We welcome you to our table!

At Gusina Garífuna, we cook for you from the heart and from memory. We are a family proud of its roots, honoring Garifuna cuisine and the recipes passed down from our grandmother Marta de Caballeros. With every dish, we aim to offer an authentic Caribbean experience in Guatemala City, using fresh ingredients, ancestral techniques, and the deep flavors of the sea and the land.

A tapado, a darasa (Garifuna tamal), an ereba (cassava bread), or a machuca are all crafted with passion: natural ingredients, artisanal processes, and the desire for you to enjoy a truly unique experience. We welcome you to our table – come and taste your heritage!

Garifuna flavors

The finest ingredients

From the sea to your plate, with fresh ingredients and authentic sauces.

Ancestral techniques

We use ancestral techniques to bring a taste of our history to your table.

A warm, welcoming atmosphere that blends tradition, innovation, and a deep passion for our heritage.

Passion for our cuisine

From San Vicente to Central America and rest of the World

Our History

The Garifuna culinary story begins in the 17th century, in Yurumein (Saint Vincent), when Carib peoples and free Africans created a unique cuisine based on cassava, casabe/ereba (cassava bread), coconut, plantain, and fish. Since then, every recipe has been both identity and journey: cassava as travel bread, and Indigenous and African techniques giving rise to dishes like machuca and hudutu.

In 1797, the Garifuna people were expelled from Saint Vincent and settled along the coasts of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, carrying seeds, flavors, and ways of cooking with them. This is how classics such as tapado, coconut soups, and rice and beans became staples that still accompany celebrations and ceremonies.

In the 20th and 21st centuries, migration to the cities and to the United States brought this cuisine into new homes and restaurants. Today, Garifuna cuisine is both a living heritage and a contemporary offering: every ereba, every hudut, and every tapado invites you to taste a story of resilience, pride, and future.