menu I have yet to find it. The best Cuban place south of Tampa!!! read more

Our Favorite post ride lunch spot. Great Cuban food, coffee and service! It is always excellent as we have been dining there for years. Consistency is the hallmark of a great establishment. read more

The food is authentic cuban and very good. I was pleased. But-the place is unremarkable, a little dirty looking, and ...... there were 2 white curly hairs on the plate with my cuban sandwich. This really spoils a dining experience. :( Please Abuela's take this opportunity to clean and spruce up. And really, hairs??? read more

My wife and I stopped in for a Cuban sandwich and were not disappointed. I'm a traditionalist. My definition of a Cuban sandwich starts with the bread. What they prepare at Abuela's Kitchen is top shelf. The bread is fresh, almost cracker crust on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside. They use just the right amount of mustard, smoked pork, ham, pickle and cheese. What they produce is perfection! We will definitely be back. read more

We split a meal of pork with fried yucca and fried sweet plantain. We ordered take out. When we opened the meal we were blessed by a delicious, comfort food soup, the meat was well seasoned, thick-sliced, and moist. The fried (deep fried) yucca had a wonderful texture and flavor, much better than french fried potatoes. The sweet plantain was a nice contrast to the savory elements in the meal. There was so much pork that we have some remaining to make into a sandwich tomorrow. I would go there again, even if it was just for the soup. Delicious. read more

Great food friendly service. Small place but definitely coming back. May not be 100% authentic but as close as you will find in this area. Big portions and great price. read more

Small cafe with good food. Black beans and yellow rice we're delicious with the Cuban salad. The Cuban sandwich was dry. Friendly staff and good service. read more

Outstanding restaurant, best Cuban Cuisine in the Bradenton, Palmetto, Anna Maria area. The restaurant is small but seating is very comfortable. It is spotlessly clean. I've had the ropa vieja, palomilla steak, maduros, black beans and yucca fries, all are delicious and expertly prepared. 100% authentic food. The owners work there daily and their dedication shows. read more