Cuba 312

I really wanted to like this place… it’s right in my neighborhood, has beautiful décor and always seems like a lovely place.
Our food just wasn’t good. I had the shrimp jibarito and while the presentation was amazing, it fell extremely short on the flavor for me. It was overly greasy, and the plantain lacked any kind of seasoning.
I will say that the service was great, so I think we may try this one again in a few months. I’m hoping that I just ordered the wrong thing on the menu…

We had two jibaritos, one veggie and another one with crab meat. Both were good. We also had the veggie empanadas and the yuca with the chimichurri.
I asked management, through an email a while ago, to add a seitan jibarito. Other places offer it and it’s delicious. This restaurant however is the closest to my house and it would be great if they did offer it. Anyway, what we had was good. For desert we ordered the coconut flan. We didn’t think it was good. Maybe we are used to great flan in similar restaurants in Chicago. Customer service was Great. Hope this place stays around. We will be back.

Great food great service!
Finally tried this place out in our neighborhood. Had to wait a bit for a table on a Friday night, but it was well worth it. Good was great and we had a great time!

I’m in love with this quaint Roscoe jewel. Authentic wonderful creative dishes is only the half of it. Our server Jeanette can describe the dishes and flan in a way that will make you want to have everything on the menu. The churrasco was perfect! It actually was the best I’ve had in this city. There was an amazing spicy green salsa that I loved. Great white rice and black beans and plátanos maduras. As Jeanette described some of the specialty flan, my mouth watered… Frida Flan, Celia Flan, Salma Flan and Retro on Roscoe Flan. It’s BYOB, but they bring lots of fun to the table… literally. They have tableside Sangría and Mojito stations. You can’t go wrong here. #cuba312

Food and Service were excellent! I highly recommend this place. Definitely get the Croquettes!

My husband do the early dinner because of our sons bedtime and every time we have come here we have been seated immediately. The food really good and this is a great addition to the neighborhood. We have been here twice and have tried quite a bit on the menu. My favorite is the special, I think it is called the Last Dinner, that feeds two and has the prawns, steak and fish. It is filling and cooked to perfection. The only thing I would pass on are the Yuca Fritas, they reminded me of french fries without any flavor. We enjoyed the dipping sauce way more than the fries. If you like hot sauce ask for a side of their hot sauce, it is so good and I dipped everything in it.
The servers make you feel like family and are attentive. Being BYOB is another plus for this little place and I hope that doesn’t change!

Food is really good, service was excellent (we had a large group). And loved the sangria they made with our wine! Will definitely go back.

Food is good but definitely not worth the prices i understand the area is nice and your catering to people with more money but you can easily go to la unica on devon and grab plates just as good or better bigger portions for half the price

Food and service was fantastic!
Favorites were the chimichurri sauce, the Media Noche sandwich, and the mashed potatoes.
Remember it’s BYOB!

My friend brought me here for dinner and it was yummy! And it’s byob… doesn’t get any better than that. We had the ceviche and it was delicious, made with chip plantains which gave it a crunch. I had the lechon as my entrée and it was full of flavor! My friend has the steak which I forgot what is was called but she did say it was also pretty tasty. I must go back and try the rest of their menu!

This would have been a 4, but our reservations were not taken seriously and I had to take a star off for that. Although our group of five had reservations, it took 30 minutes to seat us. After that, service was good.
I ordered the flank steak and enjoyed it. It was properly cooked to medium rare and well seasoned. I did not love the plantains served on the side. My wife ordered a slow cooked beef stew (something roja) that I thought was good although a little tough. The portion is a little skimpy so order an empanada as well with this dish. The beans were excellent and came with each of our dishes. There were insufficient beans as compared to the amount of rice available to mix the two.
Our party ordered the seafood empanadas which were excellent.
For dessert we ordered a flan flight that was excellent. It came with three small flan we got to choose from a list of multiple flavors.
This is a BYOB restaurant and the staff is helpful in bringing ice and glasses. I would consider returning, but it a really small
space and I’m not a huge fan of waiting around for food.

Loved the food and atmosphere. Great music playing, they even have speakers on the outside of the restaurant. My appetizer was delicious, it was a plátano maduro topped with scallops and shrimp, can’t remember the name of it. Presentation and taste were great. For dinner we had the ropa vieja which came with white rice, black beans and tostones. Very, very good, though I felt the beans might have been missing a pinch of salt. Price was a little over priced compared to other Cuban restaurants, but not so overly priced either where you wouldn’t come back.

Cuba 312 does not disappoint! We ordered the avocado salad with like vinaigrette and croquettes for an appetizer. Both were extremely flavorful and the salad was fresh. We decided to order the Last Dinner platter which has scallops, steak, prawns, potatoes, and the catch of the day. SO GOOD!!! My boyfriend will drool for days thinking about the steak, he said it was perfect!
Another plus is this place is BYOB! Great for date night, girls night, or a family dinner! Check it out!

Amazing, authentic, and just all around awesome! We will be back! The steak is so juicy and delicious, the seafood super fresh and tasty, the yucca on point. I can go on and on. The dessert was the icing on the cake.

The food was marvelous! I love Cuban food and I usually go to 90 miles (both locations) to get my fix.
I took one star off due to the service, the food took a long time and we came here right before the dinner rush (5ish). And our server rarely checked on us. Maybe the service would get better the next time we come back. I would definitely give it another try.
I recommend the empanadas, churassco, and the smoothies.

Everything I ate was amazing! From appetizer to the dinner to the desert. There was a bit of a wait for my dinner but the waiter advised that I ordered a appetizer. So I ordered a empanada of chicken and potato it was delicious especially with the chimi cherry sauce it was served with.
Now my dinner platter was served with amazing white rice and black beans the beans literally melted in my mouth the steak was cooked to perfection. The plantain maduros could have been a little sweeter but they were good.
As for my desert someone recommended the coconut flan. I have been in a coconut mood so I decided to give it a go. I was very good fresh tasting not too sweet and it had shreds of the coconut in there. MUST TRY

I order the Salmon, Pescado of the day and the Jibarito because I was hungry and my eyes were bigger than my stomach! haha
It was ALL SO GOOD. Of course I ate half of both. But I have no regrets.
IT WAS DELICIOUS. The fish was perfectly cooked. Just flat out flavorful. I don’t even know what they put on top but that was great too. It’s byob, which is always a plus. The service is really great! Nothing tops off amazing food, like great service! On a busy night also, sheesh what a dream! We didn’t get forgotten about, didn’t have to wait a long time for food… or even wait for more water. It was all perfect. Will be back, and bringing all my friends. And going to order way more food than I can eat again: D

I’ve been itching to try Cuba 312 for a few weeks now since it opened. I finally went last night for dinner. My experience was lackluster.
Let’s start out with the undeniable pro of the evening: The décor and ambiance was warm, contemporary and inviting.
Our server was super friendly but quickness wasn’t her forte. I understand Saturday nights are busy but the lag didn’t help the restaurant nor our grumbling bellies. We went at 6:30…it was not the peak hour for dinner on a Saturday night.
I ordered the pollo a la plancha. The tostones were delicious but the chicken was dry.
Will I dine here again? Probably not.

Service fast and personable
Food fresh and delicious
Atmosphere laid back
Décor live the fresh flowers at the table are a great touch.
The steak was simply amazing. Perfection! tender, perfectly seasoned and cooked.
The menu is very well put together and Very moderately priced. The thought and effort put into the execution of this establishment shows. Great job guys

Cuba 312 most certainly is living up to its name, I have to start by saying that one of my FAVORITE servers has now relocated to serving in this super chic and inviting restaurant, which makes it all the merrier.
Being Cuban, my standards are quite high when it comes to other Cuban restaurants, so this review will be nothing short of that.
I had a media noche sandwhich, **PLZ PLZ PLZ TRY THIS SANDWHICH WITH A SIDE OF GUAVA MARMALADE** (as i melt in my chair rn)
That sandwhich left me in sandwhich heaven, the maduros are FRESH! (unlike some other cuban places around town) and the yuca fries are so fresh every bite is to die for, my boyfriend had the ropa vieja which was super tasty, rice portions are a bit small for the amount of food we had, but eh! For dessert, we did the hazelnut flan…
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(yes, i put all of those periods to visually show you the way i feel about the flan they serve)
A-​M-​A-​Z-​I-​N-​G!!!
I told Felipe it was nearly comparable to my mothers flan (which, is a HUGE compliment seeing how my mother makes the best flan in the world *ahem*)
Texture is one of the biggest factors in Flan, the texture here was so on point. Didn’t lack any flavor, didn’t lack anything at all. Perfect!
Authentic cuban food, in a super cute spot, the cuban paintings on the wall are so flashy, and the bathrooms are coded by gender, (obvi)
Males: Abuello smoking a fat cigar
Females: Abuella smoking a fat cigar.
Couldn’t be more original, they do however, have Jibaritos on the menu for all my puerto rican folks who don’t mind a good jibarito which did originate here in Chicago to begin with.
You should also know that the pictures up on the blue wall with the flat screen are all FOR SALE by one of the best servers in Chicago himself (Felipe)!
Very happy Chicago finally got some authentic Cuban food, all we need is an authentic Cuban bakery y ya! the owner is super chill also.
And don’t forget to leave your feedback in the comments card they include in the checkbook for any recommendations, feedback, and more!
VIVA CUBA! ;)