La Vicaria — Restaurant in Cárdenas

Excellent restaurant and food. It is very affordable and with great quality. Its workers are very kind. Menu is simple but excellently cooked. They have seafood. The building is a little old and poorly maintained (it is a government business) but the food is awesome.

When in Varadero, always pay in Cuban Pesos is the better option. Exchange your hard currency in the informal market and get twice the bang. The bank rate is only half the value of the informal market. Prefer restaurants taking Cuban Pesos in Cash. Never pay in hard currency because you will be overpaying for your food (restaurants use the exchange rate of the bank which is only half compared to the informal market). Totally avoid places accepting cards only. If you are a foreign tourist you will be paying double for your meal (It is a loophole trap where tourists end-up paying double...

Lovely food, good servers. This place is packed during lunch and you might have to share your table with someone else. For dinners you may be lucky to find a table for your self. Mostly the people that come here are locals, they sell in CUC/CUP both the currencies. The food is the cheapest in the area. 1 pinacolada is for about 3 CUC, 1 rum 3 years is for about 1 CUC & Coke 1 CUC. Food (chicken/ pork/beef) is about 4-6 CUC and seafood starts from 7-20 CUC I guess. Our server for the night was CLAUDIA - she spoke English fluently. She was so friendly and amazing service! Muchas...

Great food at very reasonable prices. Our group didn't get anything that we didn't like. Actually I like the Vicaria chicken and rice so well, I got another order to take back to the casa particular for dinner later. Good desserts for only $1 cuc and nice outside seating. I will say the chicken cordon Bleu (chicken Gordon on the menu) was dry and pan fried, not your ordinary dish. Good flavor but go with the chicken dish I...