Cuba
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 420-7878
05/28/2008 Posted by howdidigethere
My wife and I recently went there for dinner and it was great. Her family is Cuban and she rarely finds a Cuban restaurant in the city that she likes because it isn't like what she's "used to." However, "Cuba" proved to be a great restaurant and I scored some points. The only drawback was the seating..we had to sit downstairs in a small room that wouldn't have been horrible except there was a small party of 10 that were loud and it made it hard to hear ourselves talk. Luckily the food was so good we weren't talking too much anyway. In the future I would recommend making reservation for "upstairs" only. they had two guys playing guitar up there and it would have been that much better. She had the Raspberry Mojito and I had the Coconut Mojito, they were both great, very well made. We started off with the Tostones Rellenos as an appetizer. They had Shrimp stuffed in them and were great with the sweet banana paste. I had the "El cochinito" which was some very well marinated pork served with dirty rice, and she had the "Camarones Enchilados." Hers tasted good but mine was better and she kept picking at my plate. We really look forward to our next visit.
Pros: Drinks and the food
Cons: confined noisy seating downstairs
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