What brand of cuban cigars are the real deal?

try Sigaro toscano (Tuscan cigar), very different from the Havana style

Montecristo are the best I hear they are all made by the cuban gov. but Montecristo is famus in Gangster films and also in the hip-hop world. The govoner of California smokes them also.

others
Partagás
H. Upmann
Hoyo de Monterrey
Romeo y Julieta
José L. Piedra

Multilocal Brands

Bolívar
Punch
Vegas Robaina
Quintero
Fonseca
Niche Brands

Cuaba
Trinidad
San Cristóbal de la Habana
Local Brands

Belinda
Cabañas
Diplomáticos
El Rey del Mundo
Flor de Cano
Gispert
Guantanamera
Juan López
La Gloria Cubana
Los Statos de Luxe
Por Larrañaga
Quai d’Orsay
Rafael González
Ramón Allones
Reloba
Saint Luis Rey
Sancho Panza
Troya
Vegueros
Discontinued Brands (some of these are still being manufactured, just no longer in Cuba)

Davidoff
Dunhill
La Flor de Caney
Cifuentes
La Escepción
María Guerrero
Siboney
Don Alfredo
Don Cándido
Flor del Punto
La Halo
La Vigía

The american Some cubans started american cigar companys in america. Not al but some are here are the well known.

United States
Alamo
Avanti
Aristoff
Benedit
Backwoods
Black and Mild
Cabaiguan
Cuban Crafters Cigars (Miami Factory)
Don Pepin Garcia Blue Mark
Don Pepin Garcia Serie JJ
Don Rigo
Dutch Masters
El Rey de los Habanos
Garcia y Vega
General Cigar Co. Inc.
Havana Soul
King Edward The Seventh (cigar strain)
La Gloria Cubana (Miami)
La Herencia de Cuba (Ybor City)
La Palina
La Rosa Cubana
Lars Tetens
Marsh Wheeling
Marty Oswald Cigars
Muriel
Nat Sherman
Padilla
Phillies
Plantation Reserve
Peerless
Sam Houston
Swisher
Taino
Tatuaje
Toppers
Travis Club
Tres Hermanos
Vegas Cubanas
Vieux Carré
White Owl

To list some of the most well loved ones that most people have heard of without listing every single cigar ever made: Cohiba, Romeo y Juliet, Monte Cristo, Partaga. I reckon they are overrated personally, but thats just me.