I lived in Miami for a large portion of my life and grew up eating Cuban food at home (being as my family is Cuban), and was really excited to find a Cuban restaurant in Arizona. However, I was not as thrilled after trying the place. We had the croquetas de jamon and fried yuca for appetizer. Neither one met expectations and were not traditional. The croquetas had a good filling, but the outside was not traditional and had no flavor. The fried yuca had so much garlic it covered the taste of the yuca (which if you haven't had before is very mild). We had picadillo and the ropa vieja for our main meals. The ropa vieja was great, but the picadillo was very soupy and you could barely tell the texture of the meat (a little odd). Last, they food takes forever! Cuban food isn't exactly something that you whip up in five minutes, but it should come with a warning because after appetizers we ran out of conversation we were waiting so long. If you've never had Cuban food before you might love this place, but if you grew up eating it like I did, you'll still be missing home.
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