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Samba Room - CLOSED

350 E. Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

954-468-2000 | Website

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Category: Restaurants | Central American

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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. Regardless, this burgeoning chain caters to the Latin palate with imagination and flair, serving dishes such as arepas with queso blanco and shredded beef, ropa vieja sandwiches, fried Brazilian calamari, and recado-rubbed roast chicken with rum-vanilla mashed boniatos (white sweet potatoes).

  • Cuisine(s): Central American

    Hours: Sun 5pm-10pm, Mon-Thu 11:30am-11pm, Fri 11:30am-12am, Sat 5pm-12am

    Price: $$, $$$

    Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club, cash

  • Attire: casual dressy

    Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Banquet Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

    Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

    Entertainment: Live Entertainment

  • Alcohol: Full bar

    Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

    Parking: Lot Available, Valet

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  • 2005 | Best Happy Hour in Broward

    Location, location, location. Oh yeah, and a few other things, like live Latin music and $6 mojitos make Samba Room the hot spot in which to unwind after a long day of white-collar work. The restaurant and lounge with inviting patio furniture in... More >

  • 2000 | Best Chain Restaurant

    OK, so it's not much of a chain -- yet. This pan-Latin eatery, a conceptual sibling to T.G.I. Friday's, has only two other locations nationwide. Still, more are planned, including two in South Florida, and they're so uniquely suited to our... More >

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  • Samba Room Closes in Wake of E-Brands Bankruptcy

    By John Linn | Tue, August 17, 2010

    Samba Room, which for ten years brought Latin fusion to Las Olas Boulevard, closed its doors on Friday. The closure follows last week's news that E-Brands, the parent company behind Samba Room as well More >

  • Samba Room Employees Say Restaurant Was Doomed to Fail

    By John Linn | Tue, August 17, 2010

    When Jose Martinez and his fellow chefs showed up for work on Friday morning at the Samba Room, they were shocked to find the doors closed.Instead of walking into the kitchen to prep for service, the More >

  • Late-Night Bites

    Late-Night Bites

    By Gail Shepherd | Thu, November 30, 2006

    News is trickling back from the Big Apple: The City That Never Sleeps has developed narcolepsy. Friends report emerging from an evening meeting in Manhattan with a powerful appetite for uni and rice wine only to find that all the joints have close... More >

  • Cha-Cha Chow

    Cha-Cha Chow

    By Jen Karetnick | Thu, February 10, 2000

    Bid farewell to American fusion cuisine, that tired trend, as you know it. Say hello to Latin fusion cuisine because, well, you're going to get to know it. The place where you'll begin to get acquainted, folks, is the Samba Room on East Las Olas ... More >

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    Marqus

    | Wed, January 05, 2011

    Located right smack in the heart of the downtown business section, it's rather high class place but casual dress accepted. The service is good and though the food is pricey, it is actually a good value for what you get. They have some of the best cerviche I've ever had, and the service staff is totally professional.

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Main Menu
Denver - Appetizers
$8.95
Samba Ceviche
our chef's signature - made using the freshest available seafood and shellfish
$6.95
Arepas
colombian style sweet corn arepas served with shredded beef and manchego cheese
$9.95
Tempura Coconut Shrimp
served with chili-citrus sweet and sour sauce
$10.95
Maryland Bluefin Crab Cakes
served with mango buerre blanc sauce and garnished with jicama and mixed green salad
$8.95
Peruvian Fried Calamari
served with chimichurri tartar sauce
$7.95
Empanada Sampler
pork and sweet corn empanadas served with "aji amarillo" sauce
$6.95
Satay Sampler
salmon with rum teriyaki glaze, beef with chimichurri and chicken with "sofrito" sauce
$8.95
Three Cheese Crab Dip
spinach, fresh blue crab and corn tortilla chips
$6.95
Mariquitas
served with black bean corn salsa
Denver - Soups and Salads
$4.95
Cuban Black Bean Soup
garnished with a drizzle of sour cream
$5.95
Chef's Soup of the Day
ask your server for details
$8.95
Grilled Chicken Salad
sofrito marinated grilled chicken breast served with asian vegetables, ginger-mustard dressing and crispy wontons
$6.95
Samba Caesar Salad
crispy hearts of romaine tossed in spicy chipotle ceasar dressing, manchego cheese garnished with a "pan cubano" crouton.
$5.95
House Salad
baby mixed greens with cherry tomatoes and citrus vinaigrette
$11.95
Samba Cobb Salad
smoked turkey breast, cherry tomatoes, eggs, mango, black beans, manchego and blue cheese with an avocado lime dressing
Denver - Latin Lunch Boxes
$12.95
The Puente
cup of chef's soup, corn empanada, samba cobb salad, entrana skirt steak and sweet endings
$11.95
The Iglesias
cup of chef's soup, corn empanada, salad, salmon with cilantro pesto and sweet endings
$10.95
The Estefan
cup of chef's soup, corn empanada, samba cobb salad, muffaletta and sweet endings
Denver - Samba Room Burger Sliders
$10.95
Burger Sliders
100% freshly ground beef prepared with latin spices, topped with manchego cheese on island sweet rolls. served with shoestring fries
Denver - Sandwiches
$8.95
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
served with caramelized peppers, onions and manchego cheese
$9.95
Palomilla Sandwich
sauteed strips of skirt steak served with caramelized peppers, onions and chimichurri sauce
$8.95
Cubano
ham, pork, swiss cheese, muffaletta spread and dijon mustard served on pressed cuban bread
$9.95
Ropa Nueva
ropa vieja, melted manchego and amarillo aioli on toasted cuban bread
$8.95
Half Sandwich
with a choice of house salad, samba caesar or any soup
Denver - Specialties
$12.95
Rum_teriyaki Salmon
seared atlantic salmon served with a vegetable stir fry, soba noodles and kaffir lime sauce
$9.50
Samba Soba Noodles
a stir fry of japanese buckwheat noodles with baby bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, daikon sprouts, tofu and a sweet soy ginger sauce
$14.95
Argentinean Style Skirt Steak
served with a classic chimichurri sauce and shoestring french fries
$10.95
Crispy Chicken
served with gringo rice and fresh lemon caper garlic sauce
$9.95
Arroz Con Pollo
chicken with latin style sofrito flavored rice
$10.95
Cuban Blue Plate Special
classic ropa vieja with sofrito rice, black beans and maduros
$18.95
Rum Teriyaki Glazed Salmon
seared atlantic salmon served with a vegetable stir fry, soba noodles and kaffir lime sauce
$24.95
Chilean Seabass "Enchilado"
pan seared, roasted and served with a cilantro shrimp orzo and a creole latin style sauce
$22.95
Seared Jumbo Scallops
served with boniato mashed potatoes, ropa vieja and yuzu citrus emulsion
$20.95
Crispy Florida Red Snapper
pan seared over a warm spinach and grilled red onion salad, shitake mushroom "al ajillo" and mango buerre blanc
$25.95
Spanish Paella
saffron flavored spanish rice, shrimp, mussels, calamari, chicken and lobster
$15.95
Samba Soba Noodles
a stir fry of japanese buckwheat noodles with baby bok choy, shiitake mushrooms, daikon sprouts, tofu and a sweet soy ginger sauce
$26.95
Grilled Beef Tenderloin
served with potato puree and asparagus, garnished with fig demi glaze and cabrales butter
$22.95
Argentinean Style Skirt Steak
served with a classic chimichurri sauce and shoestring french fries
$16.95
Crispy Half Chicken
served with gringo rice and fresh lemon caper garlic sauce
$18.95
Pork Barbacoa
marinated with beer and spices and slow-roasted in banana leaves. served with gringo rice and asian barbecue sauce
Denver - Side Dishes
$3.95
Grilled Asparagus
$3.95
Maduros
$3.95
French Fries
$3.95
Gringo Rice
$3.95
Shiitake Mushrooms
Denver - Chefs Dessert Tastings
$1.95
Pudin De Zanahoria
sweet carrot cake
$1.95
Brulee De Platano
banana brulee
$1.95
Moca De Chocolate
chocolate mousse
$1.95
Lima De Los Cayos
key lime

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