Padrino's Cuban Restaurant Review With PhotosTraveling to Southern Florida provides one with ample opportunity to indulge in authentic Cuban cuisine! Seeing as we already respected our Pittsburgh roots with a couple of trips to Primanti Bros, it was time to nod to my Cuban heritage with a visit to Padrino's. 
Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale Florida
Padrino's Cuban Cuisine is a family owned restaurant with a few locations in South Florida and has been rated Best Cuban Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale by Fort Lauderdale Magazine multiple years in a row! Padrino's MenuPadrino's serves up some of the most popular cuban dishes like a cubano (cuban sandwich), pan con bistec (palomilla steak sandwich), ropa vieja (shredded flank steak), lechon asado (slow roasted pork marinated in citrus mojo), arroz con pollo (yellow rice with chicken and chorizo) and paella (all your favorite seafood cooked with yellow rice). 
Padrino's Menu | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Frijoles negros (black beans), maduros (sweet plantains), tostones (green plantains) and boiled yucca make for classic cuban side dishes. For dessert try tres leches cake or cuban flan paired with a cafecito. Padrino's drink menuLooking for a cocktail? A classic Cuban Mojito will never steer you wrong! 
Padrino's Drink Menu | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Still, if you're planning a Cuban Night or Havana Nights Dinner Party, you can get some inspiration from some of these cocktails and menu entries!
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PAdrino's Drink Specials
Padrino's runs some midweek drink specials including $6 mojitos on Mojito Tuesdays, Half off bottles for Wine Wednesdays, and half of sangria carafes on Sangria Thursdays.
Padrino's Drink Specials | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
If I was local, I would be stopping in on Tuesdays for Mojitos or Thursdays for Sangria, how about you? Fort Lauderdale Food Tours:
Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
There's plenty of seating inside and if you're more of a booth person, Padrino's has you covered! 
Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Enough decor, let's get to the grub. Cubano - $13Classic Cuban Sandwich of sliced ham, pork, swiss cheese, and pickles in a hot-pressed sandwich. 
Cuban Sandwich at Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ropa Vieja - $13Flavorful shredded beef, slowly cooked with green peppers and onions in a light tomato-based sauce, served with white rice & black beans and sweet plantains. 
Ropa Vieja at Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
PAella - $30A combination of scallops, shrimp, mussels, flounder, chicken, and chorizo sausage cooked with a flavorful yellow rice. Served with sweet plantains. 
Paella at Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Combinacion Cubana - $18Fiesta tostones, croquetas de jamon, picadillo empanadas, mariquitas and black bean salsa. 
Combinación Cubana at Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Now let's break down every part of this delicious Cuban Sampler Platter! MariquitasCrispy plantain chips served with fresh black bean salsa and garlic mojo. 
Mariquitas at Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fiesta tostones + croquetas de jamonIn the foreground we have the croquetas de jamon - traditional ham croquettes. 
Croquetas de jamon y fiesta tostones at Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
In the background to the right with the glistening chunks of meat are the fiesta tostones. Pressed green plantains, topped with creole chicken or chorizo sausage, melted cheese and fresh pico de Gallo. Picadillo EmpanadasCrispy pastry filled with perfectly seasoned ground beef, served with homemade guava chutney 
Picadillo Empanadas at Padrino's Cuban Cuisine Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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