Bar Cuba

You wouldn’t know it by the name, but this place is all class. Just look at the website!
This is a ‘Rum and Members Bar’. It reportedly has the world’s largest collection of fine rums. Admittedly, this is a fact I can’t be sure of. I haven’t been everywhere else in the world, y’see. I CAN, however, tell you that I DID try a veritable array of rum, and all of it was fine.
Bear in mind, I’ve always been a vodka man. All other spirits are second-​rate to me. (Except the green fairy, but I don’t really consider THAT a spirit. It’s more a monster unto itself.) But this is some good rum.
The décor is great, and not at all cheap or tacky (as you’d expect from a members club), and the music complements the decorating perfectly. Though I’m not typically a fan of rum, if you’ve friends who love the stuff, bring them here (or be dragged along), and you’ll have a gay old time. If you can claim a lounge for your own, many a deep, philosophical and ultimately meaningless conversation will be had before the night is done.

A message to the interior designer of Bar Cuba: When I get rich, I’ll dial you up.
This place is cool. I’m a sucker for all things remotely Latino, and when said Latino is pulled off with a more classy approach as opposed to tacky, my high hopes remain lifted.
Therefore Bar Cuba= Success.
As a whole, it’s loungey, it’s soulful, it’s jazzy, it’s cocktail-​y and It’s great. The venue is ideal for private functions, or alternatively can be best enjoyed with a large group of friends. Great collection of rum too, if that’s your thing.
Oh and it’s located upstairs from the Union Hotel, FYI.

Upstairs from the Union Hotel, Bar Cuba is subtly signposted and only open late. Everyone wants to feel special and this is a members only scene, on the positive it’s not super hard to become a member. At the risk of sounding like a simpleton this bar is so purrrrdy. Lots of luxe fabric and billowing curtains and velvet and chocolate ottomans. Rum is the thing at Bar Cuba (Surprise!) and though I’m not a huge fan of rum usually, they make delicious cocktails and as the saying goes, when in Cuba…
The music is a mix of soul funk and jazz and the people lounging around may appear casual but their dress certainly is not. This place is booked for functions a fair way ahead so if you want to have a party here you’ve got to be organised. And here’s a hot tip: having your gig here is not a cheap venture. If you don’t have the cash you can always do as we’ve done in the past and gate crash more wealthy people’s parties. You didn’t read this but… we may have snuck in on occasion. Or better yet, subtly convince your friends to have functions here so you can attend. Yeah… do that.