The Café Neruda was an outdoor café, located in a renovated building between the colonial ocean-view apartments. It was named after the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. The customers sat at tables or on park benches outside of the café, protected from the wind by panes of glass. The area was surrounded by geometrical architectural structures.

The café offered a variety of delicious coffee, alcoholic beverage and a Cuban food consisting of light snacks and sandwiches for a reasonable price, but the place was rather preferred as a pleasant drinking spot on the Malecón. It was a member of the national Habaguanex tourism company.