Havana Restaurant
Caribbean soul meets serious wine in Maine
Bar Harbor · Bar Harbor · American, Latin · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 7, 2026
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First Impression
You walk into a room that feels like Havana by way of Acadia National Park — warm colors, rum drinks on the bar, and then you notice the wine list is legitimately 200 bottles deep. That contrast is the whole point. This place has held a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence since 2011, which is no small thing for a Latin-American restaurant on a tourist island in Maine.
Selection Deep Dive
The list leans hard into California — Ridge Monte Bello, Caymus, Duckhorn, Rombauer — which is a safe crowd-pleaser play but executed with some real ambition. France and Italy show up with Louis Jadot Burgundy and Marchesi de Frescobaldi Brunello di Montalcino, giving the list enough Old World credibility to feel like it wasn't assembled from a distributor's top-20 sheet. Oregon gets a proper nod with Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir. The wildcard is the Spanish corner: Torres Mas La Plana is a legitimately serious Cabernet from Penedès that most guests will walk right past, and at $42 the Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva is doing real work on this list.
By the Glass
Somewhere in the 12-20 pour range, which is generous for a restaurant of this size and scope — especially in a market where most places offer eight options and call it a day. We'd love to see more Old World options by the glass to match the depth on the bottle list, but the glass selection gets the job done for the crowd Havana is pulling.
Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2018 — $42
Tempranillo from a legendary Rioja producer at a price that barely clears what you'd spend at a decent wine shop. For a bottle program anchored mostly in California, this is the quiet overachiever.
Torres Mas La Plana
Most guests at a Caribbean-Latin restaurant in Bar Harbor are ordering Caymus without blinking. Mas La Plana is a Cabernet Sauvignon from Penedès that's been beating Bordeaux in blind tastings since the 1970s. It belongs on a list three times this size and somehow landed here.
Rombauer Chardonnay Carneros 2021
At $65 a bottle, you're paying a solid markup for a wine that's fine but ubiquitous — it's on every list in America and it's never a bargain. The Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling would serve you better and probably won't cost as much.
Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir + Mahi-mahi tacos
Mahi is meaty enough to handle a light red, and Drouhin Oregon has that earthy, cherry-driven profile that doesn't bulldoze the fish. The bright acidity cuts through whatever heat the kitchen puts on those tacos.
Wednesday — Half-price wine night every Wednesday — one of the better deals in Bar Harbor and reason enough to plan your itinerary around it.
🎲 The Bottom Line
A serious wine list wearing a guayabera shirt in a lobster-trap town — Havana earns its Wine Spectator hardware and then surprises you with picks like Mas La Plana and a Wednesday half-price night that makes the whole thing feel like a gift. Send your wine-curious friends here without hesitation.
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