Havana

[Uncle Volodya]

YEah, I was just hoping for a few names of drinking or gathering spots. I speak good spanish and know Havana well, so I realize centro is, well. Centro.

Any suggestions will do, centro or not. What are the best spots these days!

I have nowhere near the experience that you do but after 3 trips my impression is that the best option is to try to chat up girls in the street and public spaces. Be polite and try to strike up a conversation. Invite her back to your place for a drink. And don't be a dick and press the issue if she is not game. Unlike the US women won't get offended if an interested guy approaches them, as long as he is nice, not rude or lewd, and doesn't' backs off once they signal they aren't interested.

Remember because of the LE situation girls are shy and scared to approach even if they are interested in a bit of p4 p. So it is up to you to make first contact.

In Centro and other areas be on the lookout for the parks and other places that have wifi. This kind of gives you an "excuse" to be there and hang around. I almost always get inviting looks and catcalls from girls even when I am there just to check my email.

[MjTravelLove]

How's your Spanish?

I don't think there are many "places" in centro from a touristy / or club standpoint. (I could be wrong on this, but I don't think so).

If you venture inside, away from Malecon, you will find no tourists, big streets and a rather non descript, somewhat commercial looking environment. (at least in area where I walked around).

If you're a confident and ballsy individual, chat the women up. I suspect you will find some amenable ladies.

But with respect. , if you think you can just walk around asking how much. I suspect you will soon learn otherwise. For the chat up approach to work, your Spanish will have to be adequately conversational.

if you're looking for more "jinietera" types, hit the bars/clubs in Miramar (e.g. El Miyo y El Tuyo there are more such as this one) but don't expect La Gruta prices from the women in there.

Last time I was in Havana (and it's been a couple of years), the taxistas were telling me the Miramar places were where all the "action" was at. (from a Cuban partygoer standpoint)

YEah, I was just hoping for a few names of drinking or gathering spots. I speak good spanish and know Havana well, so I realize centro is, well. Centro.

Any suggestions will do, centro or not. What are the best spots these days!

[Catire]

Gentlemen, I have been going to Havana for about 20 years starting when I was around 20.

Obviously things have changed in this "scene," but I'm not here to cry about it. I love the city.

I have a question for all of you who know the city:

What are your favorite establishments / neighborhoods / etc for picking up ladies?

The obvious ones, La Rampa and Malecon, bore me at this stage. And Havana Vieja is fine, but I think centro would be best.

I am asking for a selection of the best daytime and nighttime places in centro to pick up ladies?

Thanks!

How's your Spanish?

I don't think there are many "places" in centro from a touristy / or club standpoint. (I could be wrong on this, but I don't think so).

If you venture inside, away from Malecon, you will find no tourists, big streets and a rather non descript, somewhat commercial looking environment. (at least in area where I walked around).

If you're a confident and ballsy individual, chat the women up. I suspect you will find some amenable ladies.

But with respect. , if you think you can just walk around asking how much. I suspect you will soon learn otherwise. For the chat up approach to work, your Spanish will have to be adequately conversational.

if you're looking for more "jinietera" types, hit the bars/clubs in Miramar (e.g. El Miyo y El Tuyo there are more such as this one) but don't expect La Gruta prices from the women in there.

Last time I was in Havana (and it's been a couple of years), the taxistas were telling me the Miramar places were where all the "action" was at. (from a Cuban partygoer standpoint)

[MjTravelLove]

Gentlemen, I have been going to Havana for about 20 years starting when I was around 20.

Obviously things have changed in this "scene," but I'm not here to cry about it. I love the city.

I have a question for all of you who know the city:

What are your favorite establishments / neighborhoods / etc for picking up ladies?

The obvious ones, La Rampa and Malecon, bore me at this stage. And Havana Vieja is fine, but I think centro would be best.

I am asking for a selection of the best daytime and nighttime places in centro to pick up ladies?

Thanks!

[Alvaro 30]

Hopefully it will return to the way it used to be.

Mondo.

I was there last night, any action, only couples or groups.

Is anybody in La Habana this days? PM.

[Mondo707]

It is open. I was there the Sunday before last. Was looking for live music with my girlfriend. Went up they had salsa playing on a big screen. Mostly Cuban couples but a few girls. ID never been before, but it wasn't very impressive what I saw.

Hey Tony,

Thanks for checking this place and confirm that it's indeed open.

It used to be joint where there was POF or action going on. Not really a classy joint but nevertheless it provided action that most here would check out.

Hopefully it will return to the way it used to be.

Mondo.

[TonyLemor]

It is open. I was there the Sunday before last. Was looking for live music with my girlfriend. Went up they had salsa playing on a big screen. Mostly Cuban couples but a few girls. ID never been before, but it wasn't very impressive what I saw.

[Mondo707]

Hey,

I was browsing thru different places in La Habana and came across a Facebook page for Pico Blanco at the St. John's hotel.

By browsing thru the postings I noticed the there is a gap from 2/14/18 to June of 2018, no postings in this period. Then after June, new postings appear relating to the hotel and some seemed like inside the club itself.

I should mention, like someone did before, I too on my last trip at the end of February beginning of March, stopped by the joint and talked to one employee in the lobby (doorman?) and he informed me the place was bough by Italians investors and didn't have a plan to reopen the club upstairs.

Fast forward to now and it seems like the club is open again!

Anyway, thought I post about this and hope someone will confirm soon either way.

Mondo.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cabar...44177972378794

[MjTravelLove]

I had a long chat with the doorman at St John's about this when I was there in May and it was still closed.

He told me that the new ownership of the hotel, Italians, had decided to turn the space into a conference area because it had been attracting too much heat from the authorities. He blamed all of the attention the place was getting on the internet (maybe even here)?

I heard something similar and was in fact there. In Havana. When a conference or event of some sort occurred.

But now it is open again everybody says. I won't be back for a few months, so I am trying to keep up with the scene.

Any info for a guy who already knows the city pretty well would be invited.

Thanks!

MjT.

[Uncle Volodya]

HI Guys.

I am amazed this place re-opened. Seemed like part of a crackdown but you NEVER know what they will do in Cuba. LOL.

How is it there? A lot of girls? What time is best to arrive? What are the standard prices? Are there any differences than before?

Is it worth my time?

Thanks!

MjT.

I had a long chat with the doorman at St John's about this when I was there in May and it was still closed.

He told me that the new ownership of the hotel, Italians, had decided to turn the space into a conference area because it had been attracting too much heat from the authorities. He blamed all of the attention the place was getting on the internet (maybe even here)?

[MjTravelLove]

HI Guys.

I am amazed this place re-opened. Seemed like part of a crackdown but you NEVER know what they will do in Cuba. LOL.

How is it there? A lot of girls? What time is best to arrive? What are the standard prices? Are there any differences than before?

Is it worth my time?

Thanks!

MjT.

[Chris H]

Hey,

I"m interested in the mentioned piano bar and not sure where it's at!

Browsed thru a bunch of places and was wondering if it's called Delirio Habanero? This one place is close to Neptuno & Galiano.

Check the link below for additional info about this joint.

Mondo.

http://www.lahabana.com/guide/deliri...lon-piano-bar/

That seems to be the place, all I see on the building is Piano Bar. Go check it out, let us know what you think.

[Mondo707]

It may only be open Thursday thru Saturday.

Hey,

I"m interested in the mentioned piano bar and not sure where it's at!

Browsed thru a bunch of places and was wondering if it's called Delirio Habanero? This one place is close to Neptuno & Galiano.

Check the link below for additional info about this joint.

Mondo.

http://www.lahabana.com/guide/deliri...lon-piano-bar/

[Uncle Volodya]

El Miyo y El Tuyo has been going strong for at least 2-3 years. I'd guess too much money went into the place and too many connected people have a piece of the action for that place to be closing anytime soon. It's also way out in Miramar. Like 110th Street far.. Way too far for your Centro girls, much less Habana Vieja to get out there. Which means it's full of light skinned girls charging high prices. https://www.instagram.com/explore/lo...taurant/?hl=en.

I went there a couple of times in May and there were always FLs available there, unfortunately not always up to my taste. It seems girls circulate between there and Fantaxy (which is just too packed and not too many good looking girls for me to bother. M&T is much less crowded and more laid back a place.

I took a very good looking girl light skinned mulatta from there that I had met earlier in the evening outside Fantaxy. 100 CUC. But she was way too pushy and too pro for my tastes. I prefer the younger student types you can meet on La Rampa or the Malecon.

Another club to check out is Don Cangrejo. Very popular. But a mixed crowd and I don;t think all the girls there are ready to go. It was good last November but only so so on May.

[Catire]

I just came back from my second trip to Cuba, and wow, it's changed so much from 3 years ago. This time, there were no girls to pick up on the Malecon. They told me it's because the heavy police presence drove them away.

Salon Rojo was dead. The girls available on La Rampa were ugly and fewer in number.

So there are a lot more girls you can pick up at the clubs. But the scene changes often I'm told.

So these are the active clubs you can pick up girls as of August 2018, and it may already be outdated by October.

Miyo why Tuyo.

Shangri La (but sort of dying out).

Fantaxy (Fantasy).

Up & Down.

I recorded some scenes and put them on youtube, in case you want to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4dRmPCnqdo

To be fair, I was too early for Shangri La (10 pm) when I filmed. But when I went back the next night at midnight, though more crowded, not many girls were available.

El Miyo y El Tuyo has been going strong for at least 2-3 years. I'd guess too much money went into the place and too many connected people have a piece of the action for that place to be closing anytime soon. It's also way out in Miramar. Like 110th Street far.. Way too far for your Centro girls, much less Habana Vieja to get out there. Which means it's full of light skinned girls charging high prices. https://www.instagram.com/explore/lo...taurant/?hl=en.