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| - The restaurant is decorated quite nicely, though the silverware wrapped in paper napkins took away from the custom made leather chairs. There was a guitar player doing the usual Spanish guitar numbers. There were eight tables seated and two waiters, which may explain why it took 20 minutes to take my order. My waiter was nice and attentive once he came over. Two of the eight tables were speaking Spanish, which could be a good sign that ethnic locals frequent this place.
I had the Original Mojito, Cuban Salad, Pork Chunks with Congri and Plantains. The mojitos here are all made from scratch. My mojito was made right away and was very good. The Cuban Salad came out in about five minutes, and the meal came out a few minutes later. The salad was just as it appears in pictures posted to Yelp. The ingredients were fresh and tasty. The pork chunks were properly marinated and cooked, and were really good. The congri and the plantains were as I expected, which is to say good and authentic.
I ordered the Tres Leches for dessert. While it was ok, it certainly was not authentic. Instead of the real thing, this was a slice of pound cake soaked in condensed/evaporated milk with whipped cream topping covered with a squirt of dulce de leche.
Overall, the food and drinks were great, dessert was ok, and service was ok.
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