Melómano Entertainment - Salsa & Bachata Lessons 4255 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA 92123

"Lovely place. Dianna and Patrig and other teachers are wonderful, including Annalise. I missed classes, and we are not in SD anymore. I hope everyone is doing well ! Tatiana."

"The people were very nice, I signed on to the beginning class but it was too advance for me as a beginner. It was too fast pace and all I did was play catch up. Everyone had seemed to have salsa experience. I believe I could learn what the class was about on YouTube, then go learn from there. Going there with no experience wasn’t a good ideal for me."

"I've been taking classes at Melomano for about a year now. The teachers are excellent, and the environment is very friendly. I've made great friendships, I've learned new patterns, and I've enhanced my dancing technique. They offer different class levels, for example they currently have two beginner levels, one level for people with no dancing experience and another for those who are closer to intermediate levels. They also offer dancing cycles with focus on technique and footwork at multiple different levels. They also hold socials frequently, which is fun and a great place to practice. Finally, by registering for a cycle (Bachata or salsa) which cost $85, we have unlimited access to all classes (Bachata and Salsa) of all levels! I highly recommend this place."

"Let's start with the reasons to go: lots of classes, active community, easy parking, big studio, and the people running the business are friendly. If you're an experienced dancer or have some foundation on the classes they teach, then this might be a good fit for you. This is why the rating is three stars even though I had a one star experience. I have no foundation in dance and have not danced since the beginning of the pandemic in any form. I really wanted to find a studio to dance at multiple nights a week, so I signed up for two beginner classes and was excited to see so many people show up. My excitement quickly disappeared during the warm up when the teacher called many steps that were well beyond beginner level, not to mention four different turns - without explanation. To the teachers credit, he did eventually explain the turns during the footwork practice, but never explained the details at a beginner level once partner work started. The follows I danced with explained that since so many intermediate and advanced students showed up, the teacher was teaching an intermediate class. I was unable to follow along and felt humiliated. As nice as the follows were, they were clearly disappointed that I couldn't keep up or lead. I tried to collect myself before the next class started, but ultimately decided the price of the class wasn't worth another hour of feeling humiliated. Strongly advise beginners without a solid foundation in dance find another studio."