La Cocina de Abuela — Restaurant in Gainesville

Recently opened in February 2018, La Cocina De Abuela is a new star, in the City of Gainesville. It offers locals an authentic Cuban cuisine experience, cafeteria style. They offer generous portions for lunch at the price of $10 per plate with a drink.

Ambiance: Located at the corner of NW 23rd Ave and NW 2nd St, the restaurant presents a vibrant and relaxed, atmosphere. Their parking lot is shared with the other businesses in the plaza so during lunch, it can get filled up fast.

Service: Abuelas is mainly a family and friends ran establishment, the staff offers a warm and welcoming demeanor, greeting customers as they come in. Service usually starts with the customers lining up at the counter picking out what they want from the steam tables or ordering their Cuban sandwiches. Food is given at the same time upon ordering unless its something that they have to put together. During rush our if you order something that not already on the steam tables, it might take a while, but its worth the wait.

Food: The food taste to be made fresh daily, and as noted prior is offered in generous portions. Besides that food that is presented at the steam tables, they offer a couple dessert options as well, along with the made on spot sandwiches. One of their must-try items is their Chicharróns, which are cut from thick slabs of pork belly,...

really wanted to treat myself to some authentic Cuban food so I googled it. hate to say it but it was pretty disappointed. everything mostly tasteless. the yuca was dried out and tasteless and when they said they were going to give me some sauce it was like tartar sauce or something. at least mi apa gives you the lime. mojo to dip in and is delicious. that you could tasted like it was reheated from yesterday. The mojo pork was pretty tasteless. The rice was dried out from sitting under the heat lamp and the black beans were pretty bland. I cook Cuban food. my family Cooks Cuban food I guess if you're desperate okay but a little expensive and really not that good. if you're not better than mi alpha, you're not good oh And the flan is gross edit and if you want to know much about them look at the reply - they dont care about their nasty food and they don't care about their customers edit to the owner ok why would I come back lol...

It was our first time here so we ordered sandwiches with black beans and yellow rice. I ordered the Media Noche and my sister the Cuban. They were delicious but so large we each could eat only half. Our soft drinks / iced tea were self serve. I want to come back for a lunch portion ($14) or a dinner portion ($16) of their cafeteria style, plated meal options. The place was busy with workers - policemen, GRU, DOT, etc. It all smelled heavenly. I asked several diners about their meals and the pork and potatoes seemed to be today's winner. However, everyone liked what they were eating and seemed to be return customers. Parking is easy and there is plenty of seating, both indoor and out. The atmosphere is plain but our tables, chairs and the self serve areas were all very clean, unlike some higher priced restaurants i have eaten at recently. Staff is very nice and helpful in...