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El Ambia means...
El Ambia… Keeping Melbournians grooving since 2009
El Ambia… Keeping Melbournians grooving since 2009
Ambia means Friend in the Cuban's slang.
When you visit El Ambia we treat you as our best friend.
We offer to you authentic Cuban cuisine made with Love.
Welcome to El Ambia Cubano, Melbourne's friendliest Cuban Restaurant.
Since 2009
You'll feel like you're walking into our house when you
step through our doors.
Enjoy the fresh, homemade f
Ambia means Friend in the Cuban's slang.
When you visit El Ambia we treat you as our best friend.
We offer to you authentic Cuban cuisine made with Love.
Welcome to El Ambia Cubano, Melbourne's friendliest Cuban Restaurant.
Since 2009
You'll feel like you're walking into our house when you
step through our doors.
Enjoy the fresh, homemade food and drinks, and lose yourself in the rich, musical, atmosphere, history and love
Ambia: friend, buddy, a good feeling or ambiance with the best selected products in the market today.
Each employee is trained one on one by our manager for food safety and the best customers services.
El Ambia… Keeping Melbournians grooving since 2009
El Ambia… Keeping Melbournians grooving since 2009
El Ambia… Keeping Melbournians grooving since 2009
El Ambia was founded in Historical down town Melbourne, in May 2009
The owner defected from Cuba in an airplane piloted by him self right before 1994 Cuban Rafter Crisis.
In 2008 he visited his Oldest son airman at Patric Air-force Base and got fascinated with Melbourne. He decide than to bring Cuban, food, music culture and history to M
El Ambia was founded in Historical down town Melbourne, in May 2009
The owner defected from Cuba in an airplane piloted by him self right before 1994 Cuban Rafter Crisis.
In 2008 he visited his Oldest son airman at Patric Air-force Base and got fascinated with Melbourne. He decide than to bring Cuban, food, music culture and history to Melbourne.
The owner said: Ambia is my Cuba, customers are my family and friends, It keep my country's nostalgia estable.
This is a place for a Romantic Night, meet new friend, your future better half, learn Spanish, dance, have especial inexpensive lunch during lunch brakes, and talk about aviation.
Get food for your especial event deliver to your door.
You can also gossip, flirt, cry and we will keep it confidential.
What to expect
El Ambia… Keeping Melbournians grooving since 2009
What to expect
Great fresh,authentic cuban food, lovely atmosphere and decoration, outdoor sitting, water view, live music,
El Ambia’s seating is outside, sheltered though its patio may be. Inside, you sit at plain wooden tables or, if you prefer the counter, on conga drums amid décor that is pre-Castro Havana, from the films on the television to the art
Great fresh,authentic cuban food, lovely atmosphere and decoration, outdoor sitting, water view, live music,
El Ambia’s seating is outside, sheltered though its patio may be. Inside, you sit at plain wooden tables or, if you prefer the counter, on conga drums amid décor that is pre-Castro Havana, from the films on the television to the art on the walls.
Lyn Dowling for Florida Today said: The latter includes the uniform coat of Alfredo Hernandez, the heroic pilot who flew a Cuban airliner to freedom years ago. He owns El Ambia, and you have to smile when you enter because the place is just so . . . Cuban. El Ambia really does not have what your white-tablecloths-and-tuxedos-style restaurants — wonderful in their own right — would serve in their dining rooms. It’s what your fled-from-Fidel neighbors would serve at their dinner tables. The menu is exactly what you’d expect: lots of pork, including sandwiches, plus seafood, chicken and beef, fresh seafood and dessert.
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Cuban food ★ Cuban coffee ★ Cuban energy
El Ambia Cubano
When we opened Ambia in May 2009 it was with the dream of offering not just great
authentic food and a sweet cafecito, but also a little of everything that makes Cuba
so enchanting ~ the music, the energy, the culture, the art, the warmth.
Thanks for being here (950 E Melbourne, Ave, Melbourne Fl 32901.
ADVISORY Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have a medical condition.
Don’t forget to check our souvenir stand inside, or ask your server for it.
No WIFI available, so you can talk each other, enjoy lunch/dinner time with your family, friends or just put that phone away and look around what you were missing while you waste your time playing with the phone.
Don’t forget to feed your husband/wife and order some food to go, or impress your neighbors with some Cuban Food.
Cuban food is not spicy-hot,
The only thing spicy and hot in Cuba are The Cuban .
APPETIZER
YUCA RELLENA Cassava stuffed with picadillo (ground beef) 3.05
YUCA FRITA Yuca sticks, fried and drizzled with mojo/onion house sauce 5.7
YUCA HERVIDA Boiled Yuca with Ambia’s delicious mojo onion house sauce 4.7
PAPA RELLENA Mashed potato ball stuffed with picadillo 3
HAM OR CHICKEN CROQUETTES Ground ham or chicken tubes, breaded 3.9
SHRIMPS CRIOLLOS Juicy jumbo shrimp sautéed in our secret sauce a garlic sauce 7.75
TAMAL Pork-stuffed cornmeal, wrapped in a cornhusk. 2.85
( add shredded beef for 2.5) …..so delicious
MADUROS Sweet plantains 2.85
TOSTONES Green plantains with Ambia’s delicious garlic mojo 2.7
TOSTONES RELLENOS ( 3 ) with pork, shredded beef, or ground beef on top 9.5
EMPANADAS Doughy pockets filled with beef, chicken, or pork (2 per order) 4.8
SALAD Fresh spring mix salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, onions 4.75
(Add chicken Breast 6)
ARROZ BLANCO White rice 1.5
ARROZ CONGRI Cuban Rice and black beans and bacon 3.5
ARROZ AMARILLO Yellow rice 2
BEANS slow-cooked, Cuban-style black beans (black bean soup) 2.3/5.49
CHORIZOS House Spanish Sausages (No Spicy-Hot) are just flavorful, Ambia’s flavor secret are served on Cuban bread, garlic, and parsley 10.00
AMBIA-STYLE ENTREES
MASAS DE PUERCO FRITA 13.7
Succulent Tender pork chunks dunked, fried, marinated and drizzled with our mojo onion house sauce includes white rice, black beans and sweet plantains.
CUBAN STYLE ROASTED PORK 12.7
Our “melts in your mouth” roasted pork is slowly roasted to perfection with Cuban love. Includes white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
TRADITIONAL CUBAN DISH PORK. 13.5
Delicious Roasted Pork with Congri Rice and Boiled Yuca with onion mojo house sauce
CONTRA FIDEL (SURF & TURF) 21.5
Sautéed steak and shrimp (4) in our secret house sauce served with a fresh spring salad, yellow rice, and sweet plantains.
PALOMILLA STEAK 13.99
Thin beefsteak sautéed with the freshest onions and served with black beans, white rice, and sweet plantains
ROPA VIEJA 12.75
Tender shredded beef in a tomato-based sauce, garlic, onions and peppers, with white rice,
red or black beans, and sweet plantains.
PICADILLO 12.5
Cuban style seasoned ground beef with olives, served with red beans, white rice & sweet plantains
CHURRASCO 15.75
Our Churrasco is a juicy “certified Angus cut skirt steak” topped with our green tangy chimichurri sauce that will satisfy every taste-bud and served with white rice and a fresh garden salad (includes onions) Kick start your cravings while you read it.
CUBAN BEEF & POTATOES STEW WITH CHORIZOS 13.5
Traditional Cuban dish, succulent chunks of beef, potatoes and Spanish sausages, rich authentic Cuban Spices in a savory broth. It is a soul-warming dish with rich spices (It is not Spicy-Hot). Cuban food flavoring is not spicy-hot, served with white rice and sweet plantains.
ROASTED CHICKEN CUBAN STYLE ( Pollo Asado) 11.9
Our tender mojo-marinated leg 1/4 roasted chicken, served with white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
CHICKEN BREAST 12.99
Sautéed chicken breast with white rice and asparagus.
CUBAN CHICKEN FRICASSE 13.5
Delicious chicken dark meat stew with chorizos, from Alfredo’s
Recipe, served with white rice and sweet plantains. 13.5
VEGGIE PLATE 10.5
Ask any day for the veggie platter (known as the Communist Platter) Hard to get meet in Cuba.
Includes our black beans, rice, 2 sweet plantains, One toston green salad and a cheese croquette
HEMINGWAY RICE 16.75 Owner’s favorite dish
Our version Seafood paella with lobster tail on top, fish, and shrimp cooked together with yellow
rice in our secret house broth recipe. With sweet plantains and a salad.
FISH PLATE 15.7
Sautéed fish with mango cilantro, tomatoes onion sauce served with yellow rice sweet plantains and salad.
SALMON & SRIMP 17.9
Sautéed Salmon, Juice Jumbo shrimps, served with yellow rice, fried yuca and asparagus.
WHOLE SNAPER 25 Owner’s favorite fish.
Lightly deep fried whole Snapper served with yellow rice, black beans, tostones and salad
CAMARON EXILIADO (EXILED SHRIMP) 15.9
Wonderful flavor combination, garlic, extra virgin oil, oregano and…. I will not give you my recipe. Served with white rice and sweet plantains.
SANDWICHES
THE CUBAN 9 So much controversy, so much flavor. This is Alfredo’s Cuban sandwich version.
Cuban Roasted pork, ham, Swiss, mustard/mayo, and pickles pressed to flat perfection.
MEDIANOCHE 8.5
Just like a Cuban, isn’t it? But on sweeter bread.
PAN CON LECHON 8.5
Shredded roasted pork wearing nothing but mojo and onions on Cuban bread.
PAN CON BISTEK 9.5 (please allow up to 10 minutes)
Mojo-marinated steak sandwich, mayonnaise w/tomato, lettuce, onion, & shoestring potatoes.
TE LO DIJE 7.9
Ham or chicken croquetas, Swiss, ham & mustard/mayo on Cuban bread. Because everyone enjoys a good “I told you so.”
PAN CON ROPA VIEJA 9
Bread with shredded beef, tomatoes , spring mix salad & shoestring potatoes.
CHICKEN BREAST SANDWICH 8.9
Sautéed Chicken with mustard/mayo, tomatoes and lettuce.
FISH SANDWICH 9.5
Fish Fillet breaded or Sautéed with mustard/mayo, tomatoes, spring lettuce.
ADVISORY Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have a medical condition.
DESSERTS ~ POSTRES
AMBIA’S FLAN (Ambia’s Custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top) 4.5
PASTELES ( sweet Cuban pastries ) 2.5
RUM BREAD PUDDING With rum Sauce, whipped cream and cherry 4
TRES LECHES Moist spongy cake 4.5
RICE PUDDING 2.5
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE 5
DRINKS
BATIDO (Cuban milkshake) mango, pineapple, strawberry, or chocolate. 4.5
Our shakes have no ice cream; they have actual fruit in milk or water
LEMONADE 3.5
LEMONADE & MINT (FROZEN) 4.5 Owner’s favorite none alcoholic drink.
ICED TEA 2.5
HOT TEA / HERBAL TEA 2.25
SODA 1.95
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, Jupina, Materva, Iron beer.
MALTA 2.5
BOTTLED WATER 1.9
MILK 2.50
HOT CHOCOLATE 3
COFFEE (The only Energy that Castro did not take away from Cubans)
CAFECITO (Cuban Coffee) 2.5
Tiny and enduring like the Island itself, strong and sweet like its people.
COLADA 3.75
3 cafecitos in one so you can share with your friends. They’ll love you for it!
CORTADITO (Don’t forget to order a flan too, it is just a deliciouuuuuuuuuuuuus combination.) Cafecito with a drop of evaporated milk, tastes like a dream and has less caffeine.
CAFÉ CON LECHE 4.5
Cafecito with steamed milk. So good! Impress your guest ordering it for her/him. Order it with
decaf and even your children will love it.
ICED COFFE 4.5
ALCHOLIC BREVERAGES
MOJITO 7 Refreshing and Delicious our famous Mojito (We love our Mojitos as we love you in here).
PIÑA COLADA 7
CUBA LIBRE (LITTLE LIE) (rum/coke) 6
MARGARITA 7
BLOODY MARY 7
SANGRIA (RED or WHITE ) 6/glass 18/pitcher
WINE (Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Moscato, Merlot, Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Malbec (Why the Gods lived so many years?
Because they drank wine and had no cell phones. Drink wine with your food and extend your life time
BEERS
Note: The world’s biggest beer drinkers hail from the birthplace of pilsner: The Czech Republic, they drank 37.6 gallons of beer per person, they never had kidneys problem, so give life to your kidneys you have only 2 of those… drink beer, and drink beer.
BEER ~ domestic 3.5 Budweiser, Bud Light, Yuengling, Samuel Adams, Miller Lite, Coors Light.
BEER ~ imported 5 Alhambra, Corona, Corona Light, Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial, Heineken, Red Stripe, Presidente, Presidente Light
CHILDREN MENU (ONLY FOR CHILDREN).
Stop eating fast junk food and try Cuban Food
(Adults will be charged double) Not a joke
It is a actually a joke.
HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICH 5.5
Top quality ham and Swiss cheese in a Cuban bread pressed.
CUBAN CHESSE STICKS ( 2 croquetas ) 2
BLACK BEANS AND RICE. 4
Little Sneaky Plate: It is free for children 0.00
Ask for a set of Silverware and when your parents are not looking or get distracted; you will take whatever you like from their plate, very Sneaky,
LUNCH FEATURES OF THE DAY ~ LOS ESPECIALES DE ALMUERZO 9.5
11am-2.30pm or until finish
MONDAY ~ PICADILLO
Seasoned ground beef, red beans, white rice & sweet plantains
TUESDAY ~ POLLO ASADO
Mojo-marinated roasted chicken, white rice, black beans, sweet plantains
WEDNESDAY ~ ARROZ CON POLLO
Chicken & yellow rice, black beans, sweet plantains
THURSDAY ~ ROPA VIEJA
Tender shredded beef in a tomato-based sauce, white rice,
red beans, sweet plantains
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