Casavana Cuban Cuisine — Restaurant in Florida

Very underrated cuban restaurant. Imagine being raised on la carretta or every other rinconcito's. I ordered "bistec empanizado" breaded palomilla steak . classic cuban entree. I couldnt believe what i was served. Literally an entire butt steak perfectly breaded and golden fried. They use big fancy restaurant white square plates and even then both ends where perfectly raised when served. Garnished with chopped raw onions and cilantro. Lime on the side. It was definitely easily a meal for two. I have been a chef manager for years. There wasn't any after taste from dirty oil. Im always skeptical with eating at cuban restaurants considering my uncle and grandmother raised me eating the best family recipes. Food is 10 of 10. Service could be better. But after covid it is what it is. For a small restaurant space management should focus morenon the dust and buildup on their chairs. I am stickler for detail and to have a beautiful remodeled restaurant with all this extra eye sore looking at the backs and chairs and in between seats. Takes away from 5 stars. When u wait 15 min for food people start looking around. No one likes dirty chairs or dusty pictures or food. And debris caught at the base of a table. Pay attention more to the details when u habe such fancy dining room. Your obviously looking for upscale cuban cuisine type energy...

Thought this was a solid value experience. Genuine Cuban cuisine in Miami-Dade County, which is much tougher to compete compared to outside of the county. Best qualities: solid value proposition - price to taste /quality / service experience; also wait staff was SUPER HELPFUL and EFFICIENT. Menu offerings were standard for Cuban fare, although more limited when compared to the Eighth Street best in class competition. The slightly more limited menu affords the kitchen to pre-prepare most of its fare, facilitating speed of service. Challenges: the "pre-prepared" offerings, standards such as rice, beans and even many of the meats can both appear and taste like "food by the pound" competitors. This is not a bad thing as Casavana does an overall nice job. But still, Casanova can "spice" things up a bit and also focus a little more on food temperature at serving time. Lastly, every Cuban restaurant should offer bread....I'm sure the lack of pre-dinner bread serves to control costs, which I understand. Conclusion: worth the trip to measure where Casavana falls in your Cuban Fare list for a Sunday...

I don't understand. Help me understand. I've gone to the Miami Lakes Casavana a number of times. Everytime I eat there I ask for them to split the food in the kitchen. They say there's a surcharge of like $2 or something like that. And I'm fine with that because what they do is actually give a little it more food. A whole extra side of rice and whatever other side you have. They just split the protein down the middle and basically put it on another plate for you. That's how I split the food with my kids But today at the Casavana in Coral Ridge, they basically didn't know what that was and that they didnt do that. I asked for a manager but the server basically offered to sell me a whole side of rice and no splitting in the kitchen. I said no because it would be too expensive for each extra side and not even splitting it in the kitchen like Miami Lakes. Basically my kids and I ate less. I don't understand if it's the same owners, same business, it's not even a franchise, that the server...