Havana Mania

This place is the best, especially at happy hour when you can get a $3 really good mojito. The pork is amazing and any appetizer with yuca is delicious. The staff is personable and really fun and you can pretty much always get a table no matter what time.

Well, there were a lot of mixed comments in the previous reviews I read, but most said the food was good, the major problem was service. I went on a Wednesday at about 7:30PM.. The place still had a pretty good crowd, but was not full so I didn't have to wait for a table. Actually, my service was very good. I was seated, had a drink, had some bread and placed my order within about 10 minutes after arriving. My food arrived promptly, the waiter kept tabs on me, all was good. The food had very good flavor, my only complaint was that the meat I had was a little tough and dry. Very good setting though, for business or a date (although not an intimate setting). I eat out a lot and this place was pretty good overall.

I gues everbody with an internet connection is a restaurant critic like this guy before me, this place is being around for over ten years, checkout their website www.havanamania and checkout all their reviews, I have eaten there since they open and never had a bad meal, I don't think this guy knows anything about cuban food, they have the best food and service in town.

Ok, whoever writes that they are Cuban and loves this place has obviously had one too many Mojitos before the food arrived. Granted the Mojitos are very good. What we had was so-so at best. The Papas Rellenos were bland. The yucca with pork and garlic ??? Where was the garlic? The breaded steak was super hard and tasteless and the lechon asado was also bland and tasted like scraps topped with onions.
If you are really looking for authentic Cuban food please do yourself a favor and skip this place.
The service is great. The prices are fair but the food is not good. Sorry.

I can't comment on the food because we didn't stay long enough to eat. We went after reading some good reviews online. We were seated promptly (party of 2) outside on their indoor patio. We waited for 10 mins and no one came to even ask us for our drinks, although two waiters did come out to serve other tables. They weren't even outside long enough for us to wave them over. After 10 mins a server came over but at that point we didn't feel like eating there anymore. We complained to the manager and he apologized and said service usually wasn't like that. He did seem sincere, but bad service is something I don't tolerate. I won't go there again.