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Baracoan

A vegan restaurant run from the back garden of the owner's house, where some of the ingredients for the meals are grown. Has vegan options. There is no set menu and what is served is just what the owner has made that day and dependent on what ingredients are available at the time. There is an option of 5 or 8 dishes as a meal. Food is a mixture of salads and cooked dishes some of which are in the local Baracoan style. Fruit juice is provided with the meal. No alcohol is available but you can bring your own. Reservations are required and taken until 6pm, although the kitchen may stay open longer depending on the number of guests. Relocated from Cerca de Via Azul. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-8:00pm.


Venue map for Baracoando
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12 Reviews

First Review by dunky

frau-fischer

Points +36

Vegan
06 May 2023

Mein bisher bestes Menü auf Kuba

Das Essen war unglaublich vielfältig und sehr lecker, eine sehr große Auswahl an verschiedenen Speisen, die alle unterschiedlich geschmeckt haben. Und der Gastgeber war sehr freundlich und hat meine Fragen zu den Gerichten und den z. T. unbekannten Zutaten geduldig und ausführlich beantwortet. Auf Nachfrage konnte ich den hauseigenen Garten direkt nebenan besuchen, aus dem der Großteil der verarbeiteten Produkte stammt. Ich war zweimal dort und immer total begeistert!

Pros: Sehr vielseitige und verschiedene Gerichte , Verarbeitete Zutaten sehr hochwertig , Super Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis

Cons: Keine!

Citroen_meisje

Points +13

Vegetarian
20 Feb 2023

One of a kind

The restaurant was recommended to us by fellow travellers. It is one of the very few vegan/vegetarian restaurants in Cuba. You have to make a reservation. Just go there during the day and ask for a table. It doesn't look like much from the outside and if you don't know where to look you might miss it. But the food is great, freshly prepared and different every day. The owner is a lovely man who speaks multiple languages and has a real passion for what he does. Don’t miss out on the best vegetarian food on Cuba!

ElenaSabella

Points +311

Vegan
05 Feb 2023

Obligatorio ir!!

Comida simplemente espectacular, cocinada con amor por las manos expertas de Arístides, con sabores únicos y conversaciones valiosas. No dejen de ir.

Pros: Comida sana y elaborada, Ambiente familiar, Buenas conversaciones

LolaJohnny

Points +18

Vegan
21 Jan 2023

Best food I've had in Cuba

After struggling to find any decent vegan food in Cuba, this was a little piece of heaven, came back the next day . Need to reserve beforehand, no menu. All vegan except for honey so mention when your reserve.

veganohooligano

Points +204

Vegan
18 Feb 2020

The best vegan restaurant in Cuba

When you will be looking for this restaurant, you must go to the end of Maximo Gomez street. Then you will see destroy building with white lamp, opposite high building.

Pros: Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free options

Cons: Nothing

didkech

Points +99

Vegetarian
31 Mar 2019

Incroyable

Dans un paysage culinaire quasi vierge pour les végétariens, ce restaurant offre une une oasis bienfaitrice.
Les plats, sous forme de buffet, sont tous aussi savoureux et originaux les uns que les autres. Le sympathique patron est un visionnaire et un fervent défenseur de la cuisine végétarienne. Il y met toute sa ferveur et son amour de l’humanité. Chaque jour, les plats sont différents. Nous n’avons donc pas hésité à y passer la plupart de nos repas. C’était délicieux

MarcoVCook

Points +106

Vegan
17 Mar 2019

Hero!

Tasty tasty, and folks .... finding vegan food in Cuba is not easy at all! And here you can eat in total peace because the owner really understands vegan food. Let s support it vegans and food lovers!

Babette

Points +2107

Vegan
08 Jun 2018

Wonderful

I finally made it to the Baracoando on my third visit to Baracoa and I was very pleased!

We ordered the tasting menu for 8 CUC which feeds well two adults. We had many dishes to try (rice, lentils, eggplant steaks, cabbage salad, "indian" tomato side dish, etc.).

The food was different from anything I had eaten prior to that in Cuba and I discovered new veggies and fruits.

The owner is very talkative and seems to enjoy talking about his food a lot.

I like the outdoor setting a lot.

Pros: great service, discover new foods, vegan heaven

dz*

Points +37

Vegan
28 Feb 2018

Excellent food, great owner - a must visit in Baracoa

After a recommendation of the hosts in our casa particular in Baracoa we visited the Baracoando in february 2018. It was really a great experience! The owner, who is vegan for over 30 years, runs this place as a one-person-restaurant. Despite the restaurant (and his home) has been totally destroyed during the hurrican of 2016, the owner stands fiercly optimistic and continues cooking a very unique style of eastern cuban vegan/vegetarian food. As the owner needs some time to gather all the ingredients on vegetable markets and in nature itself, we would highly recommend to call at least a few hours ahead of the visit. The host is fluently in french and speaks even some english, german and russian. The food was partly raw, partly cooked and consisted of different types of local vegetables, fruits and spices - beautifully arranged on a improvisational buffet on a former door (most tables were destroyed in 2016). As a drink the owner served a tasty tea (ginger and stevia).

If you are going to Baracoa - visit this place and support the owner, who shows great humanism. Costs for the food vary between 4 and 8 CUC per person.

Pros: Great natural and local vegan food, Friendly and great owner, Unique experience

Cons: Hard to find (second street after Malecon), Call ahead

AndreaM

Points +34

Vegetarian
13 Jul 2017

Vegan food, family atmosphere, great food and lovely owner

I visited the restaurant in July 2017 two times. After the hurricane in 2016 the owner needed to move the restaurant. The address changed to: Flor Crombet 9 Interior, cerca de Via Azul, Baracoa (please see uploaded screenshots), Tel. 21644008 or 52589319 for reservations, it is not a "normal restaurant" you need to tell the owner when you plan to come, then he will prepare a beautiful meal for you, or if you wish also something "to go" maybe when you leave Baracoa with a looong bus drive.

I have never met a bigger dreamer than the owner of Baracoando. He has a beautiful personality and want to change the world to a better place. The concept of his place is that he will cook vegan or vegetarian however you like. There is no alcohol, no sugar and less salt, kids eat for free. The food was delicious and very very special. I have never eaten anything like that in my 20 years of vegetarian/ vegan life. And of cause its very special for Cuba. Finding vegetarian/ vegan food in Cuba is an adventure! And here you can eat in total peace because the owner really understands vegan food e.g. doesnt cook with chicken/pork soup like everywhere else in Cuba. Please go there and support his beautiful idea of bringing vegan food to Cuban culture. Its one place where we vegetarians/ vegans and food lovers should spread our love.

Pros: vegan or vegetarian: depends on your reservation, awesome food, never eat the same twice cause its always sth. new

Cons: it is hard to find, people in the city doesnt now , the place, please see the uploaded map screenshots

karolus

Points +199

Vegetarian
04 Oct 2016

the only vegan place in Cuba

But the time I arrived to Baracoa, after travelling the island from west to east, I already gave up finding vegetarian food, not to mention vegan. I found this place by accident, I was there about 7pm and the business was closed, but I met Mr Arisitides, the gentleman behind it and he agreed to make dinner just for me despite being late.
All products are fresh, sustainable, you can eat your plate if you wish -made of a big leave. If I were to return to Cuba, I'll go to Baracoa just because I want to support this place, someone daring to open a vegetarian-vegan restaurant in Cuba must be hero.

p.s. I visited this place in March 2016, by that time there really was not any vegetarian restaurant anywhere in Cuba (I heard of a Buddhist monastery but too far away from Havana). Maybe things have changed now.

Updated from previous review on 2016-10-04

Pros: Inexpensive, Environmentally friendly

dunky

Points +220

Vegan
30 May 2016

vegan food in Baracoa

We found this place by accident as the owner was handing out fliers for it in the town. It is not so easy finding vegan choices in Cuba so to find this place was great as the owner is vegan himself. The food is just what has been prepared that day but we were given a range of dishes all quite different to each other. The food was very tasty and there was enough that we were full by the end of the meal. We liked it enough that we went back the next day when nearly all the dishes were different. We'd go back again if we are ever back in Baracoa.

Pros: friendly, helpful owner, good value, good food

Cons: no menu to choose from




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