El Rey De Las Fritas
Cuban restaurant · Little Havana
1821 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33135
Highlights
Iconic diner serving Cuban burgers topped with shoestring potatoes
Iconic diner serving Cuban burgers topped with shoestring potatoes
"Cuban fast-food made with love and soul. Rey's has some of the best fritas, batidos, and fresh juices in the entire city. A "Frita"—or a traditional Cuban hamburger—is made from a mix of seasoned ground beef and chorizo, covered in onions and potato sticks and served on Cuban bread. Mix and match ingredients to add a unique twist to your burger. My personal favorite is the "Caballo" which simply adds a fried egg and a hint of hot sauce. Their menu consists of other great sandwiches, including the "Pan Con Bistec" (heralded as one of Miami's best) as well as the "Croqueta Preparada"." - Colada Collective
"It’s not a proper visit to Little Havana (or Miami) until a frita has been ordered. El Rey is the king of fritas, a Cuban-style burger made of ground beef and chorizo served on a soft bun with potato strings. Start with an original and work through the menu, adding cheese, egg, double patties, or even plantains for extra sweetness. For the full experience, grab a mamey shake to wash it all down." - Allison Ramirez
"Like a lot of locals, the frita wasn’t born in Miami—but it grew up here. And good luck finding one like El Rey’s outside of this city. Seriously: name one American city with a frita like this. El Rey makes our favorite version in town, and it’s also the restaurant that really introduced Miami to the frita: a delicious combination of spiced ground beef, sauteed onions, and shoestring fries between Cuban bread. But El Rey took this Cuban burger and embraced the American tradition of throwing all sorts of toppings at it. You can order your frita with cheese, fried eggs, bacon, sweet plantains, or all of the above." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer
"El Rey’s flan is a classic. But what sets it apart is the pronounced burnt caramel taste. It has a golden brown top and thick sauce that makes images of maple syrup flash across our mind with each bite. This flan isn't trying to rewrite flan rules. It comes with a couple of plastic spoons stabbed into its sides and would no doubt earn the Cuban grandparent’s seal of approval, the highest honor for a Miami flan." - virginia otazo, mariana trabanino
"Think of El Rey as Miami’s version of Johnny Rockets. But instead of a jukebox, there’s a coin-operated mechanical horse in the corner. And their version of a burger is a frita—the best in town. These patties are covered in rust-red smokey spices and topped with crunchy potato sticks before being placed between two cuban bread buns. We like to order ours a caballo, which means “with an egg” and directly translates to “on horseback.” And those eggs run, unlike their mechanical namesake in the corner, which we’ve never actually seen anyone use." - virginia otazo
