Don Carlin Restaurant

OMGOSH!!!! This place is absolutely AMAZING!!!! We were close by visiting family and saw the great reviews abs why not enjoy some good food. Needless to say we we quickly found out why people love this place. It’s a small restaurant but it’s both intimate and large enough to host many parties. We ordered our food and our server (Mario) was absolutely amazing. We scouted the menu and made our choices. The biste empalizado was a great portion as well as delicious. The chicharrones de pollo were excellent. All of our food tasted fresh, delicious and the portions were an excellent size. The maduros were also delicious and the rice and black beans were awesome. Tuesday & Friday special is oxtail and it’s great. Funny story my wife loves oxtail but she didn’t see the special and ordered something different. When we finished our meal and she saw what the special was was bummed she didn’t try it out. Our server was so kind. He brought us a small sample for us so she can try it. Needless to say this is the reason why this place does as amazing as it does. What a kind gesture. We’ll definable be back.

My new favorite place for my cortadito habit ! I think the best cortadito in town (I take mine no sugar). I was fortunate to be treated to a birthday dinner and snapper was the special. I ordered the snapper and enjoyed it tremendously. The food is authentically cuban and the environment welcoming. The servers are courteous and well mannered. They sang " happy birthday 'mammsita' " 💕🤩🎂 over a courtesy flan dessert. I love the convenient location close to my home, but I would definitely travel for the experience.

I had been searching for awhile for a solid Cuban restaurant. I found it! Don Carlin is an amazing establishment. Food is great, it reminds me of other Cuban hot spots that I grew up with down here in south Florida. Complimentary Cuban bread, lunch specials are great...I prefer the Shredded beef. I had a cuban coffee to go which was smooth and perfectly made. I am unable to find any negatives for this wonderful gem. If you seek amazing, high quality Cuban cuisine.

Tried this place a couple of days ago, and shame on me for not doing it before having lived in the area for a long time, but I digress. I will not go into the details but suffice to say, I will be ordering often. I had the ox tail and it was like home made. In fact, my mother-in-law (who makes some excellent ox tail) would be envious. My family feels the same way about their meals. So yes!!!! the gained new clients for sure!