The YouTuber VictorG explored this week what remains of the legendary nightclub Havana Club in the Comodoro Hotel in Miramar, and the video posted on Facebook has already garnered over 156,000 views: hollow walls, graffiti, debris, and a direct warning to those considering visiting it on their own.
"Don't even think about coming here alone, people. You saw what happened. They were throwing stones. This is dangerous," warned VictorG during the tour, after individuals from the upper floors of the building threw stones at the visitors.
The space that was once considered the epicenter of Havana’s nightlife in the 90s now looks unrecognizable. Where there used to be a three-level dance floor with spiral staircases and ocean views, there is now moisture accumulated for over two decades, which has led to the formation of stalactites and stalagmites inside. VictorG himself admitted he had never seen anything like it in an abandoned place.
"The famous nightclub Habana Club. Probably the best club of those times in Cuba. The epicenter of the dance scene in the 90s in Havana. It was the place where many DJs were born and where the youth surrendered to the night," the YouTuber described. And then the contrast: "Today, however, what remains are hollow walls, graffiti, and mountains of rubble that tell another story."
At its peak, the nightclub had a capacity for around 800 people, with a separate entrance from the hotel and a five-dollar admission fee, which was a significant amount for Cuba at that time. “This is where the crème de la crème used to gather,” recalled VictorG, who visited the venue during its days of operation.
The nightclub closed in October 1998 during the so-called "Operation Lacra," a police offensive by the Cuban regime against prostitution and drug use in the tourist environment of Havana, which also affected Café Cantante and the Palacio de la Salsa. It briefly reopened in 2000 and permanently closed in 2001. In 2018, the government announced its rehabilitation, a promise that was never fulfilled.
In addition to the structural deterioration, the video shows that the space currently houses makeshift homes built by people who have settled among the rubble.
The comments on the video mix nostalgia and indignation. "What a great place the Comodoro disco was, the best of the best in '92, it was at its peak, they had very good evenings," wrote Victor Rodriguez. William Barroso, who worked in the tourism sector, recalled that the venue was "something out of this world, the best in technology," and that the project's owner was a Spaniard known as Yordi, whom he personally met as a customer of the restaurant La Cecilia.
It's not the first time that the condition of the place has generated reactions on social media. In April 2024, it was described as an open-air dump, and in September of the same year, the comedian Jardiel González showed it as a gigantic trash heap. In July 2025, a video from the TikToker @despingoverychannel rekindled collective memory about the venue.
The Comodoro nightclub has become yet another emblem of Havana consumed by institutional neglect, alongside the Havana Yacht Club, the old Coney Island, and the Casino Español, in a pattern that repeats itself without any promise of restoration materializing.
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