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El Tropico Cuban Cuisine — Restaurant in Sunny Isles Beach

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El Tropico Cuban Cuisine
Description
Traditional Cuban food & drinks in a polished yet simple space, plus live music on Saturdays.
Nearby attractions
Town Center Park
17200 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Newport Fishing Pier
16501 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Gateway Park
151 Sunny Isles Blvd, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160, United States
Samson Oceanfront Park
17425 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Senator Gwen Margolis Park
17815 N Bay Rd, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Sunny Isles Beach
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160, United States
Playa Sony
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Nearby restaurants
Porterhouse Bar and Grill
17004 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Restaurante Área 57
16850 Collins Ave #102, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
INTIMAR Peruvian Restaurant
17040 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
La Cabrera Sunny Isles
17100 Collins Ave, Miami, FL 33160
Mangal
17066-B Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Porterhouse Music bar & Restaurant
17004 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Very Crepe
17026 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
TACO ISLAND
16850 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
La Sandwicherie Sunny Isles
17008 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Rice Asian House, Sushi & Thai
17100 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Nearby hotels
Solé Miami, A Noble House Resort
17315 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
DoubleTree Resort & Spa by Hilton Hotel Ocean Point - North Miami Beach
17375 Collins Ave, North Miami Beach, FL 33160
St. Tropez
150 Sunny Isles Blvd, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Parque Towers Sunny Isles
300-330 Sunny Isles Blvd, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Residence Inn by Marriott Miami Sunny Isles Beach
17700 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Intracoastal Yacht Club by Rainbow
16950 N Bay Rd, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Acqualina Resort & Residences On The Beach
17875 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Condos Cartier Miami
Le Cartier, 201 178th Dr APT 508, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Roami at Sunny Isles
225 179th Dr, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
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El Tropico Cuban Cuisine
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El Tropico Cuban Cuisine

17020 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
4.3(1.1K)
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Traditional Cuban food & drinks in a polished yet simple space, plus live music on Saturdays.

attractions: Town Center Park, Newport Fishing Pier, Gateway Park, Samson Oceanfront Park, Senator Gwen Margolis Park, Sunny Isles Beach, Playa Sony, restaurants: Porterhouse Bar and Grill, Restaurante Área 57, INTIMAR Peruvian Restaurant, La Cabrera Sunny Isles, Mangal, Porterhouse Music bar & Restaurant, Very Crepe, TACO ISLAND, La Sandwicherie Sunny Isles, Rice Asian House, Sushi & Thai
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Phone
(305) 947-0094
Website
eltropicocubancuisine.com

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Featured dishes

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Avocado Egg Breakfast
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Steak N Eggs
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Plus One
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Egg Breakfast
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Omelet
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Ranchero Eggs
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Egg White Omelet
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Cuban Sandwich
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Medianoche Sandwich
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Pan Con Bistec Sandwich
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Pan Con Lechon Sandwich
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Pan Con Pollo Sandwich
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Breaded Steak Sandwich
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Croqueta Preparada Sandwich
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Tropico Burger
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Miami Sandwich
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Tropico Sandwich
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Club Sandwich
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Pancakes
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Choco Pancakes
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French Toast
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Waffle
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Pecan Waffle
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Choco Waffle
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Pan Con Tortilla
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Tortilla Española
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Tortilla Tropico
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Tortilla De Papa
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Croquetas
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Tequeño
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Beef Empanada
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Ham & Cheese Empanada
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Chicken Empanada
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Cuban Toast
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Toast With Cheese
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White Toast
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Wheat Toast
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French Fries
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Croquetas
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Beef Empanada
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Chicken Empanada
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Ham & Cheese Empanada
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5 Tostones With Mojo
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Fried Yuca
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Mariquitas
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Combo Cubano
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Stuffed Tostones
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Picada Tropico
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Tequeño
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Tamale With Pork
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Tamale
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FLAP CHURRASCO
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Palomilla
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Ropa Vieja
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Breaded Steak
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Vaca Frita
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Picadillo
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Napolitana FLAP Churrasco
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Steak & Egg's
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Beef Liver
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Beef Milanesa
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Grilled Chicken Breast
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Breaded Chicken
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Chicken Milanesa
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Garlic Chicken
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Chicken In Mushroom Sauce
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Lechon Asado
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Pork Chunks
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Pork Loin
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Paella Tropico
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Whole Snapper
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Salmon
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Fish Fillet
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Fish Fillet In Seafood Sauce
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Toston Balsero
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Shrimp Platter
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Chicken Avocado Salad
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Grilled Shrimp Avocado Salad
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Avocado Salad
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Tomato Salad
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Chicken Caesar Salad
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Shrimp Caesar Salad
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Caesar Salad
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Tropico Salad
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Kids Chicken Strips
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Kids Baby Palomilla
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Kids Baby Pechuga Pollo
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Chicken Soup
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Black Bean Soup
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White Rice
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Yellow Rice
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Moro Rice
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Maduros
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Mashed Potato
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Tostones
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Yuca With Mojo Sauce
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Vegetables
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French Fries
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House Salad
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Cuban Toast
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Cafe Con Leche
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Strawberry Smoothie
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Mango Smoothie
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Pineapple Smoothie
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Mamey Smoothie
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Trigo Shake
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Fresh Lemonade
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Orange Juice
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Orange Carrot Juice
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Strawberry Banana Smoothie
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CHOCOLATE CAKE

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Nearby attractions of El Tropico Cuban Cuisine

Town Center Park

Newport Fishing Pier

Gateway Park

Samson Oceanfront Park

Senator Gwen Margolis Park

Sunny Isles Beach

Playa Sony

Town Center Park

Town Center Park

4.6

(263)

Open until 9:00 PM
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Newport Fishing Pier

Newport Fishing Pier

4.6

(684)

Open 24 hours
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Gateway Park

Gateway Park

4.7

(264)

Open 24 hours
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Samson Oceanfront Park

Samson Oceanfront Park

4.7

(526)

Open 24 hours
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Nearby restaurants of El Tropico Cuban Cuisine

Porterhouse Bar and Grill

Restaurante Área 57

INTIMAR Peruvian Restaurant

La Cabrera Sunny Isles

Mangal

Porterhouse Music bar & Restaurant

Very Crepe

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La Sandwicherie Sunny Isles

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Porterhouse Bar and Grill

Porterhouse Bar and Grill

3.3

(646)

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Restaurante Área 57

Restaurante Área 57

4.2

(661)

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INTIMAR Peruvian Restaurant

INTIMAR Peruvian Restaurant

4.3

(448)

$$

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La Cabrera Sunny Isles

La Cabrera Sunny Isles

4.8

(970)

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Josh SmithJosh Smith
BEWARE, POOR SERVICE, SLOW AND BAD QUALITY FOR WHAT YOU PAY! Went here for the first time and arrived around 8:45am. There were 5 people waiting in front of me at the order pickup window. Two people who had just walked up, found a loop hole... walk into the restaurant, stood at the bar, gave their to go order and were out in 5 min with 2 orders of fresh coffee and pastries warmed up. When I finally get to order, I order 1 cappuccino to go and that's it. Well, they forgot my order, and when I told the lady I still didn't get my coffee after 3 orders after mine were given, she gave me an attitude and said "what do you want me to do?". I finally got my coffee, but when I finally could enjoy it, I tasted coffee grounds. It was $7 and definitely not worth it after the service and quality of the end result. Don't waste your time here... I poured the coffee out and still had grounds left over.
Angela PetersAngela Peters
Hands down some of the best food on our Miami trip, not to mention service! We were here February 26th. Forgive me for forgetting his name but the man on the right in dark blue was our server. He was so knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and funny! My husband doesn't ask to get a picture with just any of our waiters, lol. He made our experience what it was, nothing short of brilliant. We had never eaten Cuban food until now, definitely going to eat more! I hope maybe the owners can shed some light on what the food and drink pictured are, I can't recall specific dish names. The drink in the glass mug was amazing and I recommend everyone to try it! It's a type of Cuban fruit drink mixed to make it like a cinnamon latte type of taste that is truly unique. My favorite thing about the food was the sauce! All the different kinds fit the dish perfectly. A+++++!!! Especially to our server!!!
JovanaJovana
We are visiting Miami, I had Cuban food craving and went to this restaurant with my 3 kids and my husband. Amazingly, I have tastier Cuban food in California. I felt like food here was a little plain. When we were done and asked for the bill, our waitress went over it very fast. We couldn't really see what we were been charged for... We ended up double tipping our waitress, Paulina. Total tip was 25% of the total. I don't mind tipping for a good service, but what I didn't like is that Paulina was so fast going over our bill quick that we didn't see a tip has been already included in the check. I didn't notice their menu said 18% gratuity was included for parties of 5 or more. Their menu had a lot of options that I didn't read the last page. (Lesson learned)
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BEWARE, POOR SERVICE, SLOW AND BAD QUALITY FOR WHAT YOU PAY! Went here for the first time and arrived around 8:45am. There were 5 people waiting in front of me at the order pickup window. Two people who had just walked up, found a loop hole... walk into the restaurant, stood at the bar, gave their to go order and were out in 5 min with 2 orders of fresh coffee and pastries warmed up. When I finally get to order, I order 1 cappuccino to go and that's it. Well, they forgot my order, and when I told the lady I still didn't get my coffee after 3 orders after mine were given, she gave me an attitude and said "what do you want me to do?". I finally got my coffee, but when I finally could enjoy it, I tasted coffee grounds. It was $7 and definitely not worth it after the service and quality of the end result. Don't waste your time here... I poured the coffee out and still had grounds left over.
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Hands down some of the best food on our Miami trip, not to mention service! We were here February 26th. Forgive me for forgetting his name but the man on the right in dark blue was our server. He was so knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and funny! My husband doesn't ask to get a picture with just any of our waiters, lol. He made our experience what it was, nothing short of brilliant. We had never eaten Cuban food until now, definitely going to eat more! I hope maybe the owners can shed some light on what the food and drink pictured are, I can't recall specific dish names. The drink in the glass mug was amazing and I recommend everyone to try it! It's a type of Cuban fruit drink mixed to make it like a cinnamon latte type of taste that is truly unique. My favorite thing about the food was the sauce! All the different kinds fit the dish perfectly. A+++++!!! Especially to our server!!!
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Angela Peters

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We are visiting Miami, I had Cuban food craving and went to this restaurant with my 3 kids and my husband. Amazingly, I have tastier Cuban food in California. I felt like food here was a little plain. When we were done and asked for the bill, our waitress went over it very fast. We couldn't really see what we were been charged for... We ended up double tipping our waitress, Paulina. Total tip was 25% of the total. I don't mind tipping for a good service, but what I didn't like is that Paulina was so fast going over our bill quick that we didn't see a tip has been already included in the check. I didn't notice their menu said 18% gratuity was included for parties of 5 or more. Their menu had a lot of options that I didn't read the last page. (Lesson learned)
Jovana

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4.3
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1.0
8y

Horrible! Is minus 5 stars a possible rating?. . . I am not exaggerating at all. . . Based on the high reviews, we went to this restaurant on 4/3/2017 for breakfast. At priori, the restaurant looks clean; the music is also great. The contrast of the light brown chairs against the dark brown walls makes everything looks so fresh. However, when the server started to bring the drinks, the horror started. Three of our water glasses and the water were dirty; the server did not apologize and make it look as he was wasting his time when we asked for clean water glasses. . . Then came the orange juice glass; the glass had a big black stain on the outside. We were outraged, the server refuted it until we pointed to him the big dirt evidence on the lateral side of the glass. . . Again, no apologies. . . Finally, when the server brought me another glass of water, we were shocked to see a big neatly shaped red lipstick stain on the glass. From that moment, I thought I was going to throw up... The server stated that it was not him, that someone else cleaned the glasses...The other servers were all looking at our direction...I was so traumatized that I was unable to eat what I ordered...Despite that, we received no official excuse, no visit from the manager, and we had to pay the whole bill. Listen, there are so many infectious and contagious diseases out there; we are not even talking about topnotch customer service, taste, flavor, aroma, culinary delicacy or beauty; we are not there yet. . .Please, when talking about food, it is very important to keep everything clean; it is not just about the money but about people's health, human decency, and basic health requirements. I do think this restaurant deserves more than one surprise visits from the Health Department and by someone who could be as neutral and impartial as possible...This is very disconcerting and...

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1.0
6y

BE CAREFUL!!!! Food is bad! Service is horrible!!! Stay away!!! Manager is the person who is calling on you to a towing company if you decide to go for a walk after you spend your money there!!! My friend's car was moved during the time he was still eating at this place. Stay away!!!

ВНИМАНИЕ МОШЕННИЧЕСТВО!!! Я особо никогда не пишу плохих ревью - всегда пытаюсь оправдать работников - у каждого бывает плохой день. Но то что произошло со мной в этом месте напомнило мне лихие 90ые. Избегайте это место (и по возможности эту плазу) если не хотите быть обманутым или ограбленным. Начиная с еды - я не совсем понимаю как это место набрало столько хороших ревью - это далеко от хорошей кубинской кухни - от слова ОЧЕНЬ!!! Pollo Tropical, что находится через дорогу может дать фору этому месту (не поворачивается язык назвать это место даже кафе). Хотите попробовать и сравнить - попробуйте ресторан Little Havana, который находиться не так далеко. Посещение уборной в этом месте - ШОК - это как Нью-йоркское метро - с соответствующими запахами и грязью... Но далеко не это меня подвигло написать это ревью. Люди кто работают там участвуют в мошеннической схеме по «воровству» ваших машин эвакуаторами и последующим вымогательством денег. У входа в это замечательное заведение дежурят две группы граждан - 1) человек лет 60и кто постоянно курит сигару, но ничего не заказывает в этом месте (видимо даже он понимает, что там есть нельзя) он фотографирует каждого кто приезжает на свой телефон, чтобы знать какая машина принадлежит кому, так же фотографирует вас когда вы едите и когда вы покидаете это заведение, если вдруг вы не направляетесь прямиком к своей машине (если вы решили посмотреть на небоскребы или зайти в соседний магазин) 2) вторая группа это ребята из 90х, некоторые с Кавказа с очень плохим русским и английским - на сколько я понял они занимаются тем же что и дедуля с сигарой, т. е. Фотографируют вас. Как только вы ушли из этого заведения они пересылают фотографии эвакуатерщику, который ждет на этой же плазе (угнать вашу машину у них занимает примерно 5-10 мин). Если будите на плазе обратите внимание - он стоит на плазе и ждёт сигнала - “Dolphin Towing”. После того как ваша машина пропала, естественно вы возвращаетесь и спрашиваете менеджера - Что случилось с моей машиной? На что он начинает на вас кричать, что это ваша вина, что вы ушли из ресторанна. А так же он даёт вам все контакты эвакуатора к которому надо обратиться, а так же ссылается что там где то есть табличка что будут эвакуировать. Маленькая табличка нашлась прикреплена так что бы вы не смогли ее заменить с информацией, что могут эвакуировать (но там нет объяснений когда и почему). Табличка выглядит кустарного производства - не уверен, что она настоящая. Когда вы забираете машину у эвакуаторщика и вам, к вашему удивлению, показывают фотографии, где вы паркуетесь, едите и гуляете по плазе ( типа вы покинули ресторан и по этому мы утащили вашу машину). Как вам слежка по полной программе - вы отдыхаете а за вами следят - а если это ваши дети и за ними следят? - что ещё они делают с этими фото? Этот развод вам обойдётся как минимум в $100 плюс потраченные нервы и испорченный день и отпуск. Итог: если вы хотите поддерживать мошенников из лихих 90х, испортить себе настроение и попробовать не очень хорошего качества пищу приходите сюда! Я больше чем уверен у них есть ещё пара фокусов, чтобы «украсть» ваши деньги и испортить вам настроение. Я бы пошёл в полицию ( что не думаю бы сильно помогло), но у меня был самолёт через 3 часа и мне надо было ещё возвращать «украденную» машину. Только один способ наказать этих шарлатанов - не пользоваться их услугами! Будьте...

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3.0
20w

El Tropico was a taste of Cuba. It’s always tough to serve a large party, and our group with over eighteen members received quality service and great food.

We were welcomed with smiles and amor when we arrived. It was reassuring to glance around and see others who were Latino enjoying the place too. Of course this means it’s good. They seated us quickly and I later noticed two other large parties — the night ahead was going to be a grand test. El Tropico passed with flying colors!

The food was delicious and no one was disappointed with portions. The manager also checked in to make sure the fans near our table weren’t a nuisance. Could we ask for anything more? To top it off, the mojitos were mojitoing 😂! Notably, as I looked toward the bar, the mixologist was working like a mad scientist in a lab—she understood the assignment—todo fue mad fuerte.

This is a great spot and if you stay in the area, which is inundated with tourist spots, El Tropico is authentic and a little taste of Cuba 🇨🇺! The food was good—not great. Ambiance—welcoming—a little more music would have set the tone. The service was five stars!

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