Mr Sabor From Spain And Cuba - Webster

Pleasant surprise in the city with the lowest culinary level probably in the entire United States, I found by chance this hidden and not very crowded gem (which shows me once again the low culinary level of this city, chains, chains and chains of ultra-processed food .... Some very good tapas and a magnificent seafood paella that made me feel in the Mediterranean...good Spanish wine and excellent Basque Cheese cake with guava.... from the diners I saw that they also liked Cuban food and a lot....for a next time, really this and a family Greek food restaurant that I visited on this trip have made me see that all is not lost in Houston

Great food, restaurant beautiful but service very awkward.

I really wanted to like this place. I wanted delicious Cuban food and went way out of my way to track this place down. I went early (before lunch and no one was there as to be expected. The waitress was extremely nice and prompt to greet, seat and take my order. The location was in a pretty busy area and at the end of a strip. Very clean and nice. The waitress brought me 4 small slices of toasted/grilled bread with a side of aioli...or straight up mayo acting as aioli. The bread was fresh and a nice simple starter. I ordered the Masas de Cerdo con mojo Pork chunks with Cuban creole mojo, black beans, rice and plantains. The plate came out and looked nice, not the way I have had it before, but a nice presentation (I wish I would have taken a picture. The black beans were in a bowl, the pork was in a dish with very little liquid and the rice was nicely plated in the middle with the plantains fanned out next to it. There was also a rust orange sauce drizzled on the plate. The rice was fine. The beans were ok, nothing that I would order again. The plantains must have been super ripe because they tasted exactly like bananas. The pork, what a mess. It was dry and overcooked. The sauce tasted like they had only squeezed lemon in some cooking juices, not the tangy sour orange that I expected. The drizzled sauce on the plate really did nothing for the dish. I could not taste garlic in the least bit and had to track down a salt shaker. I ate a couple of different size chunks of pork to see if my first bite was an outlier. They all tasted the same, dry and plain. I poured the little juice off of the pork onto the rice and tried it, but no punch that I expect from this dish. One thing that did irritate me, they have a sign about one check per table and a 15% gratuity, I assumed that meant for large parties. When I got my check, the subtotal was $20 with $1.45 tax and a $3 service fee totaling $24.45 (diet coke also in this total $3.50 . I went to the counter to pay and when I got my receipt to sign, I had a choice of No Tip, 15%, 20% or 25%. Why put that on there if you have already charged me for a tip? I am a traditional 20% tipper, if you charge me, a single customer, a 15% service fee , that is what you are going to get. If I had not checked my ticket, I would have ended up unintentionally giving a 35% tip. My favorite thing to order when I get Cuban food is pork, so there is really no reason for me to go back.

Great little place full of authentic food. Garlic butter that came with the toasted bread was great! Cuban sandwich was great as well.

I came by and saw this place for the first time and I’m for sure coming back the food was amazing and delicious.If you looking for a something different and homemade food from Europe South America no need to go into Houston on long drive.Great high quality food!