Best Cuban Coffee in Miami: 12 Places for a Cafe Cubano, by Neighborhood (2026)

The short answer to where to drink Cuban coffee in Miami is to start on Calle Ocho. La Colada Gourmet, at 1518 SW 8th St, holds a 4.8 on Google across 3,790 reviews, and farther west La Ventanita and Versailles Restaurant share the address 3555 SW 8th St and stay open until midnight. In Brickell and on Miami Beach, Cortadito Coffee House has branches at 800 Brickell Ave and 1429 Washington Ave that open at 7 AM every day. In Coral Gables, we serve a Cuban Colada at GROU for $3.29. This guide covers 12 places for a cafe cubano across those areas and Downtown, grouped by neighborhood and compared by Google rating, review count, hours and price level.

Two notes before the list. Every figure about every business here comes from its Google listing as of October 2026, and hours change, so check before you go. We also did not rank anyone by taste: the order is by the numbers, and GROU is one entry, clearly marked as our own.

Where is the best Cuban coffee in Little Havana and on Calle Ocho?

Calle Ocho is SW 8th St, and four of the twelve places sit on it. In order of Google rating:

• Antojos Cuban Coffee Shop, 1854 SW 8th St: 4.9 with 42 reviews. Google categorizes it as a coffee shop and publishes no price level for it. Monday to Saturday, 7 AM to 7 PM. Sunday is listed with different hours, so confirm that day.
• La Colada Gourmet, 1518 SW 8th St: 4.8 with 3,790 reviews. Google categorizes it as a cafe, at its lowest price level. Open every day from 10 AM to 10 PM.
• La Ventanita, 3555 SW 8th St: 4.6 with 102 reviews. Google lists it as a coffee shop at the same street address as Versailles Restaurant, with the same hours.
• Versailles Restaurant Cuban Cuisine, 3555 SW 8th St: 4.5 with 28,219 reviews. Google describes it as an iconic Cuban restaurant that serves traditional food in a large vintage dining room with chandeliers. Monday to Thursday 8 AM to midnight, Friday and Saturday 8 AM to 1 AM, Sunday 9 AM to midnight.

Read the review counts next to the ratings. Antojos has the highest rating on this whole list and also the smallest sample, 42 reviews. Versailles has the lowest rating of these four and 28,219 reviews, more than seven times the count of any other place in this guide.

The street also splits by the clock. Antojos and La Colada Gourmet are a few blocks apart, one opening at 7 AM from Monday to Saturday and the other at 10 AM. The 3555 address is about two miles farther west and it is the late one: midnight from Sunday to Thursday, 1 AM on Friday and Saturday. "Ventanita" is also the word for the walk-up window where a cafecito gets ordered standing up.

Where can you get Cuban coffee in Brickell and Downtown Miami?

Three addresses in and around Brickell and Downtown, in rating order:

• Atlantis Cafe, 12 NW 1st St: 4.7 with 401 reviews. Google categorizes it as a Cuban restaurant and describes it as a cozy spot for homestyle Cuban comfort food and coffee at breakfast or lunch. Monday to Friday 7 AM to 3 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday.
• Cortadito Coffee House, 800 Brickell Ave Suite 105: 4.5 with 325 reviews. A coffee shop at Google's moderate price level. Open every day, 7 AM to 7 PM.
• American & Cuban Coffee, 500 SW 1st St: 4.5 with 69 reviews. A coffee shop at Google's lowest price level. Monday to Saturday 6 AM to 7 PM, closed Sunday.

American & Cuban Coffee, at 500 SW 1st St, is the earliest door in this guide at 6 AM. Atlantis Cafe keeps a five day week and is done by 3 PM.

Where can you drink a cafe cubano in Miami Beach?

Two Miami Beach addresses, tied at 4.6:

• Cortadito Coffee House, 1429 Washington Ave: 4.6 with 1,443 reviews. A coffee shop at Google's moderate price level. Open every day, 7 AM to 8 PM.
• Cuba Cafe, 203 11th St: 4.6 with 486 reviews. Google categorizes it as a Cuban restaurant, at its lowest price level. Open every day, 7 AM to midnight.

Same rating, same 7 AM start, seven days a week. What separates them is the review count, about three times larger at the Washington Avenue branch of Cortadito Coffee House, the price level, and the closing time, which is four hours later at Cuba Cafe.

Where can you drink Cuban coffee in Coral Gables?

The Gables entries are daytime places: every one of them is closed by 6 PM. Two from Google's listings, then ours.

• Gables Cafe, 100 Almeria Ave: 4.7 with 170 reviews. Google categorizes it as a Cuban restaurant, at its lowest price level. Monday to Thursday 8 AM to 3 PM, Friday 8 AM to 2:30 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday.
• Tinta Y Cafe, 1315 Ponce de Leon Blvd: 4.2 with 1,359 reviews. Google describes it as a homey Cuban cafe and coffeehouse with a relaxed feel, local art and a walk-up window. Moderate price level. Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5 PM, Saturday and Sunday 8 AM to 4 PM.
• GROU Coffee + Cowork (our own), 4100 Salzedo St STE 5: 4.8 on Google with more than 1,000 reviews. Monday to Friday 7:30 AM to 6 PM, Saturday and Sunday 8:30 AM to 3 PM.

GROU is ours, so read this part as an entry and not as a verdict. It is a specialty coffee shop with an all day brunch kitchen, where the coffee shop and the cowork space share one room. What puts us in this guide is one line on the menu: the Colada, $3.29, which the menu describes as a Cuban Colada, bold, sweet and energizing. If you want a coffee for one, the Espresso is $3.29 and the Cortado is $4.39. At GROU we also make a cortadito, the drink we describe in what a cortadito is. It is not a line on the menu.

The practical details: we are a four minute walk from Shops at Merrick Park, not inside it. There are no reservations, it is walk in only, parking is free for 2 hours and delivery runs through Uber Eats. The phone is +1 (305) 639-8218.

Which Cuban coffee places in Miami have the highest Google ratings?

Across the whole list, the order by rating is: Antojos Cuban Coffee Shop at 4.9 (42 reviews). La Colada Gourmet at 4.8 (3,790) and, ours, GROU at 4.8 (more than 1,000). Atlantis Cafe (401) and Gables Cafe (170) at 4.7. Cortadito Coffee House on Washington Ave (1,443), Cuba Cafe (486) and La Ventanita (102) at 4.6. Versailles Restaurant (28,219), Cortadito Coffee House on Brickell Ave (325) and American & Cuban Coffee (69) at 4.5. Tinta Y Cafe at 4.2 (1,359).

Which Cuban coffee spots in Miami open the earliest?

If the plan is coffee before work, the opening hour does most of the choosing.

• 6 AM: American & Cuban Coffee, Monday to Saturday.
• 7 AM: the two Cortadito Coffee House branches in this guide and Cuba Cafe, every day. Antojos Cuban Coffee Shop, Monday to Saturday. Atlantis Cafe, Monday to Friday.
• 7:30 AM: GROU, Monday to Friday.
• 8 AM: Tinta Y Cafe every day, Gables Cafe Monday to Friday, and La Ventanita and Versailles Restaurant Monday to Saturday.
• 8:30 AM: GROU on Saturday and Sunday.
• 9 AM: La Ventanita and Versailles Restaurant on Sunday.
• 10 AM: La Colada Gourmet, every day.

Where can you get Cuban coffee late at night in Miami?

Four places are still open at 9 PM, and three of them go to midnight or later.

• 1 AM on Friday and Saturday, midnight the other nights: La Ventanita and Versailles Restaurant, 3555 SW 8th St.
• Midnight, every day: Cuba Cafe, 203 11th St, Miami Beach.
• 10 PM, every day: La Colada Gourmet, 1518 SW 8th St.
• 8 PM, every day: Cortadito Coffee House, 1429 Washington Ave.
• 7 PM: Cortadito Coffee House at 800 Brickell Ave every day, and Antojos Cuban Coffee Shop and American & Cuban Coffee Monday to Saturday.

Everything else on the list is a daytime stop, closed by 6 PM.

Where can you get Cuban coffee in Miami on a Sunday?

Three places on this list are closed on Sunday: American & Cuban Coffee, Atlantis Cafe and Gables Cafe. The last two are closed on Saturday as well. The rest are open: the two Cortadito Coffee House branches in this guide and Cuba Cafe from 7 AM, Tinta Y Cafe from 8 AM, GROU from 8:30 AM, La Ventanita and Versailles Restaurant from 9 AM, and La Colada Gourmet from 10 AM. Antojos Cuban Coffee Shop shows a Sunday opening of 8 AM on Google, but the closing time on that line reads 5 AM, so call or check the listing before you count on it.

How much does Cuban coffee cost in Miami?

We only publish our own prices. For everyone else the reference is Google's price level, which describes the whole business and not one drink.

• $ (inexpensive): La Colada Gourmet, La Ventanita, Versailles Restaurant, Atlantis Cafe, American & Cuban Coffee, Cuba Cafe and Gables Cafe.
• $$ (moderate): Cortadito Coffee House on Brickell Ave and on Washington Ave, and Tinta Y Cafe.
• No price level on Google: Antojos Cuban Coffee Shop.

Seven of the eleven sit at Google's lowest level and none is listed above moderate. At GROU the numbers are on the menu: Colada $3.29, Espresso $3.29, Cortado $4.39.

Colada, cortadito or cafecito: what should you order?

A cafecito is a single small serving of sweetened Cuban espresso. A colada is that same coffee in a larger cup with small cups on the side, made to be poured and shared: the full story is in what a Cuban colada is. A cortadito is one serving cut with a little steamed milk, and a cafe con leche is the large, milky breakfast version, which we compare in cafe con leche vs latte. Alone, order a single serving. With a group, order a colada and tell them how many people are sharing, so there is a cup for everyone.

If Cuban coffee is one stop in a longer coffee day, our guide to the best coffee shops in Miami goes neighborhood by neighborhood, and the Coral Gables coffee shop guide covers the streets around us.