Vedado
Behold the backlit photo art, the sofa shoehorned into the trunk of an American car, and the globes doubling as lampshades. The Belview, bivouacked in a…
Must-see nightlife in Vedado
Vedado
Art and coffee go together like Fidel and Che in this wonderfully reimagined mansion with an interior that features revolving local art. Seating is…
Vedado
Vedado flirts with bohemia in this dimly lit gay-friendly bar that might have materialized from Paris’ Latin Quarter in the days of James Joyce and Ernest…
Vedado
Housed in an 1880s mansion, La Esencia is among Havana's trendiest bars due to its ambience, retro-style decoration and consistent cocktails. It also…
Vedado
Tucked behind a residential building in sight of the Hotel Meliá Cohiba, this small walk-up bar offers an astounding 97 fresh juice combinations using the…
Vedado
This sometimes suave, sometimes frenetic lounge upstairs at Teatro Nacional de Cuba hosts everything from young rap artists to smooth, improvised jazz…
Vedado
Cafe, English-language bookshop, socially responsible community resource, and a great place for Cubans and non-Cubans to interact: Cuba Libro plays many…
Vedado
Below the Teatro Nacional de Cuba (side entrance), this hip disco offers live salsa music and dancing as well as bar snacks and food. It has earned a…
Vedado
No ice cream here, just movie memorabilia. This is the HQ of the Cuban Film Institute and a nexus for coffee-quaffing students and art-house movie addicts…
Vedado
An ice-cool place to see and be seen, this tiny but super-slick bar-club close to the Malecón is full of dry ice and well-off Cubans enjoying nightly…
Vedado
If you want to salsa dance, this is the place to go: after the Sunday-night show literally everyone takes to the floor. It's at the far-western end of the…
Vedado
The Vegas was once a rough and slightly seedy local music dive, but these days it's better known for its late-night drag shows and is one of Havana's most…
Vedado
Olalá (aka Sarao's) seems more Miami South Beach than traditional Havana, and the music veers toward hip hop and reggaeton as opposed to trova and son…
Vedado
An insanely popular nightclub, Pico Blanco is on the 14th floor of the mediocre Hotel St John's. The program can be hit or miss. Some nights it's karaoke…
Vedado
This small, darkly lit piano bar attracts something of an older Cuban crowd with its regular diet of boleros (ballads) and trova (traditional music),…
Vedado
Cafeteria in the afternoon that becomes a ferociously caliente (hot) club by night.
Vedado
A scruffy evening cafe that turns into a hot local club after 10pm. Friday and Saturday nights are best.
