Suarez BBQ

Suarez BBQ is what I would call an undercover restaurant with a great HVAC system.
When you walk in to the storefront off Okeechobee Road, it looks like a plain Cuban cafeteria with a couple of precooked meats and sides. You don’t see or smell any smoker, and you order your «completa». Once you get to your table though, in front of you is a tasty piece of smoked BBQ chicken. So yes, it’s an undercover BBQ spot.
Looking for some BBQ dinner after a Sunday at the office, I came across Suarez BBQ on my Unilocal search. I was expecting one of the traditional Okeechobee Road ranches and was pleasantly surprised to find an air conditioned, intimate spot with Old Havana street scene paintings on the wall and a TV showing some soccer game.
I opted for the BBQ chicken, moros and sweet plantains. It seems they have the meats precooked, and they re-​smoke it after you pick, leaving the tasty smoke (which is complemented by their smokey bbq sauce. The moros were just greasy (I dont like dry rice) and the sweet plantains generous.
The staff was pleasant, and let me know their claim of their smoked beef special. I’ll give this a try next time.

Excellent food flavor and very large portion size. Fast service and courteous. I would go back without reservations.

Yeah. These Cubans know Smoked brisket. It’s a specialty and barbecue sauce is perfect too. I’ll be back and the portions! One meal covers you for lunch and dinner. Love business owners that are price conscious and don’t skimp on quality and flavor. Job well done Suarez

THE BEST. Their smoked steak is to die for. The rest of their Cuban dishes are also very good and during avocado season they have tons. All at HUGE portions! You get a completa of carne ahumada, moros, and yuca for less than $ 9. I’m a big eater and won’t finish the entire thing in one sitting. It’s really a beautiful thing. There is one thing… One lady that works there is the rudest person you’ll encounter your entire day, but other than that I highly recommend it.

We stopped here for a quick bite. Turns out their portions are huge! The food was outstanding. The employees are very kind. They speak primarily Spanish and were patient with us as we speak English only. Highly recommend!

This is a mom and pop, Palacio de los Jugos type place. Clean, huge portions, and the prices are great. The smoked pork is delicious!

Wow this place is a super great find! In the middle of a warehouse district I would not expect to find such an amazing Cuban BBQ restaurant. No it’s not fancy, but the quality and bang for your buck is amazing.
My girlfriend and I ordered the take out plate of BBQ pork, black beans and rice, and yuca. The woman piled our container to the max with not just the filler food but the amount of pork was CRAZY. I almost felt bad only paying a little over $ 8.00 for that much great food.
I gave this place a 5 stars rating. No, it’s not a fine dining establishment but the quality and amount of food makes this place a MUST when in the area.

There are many many things wrong with this place, which is a shame because the food is pretty decent.
Let’s start with service: We walked in and were met with blank stares all around. I said several things in Spanish so the employee would know I understood; still nothing. I asked the guy behind the counter and he told me to order first, while speaking in an annoyed tone.
I ordered the pork chunks and the avocado salad, and he told me I had to pick out an avocado from a bin and then buy it. Ok, fine. My boyfriend had a «completa» with smoked meat, congri, and maduros.
We finally went to pay and the lady was rushing us out, and I asked her if was going to cut my avocado for me like she had said. She then sighed and started to cut it with no gloves on.
We started to eat and the food was almost cold, but it tasted pretty good. We also checked our receipt on the way home just to see how much we got charged and we were overcharged by $ 3. Pathetic.
Terrible service, floors were dirty, rude staff, and overcharged on top of it. I’ll never be coming back here again.

The food is just amazing, tender, juicy and a very delicious smokey feeling…
What they lack of is customer service, very rude employees. Back in December tried to cater for a party and the miscommunication and lack of service made us change.

Was helping a friend pickup food for a party. Decided to get some for myself. The smoked meat was great so were the red congri and yuca. Definitely worth visiting this small little hole in the wall.

Smoked meat cuban style along with traditional sides full of flavor! You can’t go wrong with either version of congri, the red or black. The yuca is out of hand boiled to perfection then slathered in a succulent mojo. The «carne humada» is heavy on a woody smokey taste. All for a great price.
The restaurants main focus is take out and catering. I will be placing by order for noche buena come December!

Enjoyed a recent meal that friends of ours had catered food from this restaurant.
The food was delicious. We had a BBQ pork that was absolutely finger licking good. The pork had a beautiful bark and juicy in the middle. They also had these beautifully smoked chicken wings. It was served with Yuca and Moros (black beans and rice already mixed).
The food was just awesome for the party and one of the best I have had here in the greater Miami-​Dade area.