Mi Apa Latin Cafe Review

Best Cuban food that I have had since I was in Cuba.

Management is great! If you have a problem, they fix it immediately. The food is good and the cafe con leche's are a great eye opener in the morning.

Since my review was originally posted a couple of years ago, the phone service and hold time has dramatically improved. It's a night-and-day difference to how it used to be. The wait staff and food quality have remained superb in that time as well. I'm happy to say my wife and I love Mi Apa and go about once a week. They also introduced a really nice rewards program now. This place is a real gem!

Friendly and fast service even when they are busy. Always good food and drinks.

Nicely located and large enough for the lunch crowd. I got a pretty good cafe con leche when I stopped by.

We eat here multiple times a week when in Gainesville.

Very good food, good service, and good prices. Love this place. Great for catering also. A good Gainesville go to restaurant. Good coffee/espresso options too!

Outstanding lunch experience! Everything we samples was great from the ham croquettes for appetizer to the sandwiches. Clean tables and friendly wait staff.

Always love it here. Great food , great service and great coffee!!!

Good food, great coffee. I'm Cuban and know good home cooked cuban food so I'm a bit snobby with it, but it's well done and fast. Nice to have a bit of home that I don't have to prepare myself.

The service is first class and the food is delicious

The food and staff were really good...I recommend this place for everyone to try!

Absolutely no complaints! I ve eaten here before, but am now enjoying some drive-through for the first time. Their signs encouraged ordering online, which I may try next time. The Arroz Cubano (breakfast all day- my favorite!) was very filling and made this vegetarian happy- surprisingly tasty rice, some fried eggs and perfect sweet plantains. I love the fresh juices (sipping my guava now) and appreciate the variety of authentic and affordable choices. It came in biodegradable packaging. Service was friendly and, considering it s not fast food, timely. Thanks for a wonderful meal!

had the food a couple times and gave it a chance but the flavor wasnt there...salt was...also you could tell you were eating frozen food and it wasnt fresh. Staff was good but to bad they have to serve subpar food.

Very unique and authentic food. Some of the sandwiches are a bit dry for me, but their entrees are great.

My first time there. I love this cafe. Great food and great service

EXCELLENT FOOD, BEST ATTENTION. EXCEED MY EXPECTATIONS

My new favorite place to get Cuban coffee. Menu has a variety of good food!

Great food and nice souroundings. Excellent customer service.

Excellent attention and tasty food. Sometimes a little crowded but it is logical for the good deals

It's a shame today I have to TRAVEL from Jacksonville to Gainesville to get several CUBAN SANDWICHES and their guava pastries for JACKSONVILLE CUBAN SANDWICHES JUST ISN'T hitting it. SAD!!!

My experience was great, service and food, I enjoyed. I will return without a doubt.

Excellent preparation of the different dishes. Congratulations to the cooks in the morning.

Awesome food especially Cuban sandwich, Maduro, Flan and Guava pastry.

Never had a bad meal here. Best cuban food north of a Miami.

If you are looking for a authentic Cuban sandwich this is not the place to go. I lived in Tampa for over 40 years so I definitely know what a Cuban sandwich is supposed to be. Many of my friends and co-workers were Cuban and used to tell how the sandwich came about in the cigar factories using the tabacco press to heat it up. No Cuban sandwich ever had Cheap fatty gelatos processed sliced ham on it. The people were very poor and had access to plenty of pork. I paid $8 for a pressed Ham and Swiss sandwich that was disgusting. A real Cuban sandwich has Cuban seasoned slow roasted pork on it with NO processed ham. Also had a mix of mustard and mayo with seasoning in it. If really like to to try a Cuban sandwich go to Tampa or Miami and please don't let someone try there first Cuban sandwich at this place. It's just a fatty gelatos processed ham and cheese sandwich that could pick up at any convenient store.

Love this place so much. Drove from Tampa just to get a Cuban sandwich and cafe con leche.

Mi Apa gives great portions for the price. I really like the chicken and rice!

Really good! Cheap prices too! Highly recommend the elena ruz or the Miami sandwich

Great service!! The place was really busy but they made sure to let us know that we d be seated next. I had the Key West Cuban and it was delicious. Decided to try a Bombon coffee and lord it was tasty. Always come here when I visit Gainesville.

The service is good as is the food, but it is popular and very crowded. Not a lot of space for children or disabled customers. They cater and have very tasty dishes. There is usually a line but the longest we waited was 15 minutes, so not too bad. They did try to seat my elderly friend swiftly, so that he would not have to stand.

Best Latin food around. Can get busy , but it worth a small wait. Try the " Moon over Miami " sandwich.

Although it's in a college town and it is constantly busy, the waiters and waitresses really try their best to make sure that every customer receives attention when needed. The first time I went there, they were slammed. There were probably around 60 people there, so I didn't take it personally when my waitress forgot my side of rice. However, once I brought it to her attention, she apologized for my wait and shortly brought it out along with three huge complementary pastries and she thanked me for my patience. I love arepas, so I recommend them. They are huge, probably 5 to 6 inches in diameter. However, if you're going to get a chicken arepa, don't get number 9. Get number 11 instead; it is seasoned chicken with avocado. It is so much tastier than the grilled chicken with cheddar and it goes great with the avocado. I even add mayo to mine, too. The best part is: they're between $5-$6. Number 9 also says it comes with grilled onions or sauteed onions, but it doesn't. What they mean is: The chicken is cooking with onion. The first time I went I got number 9 cause I love grilled onions but ahh, no actual onions in it. My boyfriend got the Cuban sandwich one time and the Miami sandwich the other time. Both were hits to him. 5 churros for $1.99, too!

Prices are reasonable and people are friendly. They are extremely busy on the weekends but are efficient. Food is good and the smoothie is too (I had a passionfruit)

Waited for server for 20 mins while she flirted with other customers. Two other girls came and took our drink order which took 15 minutes. Too bad, was disappointed.

Excellent service with genuine afro-carribean cuisine. The staff there is very amicable and food arrives within ten minutes after ordering while dining in. AWESOME

Delicious Latin food that's well worth the wait. Always a delight to order the chicken and rice from here!

I stopped by there yesterday for lunch and the sandwich was delicious as well as the potato ball and pastellios de guava. Although I live an hour away, I will definitely be back. Btw, very clean and clerks were very FRIENDLY. Keep it going.

Hats off to Manuela and Jonathan for making our drive thru expierence today 3/3/19 very pleasant! Everything we ordered was exactly how we requested! Thank you!!!!

Every time I go there I feel like I'm at home in Miami love the coffee love the pastries

2 words: Cuban coffee. So good, and so is the food! Love that I can order online, and that they have a drive through! Always fairly busy, but still quick and fresh!

It is a nice place. The food is delicious, the prices are very affordable and the service is excellent. Cold, sugar-free Cuban coffee is very good.

The coffee is always on point! Some how they forget to separate my vegan empanadas. But I can t believe they keep these young ladies out in the cold when its 40 degrees outside! The owners need to understand that a guest can wait an extra 2 minutes to place an order instead of putting their employees in a chilly situation. And that 5 inch space heater does nothing when it s 27 degrees outside at 8am. Laura - has amazing patience to be out there freezing. Thank you Laura :)

Delicious food, reasonable prices, excellent service, very clean. Wish they would open one in Belleview or Ocala.

Great Latin food favorites of Cuban/Puerto Rican plates and Colombian/Venezuelan arepas. We have enjoyed breakfast and dinner here and the place was packed both times but we've received excellent, fast service from friendly and efficient staff. We also sent our visitors here who live in Tampa and they loved it! We will definitely be coming here often.

I don't mind driving 2 hours (4 in total) just to eat here!

Wonderful food, fairly priced, great guava pastries!

There was a hair in the Cuban sandwich, a piece of brillo metal in the arooz congri, ropa vieja was really salty, tostones had no flavor and the bistec encebollado was cold. Not impressed, they could use more cleaness. The croquetas was tasty, but I regret eating them after finding what we found in our food. Not a clean place. Staff is very polite, they gave 50% off the sandwich and the ropa vieja, but that's not the point. I want to eat good food when I go out.

Food was excellent! Staff was helpful and friendly!

Service was friendly, quick and courteous. My arepas were delicious. I purchased two and it was a lot of food for me....and that's no small task!

They use only plastic cups and silverware 24/7. Not only is it incredibly unprofessional and cheap looking, but it s so unnecessary. They don t even recycle all the pounds of plastic they use daily and it will take thousands of years to decompose. Just get dishes and wash them like every other restaurant???

One of my favorite restaurants in Gainesville! The food is affordable and delicious, and the wait staff is always so sweet. I'm always here if I'm craving a mango smoothie and an arepa.

It's very popular but the food always gives me terrible stomach pains- I've tried it twice and same experience both times.