Cafe Salsera

Great music and plenty of people dancing. I love coming to this place and am never disappointed with the music they place. Salsa, bachata, cumbias and corridos A WHOLE VIBE. Bar staff is friendly and they're quick with making the drinks. Would recommend the mangonada (but drink carefully, they'll creep up on you.)

ROACHES!!!! Ordered a drink at the bar on Saturday and literally baby roaches were crawling at the bar!!! And my drink that i got many times before- loco coco- tasted like the coconut cream was rotten. It was so disgusting. I literally couldn't sleep comfortably thinking about possible roaches on me. This place is gross.

Great restaurant turn salsa/bachata bar! Come here after 3-5pm and you'll see the crowd really transform! We came here from the draw of the music stayed for the food and dancing! This place get wild after 8pm so look to getting a reservation! I ordered there cubano and elote which was more than enough for 2 people. The cubano was just got off the press and smothered with meats of beef and jabon! I would really get this if you're very hungry and looking to soak something up with your enjoyable margaritas!The elote is fresh and so buttery it meats in your mouth in an instant second! What really got us was the ambiance of the either place. Come with good friends and you'll find yourself a great time! The dancing is amazing and the vibe is great with great hostess and very cool bartenders.Don't let them line fool you at front as you can be at the bar and order food until 2am!

Had a large birthday party here on Saturday night to have some drinks, eat some food, and enjoy some live music and dancing. Let's say the signs were there that we had our hopes set too high for this place to achieve. This location was chosen because on their website it advertises live band playing Latin music to dance the night away. That was far from what we experienced. We walked in around 7 pm to an empty place and a DJ playing music from his laptop until 7:30 pm. (possibly doing a sound check). Afterward, it was some playlist, not from the DJ on repeat. Prior to showing up, the restaurant called to try to get a "deposit" for an already confirmed RSVP like entry fee "to be used as credit on the table." That is not an RSVP holding fee if it's a forced charge/credit for eating there. The drinks were good (That's the only reason this is a 2 Star vs. 1 Star review). The food was subpar and mostly felt like it was re-heated up (not made fresh onsite). So many things on the menu were unavailable, which limited our options to roughly 25% of the menu. Had we known there was no live band, we would've chosen another venue. Needless to say, taking all of these factors into consideration, we will not be returning.

The food here in terrible, but they play good music and have pretty good drinks. It's great for a fun night with friends. Unfortunately you should get dinner reservations so you can be inside before the long line out front forms.

Dama and Aaliyah provided fantastic service, and made the visit enjoyable super hospitable! Definitely recommend yall come out and see them !

Worst experience ever. Over priced drinks. $20 to get past the line, even with it being so packed it's a fire code violation! Ran out of limes and shot glasses for 3 patron shots for $46? So a giant cup with no salt, and an orange when asked for lime? No toilet paper in the woman's bathrooms. Floors littered with napkins, per my husband the man's bathrooms are littered with cocaine. You want a drink at the bar? Not happening. You have to squeeze past people just to sign and tip on a stationary tablet? They just let people stay at the bar counter instead of making room for people to order then have the audacity to charge $19 for two beers? I will be reporting them to code enforcement with photo and video evidence, and to my bank for services NOT rendered. I also had an employee stack dirty cups into my current drink. As someone who frequents deep ellum for the last 12yrs, this was the WORST experience. Come here if you dare, but be warned you have to physically push people to order or to even use the restrooms (which will have no toilet paper or cocaine). This bar is one of the reasons deep ellum is no longer the place to be. Also be prepared to deal with second hand marijuana on the "smoking" balcony. TLDR: over priced, disgusting, not staffed well, clientele has much to be desired.

The bartender scams customers by not giving them a receipt and self tipping or over charging.

Queso was so watery we could not even dip our chips in it. The flavor was non existent as well. The nachos and flautas were okay - we were able to finish them. The drinks tasted off. Either they were using the lowest of lows alcohol or their bartenders do not know how to make a cocktail. We tried their mango margarita and their Pink Matter. Both were terrible.

Very disappointed with the way we were treated by the owner, Wilson. Last night my group and I purchased bottle service. I made my reservation through Instagram DM, the person handling the reservation sent me the menu and did NOT mention there was a minimum (which most places have one an mention it up front). Upon our arrival, the bouncer could not find our reservation, but this issue was resolved quickly by the manager lady- Diana, I think. She escorted us to our table and asked us which bottle we were going to choose. At 11pm we placed our order for a bottle of Tito's, paid, signed the check, and began our birthday celebration. The issue began when our kind waitress, Karen, came up to me at 1:30am informing me that I HAD to buy a second bottle because this was required... I communicated with her that I was not made aware this was a requirement while making the reservation or when we arrived and by 1:30am my guest are too intoxicated to consume an entire bottle in just 30 minutes, especially because they were also consuming from the bar!! She asked me to speak to the manager because she was only doing her job, I told the manager the same thing and her response was "you have to buy the bottle, but don't have to drink it"!? Now why would I spend $200+ more when you are giving this kind of service!? At that point I became frustrated and asked to speak to the owner. Wilson-the owner- was made aware of the miscommunication. His response "if you are not going to buy another bottle you need to leave!! I am here to make business not a charity" who says that to a repeating paying customer!? The saddest part of this was when I told him my guest where still consuming from the bar he asked his bouncers to escort my guest out the back door. I understand that misunderstandings happen, and I am not upset about that. But the owners judgment is very poor. Mr. Wilson, if you are reading this, know that you are in business because WE your customers keep you in business. DO BETTER!!!