Maikel’s Kitchen is a cafeteria-style restaurant that offers authentic Cuban & Latin American cuisine. Our menu has been carefully crafted to highlight the authentic flavors of fresh & traditional dishes.
We are proud to represent Cuban & Latin American gastronomy in one of the most important destinations in Southwest Florida, conquering the most demanding palates.
Traditional Cuban dishes & fruit juices served in a relaxed, cafeteria-style restaurant. Based on 995 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Drive-through ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
16960 S Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, FL 33908
Phone: (239) 270-5736
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Hours
| Saturday | 7 AM–8 PM |
| Sunday | 7 AM–7 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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7 AM–8 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 7 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 7 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 7 AM–8 PM |
| Friday | 7 AM–8 PM |
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Reviews
Amanda Lawrence
My platter was only $12 the food was exactly what I was hoping for. Very authentic Spanish food! I had the rice and beans with curry chicken and pumpkin. You don’t understand how happy I was for this food! This is a must try and dine in. The staff was so helpful or at least the guy that helped me. And when I mean helpful, I mean patient as I tried to figure what I wanted.
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Kanisky Evans
Walked in and both employees were focused on cleaning the floors. They never greeted me then when she finally came she touched my plate with same gloves that she was using to clean. I asked her to change gloves and she walked away. Disgusting and unsanitary. The food is usually great, but what such horrible service. She acted as if she knew no English, which is fair. But to throw her hands in the air and walk away to continue cleaning. It made me feel that due to me speaking English that she didn’t care to assist.
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J N
Service was subpar. Unless you speak the language, you will be pushed to the rear of the line. No air-conditioning inside!! It must’ve been 100° inside the restaurant.
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John Marano
This is the second time I have been there since new owners, not even close to the way it was the display of food is BLA looking dry food other food just soaking I watched the man making the plate put the tray on scale and take a single piece of meat out and put it back so petty ♂️ so sad it was one of my favorite places also got 3 cuban sandwiches bread was stale. Meat was cold didn’t even press it. Very disappointing. Don’t think I’ll go back.
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Stevie Smith
This Cuban sandwich was bomb, probably one of the biggest I’ve ever eaten, and I had never tried yuca before, so that was a cool touch.
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debbie borowski
There was a pretty good selection of food. We got picadillo, roast pork, and some guava pastries. The service was ok. The reason they got a two was for the confusion. It seemed like no one knew who was going to ring anyone up. We were charged for two waters but didn’t get them until I looked at the receipt. I hadn’t realized he heard me order them. I would have liked some but their soda fountain wasn’t hooked up. It was hot in there. It seemed like the AC was working but just barely. The food was all too dry. There were no sauces or pico or anything to fix it. Then the pastries were also dry. That may have been normal. I just was expecting a cheese and guava pastry to be moist… Kind of like a danish. Anyways, the food was dry, drinks were either water or things I didn’t know, it was hot, and it was confusing to order and pay. On top of everything, it was expensive! We paid $88.46 for four meals, three waters, a juice and two pastries. I guess that’s not super expensive. But it wasn’t worth it. I’d give it another shot. But if it’s the same, that would be the last time.
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j77walker
This place blows my mind. A very good friend recommended this place and I tried it out. I keep going back. The service is great, very kind and helpful people. They always smile with pride sharing their food. The food is amazing. So much natural flavor. It’s nice getting a home cooked meal at a restaurant. Great place, great people, great food! The price, unbeatable!
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Dan Vo
This was my second time having Cuban food. The first time was at Versailles Restaurant Cuban Cuisine in Miami. Two different experience. This one, compared to Versailles, is obviously much more low key.
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Diana Gonzales
I absolutely love their food. Their Picadillo is the best I’ve had. They have such a huge selection. Can’t wait to go back. I’ll update with more pictures. The plates range from $11.99-$ 14.99 one meat, arroz choice of plantains or yuka. Thier menu is also huge you have to try them out.
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Isleydis Garcia
Food is great. However my only complaint is the hours of operation. A few days ago I had left work at 5 to go grab dinner and to my surprise they changed their hours. And now they don’t even open on Sundays. I recently visited tampa and discovered that this same place over there is open 24 hours! . I’m not sure if this location changed owners but maybe extending the hours of operations will be better for customers
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