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Restaurants

a pork, chicken, and lobster dish,
PRICE CATEGORIES
For a three-course meal with half a bottle served with rice, beans, and
of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes, and tostones (fried plantains). There
extra charges is traditional live music.
$ under CUC$15 $$ CUC$15–25 $$$ over CUC$25 Casa del Veguero
7
MAP B2 • Carretera de Viñales,
La Fonda de Mercedes
1 km 23 • (48) 79 6080 • $$
Set amid tobacco fields, this thatched
MAP C2 • Complejo Las
Terrazas • c/o (48) 57 8555 • $$ open-air restaurant serves prix-fixe
This paladar (private restaurant) criollo meals and includes tours of
serves traditional Cuban meals the tobacco farm. Musicians play
on a terrace overlooking a lake. while you eat.
Restaurante Vera
Casa del Campesino
2 8
MAP B2 • Hotel Los Jazmines,
MAP C2 • Complejo Las
Terrazas • c/o (48) 57 8555 • $ Carretera de Viñales, km 23 • (48) 79
A farmstead where traditional Cuban 6205 • $$
dishes are prepared in an outdoor Overlooking the Valle de Viñales
oven and enjoyed under a thatched from atop a mogote (see p17), this
roof. Popular with tour groups. location offers the most dramatic
view of any rest aurant in Cuba.
Restaurante Rumayor
3
MAP B3 • Av. a Viñales, Pinar
del Río town • (48) 76 3007 • $$
The comida criollo (cuban fare) here
is average, but this thatched restaurant
is worth a visit for its Tiki-style decor,
African drums, and cabaret.
Eco-Restaurante
4
El Romero
MAP C2 • Complejo Las Terrazas
• c/o (48) 57 8555 • $
Chef Tito presides over a vegetarian
paradise, serving delicious and
original dishes and juices. Lobster at El Balcón de las Tecas
Restaurante Las Arcadas
El Balcón de las Tecas
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MAP C2 • Hotel La Moka,
MAP B2 • Rancho San Vicente,
Carretera a Puerto Esperanza, km 33 Las Terrazas • (48) 57 8602 • $$
• (48) 79 6201 • $$ This is an elegant place to enjoy
This hotel restaurant overlooks lush lobster dishes and specialties such
grounds. It serves seafood, pasta, as delicious roast chicken.
and Cuban staples. El Olivo
Casa de Don Tomás
6 0
MAP B2 • Calle Salvador
MAP B2 • Calle Salvador
Cisneros 89, Viñales • (48) 69 6654
Cisneros 147, Viñales • (48) 79 6300 • $$
• $$ This private restaurant on the main
Housed in a reconstructed historic street of Viñales delivers mouth-
building, Casa de Don Tomás watering Italian and Spanish dishes,
specializes in delicias de Don Tomás, plus local specials.
See map on pp84–5
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