Boston, MA
For Cuban in Boston, the local food press points to Doña Habana Restaurant, Gustazo Cuban Kitchen & Bar - Cambridge, and Mariel. Picks from Boston Magazine, updated July 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Boston Magazine. Updated July 2026.
Doña Habana Restaurant · Roxbury
A bold Roxbury restaurant and lounge with a long mojito list spiked with everything from mango puree to jalapeno. The kitchen turns out mini Cubanito sandwiches, whole fried snapper in garlicky sofrito, and a slow roasted whole suckling pig for the table, all in a room built for a night out.
Gustazo Cuban Kitchen & Bar - Cambridge
Shareable Cuban plates built around empanadas stuffed with beef picadillo and mussels in a creamy chorizo sauce, sopped up with local Iggy's bread. Larger dishes include grilled ribeye with pineapple chimichurri and slow roasted pork with maduros, served at both the Cambridge and Waltham locations.
Mariel · Downtown
A glitzy downtown room styled after pre revolution Havana, from the team behind Yvonne's and Coquette. Pork empanadas shaped like a Cuban sandwich and fufu gnocchi in garlic brown butter anchor a menu built for sharing, alongside mojitos and daiquiris in a dramatic, plant filled space.
La Fabrica · Central Square
A Central Square restaurant and club that moves between Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican cooking, often fusing them in one dish. The ropa vieja mofongo blends Cuba's shredded beef with a Puerto Rican plantain mash, paired with a spicy or passionfruit mojito and live music on weekends.
Para Maria · Seaport
Chef Tatiana Rosana, who grew up in a Cuban family in Miami, folds her background into the Envoy Hotel's Seaport restaurant. A guava glazed salmon over coconut rice and a classic Cuban sandwich at lunch carry the clearest Cuban through lines on a broader, globally inspired Latin menu.
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