Salsa At the Hacienda Hotel

Awful service,… management treat people very badly… they turn off air condition
trying to push them to buy more drinks, I do not recommend to go there for people who have heart disease You can easily end up at hospital after spending 1 hour at this place without the air.
Very dirty toilets …
Very good dancers come there, I just feel sorry that management treat these good people this way…

Hacienda Sunday Salsa-​Great ambiance and energy! Passionate salsa dancers. Friendly, good music. No drama. Just straight up dancing! Love it!

One of my top favorite places to salsa. It’s best for beginners and professionals. Everyone is open minded to dance with you even the professionals, there are FOUR dance floors, and best night to go is Sunday after 9:30pm. It gets really hot so wear light clothes but it’s always a good time when you go here.

I love dancing here. I get there around 10 and its perfect to dance. Its not super crowded or hot. The wood floors are clean and smooth. Thats how i like it, so i can spin like crazy. This place isnt full of douche bag wanna be salseros, but just people who love to truly dance.

I loved it!!!
Very nice crowd of people, a pleasant and diverse group! All levels of dancers, so I didn’t feel too intimidated to actually dance with several strange men… they were all very forgiving of my inexperience!
No cover to enter, which is awesome! Drinks were reasonably priced ($ 6 for beer). I did what I read other people did, and I parked in the Ralph’s lot across the street. However, I did notice a sign in one of the dance rooms saying they validated parking as long as you buy at least 1 drink, so I’ll try that next time.
I’m always the Early Bird and I arrive at these things before everyone else. Salsa music starts at 9, so I arrived at 9:30, figuring I would be all alone until 10 or so, but it was already quite a scene by the time I arrived! It was still going strong when I left at 11:45.
There is a nice outside courtyard where you can relax and smoke, or just get some fresh air and cool off from all of the dancing you’ll be doing!

ugh, i haven’t danced in such a long time! was almost embarrassed to do it! but dancing at hacienda reminded me how much fun it is to go latin dancing. it was such a great mix of young and old, beginners and experts… i loved that there were old latin guys in their fedoras and tropical white suits! when u get guys like that in there, it makes the place feel like tha real deal! there r 3 rooms — the main room is hot and sweaty and dark, the other 2 rooms are well air-​conditioned and brighter… a lil too bright i think. it seems to force everyone into the main dancing room bc it makes the other rooms sub-​par for dancing.

I love this place, I go there every Sunday night except for Holidays, I don’t like the super crowds.
This place is simple, big and great DJ. The dancers are regulars and once in a while we get some new guests.
Its free, and the drinks are at a good price.
I recommend this place for sure.

Every once in a while, a multi-​faceted business gets all mixed up in the Unilocal reviews. You know, like a hotel that has Salsa dancing. For this reason, I thought Salsa at the Hacienda (Sunday and Monday nights) deserved a review separate from the main hotel (which based on what I’ve read, I will not be recommending to anyone any time soon!)
The cool thing about salsa dancing here is it’s free. And they have a band. You can’t say that about most salsa places. Pretty damn cool. Sure, they were insanely packed over Labor Day weekend, but that’s way better than the opposite, right? Plus, I saw this couple that had to be in at least their 60s do some lifts and, had their been space, probably would have even flipped! That was pretty damn wild.
So, you might ask, why three stars instead of four or five?
I had to wait 30 minutes to settle my tab. That’s right — 30 minutes*!
The bartenders were woefully unprepared for the crowd and didn’t have a system for determining whose drink order to take first. I just sat there, waiting, helpless, trying to get them to pay attention to me and settle my bill. I even did something I never do — I actually reached over the bar to grab the bartender. I’m not even sure that really worked. Thankfully this nice older lady sitting at the bar waived them down out of frustration on my behalf. Sometimes people are cool.
I will be back to update. I can only hope that next time it doesn’t take me 30 minutes to settle my tab.
* Wife said 40 minutes, I thought I waited 20 minutes, so I averaged it out to 30 minutes! :-0