This family-run kitchen sends out good food with as much case as if it were being presented to family.
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I have eaten at Cuba de Ayer several times this year. I have found the food excellent. It reminds me of food that I had in my youth when I lived with a Cuban family in Venezuela. The servic eis GREAT. The only drawback is the size of the locale. If there is one restaurant that you want to vist this tear, it ought to be this one.
Although a bit out of the way, this restaurant is a hidden gem. The food is fabulous, ambiance is great, and old cuban music has you feeling 90 miles from Key West. BEST MOJITOES I EVER TASTED! Definitely worth the drive.
We went all the way from Virginia just to eat at this place. It was worth it. The entrees were good as expected. But I have to sing praises about the rice and beans (they call it “moros y cristianos”), the plantains, the tostones rellenos and the flan. These were just over-the-top delicious. Cuba de Ayer makes the best flan ever. I mean this flan is fantastic. It was so good that we ordered two appetizers, two entrees and some flan to go. This is not a fancy place. It’s a storefront with plate-glass windows in a little shopping center on a busy street. The atmosphere is more like a sit-down unpretentious place you go for lunch than an elegant restaurant.
I cannot comment on all the dishes they serve there, but I definitely like the aroz comoyo (sp?) fried sweet plaintains, black beans and rice. Yes, the tres leche cake is divine! I work so close to the restuarant that I can go there just for that and the coffee is terrific there, too. Made the authentic way with steamed milk.
Cuba de Ayer is the standard by which I judge other local Cuban restaurants. The dishes never fail to satisfy. My wife and I always have trouble deciding what to order, it's all so good. We've been going there monthly since we discovered it years ago. The tres leches cake is to die for.
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