Havana, Cuba

Meals

Food is one thing you will not have to splurge on in Cuba. It's definitely where you'll save money. You can have a really good meal including a drink for $3-$6! The following are some of the places I ate at. 

Red Cafe Restaurante

Red Cafe Restaurante was conveniently located 2 blocks away from my Airbnb. It is a cute intimate restaurant with friendly staff and delicious food. My only complaint is that the food was a bit salty. Below you’ll find my grilled pork with white rice and plantain.

Lunch at Santa Maria Del Mar beach

This meal consisted of fresh fish with white rice, fried sweet potato, tomatoes, cucumber, and a yummy mojito.

Betty Boom

I never thought I'd go to Cuba and eat pizza but I did lol. The Margarita pizza, which was actually really good as was the daiquiri.

La Fontana

La Fontana is a well-known restaurant and praised by locals. I celebrated Valentine's Day, my favorite holiday. I'm not sure if it was because it was Valentine's Day but service was very slow. I waited close to an hour to receive my food. The pork with white rice and black beans was pretty good.

Food at the book fair

Here I had traditional fast food. I was able to try brochetas which is a shish kabob with pork, pineapples and peppers.

The arroz fritos which is fried rice with pieces of ham, carrots, and peppers with a side of fried sweet potatoes was absolutely delicious.

Lastly, I tried the pan con lechon which is a pork sandwich with a vinegar sauce. 

Los Nardos

Los Nardos is beautiful! The restaurant has several floors with each offering something different. There’s a pianist playing live as you eat. Service and staff were great as well as the food. The Bistec de res encebollado with moro rice and fried plantain was a great pick. I also had one of the best sangrias here. It’s called the Espanola Sangria

He asked where I was from and then this happened!

Rio del Mar

Rio del Mar offers lovely scenery of the water as you eat your meal. The chicken Milanese and moro rice was pretty good. I don’t remember the name of the cocktail but it’s made with watermelon, pineapple, papaya, and rum which was also really good.

Leyidi’s Helados

This was the cutest little ice cream shop down the block from my Airbnb. You pick what flavor ice cream you want and they dip it in chocolate! The strawberry was so good.

Shack

This Shack is a 15 minute walk from where I stayed. There are a few other food options in this area including a super market. This was a very simple ham and cheese sandwich with a side of fried plantain.