Well I didn't know what to expect when I went to "Cubana2 as I had no idea what Cuban food was. Actually i still don't reallyu. Similar to Mexican I would say. Had a great chicken dish served with rice, but the coconut ice cream is to die for and worth a visit just to taste that alone.

Venue seemed more of a nightclub than a restaurant - but freshness of the food more than made up for it.

Went to Cubana after work with colleagues. It's like a diamond in the rough. So close to Waterloo to make it really convenient.

Great decor that makes you think you are in Havana. You could imagine Castro would walk in at any moment.

Had a really tasty chicken dish that wasn't too pricey, and the cocktails are amazing. I think they even import their own Cuban rum! A great evening, one I hope to repeat.

If you are looking for something different at a price that won't break the budget Cubana is a decent place to go.

Unfortunately this restaurant has to rank as the worst I have ever been to. My friends and I had booked a table, planning a fun evening in what we thought was one of the funkiest looking restaurants around, as it happened a night that started badly, ended in disbelief.

Upon arriving, our booking was lost (despite having phoned up only two days before and booking). The waitress was not apologetic but we put this down to her just being in a bad mood. We had specifically booked our table for 6pm so we could take full advantage of the happy hour. Having ordered several jugs of happy hour cocktails we were looking forward to some good food in a relaxed atmosphere. Annoyingly only half of our drinks showed up so 30 minutes later we went to gently remind them, they eventually came.

The food came and was pretty tasty. All seemed ok until the bill came: When it arrived - we noticed that two of the happy-hour cocktails we had ordered were charged at full price (£32 vs £17) - when the waitress came over we mentioned this to her, she went to the bar and then came back and said that we had ordered them after happy hour so couldn’t get the discount - it is now that we reminded her that it was the restaurant who had not written down are order originally - she went away again and then came back claiming that "it is on the computer...I cant change the computer" - this in itself was plainly insulting to us and she was not remotely apologetic. We said that was not good enough - she went away again - then came back claiming the drinks we had ordered were not on happy hour - despite clearly being next to the "Happy Hour" wording on the menu. At this point she went away again and brought several other members of staff back telling us that it was our mistake not theirs and we were trying to rip them off!
We said we weren’t happy at which point they continued to be rude and refused to take it off the menu and said they would take our drinks away. This continued

The evening at Cubana started badly because the table that my friend had booked was not vacant when we arrived. We sat elsewhere until our table of choice became available.



My one gripe is that the food is a bit on the pricey side. One empanda costs £4.95. They are nothing more than a very substandard Jamaican pattie. We were starving so we wolfed it down and as I said it tasted good. The food bill alone came to £68.00. Too expensive especially when we didn't have desserts.



I have, however had better sangria with more alcohol and fruit, theirs was very watery. I though it was me until later my friends ordered mojito's that tasted like cold mint tea, there was hardly any alcohol in it.



My other major gripe was how quick the table staff were in removing plates and glasses. We were still eating when they started to clear away plates and my friend was nursing a cocktail when one of the staff snatched her glass from right under her.



The food is so so but pricey and the coktails are substandard. It was a good night but nothing inspires me to come back.

We went to Cubana and had some really good, unpretentious Latin food. The marinated char-grilled chicken skewers were excellent, as was the sirlion steak and a Cuban chicken dish. We also had a veggie tapas sharing plate and loads of very nice, fresh cocktails.


The service was a little pushed and it's not the place to come for a quiet dinner, especially on a Friday, but overall Cubana is a real find - very un-corporate, very different, with a nice crowd and good late night music. And the whole evening with food and drinks came to £30.00 a head.

We had a fabulous time at Cubana recently. There was good veggie food, including a lovely char-grilled tuna and a good chick-pea casserole. The others had organic chorizo salad and very good steaks. The cocktails and smoothies were fresh and lovely, especially the Mojitos, and service was good though Cubana was busy. All in all we had a great time.

Cubana has excellent cocktails and really nice, different food at good prices. I have had to wait for tables and when Cubana is busy the service does get slow, but this is not an expensive place and they do make everything freshly and they make an effort.


I have been for drinks, meals and parties and always enjoy myself - the Latin vibe at Cubana is genuine and the late music great.

Cubana is my local - it can get very full at weekends but generally the service is very friendly. We go for the Cubana cocktail jugs which are incredible value, especially at Happy Hour and to be honest I have not had better tropical fruit cocktails anywhere else.

The food is pretty good, again, for the price. You can see the cooks preparing it in the kitchen and it is fresh and different. The steaks are top notch and the Latin food spicy and good value. I have had the odd ocassion when staff have been too pushed, but we all love Cubana, above all when the late night live music is on