Cuba Libre Restaurant Rum Bar

Cuba Libre was so cool! We were seated without any delay. Since this was our first time.. we went with the tapas menu to taste several different dishes Padron peppers, coconut crab fritters, and my favorite SPINACH AND MANCHEGO BUÑUELOS with Manchego cheese and spinach puffs. It's served with Goat cheese ranch sauce and organic olive oil. The hot toasted bread served first had a cinnamon like butter to die for. I will be back again.

It 's Summer Restaurant Week in D.C. which is similar to Toronto 's Summerlicious, where participating restaurants offer three course prix fixe lunch and dinner menus. We were in a Latin mood, so we opted to try Cuba Libre 's $22 lunch and it was a great choice! First impressions of the restaurant was that it felt like we were stepping into 'little Havana ' ...the decor/atmosphere complemented the delicious food, which was overall well prepared and had nice flavours. Service was excellent as well.

Thanks Cuba Libre and their new Executive Chef Brad Smith, John Shields (and the signed cookbooks he gave as gifts), and the wonderful bloggers at DC Food Blogger Happy Hour for a wonderful happy hour. The food and drinks were excellent. I was impressed with the malanga chips, dips, shrimp ceviche, and baby octopus. I’ll definitely go back to try more items. ... <br/ <br/ Check article for more content and pics.

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First first time to visit for lunch and was with a group of 6. Everyone loved their meal. I got the Del Mar with 3 seafood selections and it was excellent. Interior's too fake for my taste but you don't go to eat the decor. Very nice.