|
Dear Sirs
I am looking for a venue in London that offers genuine, good salsa music with good dining and salsa class. Can you recommend somewhere? (have heard about Bar Salsa and no thank you!)
Yours faithfully, Patricia R.
Ahh Patricia - sounds like a simplt question, there isn’t an easy answer. We like Soho’s Floridita, there’s a great vibe and dancing but no dance classes CLICK HERE - best if the boss is paying - or a special night out - the cocktails/food ain’t for the brassic.
Some places offer dining and salsa classes. Arch Angel - formerly Bar Cuba - on Kensington High Street used to be reliable but we haven’t been since it re-opened, similarly Sway on Great Queen Street WC2. Titos in London Bridge is a sweetly shabby Peruvian place with salsa classes (check when salsa classes are on). The Cuban in Camden offers salsa classes on Thursdays, pub nosh available - cocktails are a knockout. The Tree House in Croydon offers good food downstairs (a friend’s recommendation) and classes and club have flava too!
There are authentic Latin restaurants where you can dance but no classes - La Bodeguita in Elephant and Castle, La Mazorca in Brixton (see reviews).
On the other hand, you can get the best of both worlds by choosing a great Latin restaurant - with no classes or dancing and catch an early salsa dance class nearby. Sabor on the Essex Road (classes Clockwork); La Bodeguita del Medio in Kensington (classes Arch Angel); Gilgamesh in Camden are highly recommended (classes Cuban - CLICK HERE for reviews).
To start the evening off, try salsa classes at Cuban Connection’s club on Wednesdays at 4 Wilde Court, Holborn with SALSA CHAMPIONS Rafael del Busto and Janet Fuentes Torres.
For live music and dining, try Ronnie Scotts in Soho (above by Miguel del Foto). With live jazz every night, swish dining and cocktails, Ronnie Scotts is the epitome of class and cool. We saw Snowboy with Alex Wilson and Grupo-X’s Jonny Enright there the other night. Visit: www.ronniescotts.co.uk Ronnie’s is at 47 Frith Street W1, tel: 020 7439 0747.
|
|
