Escudo de Cuba in Hackney

Always an amazing experience. Customer service is always at it's very best and the food is the icing on the cake. The ambience is fantastic and gives you that real Cuban fee. My wife and I have booked to eat at this restaurant on plenty of occasions and we plan on returning over and over again 👍🏾.

Had a lovely evening here & the food was great as always. The only issue we found was when we tried to order desert & was told there's a 2hr cap time for each table. I've been going for years & it's the first time I've heard this. It would have been nice if someone asked if we wanted desert, seeing as they now have time restrictions.

Love this place! Always feels so great to be there, staff is very welcoming and friendly! Food is simply delicious, amazing tapas and traditional Cuban main course options. Pina Rellena is my favourite meal, fresh and tasty. We had a great time, can't wait to come back soon, again!

Amazing food and cocktails at an affordable price. Staff are so friendly and attentive.I went here for some food and drinks with my friends and it was so good I came back to celebrate my birthday here a few weeks later. They gave me a free slice of cake and a shot, which was very sweet. They also were playing really great music both times.

Amazing place, great atmosphere. Pints of Corona on tap, with cool glasses with salt around the rim and limes. Yum. Got some nachos which were very cheap and very nice. Downstairs you can dance to music, also got football on a big screen.

Delicious food with huge portions for very adorable prices, when the bill came I was shocked with how cheap the meal was. The staff here were very polite and attentive too. I shall definitely return

Great atmosphere anyone fits in, cocktails are reasonably priced, staff are very efficient. Good hour and a half spent here.. would 100% recommend. There is also seating inside and outside.

Absolutely love this place! Food and drinks are delicious, plentiful and so reasonably priced. The staff are lovely and welcoming. Good atmosphere and music. By far one of my favourite bars 😍

Honestly the food at this place is so underrated. Tonight I had the quinoa bowl which is a starter but so so so big!!! But I’ve had other food here and it’s simply fabulous. The manager is so friendly and takes care of us as do his staff. Drinks and food are reasonably priced too

After looking around for a nice Cuban bar and restaurant, I decided to take my family here to celebrate our anniversary. We don't live locally to here so I hadn't heard of it (even before they moved to Dalston) but chose after looking at the positive Google reviews.This place did not disappoint! I had booked a table for early afternoon so it was fairly empty. I'm not sure how busy it gets in the evening (very busy, I suspect!).The friendly staff got us seated and provided menus and we waited for about 5-10 minutes to have our order taken. We ordered a couple of cocktails, a plate of nachos to share between 3 of us to start, 2 mains and some tapas.The food tasted very fresh and as you can see from the photos you get a sizable portion. The chicken skewers and lamb skewers tapas were tender and the rice and black beans were well seasoned.A couple more cocktails and a couple of Tequila shots (including some lime juice for my son so he could take part) to finish with and I can safely say we'll be back again soon to try some of the other dishes.