Las Culebrinas

12/16/09

Excellent choice for good Cuban food

by eatout33027 at Citysearch

Excellent Cuban food. Consistently well prepared and abundant portions.

• Pros: The food
• Cons: Small and often crowded

12/26/08

Top Cuban restaurant in Miami

by lofugee at Citysearch

Writing as a non-cubano, but always on the lookout for great cuisine when traveling and I recently went to Miami for 3 days back in Nov and the goal was to sample all Cuban cuisine night and day. We tried Versailles, Havana Harry's, and Villa Habana, but Las Culebrinas easily takes the top prize. I had the skirt steak with potatoes, shrimp and salad and it was just so tasty and cooked just right. My missus had the ever popular roasted chicken and plaintains and that was delicious as well.

To compare against the restaurants I mentioned before is slightly unfair. Las Culebrinas has got a slightly more formal setting compared to others and their menu is not as extensive as a Versaille's per se. And I've only been there once compared to a couple of times at the other places, but that first visit was very memorable and I will definitely be making the extra effort to drive to this gem again.

• Pros: great food, great service
• Cons: location is fairly far west of downtown miami; price slightly higher than other cuban fare

08/25/07

great food, great service

by kymberlise at Citysearch

found this place on my recent vacation to Miami. Execellent food, couldnt decide which to try first. Service was super fast even with a standing room only sunday evening crowd.

03/02/07

Excellent food and service

by damethod at Citysearch

One of the best Cuban restaurants in Miami. Everything on the menu is cooked to perfection. I loved the deserts as well, with the exception of the chocolate flan.

• Pros: Great food at a GREAT price!

01/03/07

Delicious!

by bryanjd4 at Citysearch

My father, my brother and I were in Miami for two nights, and I was tasked with the responsibility of picking a Cuban restaurant for dinner for one of the nights. Based on Citysearch reviews, I selected Las Culebrinas on Flagler Street. I was far from disappointed.

I won't pretend to be an expert on Cuban cuisine, but everything we ordered was excellent. My brother had a pork loin stuffed with green and sweet plaintains. My father had grouper and calamari in a tomato sauce. I had Cuban skirt steak with shrimp, potatoes and a salad. Sides included black beans and fried plaintains. All three entrees were incredible, and the sides were not far behind. For dessert, we had three types of flan (chocolate, caramel, and coconut). All three were delicious, with the coconut beating the others by a nose.

The service could best be described as efficient and sufficient (which I much prefer to being pestered every three seconds). Our waiter's English was only slightly better than my Spanish, which is to be expected in South Florida. He seemed a bit frustrated with the communication barrier, but no real problems.

I gave this restaurant a 9.5 out of 10. I would not think of returning to Miami without at least one visit to Las Culebrinas.

• Pros: Food, value, portions
• Cons: None