Salsa Mia

I had the best night ever.

I took the opportunity to have dinner at the national hotel before classes. The dinner was fan-tas-tic. The view of the pool is gorgeous. It looks like a scene out of "the Great Gatsby".
After that people started to assemble in the lobby. They move the tables and chairs out of the way and have you dance in the bar area and in the lobby. I was told to dance with an instructor a little before classes started which determined what level I was placed in.  

They dance Rueda style. And having only taken LA style salsa classes on 1, I was in a bit over my head with rueda calls I'd never heard before, but  Nelson, the teacher was so great that I think I was able to pick up the things I didn't know, as he taught new steps.  It was FUN and I learned so much. Everyone was pleasant.

2 hours is a generous amount of teaching time. They give you one 15 min break, and plenty of time to dance after the lessons.  I can't wait to return next time i'm in Miami. I only regr

Extremely disappointed to have checked my email to learn that reservations I made weeks ago for a bachelorette party (group of ladies) was cancelled by the owner at 1:41am the day of. The plan was to take the 8:15 class and dine in Yuca afterwards. When making reservations it asks if you are local. As we are coming for the weekend only I think it is a bad assumption that we would want a class credit for our inconvenience. Looking at the website it is highly unlikely that the private event was not known about until 1am that day. For all the emails I have received before, I am sure you could have been more timely about this cancellation. Yuca isn't looking very promising either. Thanks for clearing 4 hours off our calendar.
Looks like Eric G on 2/10/13, had the same problem.

Excellent ambiance. Try to go to their socials on Fridays.

The instruction is really nice and it lasts two hours a class. You need to practice as the same turns will likely not be repeated even on the same week.