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Caribbean Garden
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1306 Old Bayshore HwyBurlingame, CA 94010
(650) 344-1797
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ, Live
- Best Nights:
- Thu, Sun, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Good For Dancing:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
8 reviews for Caribbean Garden
8 reviews in English
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Review from Foodlovadiva M.
San Jose, CA
5/19/2008
I don't know why some people trashed this place in their reviews because I had a fantastic time on a Sunday night after Jelly's in SF.
The music was great, awesome dancers, parking right out front, decent prices at the bar.
I loved it! -
Review from Hong K.
San Francisco, CA
10/22/2006
Caribbean Garden is a mainstay of the Peninsula Latino dance scene and has been around for something like 15 years. Located off Bayshore Highway near all the airport hotels, this place actually does have somewhat of a tropical ambience (if anything because it gets so damn hot). The dance floor is on the small side and on Sunday nights it is BUMPING!
DJ Tony O, one of the Bay Area's longest-running DJs, brings the party here on Sunday nights, playing the best of commercial salsa, merengue, bachata and reggaeton. This is definitely one of the hottest Latino parties going on all week.
A friend of mine, Big Rob of SalsaMania Dance Company, does the beginner lesson at around 8:30. Rob is crazy and full of enthusiasm and will bring your sexy back in no time.
One thing I noticed about this place is that even though the clientele is far more Latino than other salsa clubs (e.g. Cocomo, Glas Kat) everyone is so friendly. I've had complete strangers buy me Coronas on multiple occasions. This is one salsa club where drinking is de rigeur - bring your hollow leg and prepare to bump and grind.Listed in: Salsa Dancing
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Review from Eddie H.
New York, NY
6/2/2007
Worst place to salsa in my experience. This place is not ideal for salsa dancing at all. It's small, cramped, and the stage is barely that - a stage.
You'd figure a place as nice as Burlingame would draw better crowds than this, it doesn't. Graffiti in the bathroom walls, $30 minimum on credit cards at the bar, and the bands start later than usual (10:45-11ish). The crowds are small so you might get space to dance, but there is no one there that'd you really want to dance with anyways.
It feels more like a smaller version of Cafe Cocomo on Saturdays.
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Review from Evelyn R.
San Francisco, CA
4/11/2006
What I like about this place is that people actually come here to dance not to get hit on. Yes it is a bit crowded and once the DJ played the music so loud that it made my ears ring but I still come here every once in a while for the music and the fact that its one of the few places that have salsa nights.
I should also mention that before 9pm on Sundays they have dance lessons. The classes are not packed most of the time which is good especially for those who are wanting to learn but fear looking foolish in front of a large "experienced" group.
To me salsa is about movement and feeling the music, not only steps.
So put on your dancing shoes and come out.
Salsa night is on sundays only
Price for cover is $10-20 (average) -
Review from Araceli R.
San Carlos, CA
5/26/2007
So we went Friday night and the music was great! They had a live band with a great sound that made you want to dance. Too bad there was no one to dance with. After you pay the $10 dollar cover charge you walk into a place with scant people; the number of women out numbered the men and the few men that weren't spoken for prefered to do the "creepy stare" from the dark corners. I probably won't come back to this place without a salsa dance partner. But just for the benefit of doubt maybe Saturday is better and maybe the Latin America festival in San Francisco on Sunday attributed to the small crowd. Either way I wouldn't go back on a Friday night.
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Review from Ydania M.
New York, NY
3/16/2008
This place is small with a really low ceiling, not a good combination for dancing Salsa...I prefer a bigger dance floor for salsa.
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Review from Deb B.
South San Francisco, CA
1/9/2010
this review is for the venue only. not the music or the live act i enjoyed.
PROs:
- didn't have to cross a bridge to get there
- Knuckles Sports Bar was across the street at Hyatt
- outside smoking area was large & a welcome break from too loud music (even in the cold)
- drink prices were very good
CONs:
- sign was not lit on Old Bayshore to alert you of location (passed it once)
- parking lot was very dark
- after ordering one Grey Goose with cranberry juice, i was told there were out of vodka (at a bar?!)
- $10 cover was way too high for venue
- sound guy did not know what he was doing
- DJ music before and after live act was way too loud
i will not return unless i am interested in another live act -
Review from Marciano P.
San Francisco, CA
3/27/2006
This place has good music, and that's about the only good thing about this place. They play the music too loud, my ears were ringing after ten minutes and I had to stuff napkins in my ears to stand it. The place was packed, to the point where the fire marshall would of closed the place down. The trek to and from the bar was like an adventure because it took so long. The worst thing was that I waited a good 30 to 40 minutes for get three drinks. They tried to make it up by giving me a free shot of patron, but still, where people are waiting on you for there drinks, that doesn't make it up. Overall, if the people that own the place manage it better, they can make the place better, like I said good music is a start.
