The 5 Best Salsa Dance Clubs in Singapore

Renowned as one of the best Salsa dance clubs in Singapore, Union Square provides enjoyable and exciting Salsa nights to both salseros and non-salseros. With great Salsa music, friendly ambience, and trendy crowds with lots of fun, Union Square dance club has won the youth’s hearts.

Highlights:

SALSA AT UNION SQUARE
With the pleasurable and comfortable ambiance and a mix of friendly dancers and non-dancers crowds, Union Square definitely brings Salsa fans a great place to dance, to enjoy beautiful dances of experienced Salsa dancers, or simply to relax.

SALSA NIGHTS: Seven days a week.

BEGINNERS’ NIGHTS: Free entry for beginners on Tuesdays, which requires the participant to register through its Facebook before Tuesday.

DANCE FLOOR: The dance floor is medium-sized, which provides enough space for about 30 couples at a time.

MUSIC: The dance club’s DJs play a mixture of Salsa, Merengue, and Bachata music.

DRINK: Union Square serves a good selection of beers, cocktails, spirits, and wines as well as juices and soft drinks.

ADMISSION FEE
A cover charge applies from 21:00 onwards. Each entry has 2 standard drinks included.

• Member: $13 on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & PH; $16 on Fri, Sat & Eve of PH.
• Public: $16 on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & PH; $21 on Fri, Sat & Eve of PH.

HAPPY HOURS (10am – 7.59pm)

• Members: 20% Discount Off All Beverages
• Non-Members: 10% Discount Off All Beverages

NOTE: The dance club is usually packed from 22:00 to 23:30, so you are recommended to come early or staying late if you want to have more space for the dancing.

GETTING THERE

• Buses: 80 and 145 (Walk 1 min from bus stop B05419)
• Nearest MRT Station: Tanjong Pagar MRT (EW15) (Walk 4 mins from Exit A)

Being famous for nice drinks, live music, and vibrant ambience, Cuba Libre Cafe Bar is a popular Cuban bar in Singapore, drawing a lot of fun and energetic clubbers every night, especially Latin and Salsa fans.

Highlights:

SALSA DANCING: Salsa and Latin lovers can dance at Cuba Libre every night, weekend nights, however, are best time for Salsa dancing.

DANCE FLOOR: The dance floor is quite small, it can host up to 12 couples at a time.

MUSIC: Its resident live bands, Adrenalina and The Marisol play excellent Cuban and Latin music including Salsa, Merengue and Bachata.

FOOD
Cuba Libre serves a wide range of decent food including appetizers, salads, soups, tapitas, burgers, pizzas, main dishes like grilled cajun chicken, roasted pork, and grilled tiger prawn as well as famous Cuban wraps such as Chimichangas, Quesadillas, and Enchiladas.

DRINKS
The bar brings about a great selection of Mojitos, martinis, cocktails, mocktails, vodka, gin, tequila, rum, bourbon, cognac, whisky, champagnes, wines, draught beers, bottled beers and non-alcohol drinks like juices and soft drinks. Among them, Mojitos are highly recommended.

SERVICE: Cuba libre service is efficient; its staff is friendly and attentive.

PRICES

• Cover charge applies on some nights
• Drinks cost from S$13
• Tapitas cost from S$8
• Cuban wraps cost from S$14
• Pizzas cost from S$10
• Burgers cost from S$24
• Main dishes cost from S$24

GETTING THERE

• Buses: 32, 54, 195, 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N, 6N, NR1, NR2, NR3, NR5, NR6 and NR (Walk 2 mins from bus stop B04331)
• Nearest MRT Station: Clarke Quay MRT (NE5) (Walk 3 mins from Exit G)

Started in 2001 by two renowned Salsa dancers, June and Jackson, JJSalsaRengue is a leading Salsa dance school and studio in Singapore. It offers dance lovers a great chance to learn, practice, perform and enjoy Salsa and other dance styles.

Highlights:

SALSA SOCIAL DANCING
The studio organizes social dancing twice a week: Beginner social dance on every Wednesday from 21:30 to 23:30 and weekend social dance on every Saturday from 22:00 to 00:30. Entrance fee is at S$5 per person.

SALSA CLASSES
JJSalsaRengue offers numerous of Salsa classes. Each class lasts from 4 to 7 weeks, with one lesson per week. Class fee starts from S$80 onwards. It also provides private 1-to-1 lessons for couples.

SALSA INSTRUCTORS
JJSalsaRengue dance instructors are excellent dancers themselves, especially June and Jackson who are among the most famous salseros in Singapore. They are all friendly, fun, patient and encouraging and motivating for new-comers.

DANCE FLOORS: The place has two nice medium-sized dance studios with enough space for about 80 couples.

NOTE: Besides Salsa, JJSalsaRengue also offers Bachata, Street Cha Cha, Merengue and Belly Dance classes.

GETTING THERE

• Buses: 5, 7, 14, 14E, 16, 65, 106, 111, 123, 175, 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N, 6N (Walking 4 mins from bus stop B09038)
• Nearest MRT Station: Somerset MRT (NS23) (Walking 5 mins from Exit B)

Established in 2003, Two Left Feet is soon recognized as one of the best dance schools in Singapore, specializing in teaching Salsa and Brazilian Zouk. The school is now a Salsa choice of beginner and intermediate dancers who are on the journey of exploring the attractive dance.

Highlights:

SALSA SOCIAL DANCING
The dance school holds Salsa nights on every Thursday from 21:45 to 00:30. Salsa night music is a mixture of 80% Salsa and 20% Bachata and Cha Cha Cha. The place is usually crowded between 22:30 and 23:30. Cover charge is fixed at S$5. Standard drinks are offered at affordable prices.

SALSA CLASSES
Two Left Feet dance school offers Salsa classes from beginner level to advanced level. Each Salsa class has 4 two-hour lessons, one lesson per week. Class fee starts from S$120 onwards.

SALSA INSTRUCTORS
Skilful, friendly and passionate in teaching dancing, Two Left Feet dance instructors are reputable as top instructors in Singapore.

DANCE FLOOR: The dance school has a medium sized dance floor which has enough space for about 40 couples.

NOTE: Besides Salsa classes, Two Left Feet also offers Brazilian Zouk and Bachata classes.

GETTING THERE

• Buses: 61, 166 and 197 (Walk 2 mins from bus stop B05189)
• Nearest MRT Station: Chinatown MRT (NE4) (Walk 1 min from Exit A)

Established in 2002, Lumbia The Salsa Club, previously known as Xen Bar, is one of the most popular Salsa dance clubs in Singapore, providing Salsa classes and Salsa social dancing nightly. The dance club attracts dancing lovers in Singapore and Salsa fans from other countries as well.

Highlights:

SALSA SOCIAL DANCING
The dance club holds Salsa social dancing every night from 20:15. Entrance fee is at S$5, and standard drinks are offered from S$1 onwards. Best nights for Salsa dancing are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

SALSA CLASSES
Lumbia offers Salsa classes every day for both beginner and intermediate levels, beginner classes start at 19:15 and intermediate classes at 20:15. Fee is at S$65 for 5 one-hour classes, one class per week.

SALSA INSTRUCTORS
Lumbia is home to many highly experienced Salsa instructors from Singapore and other countries like Cuba, US and France.

DANCE FLOORS: There are 3 dance floors at Lumbia, the main dance floor can host up to 50 couples.

MUSIC: Music played at Lumbia is a mixture of Salsa, Merengue and Bachata.

NOTE
Besides Salsa dancing, Lumbia The Salsa Club also organizes Argentina Tango dancing (on Tuesdays), Latin dancing (on Saturdays) and West Coast Swing & Modern Jive dancing (on Mondays).

GETTING THERE

• Buses: 14, 147, 196, 197, 855, 961 and 961# (Walk 2 mins from bus stop B10091)
• Nearest MRT Station: Redhill MRT (EW18) (Walk 9 mins from Exit A)