Belki's Cuban Deli — Restaurant in Venice

If you truly you want to taste of Cuba brought to your table, then go straight to Belkis, she has such passion for her food and her cooking, she brings the spirit of Cuba and her ancestors with her she oking all over again. She's been gone for quite some time now. But I can tell you my grandmother was born and raised in Cuba and left right before Fidel took control. When I tell you she has the best Cuban food and the best and most authentic, it is 100%. You can't get any better than Belkis! We have a lot of Mexican food here but she's the only true Cuban food, if you want the flavor of Cuba to come home to your dinner table or your lunch time goes to see Belkis on the island, she's right between the car wash and the old hospital, the gas station right there that it's on island itself walk-in make a right. And there she is cooking in her kitchen!(She was able to survive 2020 in the months in between by herself without help! She was open and ready to serve you at a moment's notice!) She was never closed once, and she does a lot to help the community! She is truly a gem in Venice and a staple! She reminds me so much of my Cuban grandmother, from cuba. She has that nothing can knock me down attitude keeps going. But mostly she puts so much love and caring into preparing every meal, when you want real food. That's not an assembly line and only uses the freshest of ingredients! No need to think twice go ahead and go, as a man that stands behind his word! I will gladly put my...

Let me start off by saying that this is probably the best Cuban sandwich that I've had. There's a sweet Cuban couple that run this little place and they are justifiably proud of their food. My girlfriend and I went in and the wife greeted us warmly. She offered us a little sample of what she had that day. We tried the beef, chicken and the pork. The beef and chicken were really good but that pork was amazing. So tender and delicious. We ordered a couple of Cuban sandwiches and my girlfriend got an order of rice and beans. The Cuban sandwiches were a good size with plenty of that delicious pork inside. Honestly the ratios of the ingredients were perfect as a Cuban is supposed to be. Way too often you get a Cuban sandwich and the ratios are off and you don't get that balance of flavors between the pickles, ham, pork, cheese, and mustard. A lot of Cuban sandwiches out there also use pretty dry pork. At Belki's, the juicy shredded marinated pork made the sandwich so tasty that it took a lot of will power to save the other half of the sandwich to keep from getting too full. Anytime we visit SW Florida we try to look for really good local food that we can't readily find in CT. Belki's is definitely the place that we'll go to when we want Cuban food for lunch. I'm definitely going to end up having dreams about...

I just ate the best sandwich I've ever ever had! 9 ounces of meat on a 9 inch chunk of Cuban bread, nice and crispy on the outside, the cheese was melted, the meat was hot, and.....I just can't believe how incredibly good this Cuban sandwich was.

I also had one of their little potato torpedo looking things, papas rellenas, I believe. Crunchy on the outside, inside is mashed potato that is wrapped around some spicy beef filling. It was a very cool snack, for sure! I'll probably never get back this way, as I am from the midwest, but if I do, for darn sure I'll be stopping back in here.

I did read the reviews that said it was in a convenience store/gas station, but in my head I thought it meant that it was in the building of former convenience store/gas station, but it really IS inside a gas station store. You walk in the door and the food area is to the right. Ring the bell if the wonderful owner is not in view. It's a simple menu, very fast service, and just spaced on two things I had, I imagine everything else is incredibly good.

There is a seating little area outside in the back, but otherwise it's take it with you.

Absolutely worth the detour off...