El Comendador Hotel – Bodegón Onda

CA3
Style of food: Spanish/Mediterranean
Cost: Moderate
Type of place: Hotel
Food
Ambience
Service
Value
Best for: Great tavern like ambience
Worst for: Pretty basic food on offer
Obrapía No. 53 esquina a Baratillo
(+53)7867 - 1037
Open noon-11pm daily

  • The Bodegón Onda is located within the Comendador Hotel, which slightly confusingly is next to the more visible Hostal Valencia (one of our favourite places to stay in Havana). This is a delightful, if low-key place offering a choice of typical Spanish tapas in a building that has been sensitively restored with its original roof wood beams to be the quintessential rustic tavern.

    This is a great place for a pit stop and while not really a destination restaurant is a great way to break up the heat of the day since it always stays cool under all of the heavy brickwork.

    
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