Recognition and Reviews
Customer Testimonials
Here is a sampling of some reviews submitted by our customers.
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TripAdvisor User Review:
"I Love This Place!."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewer: hsalbert, Broussard, LA
Review Date: 11/28/2006
LINK: www.tripadvisor.com
REVIEW: El Siboney is a small neighborhood restaurant - off the beaten path of other restaurants. The food is wonderful and there is so much of it, you could share with another person. I could have eaten there every night! If you visit Key West, you must go to this place - it is fantastic!
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TripAdvisor User Review:
"I loved this place...Great food...amazing prices...the real Key West!."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Reviewer: djgaryb11 Atlanta, GA
Review Date: 07/29/2005
LINK: www.tripadvisor.com
REVIEW: I have been to Key West many times...and this restaurant has got to be one of my favorites...its a few blocks from Duval...in a more residential area....you really need a bike or scooter...or even a car to get here...but its worth it....the food here is just the best...very big portions...and the price is amazing....this place is where all the locals go....If this place was located on Duval...the prices would probably be 3x what they are....If you want to get a taste of some Real Key West food...and not at tourist prices....you have got to check out El Siboney
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Fodor's User Review:
"If you're willing to step off the beaten path once, do it here."
Rating: Food-5 Atmosphere-4 Service-5 Value-5 OVERALL-4.8 out of 5
Reviewer: will, Michigan
Review Date: 08/10/2005
LINK: www.fodors.com
REVIEW: This 3 room home turned restaurant is one of the greatest ethnic food experiences you will find. While definitely a favorite of the locals they are very tourist friendly and treat you as such. The bread is great as is the shredded beef, cuban beef, and a dish of pork chunks (better than it sounds really). Try it seriously, and as a college student it's very easy on the wallet.
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ChefMoz User Review:
"You Must Try This Restaurant!."
Rating: Food-5 Service-5 Ambiance-3 Overall-5 out of 5
Reviewer: Anonymous
Review Date: 05/23/2003
LINK: www.chefmoz.org
REVIEW: We have been eating at this restaurant for many years and it consistantly remains our favorite. It is what you would call a great neighborhood restaurant, the clientele are mostly locals or out-of-towners "in the know". You feel most welcomed here and the portions are large. The food is about the best Key West has to offer. My favorite is the combination platter of roast pork, (which melts in your mouth) black beans, yellow rice and plantanos or cassava topped with shredded onions along with hot buttery cuban bread.
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Roadfood Editor Review:
"El Siboney is a cool, clean and pleasant eatery...This is the best place we know on Key West to taste grilled garlic chicken."
Rating: Visit Again-100%, Food-91%, Atmosphere-85%
Reviewer: Michael Stern, Roadfood Editor
Review Date: 7/6/2002
LINK: www.roadfood.com
REVIEW: El Siboney is a cool, clean and pleasant eatery that serves Cuban lunch and early dinner, mostly to locals. The primary language spoken here is Spanish (but English is understood), and the house emblem, a feather-bonneted guy named El Siboney, was a Cuban Indian. The walls are covered with pictures and plaques of Latino Native Americans.
This is the best place we know on Key West to taste grilled garlic chicken, a half-bird with a crisp skin and meat so tender that it slides off the bone when you try to cut it. Plantains on the side are slightly crusty and caramelized around their edges. And yuca, a side dish served with roast pork, beans, and rice, is a revelation not quite like any other vegetable. Soft and glistening white hunks, reminiscent of a well-baked potato, but more luscious and substantial, are served in a bath of heavily garlicked oil and garlanded with onion slices.
We had a picture-pretty Cuban sandwich during our last visit. Made on a length of fragile-texture toasted bread that is cut in half at a rakish angle, this classic Cuban contained ham, roast pork, salami and cheese with pickles, lettuce and tomato. The Cuban is just one of many fine hero-style sandwiches on El Siboney’s menu; other choices include steak, burgers, pork, and fish.
The conch chowder is hale and hearty, loaded with conch and a great opportunity for dunking shreds of the buttered Cuban bread that comes with every meal. The grandest dish in the house is paella Valenciana for two (call ahead; it takes an hour to prepare), a vast fisherman’s stew served with rice, black beans, and plenty of Cuban bread for mopping juices. For dessert, you can have Key lime pie, flan, or rice pudding, accompanied by café con leche.
Click on the following link to listen to a radio segment of Jane and Michael Stern of The Splendid Table discussing our restaurant. Note: You need either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to play the clip.
Recognition in our Community
El Siboney has been recognized in the Zagat Survey 2007 Miami/South Florida Restaurants. See our listing at www.zagat.com.
We are proud to be recognized since 1993 by Key 93.5 People's Choice Awards
as Key West's Favorite Cuban Restaurant as voted by the people of Key West.
Notices
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El Siboney Restaurant
135 S State St
Lindon, UT 84042
(801) 796-5558
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