Must-see restaurants in Valle de Viñales

  • Tres Jotas

    Viñales

    One of the best restaurants in Cuba outside Havana, Tres Jotas is Viñales’ original tapas bar that has since been copied by all and sundry. Its inviting…

  • El Olivo

    Viñales

    Viñales' most popular restaurant, as the happy buzz of conversation will testify, serves tremendous lasagna and pasta dishes, backed up by other Med…

  • Cubar

    Viñales

    A sophisticated new entry into Viñales' overcrowded dining scene, Cubar hits all the right notes with a smart dark-wood interior advertising the joys of…

  • Balcón del Valle

    Viñales

    With three deftly constructed wooden decks overhanging a panorama of tobacco fields, drying houses and craggy mogotes (limestone monoliths), 'Balcony of…

  • La Carreta

    Valle de Viñales

    A carreta is a simple oxen-drawn cart, but there's nothing basic about how this restaurant transports you up its steep steps and into the privileged…

  • Restaurant La Berenjena

    Viñales

    A commendable attempt to fill a void in Cuba's food market – ie vegetarianism – La Berenjena inhabits a smart two-story house with an awning-covered…

  • La Cuenca

    Viñales

    Looking less rustic than some of its Viñales brethren, La Cuenca's narrow covered terrace and funky black-and-white interior are rather tempting. The food…

  • La Dulce Vida

    Viñales

    The 'sweet life' Spanish style is another successful Viñales take on Italian food and does noteworthy pasta dishes – just choose your pasta shape and your…

  • Cocinita del Medio

    Viñales

    A radical rethink a couple of years ago has transformed Cocinita from a family dining room serving salt-of-the-earth Viñales staples to a chicer cafe…

  • La Esquinita

    Viñales

    Born as a quick walk-up cafe several years back, the 'little corner' has grown bigger as the service has become concurrently slower. No matter: it's still…

  • Finca San Vicente

    Valle de Viñales

    A large, but reasonable rural restaurant typical of the Viñales area, Finca San Vicente serves a slap-up CUC$10 lunch. If there are enough people, it…

  • Restaurante la Casa de Don Tomás

    Viñales

    The oldest house in Viñales was once its only independent restaurant, but no more. Nonetheless, with its terracotta roof, terrace and flowering vines, it…

  • Restaurante Mural de la Prehistoria

    Valle de Viñales

    Steep but almost worth it, the Mural's humongous set lunch – tasty pork roasted and smoked over natural charcoal – is an obligatory stop for practically…

  • El Barrio

    Viñales

    A fairly modest restaurant with a rarely crowded terrace overlooking the main drag, with kind and friendly staff plying plentiful if mediocre food – a mix…