Must-see restaurants in Isla de la Juventud

  • El Galeon

    Isla de la Juventud

    A superb rooftop restaurant above the La Isla, El Galeon serves Havana-worthy Cuban classics off a smoking charcoal grill. Service is friendly and fast,…

  • Restaurante El Abra

    Isla de la Juventud

    An open-air place on delightful Presa El Abra, 4km southwest of the center, this is where pineros (people from the Isla) go on weekends to partake in…

  • Buena Vista 39

    Isla de la Juventud

    Modest private restaurant up a staircase above Nueva Gerona’s main drag (Calle 39) that serves the Cuban basics with a little more panache than the state…

  • Restaurante Toti

    Isla de la Juventud

    Lobster fresh off the grill for CUC$6 and a guitar duo serenading you as you dine? Sound too good to be true? It all happens at Toti, a deliciously modest…

  • Restaurante Río

    Isla de la Juventud

    A dog-eared establishment by the river which, on a good day, serves fresh fish from the river and the sea (Nueva Gerona is one of the few places in Cuba…

  • El Cochinito

    Isla de la Juventud

    The ominously named ‘little pig’ offers pork concoctions in a dark but disturbing interior decorated with pigs' heads (that look like they're squealing).

  • Mercado Agropecuario

    Isla de la Juventud

    Nueva Gerona's typically scruffy market with fresh vegetables and meat.

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