Salsa! Salsa Club / Tapas Bar / Nightclub

My Take: I grew up believing that, at least in Latin America, Saturday night means sweaty, sexy salsa dancing. This bar would prove me right. While affiliated with Stonegate pubs, Salsa is the nightlife antithesis of an English pub: no one’s sitting (and if they are, stay away), everyone’s moving, and drinks are secondary in importance. If you like dancing served along with your cocktail, this is the ultimate salsa spot in Soho. The Scene: Arriving at the venue, Salsa’s breezy, cheery exterior belies the sweat fest below. The doormen are friendly and if you come at the right time there’s no queue. After paying a cover, bypass the ground floor restaurant for the stairs down to the basement, a vast, high-ceilinged cavern full of people bumping, grinding and salsa dancing. Spastic, bright lights, an expansive dance floor and two bars make it easy to rotate positions throughout the night, meaning you can escape the mosh pit for more refined swaying by the mostly unoccupied booths. Cocktails & Cuisine: Salsa’s menu has a stereotypical and somewhat culturally indifferent mix of cuisines. The food doesn’t even have to sound Spanish: in addition to tapas and enchiladas, Salsa serves cheap feta wraps. Prices: Cover £5-10, Cocktails £6-8, tapas £3-5, mains £5-6, 2 for 1 desserts What to Wear: Salsa-appropriate heels, tight jeans or swirly skirts. You’ll be drenched in sweat anyway by the end of the night. Insider Info/When to go: Saturdays are as sweaty and sexy as Salsa promises they will be, but word on the street—erm, Charing Cross Road—is that Salsa sports the best Sunday dance session in town.