Awesome tacos! Great staff and service. We cant wait to return for happy hour!!!…read more Cute decor and expansive menu. Definitely something for everyone's taste

This was my last sit down restaurant stop before returning home. Two of my closest friends…read morerecommended I come here, and so I was excited for my friends and I to try it. We were happily greeted when we arrived and told we could sit wherever we liked. There are plenty of tables outside and inside, and I hear it gets busy. Thank goodness it was a Monday early afternoon. We grabbed a nice table outside among a bunch of Cuban neon signs and pictures. At the time we came, we could choose between breakfast and lunch. I decided to get the Cuban breakfast with a guava smoothie. The platter was a 5 out of 5 for me. I loved the pork belly, the eggs, the potatoes, and the salad! And the smoothie was refreshing, though I wish there was an option to mix the flavors. Do you know how good a mango guava smoothie would have been?! My girlfriend got the same thing that I did, but they completely forgot it. She didn't receive hers until 15 minutes later... And though it seems like a simple request, they would not honor her request to swap out the potatoes for toast. They offered a free dessert which was nice due to the error, but we agreed we've had way better tres leches cake, haha. That incident aside, the restaurant was very nice. I hear they have live salsa on some nights and I know It gets busy. I would love to check that out sometime!

If you're debating whether to eat at Havana 1957, let me save you some time: go hungry and wear…read morestretchy pants. We ordered the Cuban sandwich and the Cuban burger, and honestly both were dangerously good. The Cuban sandwich was exactly what you hope for -- crispy bread, perfectly pressed, packed with flavor, and the kind of sandwich that makes you pause mid-bite and just nod at the person across from you like "yep... this was the right decision." The Cuban burger was also fantastic -- juicy, flavorful, and big enough that you start questioning whether you should have skipped breakfast. The area around the restaurant was great too. Nice vibe, good energy, and perfect for walking around before or after eating... which you will probably need to do after finishing that burger. The servers were good -- friendly, attentive, and thankfully didn't judge us for attacking the food like we hadn't eaten in three business days. Overall the place has a fun atmosphere, great Cuban comfort food, and the kind of menu that makes you want to come back just to try the things you didn't order the first time. Highly recommend... just be prepared to leave full and slightly considering a nap. 10/10 would happily destroy another Cuban sandwich there again.

Una cosa que no nos pareció fue que cuando pedimos mesa, la hostes nos preguntó si teníamos…read morereservación y le dijimos que no. Dijo que no había mesa disponible y ya, no salió de ella decir quieren ponerse en la lista de espera para una mesa oh algo. Nada, nosotras fuimos que le dijimos que si nos podía poner en la lista si no, creo que no nos hubiera ofrecido mesa. Pero a pesar de eso la comida estuvo deliciosa. Era mi primera vez comiendo comida cubana y wow estuvo riquísimo. También era mi primera vez probando el lechón y estuvo fenomenal. Todo muy rico y el mesero muy atento y amable con nosotras.

Great service, food was delicious and the passion fruit mojito was so good. Highly recommendedread more

Excellent food and great attention from Nicole! I recommend…read moreit. Come to the La mulata if you want to have a good time

Food and service were excellent! A perfect spot when you're hungry on Miami Beach. Authentic Cuban…read moreflavors that truly hit the spot The chicken was the super! Definitely my go-to restaurant whenever I'm in Miami Beach--can't wait to come back!

Let me tell you a story of a place I looked forward to revisiting for about a year just to have my…read moreheart broken. First I will tell you the good. The food here is authentic and delicious. Besides the fried plantain stuffed with shrimp and the tostones we had the Vaca Frita with rice and black beans. The Vaca, rice and beans were perfectly seasoned and delicious. It smelled so good I couldn't take a picture! Now a couple of things that are not great. The area has a serious parking availability and price problem, so account for that, there is a parking garage close but the prices change a lot. The service was very... dry, seemed in a bad mood, employed high pressure selling tactics and was visibly unhappy when we didn't roll with it. The place had the door open and the AC seemed to not be working in Miami's heat that is not great, to boot the drinks were very expensive. The price of the food was offensively high. The pictured tostones (green plantains) were more than 8 dollars. And the few tiny srimp stuffed plantain was more than 11 dollars. The Fried Beef (Vaca frita was reasonably priced at just over $20 considering how expensive beef has gotten. All in all this place serve the real Item when it comes to Cuban food. But it has turned from the beloved family place our elders and we loved back in the day. To a more tourist money geared place. At least that's how we felt when we left. We will be seeking a different spot for our next year "Miami long weekend food run".

Food is as amazing & fresh. Liz our waitress was amazing! I would highly recommend eating here as…read morethe atmosphere is amazing!

Liz was amazing! Highly recommend! Great recommendations for our out of town family! Top…read moreexperience!

It's Miami Beach! There are so many restaurants down here and I've been trying to try out as many…read moreCubanos as possible. The place is small and cute and we came here later in the evening. The staff was very friendly, but boy was it windy! I know it's near the ocean, but we sat outside and it just was not pleasant to be in that wind. Aside from that, the food was delicious! I love a good crusty Cubano and they did it right. It did feel like we were in Italy because water is not free. No big deal but I should've ordered a drink! The menu is vast, the music was great, the ambience was amazing, and the experience was fun.

What could have been a simple dining experience turned into a very disappointing one. The service…read morewas not good, and the burgers we ordered looked nothing like the picture or what was advertised. When we brought our concerns to the manager, instead of addressing the issue or taking accountability, she told us that we made the server upset and that she was crying. That response was surprising, because all we did was calmly complain about the quality of our food. Additionally, the server did not seem familiar with the menu. For example, she told me that pickles did not come on my burger, yet they were clearly listed as part of the ingredients--and I still did not receive them. Overall, there was a lack of accountability for the poor service and for the expectations not being met. Customers should be able to voice concerns about their food without being made to feel responsible for staff emotions. I hope management takes this feedback seriously and works to improve both service quality and communication with guests. I wouldn't give a star at all.

Leo was amazing! He served our big loud group and did and awesome job!!! Food was sooo good and…read moreservice was amazing!

The food was AMAZING. I ate the salmon bowl and my family had Cuban food, like plantains, their…read morechicken, rice and beans, everything was delicious. Service was good, manager was very nice to us. Scenery is beautiful. 11/10 experience for our first time.

They serve ALLIGATOR BITES!! I've never had them but I live by you have 2 give EVERYTHING a…read morechance!! The alligator bites were fried with orange citrus and kimchi; which is what I tasted..like Panda Express with kimchi!! PLUS.. the whole menu is under $20 and they got bottomless mimosas!! STAFF was exceptional, every staff greeted with a real smile. And++they serve my 2nd round without asking

Best experiences of Miami for sure. Johana was very attentive will be coming back for sure…read more Endless bubbles were great

After our walking tour in South Beach, we were looking for something a little more authentic and…read morelow-key, away from the busy energy of Ocean Drive. That area definitely has more of a party vibe, and we just wanted to sit down and enjoy a relaxed dinner. We ended up at Esquina Cubana, just a couple of blocks away and I'm so glad we found it. It truly felt like a hidden gem tucked on the corner. The service was good overall. I do wish they were a bit more talkative or engaging, but they were still attentive and made sure we had everything we needed. The food, though, was the highlight. I ordered the beef empanadas (definitely recommend over the chicken), and my friends had a tamale and a Cuban sandwich everything came out flavorful and satisfying. We stayed for about 30 minutes, enjoyed the laid-back vibes, and it was exactly the kind of quick, authentic stop we were looking for before heading back to the hotel.

Stopped in on a busy street near the beach two blocks away. The small place was on the corner with…read moreno inside seating or bathrooms. The food is good and comes out fresh and hot. Ice cold Cuban beers served. Good service with a smile. The desert Flan is out of this world.

This is a hole in the wall tiny restaurant that will leave you satisfied without breaking the bank…read more The service was great we ordered at the register chose our own seats and the food was brought to us. We orders the whole fried snapper and it came with black beans , rice , and plantain. We also ordered 4 hot sauces and the fish was hard fried. It was delicious ! I wish I had photos but this was post beach and we cleaned the bones !

Because the Greater Miami area is the heart of the Cuban Diaspora, there are literally hundreds of…read moregreat places to buy Cuban food. What makes this small cafe, in addition to offering good Cuban food, as well as some other style offerings, is that the food is not only very good, bit also decently priced in somewhat trendy and expensive Miami Beach. I had the Medianoche sandwich, which gets its name from the urban legend of it being to "go to" food to satisfy your midnight hunger in pre-Communist Cuba. I also had a mango "batido", that uniquely Cuban jewel that magically comes out of the blenders of places like this. Talking about mango... you can also walk away with a large container of freshly cut mango for about $10! The perfect strolling fruit to eat as you walk by all the other cool spaces around the area!