Bar Salsa—better known to dancers as “Salsa Temple” or “Bar Salsa Temple”—held a final party on Sunday, June 1, 2025, and closed to the public starting June 2. The brief announcement came via social posts from the venue, thanking London’s Latin dance community for years of classes, socials, and late-night parties.

Opened in September 2017 after the former Walkabout site on Victoria Embankment was refit as a second Bar Salsa outpost, the Temple location quickly grew into one of the capital’s busiest Latin dance rooms. Steps from Temple Underground, it was purpose-built for movement: a large “Arena” main floor ringed by booths, plus two well-used private spaces—the Rum Room and a Don Julio–themed VIP—used for classes, socials, and private hires.

No detailed official reason for the shutdown was released beyond the closure posts. Around mid-May, community petitions circulated urging the landlord to keep terms affordable for the operator, reflecting the rent-pressure speculation that swirled among promoters. Those efforts didn’t change the outcome, and listings now show the site as closed.

Programming has been relocating. The Latin Collective, among the longest-running promoters at Bar Salsa, moved flagship mid-week nights to new central venues (including Sway Bar in Holborn), while other events have found fresh homes across the West End.

Temple’s closure was followed by a second blow to the brand: Bar Salsa Soho announced it would shut on August 10, 2025, tied to redevelopment of its Charing Cross Road building—another sign of the ongoing shake-up in Central London nightlife.

For London salseros, Bar Salsa Temple was a reliable hub—happy hour rolling into beginner-friendly lessons and late socials, with room for big rueda circles, bachata lines, and the occasional kizomba pocket. The dancing will go on in new rooms, but Temple’s combination of scale, Tube-side location, and week-in, week-out consistency made it a rare anchor in the scene.