Absolutely appalling behaviour - RACISM and ASSAULT by a member of staff. I had a shocking experience at The Cuban in Canterbury that I feel needs to be shared. My friend and I were standing near the windowsill inside with our handbags next to us when a tall African bouncer approached us aggressively. He began waving his finger in our faces and acted confrontational without any clear explanation--apparently just because our bags were resting on the windowsill. What made this worse was that he targeted my friend, who is Black Caribbean, with clear and disturbing racial bias. It was painfully obvious that this man--despite being Black himself--was prejudiced and aggressive toward us, especially her. I spoke to the head bouncer who confirmed there was no issue as long as we were standing next to our bags. We returned to where we were, but the same bouncer came back, told us to get out with no explanation, and when I asked why, he refused to answer. I began recording for my own protection, and he snatched my phone, was physically aggressive, and later threw my drink all over me and broke my phone strap. This was a clear assault, and I have reported the incident to the police. Another bouncer just said, "we don't need to give you a reason--he's worked here for seven years," which is absolutely unacceptable. This was not just poor treatment--it was racially motivated, physically aggressive, and deeply unprofessional. The Cuban seriously needs to review who they employ and how they deal with incidents like this. I will never return and strongly advise others--especially people of colour--to be cautious before going there. read more

The food here is great, as are the cocktails, though be prepared to wait a fair while for drinks at the bar on weekends. The live music is always good and the dance floor is usually buzy but not overly so you can salsa the night away. The only downside is that the price of cocktails are expensive for a university town. read more

You need some serious £££ if you want to get drunk here. don't get me wrong but it is pricey. You will need money in wallet/purse. some lovely food sold here too! mexican hopefully obvious by the name! read more

Love the Cuban for a night out. The food is just about well priced (could be a bit cheaper) and the quality is there - just! It is a nice place and the food is good but maybe theres a bit more they could do. The Night time phase is great with plenty of opportunity for meeting new people (and getting to 'know' them a little better too!) read more

Compared to the chain of Cubans in London, the one in Canterbury actually looks quite nice, is very spacious inside and gets very busy on a weekend evening for drinks and dancing. Four of us went there for dinner, we had a few tapas that were decent. The orders were grilled pork, rib-eye steak, a fillet steak, and I had the lamb ajiaco. My dish was fine, the other two liked their grilled pork and rib-eye steak, but the one who had ordered the fillet got a tiny piece of steak, and the waitress tried reassuring him that it's because the steak shrinks when cooked. He had ordered it medium, so the steak shouldn't have "shrank" that much, and his wife's rib-eye looked huge compared to his fillet steak, looked at least 2.5-1 ratio, though the rib-eye was 10 oz, and the fillet was supposedly 6 oz. He thought it tasted good, but then the chips were undercooked. At the end of our meal, with a plate full of chips, he made a complaint to the waitress, and she came back with a 10% manager's discount on his fillet meal. The thing that annoyed us was while we were in the middle of our meal, the staff was beginning to remove the tables and chairs from the center area, presumably where the dancing would be. It was still pretty early in the evening for dancing, and there were other tables where patrons were still dining at the edge of the dance floor like ourselves. We thought they could have waited for everyone to finish their meals before rushing to set up the dance club. The Cuban here seems poorly managed, though they do have good tasting mojitos and seem to pack out the place later in the evenings for drinks and dancing. For Canterbury, I've heard it's one of the few places that serves decent cocktails. However, due to a supposed incident involving a finger and an ice crusher, their drinks only have ice cubes and not crushed ice, which is a shame for the mojito cocktails. read more

I've also now eaten there and the food is very good. They have a decent selection of good restaurant food. I had half a chicken and it was succulent and tasted wonderful. read more

I've only been here once on a Saturday night and thought it was great. With most late night venues in Canterbury being, well let's say, less than sophisicated at weekends, this place oozed a bit of class. I particularly liked the fact the people were happy to get up and salsa and the atmosphere was great. However, points are deducted for the price of drinks which has put me off going back. I literally could not afford to buy a round in there! Maybe a good place for special occasion, or if all sense of spending goes out the window after a few drinks. read more

This is a really nice mexican resturant and bar in the heart of canterbury, located on the main high street over the road from Game store and near Pizza hut. read more

Quite good food of a daytime. Cocktails are good too. Too long a wait at the bar of an evening, and bouncers who seem to forget good and regular customers. All-in-all, fairly average. Expensive too. read more

This is the best place to go after uni lectures.

Eaten here a few times. Great cocktails, great tapas and goods value for money. The transition into nightclub can be annoying if your inside but we eat outside mostly and you don't notice. read more

been going to the Cuban for years to drink and dance never ate in there till last night 12-12-12 food is fab service cheery and expect the table to be moved at 10pm its a night club Menu of tapas very tasty burger is excellent would recommend to the 30something who are out for a fun time. read more

I have been here a couple of times on Saturday nights. The food is great and being veggies we still find a great choice. The food is mainly tapas style with a cuban/mexican twist. They also have a great cocktail menu and do great mojitos! read more

the restaurant aspect of the cuban was good. we had a voucher and our bill was halved. then came cocktails, and they are very expensive. the atmosphere is enjoyable, the staff were friendly. The bar is small and always crowded, however its different and can be a nice change to usual nightclubs in canterbury. read more

Really Nice food and amazing cocktails with a great party atmosphere in the evenings! Would go there more often if My money tree would grow!! read more

The venue itself is not bad but the attitude of the bouncers is disappointing, rude and inconsiderate is the only things i can say.