Bar None
I first visited "Flor" down by the Holland Tunnel back in February, 2003 and was thoroughly impressed. We had gone for an impromptu dinner with very good friends of mine, Mickey and Pete. Every last details was handled promptly and the food was reminiscent of the days when I would visit my best friend from the third grade. Her mom would make fried bananas, chorizos and some egg and potato thing that would make me drool. but back to Flor....Four of us had gone for dinner on Wednesday, July 30, 2003, and we ordered over 14 appetizers. Mushrooms, shrimp, chorizos, bananas, avocado salad, that potato and egg thing.....all to die for, add a couple a pitchers of white and red sangria and we had a party. the lobster special, filet mignon were equally as delicious and the desserts were soooooooo real, that my boyfriend, after trying the cake, actually purchased and entire cake to take home. By far, the best dining experience I had in years. There was a band there (Wednesday, July 30, 2003) that was phenominal...... Pete later explained that friends of his owned the place, two sisters that he had met years ago and that they also owned Son Cuban. Flor was so impressive, that we made a trip to Son Cubano just to see the owners. Well, the feel of Son Cuban was captivating, the music selection, incredible and the mojitos were right on the money. You cannot miss this.    [01 Aug 2003 12:04:28]

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     ­Kim   

I love it there!
Incredible service and awesome food!    [07 Aug 2003 13:31:57]

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Recommended Dishes: Garlic Shrimp

     ­KAREN   

What a Nightmare.
I first stopped into Son Cubano this past summer for a drink. Its seemed like a lovely place. My boyfriend and I have wanted to return for dinner and this past weekend we decided to go to Son Cubano. We were early for our reservation, so we went to the bar for a drink and conversation. So, we are standing there drinking and have a good time and then a bouncer dressed in a suit comes up to us and tells us we are standing in the service area and could we move to the side. Fine, no problem. We moved up against the wall and contnued to drink and have a good time. Then another bouncer in a suit came over and asked if my jacket was hangning on one of the stands and I saw that it was and removed my jacket. I continued to try to enjoy myself with my drink and then a third bouncer in a suit comes up to us and tells us we are blocking the bathroom line. At that point wer were like...what the F. Where do you want us to stand. The place was packed. The guys starts arguing with us and we were like...where would you like us to stand. It just got so stupid that we went up to the hostess and cancelled the reservaton. She asked why and I told her and said we would go to Cipriani's. We ended up at Ciprianis and had a great peaceful well attented to dinner. I will never go to Son Cubano...EVER! Its more of a nightclub than a restaurant. If I had known that, I would have never gone. OH, and don't forget the fact that we came all the way from Connecticut to eat at Son Cubano...just to be aggravated.    [15 Nov 2004 11:29:44]

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     ­Marty   

Off the Hook.
The place is awesome. Great for a first date. The food was superb and the service was great. Partied to the wee hours. Best time ever!    [13 Mar 2005 17:10:48]

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Recommended Dishes: Cuban sandwich

     ­Anonymous   

Lousy Hostess
We arrived at 7:30PM for our 8:30PM reservation for 2. The restaurant was almost empty at this time. We politely informed the young hostess that we would like to enjoy a few drinks at the bar before being seated and if possible to have a table within view of the band. Hiding behind a phony smile she seemed rather annoyed at this simple request and muttered something like "I'll see what I can do..."
Sure enough we were seated at the farthest table in a back corner and couldn't even see the band. We kindly asked again for something a little closer and were rudely told, behind the same phony smile, that we'd have to wait another hour or sit outside.
We will never return to this place. The food was below average. The Spinach Salad with Skirt Steak appetizer was ok but the Ropa Vieja was horrible, very dry and tasteless and the Pork Loin was no better. Tres Leches dessert was just ok as well. The best part of the night was our waiter. Very accommodating and at no time we felt rushed. Maybe it was because we had the worst table in the place, lol.    [07 Aug 2005 17:36:35]

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     ­Dave   condado77 at hotmail dot com