Florida Cafe Cuban Bar & Grill

Magnifico bistec de palomilla. El Karaōke del Domingo a las 7PM esta muy bueno – con Julio «El Cesar del Karaōke.» Lo van a repetir todos los Domingos de 7 a 11PM.

Been coming here for many years. My dad would swear by it, and so do I.
The ambience is tropical, fun, and infused with sweet music from the Caribe.
The food is just as amazing as the food and their staff.
Don’t be fooled by the location at the front of hotel lobby and wedding chapel. The restaurant delivers where it matters the most, your pocket and your taste buds. Highly recommended.
*GET THE VACA FITA, POLLO A LA PLANCA or the ROPA VIEJA *

THANK YOU!
Our bicycle club stopped by last night & had an INCREDIBLE time! Staff, Food, & Drinks were amazing! Management was very accommodating with us! Made sure our bikes were parked safely! We will be back for sure!!!

Worst service ever. Food came out at different times. Some were almost finished when the rest of the table got their food. Management was rude. Our waitress only came to our table 3 times. She never checked on us once and never offered to get us any drink refills or anything. I will never go back. They clearly don’t appreciate the business.

First time here and we had a party of 9 adults and 7 children. The waitress was very good. Our food came out in a timely manner considering the size of our party. I had the Arroz con Pollo … I’ve never had Cuban food so, I don’t know if this dish was supposed to be as dry as it was but, that’s what it tasted like. I was really looking forward to the Fried Plantains because I love them everywhere else but, these ones were also dry and had no taste. I did however enjoy the Tres Leches dessert and Guava Juice. Everyone else loved their food which I also posted pictures of but, please don’t ask me to name them because I can’t remember. Next time, I will go for the Shrimp dish as it looked and supposedly tasted amazing. Overall, I gave it 4 stars because of the service, quality in price and quantity of food given. Will I be back? Yes, to try another dish besides the one I received.

Very disappointed. I used to love this place years ago, today I got super excited we were near by and hungry… ended to not wanting to come back again.
My favorite dish is very simple. Pork leg (pernil) and fried bananas. The pork they brought was half fat, literally, «gordo» and the other half tasted blend, as if it’s been kept in the fridge and heated in the microwave. Some meat was hard too.
The fried bananas (plátanos) were over fried or re heated after being cooked, not juicy and spongy as they should be, not fresh made for sure.
Not coming back, I never minded the service because it’s just as bad as it is in Miami — for those who know what I mean. — but I think that they should keep up the quality of the food for the price they charge

Does anyone work here???
Tried this place twice, and both times we received little to no service. Food ok! But nothing to brag about.

The service was extremely slow. The waitress walked by us many times without asking us if we were ready. We probably waited 30 minutes by the time we had to hunt her down… ridiculous! Then, to make it worse the food was terrible. I had some dish that said succulent pork leg. I don’t know if this is the way how it should be cooked, but the pork pieces where so hard like beef jerky and it was far from «succulent.» I didn’t care for that. Also the portion was extremely tiny. I didn’t care for the dark rice and the plantation appetizer had no seasoning whatsoever on it. When the waitress did interact with us, she was very friendly. Too little, too late though.

Too expensive for the type of food they serve. I ordered a $ 13 ensalada playera thinking it was going to be a great meal. I was extremely disappointed. It didn’t have cherry tomatoes or roasted peppers as described. The shrimp were mediocre and were the size of a dime. They looked like they had come from a can. Ice berg lettuce instead of a nicer type was served. This was not a spring mix salad as it only had 3 or 4 slices of a cucumber. My wife makes a more delicious shrimp salad then this. Take notes Florida Café. My wife uses large shrimp or prawns like in your Enchilado de Camarones, delicious spinach, actual cherry tomatoes, red onions, and vinaigrette dressing carefully mixed. I will never eat there again. If at all I’ll just have a beverage.

The food here never disappoints. Is it far off the strip, yes. Is it inside a Howard Johnson, yes. If you are one to judge it for this then shame on you. The food is simply comfort, delicious and so worth it. I stick to my ropa vieja and have never been disappointed. The service is fast and very attentive. These guys have been around for a while. I can clearly see why. Good food, great prices and great customer service. Can’t wait to visit in my next Vegas trip.

Great place authentic cuban food, music is awesome. The mojitos are the best mojitos i’v had in years food was super good authentic cuban full of flavor. The back room was full of ppl having a party with a live salsa band playing the ambient was awesome.

I love coming here for breakfast. The croqueta Platanito y huevo plate is my favorite. The food is good and the prices are great! I definitely make it a point to come here at least once why stay in Vegas. I highly recommend this place you can’t go wrong everything on the menu is amazing I’ve had lunch here before and dinner everything is good. They also have salsa music on the weekends. The waitress Elizabeth la mexicana was very sweet and attentive

my stars are for the bakery, which is delicious! take it to go!
As for the lunch hours, service in the resteraunt is awful, to the point it was uncomfortable. i feel they don’t want us in here at all which is fine, because the food is bad.

Visiting from Hawaii.
Nothing super fancy, but the food was better than anticipated (based in previous reviews) and the service was very attentive.
We ordered the variety appetizer, which was amazing! It arrived with two ham/​pork and cheese type sandwiches, fried bananas, sirloin steak, skirt steak and Moros y cristianos. My husband and I enjoyed all the flavors though we had to do take-​out because we were so stuffed.
We would definitely return to this restaurant.

Came today for lunch was super delish! Had the Cuban sandwitch, yucca y chicharron and tostones. all were very good. Hubby had the lechon sandwitch was very tender and super juicy. Will come back with the family. Think this is best Cuban food in Vegas. Thanks to my Daughter for recommending this place.

This restaurant was a recommendation and my first try with the Cuban foods. I was dying to try the Yuca al Mojo con Chicharrón — cassava root vegetable, garlic sauce and pork skins.
Cassava root has the texture of potato or yam. Sticky. Stringy. It was possibly buttery as well and the garlic sauce permeated throughout. It added, I believe, to the flavor.
But it was the crispy curled pork skins that offered that porky bacony hamesque pork deliciousness flavor. All together the tastes and textures, crispy mushy garlicky, merged to make a unique edible. I do not regret my decision. I will remember fondly Yuca al Mojo con Chicharrón in Las Vegas.
Hot for Cuban food? Seek this restaurant out. You will not be disappointed and be glad you did.

The restaurant is not inside Howard Johnson but next to Shalimar Las Vegas Hotel close to the SLS Hotel. The address on Unilocal was incorrect.
Correct address is: 1401 S. Las Vegas Blvd

Food is marginal. Pastries are great. Service is a bit slow, servers don’t speak English very well.
I’ve had better Cuban food in Florida! I was here yesterday morning for breakfast, it was okay. I love Cuban food so I thought I’d give it another try. I regret to say it wasn’t what I expected so I give it a three star.

Located inside a Howard Johnsons motel in a seedy area on Las Vegas Blvd, but the restaurant itself is decent and the food is authentic and the service is impeccable.
So if you are craving Cuban food and happen to be near The Strip/​downtown, go to Florida Café for excellent Cuban food. She is from Miami and knew exactly what to order for us. Not sure what the name of the entrees were, but my tastebuds and stomach loved what I ate. We devoured the flan dessert!
TIP: Park in the back!

¡Óyeme viejo! So far, this is the best Cuban café here in Vegas. Everywhere I travel, I need my Cuban fix, and this place is it.
Easy to find, it’s located inside a Howard Johnson motel. Nothing fancy here folks, just darn good breakfast. All the girls who are serving are very kind. You have to start with a Café con Leche. Which they bring with toasty French bread. Mmmm. Or you can go to the Cuban bakery just opened steps away and order una empanada de guayaba. A guava filled pastry. Oh my! I ordered the Cubano breakfast with a side of yucca al mojo con chicharrones. Delish! Awesome Latin music playing in background, the smells emitting from the kitchen, the sound of the milk being frothed for your café and watching the servers walking back and forth just contributes to the enjoyment. Ask for Malbys as your server. She’s very nice.
Please, if you’re expecting a foo foo place, don’t show up. But if you’re down to earth, this is the place for you to get your fix. And they have clean restrooms! At least during day. Oh, and at night, they have music and dancing. Come on over y relájate.

My friend brought me here, because it’s one of his favorite places. Meh. It was ok. Nothing to write home about.
I did love the bread they put in the table. It was buttered and fresh.
I ordered the appetizer sampler so I could taste a few things. It had some potato croquette things that had smoked ham inside. They were good. The tamale was decent with chicken in it. A small Cuban sandwich which was uneventful and a potato meat thing that was good. I liked all of it, but loved none of it.
He ordered the fries plantains and I tasted them. They were pretty good too.
I would come back again if invited, but not make a point to come on my own or suggest to friends.

la comida fantastica, de los muchos restaurantes cubanos que he visitado, este es el mejor, y creo que pueden seguir creciendo si se lo proponen.
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