Shake your tush at Floridita!
Since moving to London I have been trying to make the most of the various opportunities – one of these being learning to salsa. Cue the various traumas of attending classes, going backwards not forwards, weird, slightly creepy men holding you a bit too tightly and all the usual good stuff. As a result of a couple of months struggling to master salsa I would rate myself “OK to quite OK” – i.e. a good partner can make me look pretty decent, but otherwise I do mess up and bang into people.
The natural progression from having passable skills was clearly to showcase my talent at Floridita – a salsa style nightclub in Soho. This place is really funky! Sweeping stairs usher you down to the restaurant and club, where all the beautiful people are – it definitely has a feel of decadence; golden lighting and white décor abound. My salsa chums and I decided to make the most of this experience by going for the pre-dinner meal offer, £15 for 2 courses and a cocktail (thus sneakily avoiding the £10 entry fee). As always this ended up being £35 (with service, dessert, sides and drinks), which is still reasonable value given the saving on the entry. The food was fine, nothing to write home about, but then again, you are there for the music and dance… Whilst you eat, truly excellent musicians and dancers take to the dance-floor (now if I was reading this I would be imagining tackiness – like when you go on holiday to Greece and end up smashing plates in tourist restaurants), but no, this featured top-notch genuinely skilled people. And then, the best bit, you get to join in! If actually dancing isn’t your bag, panic not, you can just watch, or hang out like in any normal bar. There are several alternative areas to the club, seating away from the dance floor and a little private bar in another corner. All in all, to paraphrase an epic film “I’ve had the time of my life…”. Hang out in Floridita to get swept away by it all.
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