Lacto
Ovo
American
Fusion
Cuban
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. A small restaurant that describes itself as Californian-Cuban fusion. Veggie choices include a chickpea burger, a roasted eggplant tower, salad, fries, fried roots, bruschetta, and sandwiches. Specify vegan to be sure. Open Mon-Sat 8:00am-11:00pm.


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17 Reviews

First Review by ninetysju

berrypie

Points +112

Vegan
07 Feb 2024

Good options & cheap!

Came here twice because of its proximity to the car rental place lol. Has a good few options for vegans and well labelled, drinks are also good and cheap here! Portions are little small but cheap enough, only issue is the American-ness (but the name is the tell).

hardcorekr

Points +879

Vegetarian
03 Jan 2024

Nice place, vegan options were out (#Cuba)

Small portions, but good quality veggie. Nice cocktails, cool atmosphere, low prices. Recomendado.

donutlover666

Points +40

Vegan
02 Sep 2023

Good vegan options!

Some good vegan options here such as bruschetta, garbonzo bean burger and plantains chips!

edenthedrummer

Points +488

Vegan
03 Aug 2023

Sweet little place!

Great great service, and delicious food!!
Would definitely come back😊

Updated from previous review on 2023-06-26

goforaj

Points +119

Vegan
12 Mar 2023

Great little spot with decent selection

Good selection of vegan items, not a lot but more than some of the other places I’ve been to in Havana.

Pros: Decent amount of vegan options for the area

Cons: Off the beaten path

funkyfairy20

Points +28

Vegan
21 Dec 2022

This is such a charming little cafe.

A bit of a walk out of Havana centre but well worth it. They have a handful of very tasty vegan options including sweet potato chips which were very welcome!

Pros: Helpful staff, Very tasty, Reasonably priced

Cons: Pina coladas are not vegan

MajaBerlin

Points +329

Vegan
06 Jun 2022

Nice little eatery

California Café is a small bar/ eatery with a nice atmosphere. They serve several vegan option or vegetarian options that can be veganised, for example the veggie burger or hummus (both were not available that day, because of a lack of chikpeas), the Veggie skewers, the Arroz Primavera (spring rice, fried rice with vegetables), and the "Eggplant Tower" with pineapple. We also ordered some plantane chips. We had the most amazing frutabomba juice (Papaya). Very nice service that helped us to choose some vegan food. It was also nice to go to an eatery outside of the touristic Old Havanna (Habana Vieja) and see an other district. The prices are similar to those in touristic restaurants in old Havanna though. They also had good coffee

Updated from previous review on 2022-06-06

Pros: Several vegan options, Good service, Good coffee

Ceylaninceoğlu

Points +203

Mostly Veg
24 May 2022

Very good option for vegans

It's sad that I met the Cafe in my last day in Havana. It has delicious options for vegetarian and vegan.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: Burger is not vegan

AnnaFenton

Points +2249

Vegan
26 Apr 2022

Cute cafe

Lots of options in a lovely little cafe!
Recommend a visit if you're vegan

fionadraiocht

Points +156

Vegan
09 Nov 2020

Vegan options

Nice food options and prices at this small bar/restaurat.

VeganExpression

Points +1728

Vegan
13 Apr 2020

the best malanga in Havana

We found the best malanga here. There is another dish that makes us overjoyed - Arroz Primavera, which is actually fried rice with plantain chips. It's a kind of wet fried rice, like risotto (my fav.), and the chef knows how to use spices very much, I love it! Finally, I highly recommend the fruit juice here, use a lot of fruit flesh, it tastes rich and fresh!

veg-friendly
visit date: 2020-03

AnandaRivelli

Points +101

Vegan
10 Aug 2019

Very good

Came to this place twice while in Havana. An Oasis of vegan options in this country.

Zdenka

Points +405

Vegan
10 Apr 2019

Decent vegan options

Went to this restaurant a few times during my stay in Cuba because I was staying in the same neighborhood. I had the veggie burger which is pretty good with their spicy sauce. It can be easily made vegan if you ask for no cheese and mayo. Also tried their hummus which doesn't taste exactly like it should but I imagine it's hard to get tahini in Cuba. They also have gazpacho on their menu and often offer veggie or vegan specials. Their fries and juices are also pretty good! Recommended!

Pros: Tasty, Nice atmosphere and staff

Cons: A little pricey for cuban standards

dzgreen

Points +44

Vegetarian
02 Feb 2019

Cheerful veg and non-veg eating sport

The two servers persuaded the owners to add some vegetarian options, and this has been a successful business move. The place is often full and the vegetarian options are creative.

Pros: Veggie burger was delicious, Several vegetarian options, change regularly, A for effort- helpful servers speak English

Cons: The gazpacho is not like in Spain!, The fried malanga is greasy and mushy

ChristinaMariaFaye

Points +38

Vegan
30 Dec 2018

A lovely little cafe!

A very friendly little place, the staff easily understood that we didn't eat dairy and the vegetarian dishes were easy to convert to vegan ones. We had the chickpea burger without cheese, the hummus and plantain chips (so good!!!!!), Eggplant stack and bruschetta over two visits. Can't beat the price and taste😄

Pros: Yummy vegan and vegetarian options

Tranaya

Points +468

Vegan
05 Jul 2018

Good vegan options in Havana

We really enjoyed coming here. Besides a nice vibe, they have more vegan options than you'll find at most places in Havana, and the dishes were more flavorful than most.
The chickpea burger was our favorite. The veggie skewer was good: not as filling but with great flavor.

The staff here is super friendly and extremely accommodating. We chatted with several nice visitors as well. Prices are better than many of the tourist restaurants, but certainly not cheap.

Pros: Friendly staff, Good food, Nice vibe

Cons: No air conditioning

ninetysju

Points +34

Vegetarian
09 Jan 2018

Nice and friendly restaurant

We were here in December after seeing on Tripadvisor that they had a veggie burger. My boyfriend had the chickpea burger, and I had a fried rice dish with veggies which was on the "Today's special" menu, plus fried roots. Both dishes were really good, and it was nice to eat at a place with a bit of California/US touch. PS this place is close to Hotel Nacional.




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