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Habana Restaurant - SoCo, Austin, TX

Habana Restaurant - SoCo

4.8 (47)
$31 to $50
Cuban
2728 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 3 times today

About this restaurant

  • Neighborhood gem
  • Great for outdoor dining
  • Great for creative cocktails
Habana Restaurant and Bar is a family owned and operated since 2001 that specializes in Caribbean cuisine. Serving lunch and dinner, this restaurant makes everything in house from scratch since day one. Habana Restaurant offers plenty of indoor and covered outdoor seating (including our tropical Cabanas) and is good for families, small to large groups and other special occasions. Start with an appetizer like the Cuban nachos, papa rellena, croquettes, and empanadas. Feel like sharing? Get the tropical ceviche, sweet plantains (maduros) or the yucca fries. For the main course, try the world-famous Cuban sandwich, carne con pappa, chuleta fritas (fried pork chops), arroz con pollo, or the ropa vieja. Our full-service bar also serves the best mojitos and pina coladas in town along with a plethora of rum-based drinks.

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Cuban, Contemporary Latin, Puerto Rican
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Thu, Sun 11:00 am–9:45 pm Fri, Sat 11:00 am–10:45 pm
  • Phone number
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Catering
    We cater both buffet style options and small office style lunches and dinners. Email us to see menus and pricing. <br />catering@habanaaustin.com
  • Private party facilities
    We have 2 large patios in back and front of the restaurant and a large indoor space to accommodate many sizes and budgets of parties. We also offer services for off-site events. Email us at catering@habanaaustin.com

What 47 people are saying

Habana Restaurant - SoCo reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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4.8
4.8 based on recent ratings
  • 4.9Food
  • 4.8Service
  • 4.7Ambience
  • 4.6Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Austin

    Neighborhood gem

  • Austin

    Great for outdoor dining

  • Austin

    Neighborhood gem

  • Austin

    Great for outdoor dining

47 Reviews
  1. Beth VIP

    Austin3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on June 3, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Delicious food. Their portions are huge! Recommend splitting a meal.

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  2. Larry VIP

    Dallas - Fort Worth14 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on May 24, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Excellent service Ellie and Anthony were amazing. The drink and food were awesome and ready fast. We sat in a cabana outside and the ambience was the bomb

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  3. Jessica VIP

    Austin4 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on May 4, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We ordered Piña colado and Sangria. For appetizers we had beef empanada and shrimp empanada with chimichuri sauce on the side. For entrees we had Steak with Yellow rice & gandules (pigeon peas) and tostones (fried plantains), ropa vieja (shredded beef) with coconut rice and maduro (sweet plantains). Dessert we had flan. The food was delicious and the portion was a lot. I highly recommend and plan on coming back.

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  4. Mitzi VIP

    Dallas - Fort Worth8 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on May 3, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    Our group of 12 visiting Austin went to Habana for dinner. The food and drinks were outstanding, best plantains. The service was slow, we had a reservation for weeks so they knew a large party was coming. I would still highly recommend, maybe they are just understaffed like so many places right now.

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  5. Natsha

    Austin7 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on April 20, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Delicious carne frita, mariquitas and so many more!

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  6. Matthew VIP

    Houston2 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on February 8, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5
    Waitress was not very attentive. Ran out of water a few times within a hour total of being there we only saw the waitress 2 times and I had to go ask for our check.

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  7. Barry

    Austin3 reviews

    4.0

    Dined on January 23, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    We enjoyed our meal at Habana although I found the Vaca Frita far too greasy. My wife's Cuban sandwich was a bit too dry. The service was excellent as were our appetizers. We will try another Cuban restaurant before returning.

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  8. Jeremy

    Central Texas3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on January 19, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We live about 2 hours from this restaurant, and have eaten here multiple times! We love the food and the service! Gear job guys!

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  9. Catharine

    Utah49 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on October 31, 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We thoroughly enjoyed our celebratory visit at Habanas. Our server German was excellent - very friendly and made great recommendations. Delicious margaritas and the arroz con pollo was excellent- plenty for 4 people to share! The flan and tres leche rounded off the experience! So glad the weather cooperated and we were able to enjoy one of the cabanas. Highly recommend.

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  10. Angelo VIP

    Charlotte3 reviews

    1.0

    Dined on October 27, 2024

    1. Overall 1
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 1
    By far one of the worst restaurants I’ve ever been to. To start off, they charge $35 for a Bistec meal, when in other Cuban restaurants, charge $19. The service was terrible — our waiter couldn’t even speak proper English and was very rude . It was a Sunday at 1pm and restaurant was completely dead. I honestly don’t know how the restaurant is still operating.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 3 times today
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2728 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Cumberland and Congress right next to the Great Outdoors
  • Neighborhood
    South Austin
  • Hours of operation
    Mon–Thu, Sun 11:00 am–9:45 pm Fri, Sat 11:00 am–10:45 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Cuban, Contemporary Latin, Puerto Rican
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Private Lot
  • Phone number
  • Catering
    We cater both buffet style options and small office style lunches and dinners. Email us to see menus and pricing. <br />catering@habanaaustin.com
  • Private party facilities
    We have 2 large patios in back and front of the restaurant and a large indoor space to accommodate many sizes and budgets of parties. We also offer services for off-site events. Email us at catering@habanaaustin.com
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