Is Moreno's Cuba Café and Riviera Hotel Still Open? Mystery Diners Update
Mystery Diners, Season 10 Miami Beach, Florida
Current status
As of October 2026, Moreno's Cuba Café and Riviera Hotel is listed open on morenoscuba.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Moreno's Cuba's website is live with a working online ordering widget and posted weekly hours, and Google Places lists the business as operational at 1850 Collins Ave, Miami Beach. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 10, Episode 7
- Aired
- Address 1850 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139
- Now called Moreno's Cuba
- Website morenoscuba.com
- Show map
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About this show's format: Described as staged/scripted by Wikipedia's article, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report. Surface this note on every record.
What happened after Mystery Diners?
In "Unhappy Hour" (Mystery Diners, Food Network, S10E7, aired 2015-07-15), according to Food Network's episode synopsis, Jorge, the owner of Moreno's Cuba Café and Riviera Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, told investigator Charles Stiles he suspected his staff were letting friends into the hotel's free happy hour without paying. Charles sent Mystery Diners operatives Patrick and Tina in undercover, and Food Network's synopsis reports they found how the uninvited guests were gaining access to the event. Charles then coached Jorge on how to close the gap and keep the happy hour limited to paying guests.
Wikipedia's article on Mystery Diners, citing its sources, describes the series as staged and scripted rather than an unscripted documentary. Since the episode aired, the business, now branded online as Moreno's Cuba, maintains an active website at morenoscuba.com listing weekly hours and an online ordering option, and Google Places lists it as operational at 1850 Collins Ave, Miami Beach. This research pass found no dated news coverage addressing the happy-hour incident or any change in ownership since 2015.
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Sources we checked
- foodnetwork.com https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/mystery-diners/episodes/unhappy-hour
- morenoscuba.com https://www.morenoscuba.com/
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Diners
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Record md-114 · checked by Cal Marchetti.