Havana

I arrived at 6 pm on a Saturday night, with a reservation for the large booth. Even though I had email proof and had visited the place personally to make my reservation, they didn't have me written down anywhere. But it didn't matter, anyway. Even though it's happy hour from 5-7, there wasn't a soul there! Just me and the bartender until my friends arrived. We found out that they don't have food (a drinking place with nothing to eat??), but at least the bartender got us a pizza from Via Tribunali.

After 11 pm the place got crowded. No room to stand anywhere. Horrible ventilation. Our feet hurt and we went to sit at a booth (that seats about 20) that had been vacant for 2 hours. We knew other people had it reserved, but they were all dancing, so 5 of us sat down to take a load off. The skanky waitress came over and BULLISHLY told us we had to move because it was reserved. Even though the table-holders said we could sit there until they wanted to sit (we said we'd happily vacate when they wanted their table), the bitchy waitress then called a bouncer over! I'm in my 40s, was sober, was polite (as were all of my stunned friends), and couldn't believe that's how she handled it. But, it gets worse! Over comes the manager, spitting venom at us! Not an, "I'm sorry, ladies, but it's our policy and we regret that you'll have to move," but "YOU DO NOT HAVE A RESERVATION AND I'M GOING TO CALL THE COPS [insert Linda Blair Exorcist imitation here]!!" Truly unbelievable and despicable behavior, coming from the MANAGER! Can you believe it? He was obviously on drugs because his behavior was astonishingly disproportionate to the situation. I again reiterate that we were peaceful and sober! We left; we were so disgusted. I will never, ever set foot in that Coke-head's establishment again.

BTW, cops were in and out of the place all night. I found that strange, and it gave us the impression that bad things must happen there regularly enough to warrant cops hanging around inside and out. We should have gone to Neighbors. I know that I can have a good time there and feel relatively safe!…

Don't go there!. I would give -5 if there was an option. We (several international people) were invited by the University of Washington course organizers to hang out in a informal atmosphere and they gave us an address of this club.

When we arrived, a fat guy sitting and checking the IDs (who claimed himself as a night manager) didn't allow us to enter. We showed him our IDs (IDs of the countries we were from, driving licenses). I personally showed him my Swiss ID and Swiss driving license. We were polite with him. But he told, that according to Washington State law, only 5 types of documents give access to this club: 1) passport (who carry a passport abroad now?); 2) US ID; 3) US driving license; 4) Marine ID; 5) something else.

End of the story is that I am and my colleagues (who were above 35, including me) were VERY VERY disappointed with such attitude and ended up sitting in a nice and cozy bar, next to yours. I promised to that fat guy that I will be writing a negative reference for Havana Club in Seattle everywhere where it is possible and I will do so.

Hope that a staff of this club will learn how to treat clients, particularly, guests from other countries.

Sh…

Havana. Decent place, good music they bring in local DJs who know what they're doing. They have or used to have a night that was all old school hip hop, they do funk and soul, electro. The only downside is that the sound system isn't great, either that or it's the acoustics in the place I don't know…