Unpretentious Cuban Food at it’s Best! Thank you for visiting our website! Cubavana Cuban Restaurant & Café is a family owned and operated South Florida restaurant located in beautiful Cutler Bay. Founder Victor M. Ruiz has an extensive history in the hospitality industry that ranges from New York Hilton to Waldorf Astoria. In the late sixties he decided to give entrepreneurship a try and for over fifty years managed, owned and operated several successful restaurants ranging from Gourmet Five Star Mexican restaurants to a Homestyle Argentinian Steakhouse, and several Cuban Cuisine and Fast Food Chicken Places.