Ciego de Ávila Province
Maité is a highly creative cook whose international dishes, prepared with mucho amor, will leave you wondering why insipid all-inclusive buffets ever got…
Must-see restaurants in Ciego de Ávila Province
Cayo Coco
Named unofficially after a Canadian tourist and regular patron, Lenny's is a beautiful open-sided thatched rondavel on hotel-free Playa Prohibida…
Cayo Coco
Eat exquisite seafood, drink cold beer, swim, sunbathe, drink more beer... you get the picture. The Flamingo guards a small scoop of public beach in the…
Ciego de Ávila Province
Not staying on Playa Pilar? Worry not – Pilar beach also has an excellent bar-restaurant with fresh lobster and boneless chicken fillets as spectacular as…
Restaurante Presa de Florencia
Ciego de Ávila Province
A traditional open-sided restaurant under a thatched shelter on a small island in the middle of the Florencia reservoir. It serves straight-up Cuban food…
Ciego de Ávila Province
Despite being draped with international flags, Don Papa is 100% cubano. The food here is simply delicious and also abundant. Meat, fish and lobster come…
Ciego de Ávila Province
Raised on stilts in a clapboard building off the southern shoreline of Laguna de la Leche, you'll find one of Cuba's best local fish restaurants. The…
Ciego de Ávila Province
Despite its strategic geographical position, Ciego isn't oozing good private restaurants – yet. For some respite, pop into this modest little place three…
Ciego de Ávila Province
City-center joint on the 12th floor of the rather ugly Doce Plantas building on the western side of Parque Martí. Excellent city views, with a terrace and…
Ciego de Ávila Province
This bucolic finca (farm) has a bar-restaurant where you can sample guarapo (pressed cane juice) and order lunch. A steam train chugs in here from the…
Ciego de Ávila Province
An atmospheric, open-air corner joint known forever as 'La Fonda' and now a government-run affair, this is a great lunch spot to watch street life go by…
Ciego de Ávila Province
The restaurante flotante (floating restaurant) is raised on stilts above the waters of Embalse La Turbina in Parque de la Ciudad, Ciego's commendable…
Cayo Coco
Seafood in a paradisaical beachside setting, but hotel construction nearby has recently dented the 'paradisaical' tag. As with most indie restaurants on…
Ciego de Ávila Province
Plaza-abutting Don Ávila impresses with its regal ambience, on-site cigar outlet, old-gents-style bar, typically friendly avileño service and cheap prices…
Ciego de Ávila Province
This restaurant at the entrance to Laguna La Redonda is good for comida criolla or a drink with a lake view. Try the house specialty, a fillet of fish…
Cayo Coco
This thatched-roof snack bar is halfway along the causeway into Cayo Coco. After a coffee, beer or sandwich, you could climb the adjacent lookout tower…
Ciego de Ávila Province
A bartender named Eladio invented the Cóctel Don Pepe here (two shots of orange juice, 1.5 shots of white rum and half a shot of crème de menthe, stirred)…
Ciego de Ávila Province
Who needs fancy food when you're eating in the city's most atmospheric colonial building? A neat Wild West–style saloon bar opens onto a colonnaded patio…
Ciego de Ávila Province
You'll need a small boat to row you across the canal at the jaws of Laguna de la Leche to this simple open-faced restaurant specializing in locally caught…
Ciego de Ávila Province
On the self-catering front, there’s the dependable Doña Neli Dulcería for bread and pastries.
Ciego de Ávila Province
Sells basic groceries in one of Ciego's grandest fin-de-siècle buildings. Inside it's a lot less grand.
