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Restaurants

Mesón de la Plaza
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MAP J3 • Calle Máximo
Gómez 34, Sancti Spíritus • (41) 32 For a three-course meal with half a bottle
of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes, and
8546 • $$ extra charges
Re-creating the rustic ambience of a
Spanish bodega with cowhide chairs $ under CUC$15 $$ CUC$15–25 $$$ over CUC$25
and benches, this restaurant serves
Fonda Cubana
bargain-priced dishes. 6
MAP K3 • Calle Máximo
Gómez, Ciego de Ávila • (33) 20
0000 • Open noon–10pm daily • $
Dine on fried chicken, paella, or ropa
vieja (shredded beef with vegetables)
on the colonnaded patio of this lovely
colonial building. The fixed-price set
menu is also a bargain.
Restaurante 1800
7
MAP L3 • Plaza San Juan de
Dios, Camagüey • (32) 28 3619 • $$
Gourmet Restaurant This elegant private restaurant offers
period furnishings, a great location,
Gourmet Restaurant
2 and an excellent buffet (menu options
MAP H4 • Calle José Martí 262,
are also available). There are tables
Trinidad • (41) 99 6073 • $$$ on the attractive square outside.
A plush option within the Iberostar
Grand Hotel
Gran Hotel Trinidad. International 8
dishes are prepared with aplomb. MAP L3 • Calle Maceo 64,
Camagüey • (32) 29 2093 • $$
Vista Gourmet
3 Of the Grand Hotel’s two choices
of eatery, the rooftop restaurant
MAP H4 • Callejón Galdos,
Trinidad • (41) 99 6700 • Open is preferred for its quality buffet
noon–midnight daily • $$ dinner. The fine views over the city
At this attractive paladar, you can center are a definite bonus.
enjoy a spectacular dinner buffet
La Campaña de Toledo
on a rooftop terrace. 9
MAP L3 • Plaza San Juan
Guitarra Mía
4 de Dios, Camagüey • (32) 28 6812
• $$
MAP H4 • Calle Jesus
Menéndez 19 between Cienfuegos & Located in the center of Camagüey,
Pérez, Trinidad • (41) 99 3452 • $$ opposite one of the most emblematic
This homely restaurant serves plazas in the town, this restaurant's
delicious criollo dishes to the signature dish is bolice mechado,
accompaniment of live music. a local beef delicacy.
The owner is a famous guitarist. Caballo Blanco
Restaurante
5 0
MAP M4 • Calle Frank País 85,
Manacas Iznaga
Las Tunas • (31) 34 2586 • Open
MAP H4 • Iznaga, Valle de los 11am–11pm daily • $
Ingenios • (41) 99 7241 • $$ One of the finest private restaurants,
This former sugar-estate owner’s this paladar features a stone-clad
mansion provides a unique setting patio for dining. Try the delicious
for enjoying traditional Cuban dishes. chicken with wine and the ropa vieja.
See map on pp102–3
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