Cafe Habana

Cafe Habana
Restaurant Cuisine: Mexican, Cuban
17 Prince Street @ Elizabeth
New York City, NY 10012
#1025
of 16592 restaurants in New York City
TripZen Score
7.5 / 10 Overall
311% Recommend
8.5Overall5.5Food
7Food
Activities: Health club, Hot tub, Pool (outdoors)
Check-in / Check-out time: 11am / 3pm
Description:All about perfectly roasted corn and models, for whom half a cob constitutes an entire meal. Cuban-inspired cuisine rocks grilled steak sandwiches, goat cheese empanadas, and mole enchiladas. Sunny feel, petite, with windows open to the impatient masses waiting for their seats. Though hot years ago, remains seriously crowded. Scarfing ...Read more
A breakfast nook.
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Traveler Reviews

TripZen Score
7.5 / 10 Overall
311% Recommend
8.5Overall5.5Food
7Food
Overall
  • Their take-out venue around the corner is terrific.
  • I'm sorry, I just didn't like anything about this place.
  • beat the crowd by going at off-hours for a real Brooklyn experience.
  • I highly reccommend the Mexican corn and the Cuban, but everything I have eaten there has been good.
  • » This is favorite latin restaurant of mine
  • It is a wonderful place for brunch
  • Looks like a diner, with booths and counter seating.
  • Overall it's a great neighborhood eatery.
  • There are far too many great Cuban places to eat in this city with enjoyable, non-attitude laden servers.
  • enjoyable but there are better Cuban restaurants
  • interesting amd fun place with good food very casual
  • eclectic digs and fantastic appetizers, especially the corn, make this an experience worth the weekend night 2 hour wait.
  • This place can get crowded
  • Bring your friends here for a great experience.
  • I love this place.
  • This place is so awesome.
  • Teh only thing attractive about this place (besides the melt-in-your-mouth orgasmic corn) is the wait staff.
  • This place is TERRIBLE!
  • Great place.
  • Great spot if you have plenty of time
Food
  • great grilled corn.
  • best cuban sandwich in town
  • Corn is amazing and a must have but be prepared to wait
  • The corn from here is amazing.
  • The shredded pork dish with yellow rice and black beans doesn't get any better.
  • corn on the cob perfect as well.
  • I ordered the corn and some other dish and it was all just Okay....I think it was kind of plain and definitely overpriced.
  • Take out is good.
  • The food is amazing and their drinks are the best....I highly reccommend the Mexican corn and the Cuban, but everything I have eaten there has been good.
  • Cafe Habana has delicious food and fun drinks.
  • Fabulous grilled corn.
  • The place is very busy which can lead to somewhat spotty service but great food and good value definitely make up for it.
  • If you are going to serve inexpensive food at least make sure the coffee is satisfying.
  • their other food is delicious too
  • I agree with others and the corn on the cob is the best.
  • Yes, the corn with cheese is pretty great...otherwise the food is mediocre.
  • If you order these three things you are sure to have the perfect meal....The corn is perfection and even a non-pickle eater like me will still chow down a cuban in an impressive amount of time.
  • The food's overpriced...the margaritas are as insipid as they get.
  • great food and cool vibe but the wait can be terrible at dinner time or on weekends.
  • eclectic digs and fantastic appetizers, especially the corn, make this an experience worth the weekend night 2 hour wait.
  • lets not forget some killer food.
  • Cuban-inspired food with good options for vegetarians.
  • interesting amd fun place with good food very casual
  • Food is simple and street fare-inspired.
  • The eco-friendly restuarant has good politics, so-so food, and awful service.
  • Always great food for almost nothing.
  • Beer is cheap and hey it's green.
  • amazing grilled corn.
  • The best Cuban sandwich in America.
  • One of my favorites, great food!
  • Grilled corn and sandwich, best brunch !
  • The best cubano sandwich in America (including Miami).
  • Café Habana offers up a tiny taste of Cuba in quarters that are equally as tiny.
  • The Cuban sandwich and the frozen mojitos are excellent!
  • Love the corn on the cob.
  • The most amazing mexican corn on the cob and bloody marys are worth the sometimes long wait and crowded quarters.
  • Food is good!
  • Amazing sweet plantains and roasted corn on the cob.
  • Soho location delivers food with a big taste in a small space.
  • Otherwise the food is good but has gone downhill.
  • the corn and margs are worth it
  • Definitely worth the wait though, the food is delicious
  • Good cuban food but the wait can be very long.
  • Typical Cuban/Caribbean food, but from better quality ingredients than the average barrio kitchen.
  • Plenty of selection of cheap eats, and good drinks to wash them down with.
  • If you want great food, and a real New York City type of joint (cramped, loud, and minimum 1 hour wait) the Café Habana is the place.
  • Massive chops
  • i don't even like cheese and i still love the corn
  • Great inexpensive breakfast.
  • Great little lunch place in SoHo....The corn and cuban sandwiches were amazing
Service
  • The place is very busy which can lead to somewhat spotty service but great food and good value definitely make up for it.
  • There are far too many great Cuban places to eat in this city with enjoyable, non-attitude laden servers....One waitress was so rude, we got up and left.
  • The wait staff is unusually arrogant.
  • The eco-friendly restuarant has good politics, so-so food, and awful service.
  • The service is not the best
  • If you dont mind the wait, you'll be in for some festive music, attractive waitresses
  • They usually hire attractive waitresses/hostesses.
  • If you want ambiance, great service, and a quiet table for two.
Ambience
  • if you heading there for brunch and for cramped space but its so worth it.
  • Looks like a diner, with booths and counter seating.
  • The place is very busy which can lead to somewhat spotty service but great food and good value definitely make up for it.
  • The bathroom is one big germ and the woman next to me found a "special" treat in her drink.
  • Fun, but go for the atmosphere rather than the food.
  • Love the concept, love the vibe, but the joint's got less than loving service (at closing time the employees were essentially packing up the tables and chairs around us, and we were served draught beer from a pitcher behind the bar).
  • Got a great vibe !
  • Good, hearty latin/carribbean fare -large drinks and very cool, hipster vibe add up to one hot place.
  • great food and cool vibe but the wait can be terrible at dinner time or on weekends.
  • If you dont mind the wait, you'll be in for some festive music, attractive waitresses
  • This place can get crowded
  • Interminable wait for tables.
  • This is a neighborhood gem with a great scene but long waits no matter what time of day you go.
  • If you want ambiance, great service, and a quiet table for two.
  • good scene
Value
  • reasonable prices.
  • I think it was kind of plain and definitely overpriced.
  • The place is very busy which can lead to somewhat spotty service but great food and good value definitely make up for it.
  • If you are going to serve inexpensive food at least make sure the coffee is satisfying.
  • The food's overpriced
  • Good cooking, good price
  • Great inexpensive breakfast.

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