Mambo Cafe

Elite '08

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Ferdi E.

San Diego, CA

yup - i am a miami tourist. i wont deny that -

but i have had better ropa viejas; and the masitas was pretty good -

being from california tho, its hard to judge great cuban, dominican, and latin american food -

it gets bonus stars for being in the shopping district right on the water.

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Bertha G.

Miami, FL

We attended the Cuba Nostalgia Show at the Youth Fair Grounds in Southwest Dade.  The show was awesome, great music, great art, nice clothing - and great Bacardi Mojitos!!

Mambo provided the food which was delicious....the Papa Rellena, the Croquestas and Masitas de Puerco were excellent!!!  
The only negative was the food runner.  The ladies working the line were very nice and accomodating.  The rice (moros) had run out so there was a long line of 15 minutes waiting for the rice....which would have been ok if it hadn't been for this little food runner with a chip on his shoulder!  He came up with the hot food cart and the lady behind us asked him if he had rice with him.  His response, was "listen lady, you have to wait, there is only so much we can do, if you don't like it, eat something else"    Unacceptable! I am in the business, if that were my employee, that would have been his last day of work!

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O M.

Somerville, MA

This place is such a tourist trap.  The food is a notch beyond mediocre and the servers have such attitude, you would think you were eating at a fancy restaurant with tasty food.  They seem to think they aren't working at a crappy mall restaurant.

I got the pollo soup, which I swear to you was Campbell's chicken noodle.  Tasty enough in a salty, preservative-laden way but noy very Latin.

I ordered this salad with avocado, peppers, and onions because I was craving avocado.  It cost more than the garden salad, presumably because it was "Latin".  It came without the avocado!  And it wasn't especially good or worth the price.  

It's nice eating on the water but you'd have to pay me to come back here.

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Elite '08

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JD N.

Miami, FL

The food here isn't good nor bad. It's mediocre - but it does fill you up and gets your fixing for whatever craving you may have. The menu though clearly caters to the average American tourist. You won't find much authentic here.

I thought my masitas (fried pork chunks) were a bit dry, but it satisfied my craving enough, barely.  The chicken fajitas were good, although they're not the best I've had in Miami. The hot dog was alright but could be better for the price. For what you get, this is kinda pricey, unless if you appreciate mediocre fast food in the $5 to $20 range.

The service however was really good and friendly.

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