I think this is a great place and I am still going to go there. I just feel that if a graphic designer was hired to do this logo/sign it was poorly done. Papyrus is overused and difficult to read. On top of that it was originally designed "as a font that would represent what English vernacular would have looked like if written on papyrus 2000 years ago." source, which doesn't fit the look of a tapas bar in my opinion.

"Worried about the font on the signage? Seriously?" Yes this is how business' brand themselves to the public, and using a typeface that is used at every other restaurant or boutique shop is not a way to make your place stand out.

All that being said i am still eager to try the food and see what the interior looks like.

I am one of the unfortunate ones to eat or try to eat at this establishment. I in an attempt to have a night of dinner out with friends and family decided to partake of the new hot spot for my birthday. First let me not totally blast the restaurant; the atmosphere was great and the location is good; and I do not blame the wait staff. But thats it; I and my friends looked at the menu and thought that maybe some pages slipped out and asked and was told that the menu is complete (as a suggestion one in our party suggested that they add more items and some without things people don't eat 9 items on a menu won't get you far in a city known for eating), well anyway we ordered our appatizers of Cervece. My order came out and looked very good; however the next persons to come out took an extra 45 min and this is unacceptable in restaurant time (but maybe it was because he asked for the peppers to be left off); but that does not explain why it came out looking like dish water with fish floating in it; (Can someone help me with this). Well to move on we ended up ordering four vacas fritas and two plates of Arroz con Pollios for the children with us. Now during the 1.5 hour wait we did receive some good drinks and we were checked on (and while being checked on asked about the wait) and were told that the chef is sending out other things to other tables. Note to Lex you can't keep children(ages 4--12) waiting for their food for 1.5 hours and then send out one plate. Sorry a little aggravated still that my B Day was ruined. Moving on we had to split the childrens plates when they finally came out and then we had to split the other when it camo out about 20 minutes later. Needless to say the children finished before our food came another 20-30 minutes later. Our meat was extremely underportioned and the food; for a lack of better words tasted like paper to me; this made our party upset and this is only the beginning. One of our plates had some sort of unknown white object in the black beans and when reported to the waiter; the owner/ operator/manager/chef/customer service person came out and yelled at us and accused us of lying; and accused my party for trying to skip on the bill, and planting the item in there ( I don't know about anyone else but yeah I travel around with what ended up being fish in my pocket) keep in mind we are still seated and flabergasted at this point that this is happening. Well to be accused of this made one of our party heated as they say and he got up and started to leave. Another of our party stayed to rectify the situation and lex who was very rude did not want to talk and come to some agreement; he simply said he was going to call police (for trespassing). After the rest of our party was leaving my wife and I (I had to finish my Mojito) stayed to remedy the situation and this is when Lex started yelling at me and my wife (who must have known my anger was rising and told me to step back). Again her we go with the police; (question what happens when you threten to call the police on the police) HMMMMMMMMM_ (nothing Lex). The wait staff at this point intervened and was trying to remedy the situation; and they were yelled at (somebody needs people skills----Lex); after intervention from the wait staff and my wife saying she would pay for the drinks and Arroz con Pollo because we (an Engineer; Peace Officer, Business owner; and Dr.) were not trying to skip on the bill. (I know I am a little all over the place which should some indication as tyo how upset I am). Back to story-after a compromise with the wait staff and bartender Mr Lex says he is not going to give us a recipt; so that we can say we paid; starts yelling again at his staff and my wife (at this time enough is enough, and I suggested in a not so friendly mafiosio type of way he not do that again, and treat people like people). We left and were not happy at all with our experience

1.Mr Lex you pompus arrogat **%*#@ what you did not know is you were talking to two women (my friends wife and mine are of hispanic orgin and they cook that type of food a lot. 2.You should be aware of the customers dietary limitations and just because someone orders something without peppers; that does not make it a compliant- that make it a request. DUH It doen not matter if the rest of the world knows cervece comes with peppers if I do not want it on my food ten as the cook you are obliged to serve it to me that way. 3. Children don't want to sit there and watch other children eat--if you are going to bring out an appatizer or food bring them out close together (10-20 min apart is not acceptable). 4.Common practice says you do not come out yelling and acusing your patrons of lying and planting food to avoid paying the bill (you never know who people are-we could have been critics). You take the loss and smile--it happens to all of us; I have had to do it with my business; it gets you farther in life. 5.Treat your staff like you would want to be treated--especially in the middle of the restaurant don't scream and accuse them of being stupid--that could have been someone in my parties family; and may very well be the reason people are patronizing you place from the beginning. 6.Add seasoning to your food & let people know if something is not available right away; increase the menu size (I see and know a lot of big Cubans and they did not get that way eating 9 things all their life) 7. Just sell me the business and I will show you how it should be done----I knew I should have bought that building last year.

On a good note those Mojitos were slamming !!!!!!!

This looks like a really cool restaurant but why do all places that want to have this look choose a Typeface like Papyrus for their logo. Its horrible, overused, and doesn't fit the vibe.

How can you watch the sabres with no TVs?

I went there last Friday and it was a really bad experience. First of all the lounge was so hot, that I was sweating like a pig. Ok that at the side, the service was horrible. It took them forever to first ask for the order of drinks, then they forgot half of our order. The tapas were delicious but we had "Carne Vieja" which is a typical Cuban Food. I would eat that if the price is 5 dollars the plate but not for 14 dollars. The quality and the taste was just mediocre. I guess we were paying for the decoration. I would give them one more shot by ordering a paella (which is Spanish not Cuban food) if, but probably I would not go there ever again.

Or mojitos were good! But still the overall experience was bad.

...thats what the "sexy" chocolate bar is for buffaloboy14...

A few of my friends and I had a few pitchers of sangria and shared some tapas last week -everything was delicious! Aside from the whole ambience, I was amazed by the prices - huge pitchers of sangria for $13..and I don't recall a single bottle of wine that was more than $15!

I am one of the unfortunate ones to eat or try to eat at this establishment. I in an attempt to have a night of dinner out with friends and family decided to partake of the new hot spot for my birthday. First let me not totally blast the restaurant; the atmosphere was great and the location is good; and I do not blame the wait staff. But thats it; I and my friends looked at the menu and thought that maybe some pages slipped out and asked and was told that the menu is complete (as a suggestion one in our party suggested that they add more items and some without things people don't eat 9 items on a menu won't get you far in a city known for eating), well anyway we ordered our appatizers of Cervece. My order came out and looked very good; however the next persons to come out took an extra 45 min and this is unacceptable in restaurant time (but maybe it was because he asked for the peppers to be left off); but that does not explain why it came out looking like dish water with fish floating in it; (Can someone help me with this). Well to move on we ended up ordering four vacas fritas and two plates of Arroz con Pollios for the children with us. Now during the 1.5 hour wait we did receive some good drinks and we were checked on (and while being checked on asked about the wait) and were told that the chef is sending out other things to other tables. Note to Lex you can't keep children(ages 4--12) waiting for their food for 1.5 hours and then send out one plate. Sorry a little aggravated still that my B Day was ruined. Moving on we had to split the childrens plates when they finally came out and then we had to split the other when it camo out about 20 minutes later. Needless to say the children finished before our food came another 20-30 minutes later. Our meat was extremely underportioned and the food; for a lack of better words tasted like paper to me; this made our party upset and this is only the beginning. One of our plates had some sort of unknown white object in the black beans and when reported to the waiter; the owner/ operator/manager/chef/customer service person came out and yelled at us and accused us of lying; and accused my party for trying to skip on the bill, and planting the item in there ( I don't know about anyone else but yeah I travel around with what ended up being fish in my pocket) keep in mind we are still seated and flabergasted at this point that this is happening. Well to be accused of this made one of our party heated as they say and he got up and started to leave. Another of our party stayed to rectify the situation and lex who was very rude did not want to talk and come to some agreement; he simply said he was going to call police (for trespassing). After the rest of our party was leaving my wife and I (I had to finish my Mojito) stayed to remedy the situation and this is when Lex started yelling at me and my wife (who must have known my anger was rising and told me to step back). Again her we go with the police; (question what happens when you threten to call the police on the police) HMMMMMMMMM_ (nothing Lex). The wait staff at this point intervened and was trying to remedy the situation; and they were yelled at (somebody needs people skills----Lex); after intervention from the wait staff and my wife saying she would pay for the drinks and Arroz con Pollo because we (an Engineer; Peace Officer, Business owner; and Dr.) were not trying to skip on the bill. (I know I am a little all over the place which should some indication as tyo how upset I am). Back to story-after a compromise with the wait staff and bartender Mr Lex says he is not going to give us a recipt; so that we can say we paid; starts yelling again at his staff and my wife (at this time enough is enough, and I suggested in a not so friendly mafiosio type of way he not do that again, and treat people like people). We left and were not happy at all with our experience

1.Mr Lex you pompus arrogat **%*#@ what you did not know is you were talking to two women (my friends wife and mine are of hispanic orgin and they cook that type of food a lot. 2.You should be aware of the customers dietary limitations and just because someone orders something without peppers; that does not make it a compliant- that make it a request. DUH It doen not matter if the rest of the world knows cervece comes with peppers if I do not want it on my food ten as the cook you are obliged to serve it to me that way. 3. Children don't want to sit there and watch other children eat--if you are going to bring out an appatizer or food bring them out close together (10-20 min apart is not acceptable). 4.Common practice says you do not come out yelling and acusing your patrons of lying and planting food to avoid paying the bill (you never know who people are-we could have been critics). You take the loss and smile--it happens to all of us; I have had to do it with my business; it gets you farther in life. 5.Treat your staff like you would want to be treated--especially in the middle of the restaurant don't scream and accuse them of being stupid--that could have been someone in my parties family; and may very well be the reason people are patronizing you place from the beginning. 6.Add seasoning to your food & let people know if something is not available right away; increase the menu size (I see and know a lot of big Cubans and they did not get that way eating 9 things all their life) 7. Just sell me the business and I will show you how it should be done----I knew I should have bought that building last year.

On a good note those Mojitos were slamming !!!!!!!

oh yeah I forgot to mention, that the menu is very limited and in top of it the majority of the items were unavailable that Friday night.

Yesssssssssssssssssssss!!!!

http://www.havanahouserestaurant.com

I worked in the kitchen with lex for about a week, I'm going to keep this brief, tand to the point. He has 15yr olds without working papers doing dishes, he doesn't wash his hands to prepare food, I didn't get paid for the time I worked there, he is now saying I stole money because I said I would do this, I did take a few beers out of the cooler, sue me! Any sane human on this earth would have to drink to work with this guy! He had employees who weren't paid for 3 weeks, obviously they've been brain washed by his ability to manipulate. The sangria is cheap but so is the owener, 2 words; Go Goya...lol. Thats all folks!