Havana Spice Restaurant

Nice decorated place. Seated at 7:47 pm, not very busy but the ordering and service were very slow. The Miami sandwich was on the table in good time and tasty but the rest 4 dishes were very late, more than 1 hour after we ordered them. The chicken salad, shrimp creole sauce, half baked chicken, and lomosaltado were also very, very salty. We only can sampled small portion. Tried to check with the casher, she said first we seated after 8 and they told us no service (which is not true because we checked the time and texted each other), then she said that were how Cuban food test like, and nobody said anything before. We were super disappointed with this place.

We stopped by Havana Spice on our way back from the Key West and we were in for a treat. Though we had to wait for a long time, the delicious food made up for it. Ordered the Pechuga Rellena, chicken vaca frita and the chicken fried rice and loved all of it. The banana fritters reminded me of the ones we get back in my home state of Kerala(in India).

I was surprised that parking is not mentioned in more reviews, be prepared when you show up, there is one way in and one way out, and it's narrow. There's a handful of parking spots that are likely to be occupied and you won't be able to pull in if anyone is trying to leave, and you will likely have to back out onto the main road to leave. Once you get in, the place looks delightful and we were very excited to be here. Do not come here if you are not prepared to wait over an hour for food, the wait staff was in general inattentive and *very* slow. This is a common theme you'll see throughout the reviews, trust them, and plan accordingly, do not wait until you are getting hungry to show up. I'm not talking about spending over an hour here total, but an hour AFTER you have placed your order before you will see someone from the wait staff again. My wife ordered a mojito, but it wasn't until asking for a recommendation between a mojito and a pina colada that the waitress revealed they were having an alcohol shortage and these drinks were "light" but full priced. I wish they had been more forthcoming when we ordered the mojito, but alas, it didn't matter because the mojito never showed up anyway. After you order, you will watch countless take-out orders stream out of the kitchen from savvy shoppers who know better than to dine in. After about an hour and a half, our food arrived, and it was delicious so I can't justify leaving a 1 star review, but I was pretty frustrated at the experience in general. If you want to try food from here, order take out.

Horrible dine in experience. Server didn’t even much tell us her name. Left us water and walked away . Came back 20 minutes later asking us if we were finally ready to order. I asked for the meat medium cooked , came out extremely well done and chewy . The Moro looked old and tasted odd . The fufu de plátano was sweet ?? Since when ?! When I asked why my food was the way it was the server said “ well everyplace does is different” . Definitely will not come back and I’ll make sure I tell my friends about this horrendous experience. 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽