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La Bodeguita del Medio

CA3
Style of food: International
Cost: Moderate
Type of place: State
Food
Ambience
Service
Value
Best for: Hemingway aficionados. Getting a drink at the bar.
Worst for: Essentially a tourist trap with poor quality overpriced food
Empedrado #207 e/ San Ignacio y Cuba, Habana Vieja
(+53)7866 - 8857
Open noon-midnight daily

    • Cuba Absolutely Review: January 2011

    Despite the international renown of La Bodeguita del Medio, the actual food is generally a bit of a letdown. The place is worth stopping by for a mojito in the attached bar (although bear in mind you will be cheek-to-jowl with camera-touting tourists). The restaurant however still retains a certain ambience although the best tables are reserved for people who are unlikely to show up (sic Sammy Davis Junior).

    
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