Copa Room LH
Salsa/Timba Live music venueAdmission: CUC 10Havana Riviera, Paseo, entre Malecón y 1ra , Vedado
Hotel Inglaterra (La Terraza) LH
Traditional barOpen: Open 24 hours daily.Paseo del Prado No 416, esquina San Rafael, Old Havana
Café O’Reilly LH
Traditional barOpen: 9am-midnight dailyO’Reilly No. 203, entre Cuba and San Ignacio, Old Havana
Las Vegas LH
Cabaret NightclubAdmission: CUC 5Open: Open 10pm-3am, Matinées 4-8pmCalle Infanta No. 204, esquina 25
Café París LH
Traditional barOpen: 8am-1am dailyObispo esquina San Ignacio, Old Havana
3D Bar LH
Electronic music / DJ Contemporary BarAdmission: CUC 53ra y D
Casa del Tango LH
Cultural instituteOpen: Open 10am-8pm, Performances 5-7pm MonCalle Neptuno No.309, entre Águila y Avenida de Italia (Galiano)
Cafetería 23 y P LH
Neighborhood barOpen: 7am-3am dailyCalle 23, esquina P, Vedado
Centro Vasco LH
NightclubAdmission: CUC 5Open: 10am-2.30amCalle 3ra, esquina 4, Vedado
La Fuente LH
Neighborhood barOpen: 11.30am to 1.30am dailyCalle 13, entre F y G, Vedado
Copa Room LH 
3+
The Copa Room, for a while known as the Palacio de la Salsa, is inside the Hotel Riviera, which was built by Meyer Lansky just before the Revolution. The show currently playing is not the best and the …
Salsa/Timba Live music venueAdmission: CUC 10Havana Riviera, Paseo, entre Malecón y 1ra , Vedado
Hotel Inglaterra (La Terraza) LH 3
This is one of the great terrace watching-the-world-go-by bars in Havana given that it is situated right on Parque Central and a lot of the world does swing by on a regular basis. Ideal for a drink pr …
Traditional barOpen: Open 24 hours daily.Paseo del Prado No 416, esquina San Rafael, Old Havana
Café O’Reilly LH 3
Located only a block away from the restlessness of Calle Obispo is this relaxing, rustic two-floor café. Climb the cast-iron spiral staircase and try to squeeze yourself on to the balcony for a perfec …
Traditional barOpen: 9am-midnight dailyO’Reilly No. 203, entre Cuba and San Ignacio, Old Havana
Las Vegas LH 4-
Las Vegas has gone through various incarnations and was featured in Time magazine a couple of years ago as a center for hip-hop. It currently has a varied program which includes a conventional cabaret …
Cabaret NightclubAdmission: CUC 5Open: Open 10pm-3am, Matinées 4-8pmCalle Infanta No. 204, esquina 25
Café París LH 3
Although about as Parisian as Middleborough, Café Paris remained for many years one of the highlights of any bar crawl around Old Havana. It is also somewhere you may find yourself coming back to agai …
Traditional barOpen: 8am-1am dailyObispo esquina San Ignacio, Old Havana
3D Bar LH 3
I was always curious as to what sort of visual extravaganza I would be treated to entering the virtual world of the 3D bar and restaurant. Security always seems somewhat excessive on the outside and t …
Electronic music / DJ Contemporary BarAdmission: CUC 53ra y D
Casa del Tango LH 3
Owners Wilki and Adelaida have turned their home into one of the more distinctive and eccentric venues in Havana, offering dance classes in tango and salsa, along with a floor show and dancing later o …
Cultural instituteOpen: Open 10am-8pm, Performances 5-7pm MonCalle Neptuno No.309, entre Águila y Avenida de Italia (Galiano)
Cafetería 23 y P LH 2
Close to the Yara cinema, this is a regular bar that has become a gay evening hangout simply because most of its clients happen to be, well, gay.
Neighborhood barOpen: 7am-3am dailyCalle 23, esquina P, Vedado
Centro Vasco LH 2+
This is located very close to the Meliá Cohíba hotel and is one of the best locations is you want a low-key inexpensive venue with a good atmosphere. Its Basque owner opened this in 1954 as a restaura …
NightclubAdmission: CUC 5Open: 10am-2.30amCalle 3ra, esquina 4, Vedado
La Fuente LH 2+
In the interests of transparency I have to admit that this used to be my local and I maintain a very soft spot for the place. With greenery on all sides and a (generally nonfunctioning) fountain in th …
Neighborhood barOpen: 11.30am to 1.30am dailyCalle 13, entre F y G, Vedado 