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In a phrase from the famous Cuban cult film “Fresa y Chocolate“ it is quoted:”Welcome to my refuge (La Guarida) … not everyoneis welcome here” …

If you are looking for restaurants in HAVANA: welcome to La Guarida, say Enrique and Odeisys too, the owners of this magical space where you can live an adventure among memories and the presence of fictional characters and famous international entertainment personalities

We are at the most elegant Paladar (Cuban restaurants)in Havana, with a special cuisine that will surprise the most demanding clients. A Paladar, the popular name derives from a Brazilian televisionseries and is used in Cuba to call private Cuban restaurants.

Opened in the 90s in a splendid early 20th-century building, transformed into a multi-family building, where in an exclusive atmosphere you will find the blend of the routine of daily life of the residents and the tasks proper to a luxury restaurant.

La Guarida restaurant offers the unique possibility of distinguishing in the same place a city in three different times: anchored to history, imprinted by its daily life and the future of a young and glamorous clientele in a vintage space.

Only in Havana can you live such an experience.

The entrance to the most legendary private restaurant in the citywelcomes you like a scene from a 1940s film noir. A decapitated statuestands at the bottom of a large but decaying staircase leading to awooden door with lines of clothes and sheets hanging out to dry, beyondwhich multiple culinary surprises are hidden.

La Guarida began to acquire its high reputationin the 90s, when it was used as a location for the Oscar-nominated Fresa y chocolate.

Regularly refined over the years since then its fame has not changed and the rooms are finely furnished with ornaments and furniture typical of Cuban eclecticism where eras and fashions intertwine harmoniously. You need to book in advance but it will be an experience that will remain in your heart.