🦞 Varadero Lobster Feast for $6

💰 The Great All-Inclusive Escape 🚖 After enduring days of starchy hotel buffets 🤯, my friend and I hailed a cab to Varadero's downtown. 20 minutes and $5 later, we found seafood nirvana—$10 per person feasts that made us want to dance! Our driver even circled past "locals-only" spots to show where the real eats are 👀. 🦐 El Criollo: $6 Lobster, 10/10 Satisfaction Menu shock: 1,900 CUP grilled lobster ≈ $6.30. What arrived? A face-sized lobster split open, garlic butter still sizzling 🧈! Texture test: Bites were QQ candy-chewy, claw meat pulled out in perfect strips. Lemon juice made it sing 👀 Flavor truth: Basic butter+black pepper, but fresh seafood slapped harder than hotel frozen stuff. Black bean rice mixed with shrimp juice? I ate three bowls 🍚 Drink bonus: $5 mojitos used whole limes, mint so fresh it smelled like a garden 🌿 Sangria had floating pineapple—more juice than booze 🍷 🌊 Jellyfish-Clear Seas Next Door + Ice Cream Hack Beach surprise: Restaurant opened to sand so soft it felt like cotton candy 🏖️ Bluer than the hotel's private beach—no filter needed (photo 7 is raw!) Ice cream power move: Helados Alondra's $1 coconut ice cream comes in a mountain of two scoops, sprinkled with toasted coconut 🥥 Pro tip: Drizzle leftover rum from lunch—hello, Caribbean affogato 🍨 📝 Foodie Notes (with Scam Prevention) Restaurant GPS: El Criollo (search 4PQC+W88), look for colorful fishing boats out front Payment hack: USD is accepted at 1:250 (official is 1:24), but card is easier 💳 Cab code: Say "Ir a El Criollo en el centro"—rides cost $5-7 one-way Secret deal: After 4 PM, look for "Special of the Day" signs. We saw lobster half-price as we left 🦞 TL;DR: In Varadero, $6 buys more than lobster—it buys freedom from tourist trap food! Next time, I'm coming empty-stomached for lobster sashimi and soup 😋 #CubaTravelTips #VaraderoEats #CaribbeanOnABudget #LobsterGoals #VaraderoMustEat