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Bongos Cuban Café

Address: West Side, Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World, FL, 32830 | Map It
Phone: 407/828-0999
www.bongoscubancafe.com

Price range: $$$-$$$$
Cuisine: Caribbean
Location: Downtown Disney

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 4.4/5

Fodor's Review:

Singer Gloria Estefan's Cuban eatery is inside a two-story building shaped like a pineapple. Hot-pressed Cuban sandwiches, black-bean soup, deep-fried plantain chips, and beans and rice are mainstays on the menu for the lunch crowd. For lunch or dinner you can chow down on ropa vieja(which literally means "old clothes," but is in fact a hugely popular dish of shredded beef in a tomato sauce with mild peppers, served on a bed of rice with fried plantains). Another popular Cuban mainstay is chuletas de puerco, marinated pork chops, grilled and served with grilled onions, rice, and plantains. Other worthwhile offerings include masitas de puerco (pork chunks served with grilled onions) and vaca frita, marinated flank steak served with rice and yucca. There's live Latin music on Friday and Saturday, and a great walk-up bar from which you can get Cuban coffee, Miami-style.

Keep in mind: Reservations not accepted.
Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by mazpty from Nashville, TN on 6/20/08
We were there in Oct of '07 and being hispanic we were expecting run of the mill latin food you would get at your local mexican or other latin restaurants. It was not that at all. The food was very good, I had the masitas de puerco or Deep fried pork chunks with black rice and beans, yucca in a garlic and butter mojo and platanos maduros or fried plantains. Tasted very authentic and the service was great! I would definitely go back!