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Paladar
& Restaurants
Sancti
Spiritus
Yaguajay
Trinidad
| Sancti
Spiritus |
Los
Almendros
Seafood
Ranchón El Cubano
Puente del Río Guaurabo
Sancti Spíritus
(53 42) 40206/ 40117/ 92577 |
Las
Arcadas
Independencia #1
Sancti
Spíritus
Canalcubano:
The Hotel Plaza restaurant, centre of the Sancti Spíritus
centre, offers an interesting criolla menu with good prices.
Kind and friendly service.
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La
Caoba
Comida Criolla
Parque La Represa
Topes de Collantes
Sancti Spíritus
(53 42) 40206/ 40117/ 92577 |
La
Casona de Guachinango
Comida Criolla
Carretera Condado Manaca Iznaga
Sancti Spíritus |
Don
Antonio
Comida Criolla
Izquierdo No.18
Sancti Spíritus |
El
Drago
Canalcubano:
It has the name of a famous tree, symbol of Canary Islands.
There are many dragos in Caibarien town, the place where the
restaurant is. The only sports field in Cuba where canary
sports are practiced is next to El Drago restaurant; nevertheless,
canary ambience and food is not defined in the place. |
Los Espejos
Socorro entre Céspedes y Martí
Sancti Spíritus
Canalcubano:
One of the best places in Sancti Spiritus to enjoy the traditional
Cuban dishes. There are also people coming simply to have
a beer or any drink. Walfrido and his family, the managers,
are always very attentive and friendly. |
Finca
María Dolores
Comida Criolla
Carretera Circuito Sur
Sancti Spíritus |
Hacienda
Codina
Comida Criolla
Guanayara
Topes de Collantes
Sancti Spíritus |
Hostal del Rijo Restaurante
Plaza de Máximo Gómez
Sancti Spíritus
Canalcubano:
This restaurant offers a Cuban menu without complications.
We recommend to choose the tables in the patio.
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Los
Laureles
Cocina criolla
Villa Los Laureles
Sancti Spíritus |
Manaca
Iznaga
Comida Criolla
Manaca Iznaga
Sancti Spíritus |
El
Mesón de la Plaza
Calle Máximo Gómez #34
Sancti Spíritus
Tel: 41/2-8546
Canalcubano:
In this old colonial house, with precious wood ceilings, one
of the most interesting cousine of the ville of Sancti Spíritus
is practised. Its offer is based on a mixture of spanish and
cuban dishes, where recipies with chickpeas, harvest in the
area, the veal of the Villa, the "Ropa Vieja con pasas"
and the cuban sangría are its specialities, and they
are excellent.
Frommers:
On one of Sancti Spíritus's most attractive plazas,
this handsome 1850s house is open to the street and features
two rooms with high ceilings and picnic-style tables with
benches. The restaurant is very clean, well managed, and very
popular, especially with a lunchtime tourist crowd. It breaks
out of the Cuban restaurant doldrums with a couple of house
specialties: garbanzo (chickpea) soup with bacon, pork, and
sausage; and ropa vieja (shredded beef), served here in an
earthenware pot. Those two dishes plus a glass of sangría
make for a very good meal, but you might also opt for grilled
shrimp or fish filet with tamarind sauce. Note: The restaurant
is apt to close early at night, around 9pm, if there are no
customers. |
Mesón
El Regidor
Comida Internacional
Desengaño % Real del Jigüe y Gloria
Sancti Spíritus |
Mi
Retiro
Comida Criolla
Guanayara
Topes de Collantes
Sancti Spíritus
(53 42) 40206/ 40117/ 92577 |
Quinta
de Santa Elena
Padre Quintero entre Llanos y Manolico Díaz
Sancti Spíritus
Canalcubano:
In front of the famous bridge of Sancti Spíritus, unique
in its style in all the country, it is located this spectacular
restaurant. An interesting menu of criolla food and a kind
service corfirms it as bonne adresse, as a french would say.
Frommers:
This new restaurant near the river and Puente Yayabo occupies
a lovely colonial home with handsome salones and a relaxing
terrace that opens onto the garden backyard, with river views.
Popular with groups, especially at lunch, it features traditional
Cuban music and good meals and service. Standard dishes like
fried fish filet and pork and beef steaks are enlivened by
a couple of twists, including ropa vieja, the classic Cuban
dish of tangy shredded beef, and vaca frita, a traditional
dish of roast beef. On Saturdays, there's a mini-cabaret show
in the evening. |
Plaza
Santa Ana
Comida Internacional
Santo Domingo y Sta. Ana.
Sancti Spíritus |
Rancho
Hatuey
Cocina internacional
Villa Rancho Hatuey
Sancti Spíritus |
Shangai
Independencia (bulevar)
Sancti Spíritus
Canalcubano:
This restaurant placed in the centre of the town offers a
mixture of chinese and cuban food. The quality is tightly;
the best are their friendly prices. |
Tuinicú
Cocina internacional
Hotel Zaza
Sancti Spíritus |
Trinidad
Colonial
Comida Internacional
Gutiérrez y Colón
Sancti Spíritus |
Vía
Real
Italian
Real del Jigüe % Boca y San José.
Sancti Spíritus |
Yayabo
Cocina internacional
Hotel Rancho Hatuey
Sancti Spíritus |
Zaza
Comidas ligeras
Hotel Zaza, S. Spíritus |
| Yaguajay |
San
José del Lago
Cocina criolla
V. San José de los Lagos
Yaguajay |
| Trinidad |
Allegro
Italian
Rubén M. Villena
e/. Pino Ginart y Pablo
Trinidad |
Los
Almendros
Seafood
Ranchón El Cubano
Puente del Río Guarabo
Trinidad
Tel: (419) 40206 Fax: (419) 92577
Canalcubano:
It is El Ranchón restaurant of El Cubano farm, near
Trinidad. One of the most outstanding features is a catfish
breeding. They serve a typical dish with this fish. Going
up the river, a passway leads to a charming place, Jabira
cascade, where water falls into a natural high rock walled
swimming pool. Behind the water curtain lies another misterious
swimming pool for nature frearless lovers. |
Los
Arrecifes
Mesa Buffet
Hotel Costasur
Trinidad |
Bahía
de Casilda
Cocina internacional
Hotel Ancón
Trinidad |
Las
Begonias
Comidas ligeras
A. Maceo y Simón Bolivar
Trinidad
Frommers:
Once one of Trinidad's better restaurants, Las Begonias is
now not much more than a snackateria, with 10 glass-topped
tables on a red-tile floor, open to the street. Still, it's
good enough for breakfast or a cheap light lunch. It serves
mostly sandwiches (emparedados) and hamburgers, as well as
the ubiquitous fried chicken. The house specialty is a sandwich,
the "super rumbos" that is ham, cheese, and peppers
on thick bread. An Internet cafe is attached. |
Casa
de la Gallega
Guanayara
Topes de Collantes
Tel: (419)40117
Canalcubano:
It is another typical cuban mountain house lost in the heart
of the Guanayara river canyon, near the virginal Rocio waterfall,
an ideal place for film makers. On our outing we saw a conga
on a rocky place; it was at large. Creole food dishes are
prepared by prior arrangement. |
Casa
Guachinango
Carretera Sancti Spiritus km 12
Trinidad
Sancti Spíritus
Canalcubano:
More than a restaurant it is a country house where you can
have a rest after a day of excursions. It is located close
to Trinidad, in the middle of an incredible valley (Valle
de los Ingenios) and offers to its guests a menu that consists
of typical criollo dishes combined with pork meet and good
vegetables. You can ride on horses or have a walk in its nice
surroundings. |
Casa de la Música
Calle Francisco Javier Zerquera #406
Trinidad
Tel: (419) 3414
Canalcubano:
A restaurant located in the upper part of the outside steps
in the centre of Trinidad with splendid views. It has one
of the best offer of creole cuisine in the city with an acceptable
quality. |
La
Caoba
Parque La Represa
Topes de Collantes
Sancti Spíritus
Tel: (42) 40206 Fax: (419) 92577
Canalcubano:
It is a small, welcoming restaurant, situated in the core
of the forest, next to the old dam, now the historical aqueduct
of Topes de Collantes.It is beside an arboretum full of native
and exotic plants. Visitors are always anxious to see it.
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Caucobu
Cocina internacional
Hotel Las Cuevas
Trinidad |
Las
Conchas
Comidas ligeras
Hotel Ancón
Trinidad |
| La
Coruña Paladar
José Martí 430
Trinidad
Frommers:
A pleasant private home restaurant with just three tables
on the patio just beyond the living room, under a welcome
ceiling fan, and a couple more under a bright bulb in the
garden, this is, along with dinner-only Estela, the second-best
of Trinidad's paladares. It has an oral menu only, but you
can already guess what's served: chicken, pork, grilled fish.
Meals begin with a salad and veggie plate, and the main course
is served with a heaping mound of rice and beans, followed
by a small plate of bananas and mango. Tables are very informal,
with plasticized tablecloths, wood chairs up front, and iron
garden chairs in the garden. One wall of the paladar is decorated
with souvenir money from customers around the world. |
Las
Cuevas
Cocina criolla
Hotel Las Cuevas
Trinidad |
Don
Antonio
Cocina criolla y internacional
Gustavo Izquierdo #118 e/ Pino Guinart y Simón Bolívar
Tinidad
Tel: (419) 6548
Canalcubano:
In this old house perfectly rehabilitated serves a very well
prepared native food. Its specialist the steak fish "Don
Antonio", with a correct wine menu. It also has a charm
yard-terrace. |
Estela
Paladar
Criolla
Simón Bolívar 557
Trinidad
Tel: 419/4329
Frommers:
Enter through an elaborately decorated colonial house, 2 blocks
north of the cathedral, into this private restaurant, which
has a handful of tables set in an exuberant backyard garden
setting, with tons of flowering plants, including red estrella
de navidad, and a wall festooned with vines. Portions are
nearly as voluminous as the flora. Dishes include roast pork
a la cubana, fried chicken, grilled fish, and ham omelet.
All are served with moros y cristianos (black beans and rice),
salad, fried banana, crackers, and fruit. The owner also has
one room for rent ($20 double). |
Finca
María Dolores
Cocina criolla
Carretera Circuito Sur
Trinidad
Tel: (419)3581
Canalcubano:
This complex has different installations. The restaurant is
one of the best places in order to eat native food in Trinidad
and its surroundings, besides, you can spend a day joining
the nature.
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Guamuhaya
Cocina internacional
Martí #310
Trinidad |
Hacienda
Codina
Guanayara
Topes de Collantes
Tel: (42)40117 Fax: (42)92577
Canalcubano:
It is a typical cuban mountain house in the middle of the
forest with no electricity service. The road to Codina has
abundant flora and bird life; caves and cold water gullies;
beautiful landscaped fields surprisingly ending in a high
cliff. Diners may enjoy creole food lunch prepared on prior
arrangement. They serve ginsan, a ‘light’ ginger
rum mix cocktail.
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El
Jigüe
Carne de aves
Rubén Martínez Villena #70
Trinidad
Tel: +53 419 6476
Canalcubano:
Located in the Trinidad historical center, Mankind Heritage
city, this house prepares a delicious native food, specially
its well known specialty "Pollo al JiGüE".
Besides there are good prices.
Frommers:
Probably the best of Trinidad's state-run restaurants, El
Jigüe (hee-gweh) is a brightly lit, nearly formal dining
room in a handsome, airy colonial house. It sits on one of
the old town's prettiest and tiniest squares, next to a massive
shade tree. Just a block from the Plaza Mayor, the restaurant
has high-backed chairs, white tablecloths, and prominent chandeliers,
which lend it an elegance not often seen in official restaurants
in Cuba. Its specialty is pollo El Jigüe, which comes
in a clay pot with pasta and cheese and is served with salad
and coffee. Other dishes worth checking out are grilled fish,
standard chicken, and lobster -- the latter is, if not cheap,
a better value here at $18 than at many government-owned restaurants.
Wcities:
This eatery specializes in fowl, serving chicken any style
including on the grill, roasted and tropical and highlights
its Pollo al Jigue (Jigue chicken). Originally a homestead,
it was built in the mid-1700s and remodeled in 1810. It retains
the beautiful plaster mouldings of the ceilings, bronze lamps
and engraved crystal along with the stuccoed Moorish motifs
which stand out. Its cultural import is seen on the facade,
which exemplifies the use of murals dating from the mid-19th
century. |
Lina
Italian
Hotel Costasur
Trinidad |
Manaca
Iznaga
Carretera Sancti Spiritus km 12
Valle de los Ingenios
Tel: (419)7241
Canalcubano:
It is part of the ranch with the same name, and it has an
impressing tower of almost 50 meters over the Sugar Mill’s
Valley declarated Mankind heritage. It is located at 13 km
from Trinidad and you can arrive there in a funny and old
train that goes through the zone. They serve a wonderful food
in its wide hall or in its pretty terrace.
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Mesón
del Regidor
Calle Simón Bolívar #424
Trinidad
Sancti Spíritus
Tel: (419) 6456
Canalcubano:
Located in the center part of Trinidad, it has a nice bar
and a pretty terrace. The menu is based in Cuban food. The
service is nice. It has economic prices. |
Olaya
Cocina internacional
Hotel Ancón
Trinidad |
Parrillada
Héctor Barbiquiú
Pescados y mariscos
Hotel Ancón
Trinidad |
Plaza
Mayor
Real esq. Francisco J. Zerquera
Trinidad
Tel: (419) 6470
Canalcubano:
This restaurant offers the unique buffet-table of the colonial
city. It was opened in 1998 in an antic residence. It also
has a relaxing yard with fruit trees. Without an extraordinary
quality, but it use to be fill up, due to its good prices.
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Plaza
Santa Ana
Cocina internacional
Santo Domingo y Sta. Ana
Trinidad
Tel: (419) 6423
Canalcubano:
This restaurant is part of the city´s magnificent cultural
centre where you will find a pottery stall, a bazaar, shops
of the so-called "Fondo de Bienes Culturales" (fund
of cultural goods) and "La casa de las Americas",
as well as a bar with nice views. They offer the international
kind of food mainly based on fish. Its quality is more than
correct. |
La
Punta
Comidas ligeras
Hotel Ancón
Trinidad |
Ruinas
de Lleonci
Cocina internacional
G. Izquierdo #114
Trinidad |
Sol
y Son Cuba-Junky's favorite
in Trinidad
Simón Bolívar 283 e/José Martí
and Frank País, Around Town
Trinidad
Frommers:
One of Trinidad's longstanding paladares, "Sun and Sound"
is housed in an art- and furniture-bedecked 19th-century house
that could double for an antiques dealer. Out back, on the
porch of a very attractive, verdant courtyard, the restaurant
features one of the more extensive menus among private restaurants.
Choose from soups, spaghetti, a long list of fish (including
a breaded filet stuffed with cheese), and grilled and roasted
chicken and pork dishes. Check out the cerdo borracho (drunk
pork), which is grilled and doused with rum. The patio has
mounted ceiling fans, and during the day you should do your
level best to sit beneath one, as it can get bloody hot. |
Terraza
Mirador
Cocina internacional
Hotel Las Cuevas
Trinidad |
Trinidad
Colonial
Cocina internacional
Maceo #402
Trinidad
Tel: +53
419 6473
Canalcubano:
Established in a beautiful colonial house and decorated with
an antic furniture, it presents a correct native menu with
meat, shellfish, and fish. It is the most elegant of all Trinidad.
Frommers:
This state-owned restaurant is more notable for its setting,
in a pretty mauve-colored house set back from the street,
with a couple of tables in a sunny courtyard, than its menu.
The standard dishes of grilled fish, pork filet, grilled shrimp,
and lobster, feature decent-size portions but are a little
unexciting, and service can be spectacularly inattentive.
A better value are the set menus, which come with rice, vegetables,
bread, and dessert.
Wcities:
This elegant restaurant is a mid-19th century mansion, which
once housed a wealthy Trinitaria (local resident) family of
that time. The spacious dining area lies beyond the gate and
the manicured garden of decorative plants and autochthonous
dwarf palms. Its furniture, tableware and settings are originally
from that period and the high ceilings retain the intricate
fine plaster moulding. Artwork by the region's artists hangs
from the walls and potted tropical flowers abound. This fine
restaurant's specialities include the highest quality of shellfish
and seafood. |
Vía
Reale
Calle Real n#74
Trinidad
Canalcubano:
One of the few city restaurants that goes out of the classical
native food. They offer different pizzas, spaghetti and other
Italian food. Located in a valuable colonial house. It isn’t
expensive.
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