Restaurant Sol y Son — Restaurant in Trinidad

Unfortunately, the most dreadful food experience I had in a long time and the only bad experience I had in Cuba. My boyfriend and I chose this restaurant for my 30th birthday dinner following some friends recommendation: reviews were also good, so we thought it would be the best place to celebrate this important day. I am deadly allergic to pumpkin and cucumber and a native speaker friend of mine translated my food needs to Spanish for me: every single other restaurant we went to before understood it perfectly and gave excellent service. Our waiter even spoke very good English so I thought we were in good hands: nope. We were served an appetizer and it had cucumber on the plate. I didn't say anything because it was a different waitress that brought it to the table so she probably didn't know and I asked my boyfriend to eat, without having any. No problem. When we received our main course, there was a massive slice of pumpkin under my fish fillet. I almost didn't see it and started eating, I was lucky I noticed it soon enough. When I told our waiter that I couldn't have it, he said he'd change the plate because "it's only a decoration". I explained they couldn't change the plate because I am deadly allergic to it and now all the food was contaminated so they had to cook it fresh, I couldn't have anything on that plate. He repeated he would swap plates so I explained again that I'd die and he said they'd make a fresh one. In the meantime my boyfriend had a few bites of his food because I didn't want him to have it cold. Already extremely upset and now mega hungry, I waited for my new main course to come out. When the food arrived, I could tell it was definitely a new whole dish of food and went to get a bit, happy to have something to eat! The fish fillet was now raw. We asked to only pay for our drinks and leave because the experience was now completely spoiled and I was on the edge of tears, absolutely shocked by the level of service. They wanted my boyfriend to pay for his half eaten food even though we would literally had to go and find a new restaurant to eat in and they ruined my special birthday dinner. After a bit of an argument, we paid for drinks only and left. The atmosphere and band were lovely, the decor as well, but they really need to understand how allergies work and be more open when dealing with a customer's (well...

Beautiful atmosphere dining in the courtyard, excellent service, and very delicious food. I especially enjoyed the garlic grilled fish, and guava daiquiri. Prices were very reasonable for fine dining, especially compared to the many other restaurants in the area.

I highly recommend making reservations for dinner - just stop in during the day and speak with the host.

Each night, a live band (named Cuarteto Trinisur) played and they were superb - all very good musicians, singing in tight harmonies and with excellent musical accompaniment.

We met Julio, the owner, during one of the nights we dined there, and he is such a warm lovely man. Sol y Son is a hidden gem in Trinidad and one of my absolute favourite parts of an incredible city - I can't...

Nice atmosphere, however I did leave hungry and went to a different restaurant after. Friendly people. I ordered the Pumpkin Soup and it was totally full of seeds and seed pieces. They did not have Caesar salad (but it was on the menu). A different reviewer said that they have many vegetarian options, but you have to ask for the vegetarian menu. I did not know this was an option. I wish they would have offered the vegetarian menu. I ordered the pumpkin soup (which was not enjoyable to eat) and would have ordered the Caesar salad I’d suggest putting the vegetarian options in the main menu, or offering every table the vegetarian menu. Friendly people and...