Bar Dos Gardenias

Sobre este lugar Bar Dos Gardenias

Bar Dos Gardenias takes its name from one of Cuba's most beloved boleros ? the song of two gardenias, of love offered and lost ? and the choice is deliberate. This is a Vedado bar with a consciously romantic, old-Havana sensibility: dim lighting, cocktails in proper glasses, and live music that runs toward traditional son, bolero, and nueva trova rather than reggaeton. The crowd is mixed and the atmosphere is gay-friendly in the organic way of Vedado's better establishments ? nobody is checking anybody's orientation at the door. It functions as an evening pre-game destination, filling from around 9pm before the later-night Vedado circuit takes over. The interior design references the decorative language of 1950s Cuba with enough self-awareness to avoid mere nostalgia. A good choice for visitors who want music, cocktails, and atmosphere without the louder circuit-party energy of the bigger venues.