Samba Room offers all the jet-set glamour and romance of the Rio Havana holiday without the State Department hassles. Palm trees, sheer curtains, amber lighting, cool cocktails and intoxicating Latin rhythms provide a recipe for escape.
Come dine with us and enjoy our Latin cuisine. Dishes include Chilean seabass, red snapper, steaks, mashed poatotes, salads and more.
Ignore the jerk chicken skewers and you've got yourself a fairly interesting pan-Latin eatery. It's owned by the folks who run T.G.I. Friday's, but ironically it's not nearly as efficient yet. Regardless, this burgeoning chain does cater to the Latin palate with imagination and flair, serving dishes such as arepas with queso blanco and shredded beef, ropa vieja sandwiches, fried Brazilian...
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Two plantains up! This handsome, Havana-style Samba Room draws downtown professionals who crowd the place after a long day of pushing paper. Happy hour offers half-price appetizers. Every Wednesday is ladies' night, with two-for-one drinks 7 p.m. to close and Thursdays feature $5 martinis.
The mojitos are the drink of choice here, the music is loud, the decor is sleek and the lighting is fabulous. While the Samba Room is a restaurant first and a bar second, the bar scene, which often spills to the outdoor tables, is sizzling.
It's a mishmash of beautiful people--scantily clad women who mistake their surroundings for the beaches of Brazil, well-heeled and well-dressed men, 20- and 30-something professionals and those who are over the club scene and looking for something more upscale but no less lively.
In Short This Latin fusion restaurant/club is a chain, but it's not the least bit generic. There's also a Samba Room on so-haute SoBe and most recently in West Palm Beach, but the Las Olas location may be the hottest of the three. Without being too over the top, Samba Room exudes a sophistication often missing in many Latin-themed bars and clubs.
Posted by Contributor
on April 13, 2009, (Edited August 21, 2006)
We started with some great mojitos for happy hour sitting right on Lao Olas, with real sugar cane. Moved into the dining room lit with candles and a great ambiance. The best arepas and a well done civiche to start dinner. We tried a flight of Latin Malbec wines and ordered one of the flights for dinner. The skirt staek was amazing, ask for a side of tomato mojo to dip the shoestring fries. ...
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Posted by buddha305
on April 13, 2009, (Edited May 03, 2008)
Don?t let the image and decor fool you. The only latin flavor here lies in the name and the music piped through the insipid audio system. What they refer to as ceviche is a completely raw compilation of miscellaneous fish met with a 'dash' of lemon. What could have been a wonderful cut of chilean sea bass was deep fried ala BK, and accompanied by drizzled grease for decoration. The paella- an...
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Posted by amarc
on April 13, 2009, (Edited February 17, 2007)