Benny's Cuban Café

About Benny's Cuban Café

Looking for a Cuban restaurant in Ridgewood? Benny's Cuban Café is at 71-28 Fresh Pond Rd, Ridgewood, New York. It's part of our guide to 226 restaurants, cafes and bars in Ridgewood. Expect moderate prices, around $15–30 per person.

Benny's Cuban Café is open daily, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM.

Guests can choose from 45 menu items across 6 sections, including Pan De Manteca, Platos Fuertes, Al Laditos, Bebidas, and Bennys Breakfast. Listed prices range from $2.00 to $19.00, with a typical item around $10.00. Menu highlights include Tostada Cubana, Pernil, and 2 Pieces Empanadilla.

Available service options are kerbside pickup, no-contact delivery, delivery, takeaway, and dine-in. Visitors describe the atmosphere as casual and cosy, and it is a good fit for locals. It is especially popular for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Offerings include coffee, comfort food, quick bite, and small plates.

Accessibility features: wheelchair-accessible entrance and wheelchair-accessible seating. Payment methods accepted: credit cards, debit cards, and NFC mobile payments. Parking: free of charge street parking, paid street parking, and parking. Reservations are accepted; call (718) 576-3333 to book a table.

Quick facts

Category

Cuban Restaurant

Address

71-28 Fresh Pond Rd, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Phone

(718) 576-3333

Price range

$$ per person

Hours

Open daily, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Menu

45 items · $2.00–$19.00

Listing updated

April 2026 · Suggest an edit

How the hours compare

We compared Benny's Cuban Café’s weekday schedule with 8 other Cuban restaurants in New York. On a typical weekday it opens at 9:00 AM, earlier than 75% of them (the typical opening time is 10:00 AM) and closes at 9:00 PM, in line with the typical 10:00 PM.

In total it is open about 84 hours a week, 4 hours more than the local median of 80. 75% of Cuban restaurants in New York open on Sundays, and Benny's Cuban Café is one of them.

Compared with 8 other Cuban restaurants in New York that list their hours in our guide.

• Tostada Cubana$5.00

  Buttered cuban bread.

• Pernil$17.00

  Roased pork, rice, beans and plantain.

• 2 Pieces Empanadilla$10.00

  Hand pies stuffed with choice of chicken, pork, cheese or black beans.

• Cortadito$4.00

  Traditional Cuban coffee, espresso with a dash of milk.

• Steak and Eggs$15.00

  2 eggs, steak, and home fries w/Cuban toast

• Maduro Muffin$4.00

  Sweet Plantain Muffins

• Combinacion$11.00

  Ham, egg, swiss, and salami.

• Bistec$19.00

  Steak, rice, beans and plantain.

• 2 Pieces Bacalao Frito$8.00

  Fried codfish fritters.

• Cafe con Leche$5.00

  Coffee with Steamed milk and sugar.

Typical prices for Cuban restaurants across the US

Based on 49 menus with 4,973 priced items from Cuban restaurants across the US, the median menu item costs $8.50, and half of all items are priced between $4.00 and $13.99.

At Benny's Cuban Café the median listed price is $10.00, higher than the typical $8.50 for Cuban restaurants across the US.

Calculated from 49 menus in our guide. Prices vary by location and change over time.

Features & amenities

The neighborhood

Within a 10-minute walk (half a mile) of Benny's Cuban Café there are 83 other places to eat and drink in our guide, and 269 within one mile. By type, the places within a mile include Cafes & Coffee (36), Bars & Pubs (29), Mexican & Tex-Mex (26), and Bakeries & Desserts (25).

142 places within a mile stay open until 10 PM or later on at least one night a week, so this is a good area for a late meal.

Nearest places of other kinds

• ItalianTrattoria Cerbone< 0.1 mi
• PizzaCorato Ii Pizza< 0.1 mi
• Asian & PacificPupusas Ridgewood< 0.1 mi
• Sandwiches & DelisTeddy's Market< 0.1 mi
• ChineseYe Garden< 0.1 mi

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