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Habana Vieja · Established 2009

Where Havana Listens.

Seven nights a week, an eleven-piece timba orchestra led by Rafael "El Chivo" Mendoza fills the room — and Yaima Rodríguez's bar program answers every chorus with a glass.

Rafael 'El Chivo' Mendoza leading the resident eleven-piece timba orchestra on stage
Los Hermanos Mendoza · resident orchestra · 9 years running
  • 4.8★across 3,140+ reviews
  • 180+sellout nights since 2018
  • 312live performances a year
  • 12 minaverage reservation confirmation

This Week

Tonight on the Two Stages

Two rooms, four sets, one room always listening. Here is who is playing across the next seven nights.

  1. Tonight · Wed

    Los Hermanos Mendoza

    Timba · Main Stage

    Doors 20:30 · Set 21:30

  2. Thu

    Dúo Quintero

    Son Cubano · Salon Stage

    Doors 20:30 · Set 21:30

  3. Fri

    La Orquesta del Callejón

    Salsa Brava · Main Stage

    Doors 21:00 · Set 22:00

  4. Sat

    María Felipe Trio

    Bolero · Salon Stage

    Doors 21:00 · Set 22:00

Reserve for any of the four sets →

The Weekly Cadence

Seven Nights. Never a Quiet Room.

From Monday's trova to Saturday's salsa brava, the calendar runs on music — and the bar matches it note for note.

Monday

Trova

21:30 · Salon Stage

Tuesday

Latin Jazz

21:30 · Main Stage

Wednesday

Timba

21:30 · Main Stage

Thursday

Son Cubano

21:30 · Salon Stage

Friday

Salsa Brava

22:00 · Main Stage

Saturday

Bolero

22:00 · Salon Stage

Sunday

DJ Timba

23:00 · Salon Stage

Pick Your Night

The Bar Program

Built by Award Winners

Yaima Rodríguez, named Bartender of the Year by the Cuban Bartenders Guild in 2023, leads a team that served 47,000+ cocktails last year — and won Best Cocktail Program at the Caribbean Hospitality Awards in 2022 and 2024.

The Chancleta — aged rum, guava, cassia — in a heavy-cut crystal glass on a worn Havana bar

House Original · No. 01

The Chancleta

Aged Havana Club · guava · cassia · lime oil

The signature. The one guests order twice.

The O'Reilly Highball — mint, lime, white rum — on a brass tray

No. 12

O'Reilly Highball

White rum · mint · lime · cane sugar

The Prado Negroni — bittered rum, vermouth, hibiscus — in a smoked coupe

No. 07

Prado Negroni

Bittered rum · vermouth · hibiscus

The main bar at Timba Social Club, amber rum bottles glowing against the dark wood backbar

No. 23

Vieja Old Fashioned

Seven-year rum · house bitters · demerara · orange oil

See the full 38-cocktail menu →

A private corporate celebration set up across both stages at Timba Social Club

Private Events

Two Stages. 220 Guests. One Night They Won't Stop Talking About.

From Bacardi Cuba to the French Embassy, planners come to Timba because the production, the orchestra and the bar move as one team — bilingual MCs, full staging, and a room that already knows how to listen.

  • Capacity for 220 across both stages
  • Bilingual MC & full production team in-house
  • Custom cocktail menus built by Yaima Rodríguez
  • Trusted by 40+ international tour operators
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