Havana restaurant reviews, customer comments on the food, presentation, atmosphere, service and selection. We are developing a Havana restaurant and paladar directory sorted by location and by overall quality of the restaurant or paladar.

Our proprietary Havana restaurant review system is coming soon.

For now, Cuba Restaurants Guide is a good place to start along with the Food category in the Havana Journal Culture Directory and the Cuba Entertainment Forum.

The  Cuban Food Market is the place to buy Cuban food you can prepare at home.

Until Americans can easily visit Havana restaurants, check out Taste of Cuba for a directory of Cuban restaurants in the US.

Paladares in Havana

Chugging along in a cobbled together 1953 Dodge taxi (vintage US cars are common here), we drive past Art Deco buildings and colonial-style mansions, a reminder of Havana’s past grandeur. Now, roads are worn and structures are crumbling from neglect. We ride down the Malecón, the road winding along the Gulf of Mexico, and leave shabby neighborhoods behind as we make our way to La Cocina de Lilliam. This is one of the city’s best paladares, a privately owned restaurant in a home, which is a legal enterprise here.

Paladares are scattered all over Havana in houses and apartments tucked into residential side streets. Some are listed in guidebooks, but most people discover them by word of mouth. In the mid-1990s, the government allowed Cubans to set up these small home restaurants, with some restrictions, including the rule that only family members could work there. Now, they can hire cooks and waiters.

La Cocina de Lilliam Calle 48 No. 1311 (between 13 and 15)

Miramar, Havana Cuba - 011-53-7-209-6514 - Read the rest of the article