Manila Restaurants

Cafe Havana

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Good for: atmosphere, Solo Travellers

Not good for: food, service

  • Address
    • cnr M Adriatico St & Remedios St Malate
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 02 521 8097
  • Hours
    • 11:00-03:00

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Lonely Planet review for Cafe Havana

Conjure the illusion that you're in Havana just before the city's fall to Castro. You can opt to have an all-Cuban evening starting with Cuba Libre and ending with a Cuban Cohiba Esplendido cigar, with some Arroz a la Cubana in between. It's busy serving local partiers until late and many revitalize with the good fresh fruit drinks.

 

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    Havana Nights

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    At the heart of Makati dining and shopping district, Havana pumps up the music and entertainment lifeblood of the city. Take a stroll at the surrounding park, ponds, fountains and shops and you will be inevitably drawn to its pulsating beat and lively atmosphere. While most bars keep the volume and the vibe inside, Café Havana’s music and merrymaking spill out into the alfresco dining outside. Proof to its growing popularity, what used to be a just couple of tables right outside the bar have now extended till the edge of the platform.

    Under starry night skies, in candle-lighted tables, customers puff Cuban cigars and hookah. The loud laughter and music drown out the stillness of the night and the wee hours of the morning.

    On Friday and Saturday evenings, expect bumper to bumper traffic inside the bar as customers, dancers, dance instructors and waiters, fill up every square inch of it. Expect heavier flow on live band nights with the installation of space consuming musical instruments. A sultry local female performer belts out popular tunes and sways to the rhythm of Latin music.

    A concoction of Café Havana elements: dim lights, crowded dance floor, popular dance music from 30 years past to present, spirited drinks and infectious feeling of euphoria-strips bar goers of inhibitions and entices them to dance in between drinks.

    Havana, the city, was known for sin, sex, sugar and rum, where North Americans come down to for a fun-filled sexy weekend. And Café Havana is no different. Living up to its name, its customers are mostly expatriates looking for a good time, in yet another tropical island.

    Good for: atmosphere, Solo Travellers

    Not good for: food, service

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