El Floridita Restaurant
Company Details
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 11:30AM-9PM
Thursday: 11:30AM-9PM
Friday: 11:30AM-2AM
Saturday: 11:30AM-2AM
Sunday: 11:30AM-9PM
Contact Information
Los Angeles, California, 90038
United States
El Floridita Restaurant Reviews
Submitted by Fabrice Ramseyer on 09/10/2022
Fabrice Ramseyer 5 stars rating.
Omg!!! The best restaurant ever!!! ???? First time trying Cuban food and I love it!!! The live Cuban music is amazing and I feel that transmits the Cuban spirit with the vibe!!! If you want to dance, you can!!! 100% recommendable.
Submitted by Brian Kudera on 09/01/2022
Brian Kudera 5 stars rating.
So many delicious items to try!! Very friendly staff! Must try!
Submitted by D.A. Marie on 08/13/2022
D.A. Marie 5 stars rating.
Okay, so when you drive into this strip mall type situation, not far from Hollywood. It's easy to judge this place as a hole in the wall, but I declare it was NOT so!
My party which was my Sister, me, and three Girlfriends, reserved our table which was an excellent idea because it gets full quick. It was our first visit, but definitely not our last.
The serving staff were attentive, friendly, accomodating, and completely respectful of our time together. The appetitzers came out of the kitchen hot and fresh.
We had just enough laughs and conversation to be ready for our meal when everyone"s hot plate came out of the kitchen. I just want to say the masita de puerco and the oxtail dish. ????????????????????
There were no complaints by anyone at the table. You know when the silence happens, at table, because the food is delicious, it's a WIN!
Then at 8:30pm, the Salsa lessons began --- it was so much fun. We had a blast! Then, a live band came up to play and it was wonderful to dance freely and hang with my Girls!
If you want a new experience in Los Angeles put this gem on your list. It is definitely a place to take your friends and family to show of the Best of LA's rich cultural diversity. Thanks El Floridita for reminding me of why I love my city!
Submitted by Simon Lewis on 08/11/2022
Simon Lewis 5 stars rating.
I drive past on the way home and have been curious. Man, the cubano is insane. I went for lunch and was amazed at the incredible sandwich and fresh fried plantain chips.
Submitted by Khoi Van on 07/02/2022
Khoi Van 5 stars rating.
This place was amazing!!! The atmosphere was great for lunch. The food that each of us ordered was delicious and there was so much for each order. The server was so kind and great for helping with orders.
Submitted by Alixae Bell (ABPTV) on 06/28/2022
Alixae Bell (ABPTV) 3 stars rating.
Great place and great music but I think that for the amount of people they get in the door, they should have either a bigger bar or more bartenders.
We went on a Monday night for Salsa night and there was like 4 actors there that night. So cool. We spent about $10/person for the cover and drinks were closer to $10/drink.
Bathrooms were decent and they had a lot of seating rooms.
Submitted by Roxie Beckles on 06/11/2022
Roxie Beckles 5 stars rating.
Absolutely FANTASTIC. Amazing place for Friday night salsa. 8:30pm lesson, music starts at 9:30p. Band is muy caliente! Food is delish. Crowd is fun, vibrant and can dance!
Submitted by Gabriela Perez on 06/06/2022
Gabriela Perez 5 stars rating.
To start off I moved to LA from NY a couple years ago and everything about this restaurant brings me back. The food is DELICIOUS AND CLEAN. The drinks are so good especially the mojitos. The vibe is WONDERFUL. Depending what day and time you go it'll either be fun/packed with dancers ready to dance or fun/peaceful but Latin music will always be playing the background. This is not your average Cuban restaurant, it is intimate, and food is made with love. 5+ stars.
Submitted by Delio on 06/03/2022
Delio 1 stars rating.
OMG... I went to this place and it is ridiculous, first off they were charging me and my party $50 just to sit down not including food or anything, live music was good but it was only for an hour. if I'm paying to sit and have live music i would assume they would have live music all night. On top of that the servers were rude and told me several times that they didn't care if we came back and that I could write a bad review about them because they did not care so here I am as they requested of me to write my experience. I wish I could give them 20 bad reviews because of all the places I have gone out to eat ( and i go out to eat a lot ) this place was really bad they made a celebration that night turn into something bad. but yes I just wanted to let people know that they might turn ugly on you if you don't like how they things are there or ask to many questions.
Submitted by Delmy Quijada on 05/08/2022
delmy quijada 4 stars rating.
I have to admit that I read pretty skeptical when going, cause I was based on the reviews I read and it actually had quite not good reviews in regards to the dancing space, but, honestly I wasn't disappointed, there's a decent dancing floor space, I mean for being a restaurant; and it seems that they serve food until late or at least they still had appetizers.
Can't say anything about that drinks since we only got water, but I can say that prices are average ($4 for a bottled water) ohh, music: they had a band playing and also a dj; the band plays mostly Cuban rithym music and mamboish sounds, but the dj plays the other regular salsa songs and if requested, he plays one bachata, but most likely 100% salsa.
I had a good time and were ste definitely coming back to try the food.
The ambience is nice and people are really friendly. Most dancers are in their middle age (40s) and late 50s to early 60s and are family or relatives, like they fo in groups to have dinner and dance. I liked it.
I do recommend to give it a try. From my point of view I find it is a good place to go and have fun. Oh! Forgot to mention, the parking space is not ideal, yeah, you have to pay for valet ($12 plus tip) or find a parking space whenever available around, and the entrance of not having dinner is $15 per head.
