Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria

Not only was that the worst Cuban sandwich I’ve ever had in my life, it may have been the worst period. The ham tasted and felt like it came out of a lunchable, the bread was rubbery and there was only one little shred of roasted pork on one corner of the sandwich. I’ve never tasted anything quite like it and hope never to again. It’s possible some of the other meals here are better but if you can’t get a Cuban Sandwich right what are you doing? I can’t believe this place has decent reviews. If I want a sandwich like that again I’ll make it at home and grab a lunchable. Disgusting.

A 30 minute wait for a sandwich from 1:30 to 2:00 pm on a Saturday is not cool. Especially when four groups who came in after you get their food while you wait. Not cool.

Great little nook for a quick meal. The staff are always friendly, the food is consistent and I’ll be back!

Great Flan. Food was great and fast. Authentic. I had the Lechon Plate. Great rice and the beans was good. They have this hot sauce that I like but did not see what brand it is.

I was surprised that the food was not better since I heard this place was so good. The fact that their traditional dish did not come with plantains is a bit absurd for me. My friend had the traditional sandwich and did not take more than a couple of bites. Disappointing as I love Cuban and need to travel to Lakewood for it.

Ordered the Cubano — good, but not great. Expected better considering this should be a critical speciality. Not much taste to the pork, the portion of which seemed a bit skimpy (overall sandwich was very thin); the ham, mustard and pickles were the most dominant. Bread was excellent, although it could have used more time on the press — no grill marks and it wasn’t very browned. Nonetheless it was overall it was a decent sandwich and the price was was right, enough to convince me to go back and try something else off the menu.

Seriously good Cubanos, but my favorite is the Lechon Asada platter. It’s the best I’ve had in a long time! We’ll definitely be regulars here.

I don’t have Cuban food very often, but for a fast food restaurant, this one is pretty good. I had the Lechon Asada, which consists of garlic-​roasted pulled pork, sauteed onions & garlic mojo. it was accompanied by black beans and rice. The pork was very good. This was a very tasty lunch diversion.

Empanadas are weak. Dough was not fully cooked and it wasn’t very tasty. The tostones were good for happy hour price.
Oh they should also clean their tables.

Ive always liked Cuban food, it has a certain flare and creative mixtures of flavors that makes my taste buds want to dance the salsa! I had a Groupon that allotted for $ 28 worth of food. and this place is very reasonable with their prices, so I went to town ordering 3 sandwiches, plantain chips and a tres leches cake! The Pan Con Lechon was filled with garlic slow roasted pork, sauteed onions, veggie-​citrus slaw & mojo aioli on toasted Cuban bread. My girlfriend had the Cubano and for my third sandwich that I saved for the next day was the Pan Con Pollo which is an all-​natural chicken breast sandwich, lettuce, tomatoes, sauteed onions & shoestring potatoes on toasted Cuban bread. The plantain chips were crisp and crunchy and the cake was sweet and yummy as well. VIVA LA CUBA CUBA!

This was my first time having this type of cuisine. I was pleasantly surprised how flavorful it was. I had a sandwich called the cubano. I love when you pull a part a sandwich and the cheese stretches out. That means perfectly melted cheese. Besides cheese it had ham, slow-​roasted pork, pickels, and mustard on a pressed cuban bread. It had an overall nice flavor. I liked how it was wrapped in butcher paper. Left me wanting to try more of the menu.

Cuba Cuba picadillo is what I ordered. I got a plate of rice, beans, and spicy beef. Now stated like that it sounds boring, but the flavors of the beans and meat were awesome. An explosion in my mouth which was mainly caused by jalapenos but it wasnt the only flavor. Needless to say I cleaned my plate and I’ll be back.

I want to like Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria, oh, I really do! But alas. Every time I’ve been there — always for dinner — the service has been pretty bad.
For whatever reason, something is always missing once we receive our food. Either they’ve forgotten the tostones, or a serving of guacamole, or an alcoholic drink that we ordered. Without fail, not everything we paid for will make it to the table. At our last visit, one of us ordered a sangria. After asking about it on 4 different occasions after placing the order, we finally got it as we were almost done eating. And the alcohol level in it was much lower than anticipated.
There are always tables that haven’t been cleared and wiped down. I suppose this is partly the fault of bad guests as the expectation is that you’ll clear your own table. But it always seems we have an option between a table with beans on it, or a table with rice on it. Since I have yet to be there at a time when they are consistently busy, this disappoints me.
Further, every time I go and need to use the restroom, I find myself battling to get around bags of garbage that have not yet been taken outside. Less than ideal scenario.
Don’t get me wrong — the food is great! The tostones are spot on, though the guacamole could use salt. But if the front of the house looks disheveled, I start to get nervous about what the back much look like. And that’s when I start to wander around the corner to Rincon Argentino.

This is truly authentic Cuban fare, better than most you’ll find in South Florida. I was spoiled as a kid with real Cuban food just down the street, and this is just as good.
Get the Cuban Sandwich and a Café con Leche, you won’t be disappointed.

The best damn Cuban food this side of the Mississippi! The food tastes authentic enough to remind me of South FL. The menu items are very well priced and they even have MOJITOS that taste so damn good!
I would highly recommend this place to try if you are looking for a taste of South FL!

UPDATE (11÷5÷2015): I’m sorry to say that I’m dropping a star, from 4 to 3. Makes me sad, because this place makes my very favorite sandwich in all of Boulder, the Cubano (media noche). Yum yum yum. But we recently tried two other sandwiches, the chicken and steak, and they weren’t very good at all. Very confusing, that the place can make both such fantastic and such mediocre fare in the same kitchen. The chicken and steak sandwiches were both of a decent size, and were about 3 inches thick, but the chicken and steak themselves were literally not even ¼″ thick, total. And they were both way overcooked. Amidst all of the lettuce and the few slices of tomato, neither was even tasteable. Come on, guys. There should be at least twice the amount, if not more, and not overcooked. Please. But I will still return again and again for that media noche.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Cuba Cuba freshly prepares real food on the premises from whole ingredients, and sells that food for reasonable prices. Two thumbs up just for those aspects!
By way of background, though I haven’t visited Cuba, I’ve eaten large and delicious quantities of Cuban food all across Miami, so I have some familiarity with the cuisine.
We enjoy CC and look forward to returning periodically in the future. In my comments below regarding specific dishes, I include a few negatives because I’m hoping CC can use those comments to transform from a tasty 4 stars to a decadently delicious 5 stars.
The Cuban sandwich (media noche, baby!) verges on excellent. It is exactly what it should be, including ham, sliced roasted pork, Swiss cheese, mustard, and thinly sliced pickles, heated in a sandwich press. Best media noche I’ve had outside of Miami in a very long while. My only quibble– it wasn’t heated through completely, so the ham was still coldish, and the bread wasn’t browned at all. But we would order this sandwich again in a heartbeat.
The pescado plate came with 4 pieces of fried fish, a macerated cabbage slaw, black beans, and white rice. The fish was perfectly prepared. Truly delicious. Probably the best fried fish I’ve had in recent memory. Our quibble? The fish pieces were very small, 2 1″-inch cubes and 2 ¾”-cubes. Barely enough to even begin to enjoy.
We wouldn’t order the Pollo a La Plancha again. It was the least good of everything we tried. The chicken breast, which was pounded to about 1/​8″ thick, was way overcooked. Tough to cut, tough to chew. A piece of white meat chicken that thin should have been cooked on the hot griddle for about 10 – 15 seconds per side, literally. And the flavor of the dish wasn’t particularly good.
The Cuban Fries were very nice. Very garlicky, but very nice. They were room temperature, however. I can only imagine how good they would have been if they had been hot!
A word about the white rice. Most of the plates come with a heap of white rice. Sounds bland, and looks bland. But it was actually very good, nicely and subtly seasoned.
The black beans were a bit disappointing. I adore Cuban black beans, so much so that I make them at home on a regular basis. The traditional preparation has a lot of flavor, and makes a delicious meal in its own right. But the black beans at CC were kind of bland.
The prices are quite reasonable for freshly prepared food. $ 7 for a sandwich, and $ 7 or $ 8 for a plate. The sandwiches don’t come with a side, but they are a good size and will fill you up without a problem.
The atmosphere is pleasant. A bit faux art-​directed, but still very bright and pleasant. A large window rolls open in warmer weather, and there is an outdoor patio with quite a few seats. Some great Cuban music was playing while we were there. It was a bit loud, so we couldn’t hear each other very well, but the music was so fun that we didn’t really mind.

My bro was hunkering after a cuban sandwich. I Unilocaled it out and found this spot in Boulder in a local shopping center, plenty of parking, small space but well used and friendly staff.
I enjoyed a half cubano with garlicky fries, and a café con leche. THe bro enjoyed his pulled pork and empanada.
Awesome spot for a Cuban sando and a cubanito café!

I was super disappointed with Cuba Cuba… we got a cuban sandwich and it just was not good at all. You could barely taste the pork, there was a lot of cheese but it lacked flavor and the bread was soggy… pretty much the opposite of what a cuban sandwich should be.

The steak sandwich is so amazingly delicious that I’ve had dreams about it. The Cuban fries are garlicky and very delicious. The sweet plantains are superb. I crave the food from here. It’s awesome.
Now for the things that aren’t so awesome. I have a baby that goes to bed early so I almost always eat dinner around 5pm. When I’m in there the place is empty and the employees are hanging out, but the lobby is filthy. Every table and seat has food on it and we always have to clean up before we sit down.
Secondly, the same girl is always working as the cashier and she is very friendly, and quick to offer suggestions or answer questions. However, as I sit in the empty restaurant eating, she tends to goes on and on and on to other employees about how drunk she was last weekend and what party she’s going to this weekend. It’s not the best background music to enjoy my meal to. :)

I ordered online and they came within half an hour and we live 10 – 15 mins away. All the order substitutions and all the unique requests were listened to. I would want to give this place higher ratings but I am sorry to say, I was mostly not happy with the food and don’t plan to order again. I am from San Diego originally if that helps give any background.
Tres leche cake was overly soaked and way too sweet. It was also very small for $ 4 it was like the size of half a cupcake. It tasted like all they did was pour a can of sweetened condensed milk on top because it still had that grainy condensed milk taste. Yes, I understand condensed milk is supposed to be in tres leche cake but this was not how it’s supposed to be made! Condensed milk is supposed to be mixed lightly with milk and cream. Tres leche is supposed to be smooth and light, not grainy. You can get a 100x better tres leche cake in Boulder at Panderia Sabor A Mexico.
I ordered the Pollo a La Plancha Plate and asked with avocado slices instead of rice. They listened to the directions. The black beans were barely warm and undercooked. This was not a proper container for this dish. The avocado slices were warm and had several brown spots on them which was unappetizing. The chicken was way too salty and didn’t taste very fresh to me. It reminded me of a smashburger chicken patty but not as fresh as smashburger. My biggest complaint is the extreme saltiness of the chicken. I couldn’t even finish it.
My husband ordered Pan Con Bistec Sandwich and he didn’t like it he said meat was tough and too salty. He could barely finish half and the other half went in the trash.
The cuban fries were interesting taste but they were barely warm and very soggy because of the way they were packaged. I don’t know why restaurants in boulder choose this god awful cardboard box packaging it is so annoying to open and eat out of.
The only positive thing I can say were the sweet plantains were good.