El Pub Restaurant

A down-home Cuban diner on Calle Ocho, open from 7:30 am for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a bar and outdoor seats.

Vérifié octobre 2026

For anyone who wants a plain, reliable Cuban meal in Little Havana at almost any hour. It's a diner, not a destination dining room, and the website won't help you plan.

Breakfast at 7:30

Doors open at 7:30 am every day, which makes this one of the easier sit-down breakfasts on this stretch of Calle Ocho. Google calls it a down-home Cuban kitchen in diner-like digs, and that's the right expectation: comfort food, not a scene. Breakfast runs into lunch and lunch into dinner with no break, so there's no wrong time to walk in hungry. Prices sit at $$, fair for a full plate in Little Havana. A 4.4 from about 5,300 Google reviews suggests the kitchen holds up across a lot of meals.

Late on the weekend

Friday and Saturday it stays open until 1 am, and Wednesday until midnight. Other nights it wraps at 11 pm. That makes it a useful landing spot after a night out on Calle Ocho, when plenty of kitchens nearby have already closed. There's a bar, so a drink with your late plate is easy. It's also listed for live music, but the website doesn't post a schedule, so call ahead if music is the reason you're going rather than a bonus.

Inside or out

Seating splits between the diner-style room and outdoor seats on SW 8th Street. Outside puts you right in the Calle Ocho foot traffic, which is half the appeal on a first visit to Little Havana and a bit much if you want a quiet conversation. Inside is the better pick on a hot afternoon or a rainy one. The official website is thin, just a name and a tagline, so don't count on studying the menu online first. Walk in, sit down, order Cuban.

Bon à savoir

It's listed for live music, but no schedule is posted online, so call before going just for the music.

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