Hiep Hiep Elite Event @MonteCristo

I had way too much at this event. I asked a scientist friend of mine to validate the results of my observations and she concurred that, yes, I exceeded the amount of fun I should have by a large margin.
Incidentally, it’s very fun to say «large margin.»
MonteCristo was much bigger than I expected. Lots of room for sweet, sweet dancemoves. Despite the fact that I pretty much invented the dancefloor, I still learned quite a bit during the merengue lesson. Based on the resulting photos, I don’t look completely hopeless. Yay for a lack of hopelessness!
The event itself was well attended, energetic and creatively developed by Princess Flippie. I loved how organized it was. I do a bit of event organizing myself, so I was delighted to see such attention to detail.

This was a great evening! It was obviously well planned out, with lots of stuff to do so that we weren’t awkwardly standing around for long periods of time.
The salsa and merengue lessons were so fun. I didn’t know the dances were so easy! They always look hard when I see people doing them. I was glad to learn something new. :)
The margarita lessons were also pretty cool, and now I know the secret to hiding alcohol taste is lime juice. :)
The only thing I would change next time is to either have more food available, or advertise that there will only be snacks, not ‘food’, which I think in American culture implies there will be enough food served for a meal. I didn’t eat dinner beforehand because of that and ended up getting like 2 little sausages and 2 ribs at the event in between activities, which didn’t help offset all the margarita sampling, but I was able to stop by a place on the way home to help remedy that situation, so it was all good. But next time it would be good to know beforehand what to expect.
Other than that, I had a fantastic time! It was my first time hanging out with my new cousin-​in-​law, so there was a lot riding on the evening going well, and we both had a blast. :) Great work!

This was my first Unilocal event and I had a great time! As a recent expat to the Netherlands it was great to meet some new people and of course, eat and drink.
The bartender was extremely accommodating of our attempts to pour the perfect beer, and gave a nice lesson mixing some cocktails. I wish I could have made it earlier and enjoyed the entire evening. Thanks for putting on the event!

I had a blast here last night! Now this Unilocal event was the best one in my book. Monte Cristo provided all the neccesary tools to have fun! You can never go wrong with daqueries, great food, music and a wonderful atmosphere. What a lively spot to eat and meet for drinks. Monte Cristo is the perfect place to grab a drink, food and dance the night away. I am so happy there is finally a great place in Amsterdam to Salsa Dance. Now when someone ask me where to stop for a fun night, now I can say right in the depijp at Monte Cristo. Great night spot to go for dining, dancing, large groups and Salsa lessons. The food is a value, much better then I expected. I can’t wait to go back!:)

My first Elite Event… and it was tons of fun. Well planned and the staff at MonteCristo were very chill — even let us practice pouring beers Dutch-​style.
We did some salsa dancing (or attempted to) with some help from one of the instructors who made it really easy and was able to get us moving in 5 minutes. After dancing, we did a cocktail challenge. Our team sadly came in second, but there’s still debate on the validity of the results.
The food we tried (empananas, chorizo, kip sate) was pretty good. I like the location on Marie Heinekenplein with a large outdoor patio.
Veel plezier!