La Taberna — Restaurant in Sancti Spiritus

We discovered the restaurant by chance while strolling through the city and went in for a drink. The restaurant is very nicely located and impresses with the possibility to sit on a terrace or balconies overlooking the bridge. Unfortunately, the staff was not very friendly to us. We didn't get a menu despite asking several times, so we didn't know what the drinks cost or what was available to choose from. We ended up getting two small cans of beer and paying 500 CUP for them. Although we first considered coming back in the evening to eat, we then decided against it after the experience. You can sit nice but the overall atmosphere is not very...

Our restaurant friend from Trinidad recommended here to us. We just had half day tour in the town and were in the rush to go back to Trinidad. So we couldn't sit down and have a meal. Their prosciutto looked so appealing and hard to resist. We bought some and had it as our snack on the way back to Trinidad. Their outdoor sitting by the river looked so nice. And the staffs were friendly and professional. We would like to go there if we come back...

A real island of normality in the bizarre restaurant experience that is Cuba. The fish is fresh, the meats tasty, the service is good and they even have cheese.

They have a wine cellar which you can go down into to choose a bottle, with reasonably priced bottles.

Both tourists and locals go here so it feels a little like being in a non tourist place, mixing with locals, which is a sadly rare...