Was so glad to hear that this place reopened. My family and I had been to the other location but just for Cuban bread.
I was excited to take my wife and actually have a meal. The waiter was very warm and friendly. We ordered some plantain chips, a papa rellena, and two ham croquettes as starters. We're Cuban and haven't had these in a long time. The order of chips was small, which was disappointing. They were tasty though. The papa rellena was excellent, had great seasoning in the meat. The ham croquettes were just like back home (Miami, FL) and hit the spot.
We both ordered the same thing as our entrees... Bistec empanizado (breaded steak), with morros. I had it with tostones (fried green plantains) and my wife with maduros (fried sweet plantains). The steak was full of flavor. It was great having it after so long. The morros were disappointing. It was very bland and it tasted like it had been sitting out for a long time. My tostones were stale and cold. My wife's maduros were good but the amount given was three very small ones so that was disappointing. We ordered a flan for dessert and two Cuban espressos. The flan was oh so good! The coffees were great BUT EXPENSIVE!! $2.50 each!! We won't be having that again!
We were able to take home some Cuban pastries. We haven't had them in years so this was great. We took some guava and some cheese... both delicious and we'll definitely bring some of those home when we go back.
We enjoyed our first visit for the most part. Service was excellent, five huge stars. We hope next time to try something different and the food be five stars because it was lacking some this time around. We will be back though.