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This rooftop terrace of San Isidro is exceptional.

Here are 10 cool and casual places that we are sure you will love.

There are only things to love in this boutique luxury accommodation option in Havana. With just nine guest rooms, this...

If you are in Havana and have had a little bit too much of the local cuisine, fear not –...

It’s easy to imagine large groups of friends having drinks and sharing stories in this glamorous bar-restaurant. Located in Centro...

With a great climate year-round, Havana is the quintessential outdoor city with many cool rooftop restaurants and bars. Most hotels...

Totó e Peppino is a small, cozy and conveniently located Italian restaurant in Havana with an elegant, discreet and clean...

Havana is growing significantly as a gastronomic destination. Every day we see improved service and last year many new restaurants...

December is a bad time to be a pig in Cuba. Steaming dishes of roast pork cover every Cuban table...

Aguacate 11 is now the only Mexican restaurant in Havana. It doesn’t have a single competitor. But even if other Mexican...

An interesting and exotic restaurant with exquisite Lebanese dishes...

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Casa Mía is a living example of the new Cuban paladar (private restaurants).

Havana’s chinese food rediscovers its roots with the new Beijing - almost certainly the best Chinese restaurant in the city

If you are looking for a more sophisticated alternative, here are Havana's 5 best fine dining restaurants.

Nonna Tina is a lovely Italian trattoria, cool and authentic...

A new contender for the title of coolest bar in Havana has arrived in San Isidro.

It's hard to think of a better location for a restaurant than this, within easy reach of pretty much anywhere in Old Havana.

Costa Vino is a small and cozy restaurant with impeccable service and also a serious restaurant, with its impressive wine offerings.

If the thought of eating out in Havana with your toddler means you rarely actually eat out, these places could be your answer

Great grills and sublime service - click here to check our latest top 5 list, showcasing the top places to grab a catch in the city.

It can be one of the city’s best experiences: walking through the narrow streets of Old Havana, meeting its people,...

Jíbaro is located in the neighborhood of San Isidro, one of the most picturesque areas of Old Havana.

Doctor Café is rarely mentioned in lists of top places to visit in Havana, but it's a unique restaurant

Whether you’re looking for Havana’s best pasta, pizza or passionate chefs, these top Havana Italian restaurants will have you covered.

These 5 fantastic Cuban restaurants in Havana combine delectable dishes with awesome ambience

Rita & Champagne, an all-white venue with a deep red door, should be high on your list of go-to places.

These 5 restaurants take the Havana dining experience to a breathtaking level

The most happening city in Cuba is poised for even more creative foodie infusions – here’s our take on the best dining options right now.

Star dishes include exquisite fresh pasta; complex variations with eggplant; and concoctions with spinach, sweet potato, yucca, millet, rice and whole wheat bread; tasty desserts; and freshly squeezed natural juices.

Looking for a cool spot with good breakfasts and lunches? Try Belview Art Café!

Ideal for large families or business meetings, Al Pescatore showcases a series of Italian culinary delights.

Toros y Tapas has some of the best tapas in town, hands down. Click to see our restaurant review now!

The brand-new paladar in Old Havana, 5 Sentidos is the latest talk of the town. Check out our review now!

For stunning sunset views, classic Cuban recipes and carefully crafted cocktails, visit the fine dining restaurant Porto-Habana.

A laidback restaurant that residents of Miramar don’t want you to find out, Tocamadera is a great lunch spot with gourmet burgers.

Jama is an exciting new restaurant, offering a mix of Cuban and Japanese cuisines in Havana.

A new Italian restaurant in Old Havana has arrived. Il Rustico is opened with the Sicilian chef Fabio Palazzo, who is...

Wine lovers, take note. Otramanera’s owner is a Spanish sommelier, who pays special attention to his wine selection. For Cuban standards, the restaurant has an excellent wine list, offering a wide variety of reds, whites and sparkling from all over the world.

Destino is an elegant and classy spot, serving an array of classic Cuban plates. Cigar enthusiasts will also love the limited-edition habanos.

Part bar, part café and part art gallery, El Dandy is a neat place tucked away in a little corner...

This charming coffee spot is hidden among the trees of a quiet area in Miramar, just a few steps from...

Marea is the only restaurant in Havana with its own private beach. Located in the backyard of one of its...

El Café is easy to miss. Located in Old Havana at one end of Amargura Street, just steps from Plaza...

This legendary Cuban paladar is located right in the heart of Vedado’s “el Hueco” area. When it first opened in...

La Foresta is worth the 30-minutes drive from Old Havana to the exclusive Siboney neighborhood. Very close to the Havana...

  1. SOUVENIRS Clandestina: Villegas #403 e/ Tte. Rey y Muralla, Habana Vieja +53 53814802 This centrally-located shop in Old Havana...

Templete remains one of the best restaurants in Havana delivering excellent fish dishes in a Spanish inspired cooking technique and presentation....

Just one block off the Malecón is Havana’s newest restaurant, which is putting an emphasis on local ingredients and attentive service.

5 Esquinas Trattoria is located on the corner of the peculiarly-named “Sword alley,” a charming cobblestone street in the historic center of Havana. Indeed this is one of the most exciting restaurants in Old Havana. Pizzas here are the real deal and made in wood-fired oven.

Located in Vedado just a few steps away from Havana University and “La Rampa”, La Moraleja is a classic Cuban restaurant that gets it right.

Bartenders at the newly-opened San Juan sling top-notch potions, including a sharp and balanced Bloody Mary and a tropical-haven mango daiquiri.

Havana saw its first Indian restaurant open earlier this year and already the kitchen is off to a stellar star.

You'll be hard pressed to find a better restaurant view in Havana than the one at Vistamar.

Roma is a lunchtime favorite for out of towners looking for superbly fresh and authentic pasta and for Italians looking for a taste of home.

Eggplant mousaka, plantains rolled in bacon and homemade “Picadillo a la Habanera”(mincemeat) are standouts.

Chef Jorge Falcó Ochoa runs this “big house” in Cojímar only 7 kilometers from downtown.

Specialties of the house are octopus and the “garbanzos marineros” served in a ceramic pot chock full of fresh shellfish.

How many restaurants in Havana take their best customers on sailboats?

Popularity isn’t always an indicator of quality, but the crowds standing in line just off the Plaza del San Francisco are there for good reason.

Fabulous cocktails and locally sourced dishes are served in a dramatic, refurbished factory.

If the city of Oz from the classic movie Wizard of Oz ever had a restaurant and bar, this is what it would look like.

The story goes that Ernest Hemingway liked to sit at the corner table overlooking the bay off the northern coastline of Cuba.

We are excited to announce that the third issue of Havana Insider is now out. Inside you’ll find reviews of...

It's the view that will really call you back. A sleek landing right on the water has picture-perfect sunset views.

It’s easy to imagine large groups sitting in this open-air pizzeria, downing Cristals, and never wanting to leave.

You could miss this understated restaurant that exudes exclusiveness the minute you walk through the gates.

Dinner for four at Le Cameron might run you close to 200 CUC, but few restaurants in Havana offer the same kind of getaway experience.

Tin Hao is well on its way to becoming a city-wide destination.

The Mexican owner went as far as bringing in a chef from his native country to whip the kitchen into shape. It shows.

Tucked along a quiet street in Cojimar behind wooden doors is one of Havana’s most exciting restaurants.

Even the Chinese and Italians could learn a thing or two from the grandmothers in the kitchen.

In a strikingly high-ceilinged 120-year-old Vedado mansion, this stylish second-floor paladar offers competently done international meat, poultry, pasta and seafood dishes that satisfy even if they don't always totally dazzle.

We just revisited this newish and slightly more spacious annex of Havana's coolest but enduring "in" bar, O'Reilly 304, just across the street. Their drinks are still some of the very best in a city.

Even if other Korean restaurants were around, we doubt they could capture the same magic that we found at Club Su Miramar.

Cubans are obsessed with eating pizza, and few obsess over making it quite like Ivano at La Siciliana.

Today, private restaurants or paladars in Cuba seem to be opening up everywhere in Havana. But you would hardly expect, in the crowded and bustling streets of Centro Habana, to find a Swedish restaurant.

If you like O’Reilly 304, one of the coolest bars/restaurants in town, you'll love their newest venture, just across the street.

La California, a few blocks away from the Malecón in Centro Habana, occupies a 19th century house that was a “cultural center” back in the 1930s.

Our second print edition of Havana Insider is now available on the streets of Havana, and via free download on HavanaInsider.com.

This cool new tapas restaurant, opened in early January, is owned by Partagas Cigars' former manager for quality control, Támara Diaz and her husband Alexis Ortas.

Located on the second floor of a 19th century house in Old Havana, Los Mercaderes is one of the most popular Cuban restaurants in Havana.

Rightly named after its Spanish owner Pilar, this private restaurant or known as paladar here opened its doors three years ago, and is – without a doubt - one of the best Spanish restaurants in Havana.

Nero di Seppia is an Italian restaurant that opened in June 2015, a new venture from the previous owner (and chef) of La Carboncita - Walter Ginevri.

You wouldn't expect President Obama to have dinner in a private restaurant on the evening of the first day of his official visit to Cuba - the first in nearly 90 years. But we think he made a good choice. President Obama chose Centro Habana's San Cristóbal - one of our favorite places to eat in the city.

The name of this private restaurant in Old Havana may evoke the delicious distillates produced on the island. Or maybe the sound of an old American car engine starting.

Located in Vedado, not far from the Melia Habana hotel, L'Atelier is a sweet spot of great food, atmosphere, and service that make it a stand-out among Havana's best restaurants.

A pleasant restaurant serving international cuisine with crisp modern and contemporary decor.

Located on the lower floor of an restored traditional limestone building with a few tables scattered in the pedestrian street, the food here is mainly Cuban, with pork and fish dominating the menu, which actually changes daily depending on the fresh ingredients available.

This seaside restaurant is located off a small bay right where Miramar meets the Malecon and where the Almendares river ends.

Located on the second floor of one of the newly restored buildings that surround the Plaza Vieja in Old Havana, this loud, funky and eclectically decorated lounge-like restaurant commands one of the most envious views of the ancient Plaza Vieja from its terrace.

The hip Café Laurent is located on the top floor of an eclectic building in the heart of Vedado, just a few blocks away from the historic Hotel Nacional. This paladar is refurbished from an old apartment, but one can still have the cozy feeling of dining in a living room.

Al Carbón, a new restaurant that opened only a few months ago in Havana, is a new addition to Havana's fine dining scene. Created by the same owners of the immensely popular Iván y Justo, the restaurant strikes out in a different but equally successful direction, specializing in traditional Cuban dishes cooked over charcoal.

This is hands down the best fish restaurant in Havana. Far from the salinas and commotion of Old Havana, it is tucked away near the mouth of the Jaimanitas river in a fishermen’s village of the same name in western Havana.

Café Bohemia offers a light menu that ranges from salads to Italian style panini named after both movie and novel titles.

This restaurant, whose name translates as "The Printer," is owned by Habaguanex, an enterprise of the Havnana City Historian's office. It is located on Calle Mercaderes in Old Havana, one door away from the famous Conde de Villanueva hotel, where you can also find one of Havana’s best cigar shops.

La Domínica, a lovely Italian restaurant facing Hemingway’s Ambos Mundos hotel in Old Havana, is one of the best Italian restaurants in Havana. The food is reasonably priced, and the live music performance really upped the experience.

Corte del Príncipe is an understated and unassuming little restaurant in Playa, one of the best Italian restaurants we've had so far in Havana.

A top Italian restaurant in Havana, Il Piccolo serves some delicious pizzas and pastas, a nice switch from rice and beans.

La Carboncita brings Italian flare with all the trimmings to an opulent area in Miramar. It's the most modernly styled Italian restaurant in Havana.

Havana's dining scene is hot, with greater variety and quality than ever. Here are the top ten restaurants in Havana that you should try out.

La Guarida, one of the first private restaurants in Havana, has become synonymous with fine dining in Cuba.

Clenching the second spot on our Havana's top ten restaurant list, El Cocinero in the residential Vedado is the coolest restaurant in Havana.

O'Reilly 304 in Old Havana probably is the trendiest and hippest restaurant in Cuba at the moment. Its tacos, ceviche and daiquiri are must orders.

Café de los Artistas, opened less than a year in Old Havana, is a purveyor of great food and feeling. It serves some great ropa vieja and the best tostones.

Microbreweries are catching on in Havana, and Cervecería Antiguo Almacen de la Madera y el Tabaco is at the forefront. It serves the best beer in Havana.

Tien Tan, hidden at the end of Barrio Chino (Chinatown) in Central Havana, is the best Chinese restaurant Havana has to offer.

El Templete, a nautical themed restaurant close to Plaza de Armas in Old Havana serves the best fish and seafood dishes in Havana.

People talk about Starbien as being one of the best restaurants in Havana. And, yes, the food is excellent quality.

Some people have been berating state-owned Cuban restaurants for shoddy service and bland food. They clearly haven’t been to El Aljibe yet.

When owner Hubert Corrales told us La Esperanza is the “last vanguard of home-styled cooking in Havana,” we were very skeptical at...

Ivan & Justo is a place where you can’t get in without a reservation. We chanced it twice, each time we were politely turned down by the doorman downstairs.

La Terraza is inarguably the best barbecue restaurant in Havana. The smoked pork chops in pineapple sauce, barbecued ribs and...

Bella Ciao, a lush Italian restaurant deep in the Miramar area delivers stellar classics that stay faithful to their Italian roots. With outdoor seating under a roof of green ivies and trees, there’s a casual atmosphere that plays nicely off the classic austerity of many of the dishes on the impressively packed menu.

At a quaint paladar like Doña Eutimia, offering hearty Cuban food at extremely reasonable prices, foodies beat a path to this top Cuban eatery.

El Palenque, a large Havana food court, a local institution, stands out as an unpretentious and authentic eating spot that that attracts a large number of Cuban families and foreigners.

Established in 1995, around the same time as La Guarida, La Fontana in Miramar endured through the years and worked...

This is one of the most upscale restaurants in Havana, located in Plaza de San Francisco in Habana Vieja (the very professional and jacketed waiters traded off-street salsa with classic live piano performance). The decor is striking and grandiose; you'll regret it if you dress down.

In a short span of two years since its opening in 2013, Mediterráneo has already amassed a loyal following among Havana foodies and visitors. The restaurant’s overall environment is agreeable: Mediterranean blue and white decor, spacious, airy, attractive and modern.

French-style bakery is still a new concept in Havana, and you’d be surprised by how some local bakeries can turn out jaw-dropping, hard-as-a-rock chocolate muffins. Bianchini is in a class of its own, a bakery-cum-café that first opened near Plaza de Sanfrancisco over ten years ago.

Café El Escorial is the closest thing Havana has to Starbucks, minus the takeout services. If you insist, bring along your own mug or even a Ziploc bag (like Cubans do) for a café con leche, the holy grail at this quaint café shop on Plaza Vieja, for only $1.2 CUC!

From the usher, dressed in a Russian sailor suit, greeting guests at the front entrance, to its vintage Soviet propaganda...