Castropol

CA3
Style of place: Contemporary Bar
Ambience
Popularity
Entertainment
Service
Best for: Lively Cuban crowd will get the party started in an instant
Worst for: Not the most glamorous of locales. Can get claustrophobic inside.
Malecón No. 107, entre Genios & Crespo, Centro Havana
(+53)7861 - 4864
12m to 12am daily
  • This social club is set in a marvelous (if run-down) building right on the Malecón. The upstairs has been recently renovated as a restaurant serving international cuisine. Downstairs is often packed with local Cubans who like the lively non-pretentious airs, location and cheap cover. Really less of a bar and more of a club.

    
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