Negril Village

Negril Village is a Caribbean restaurant that flips a separate Rhum Lounge into the venue’s DJ-led night room — think a dining room and bar with a tucked-away lounge where staff will open standing space around the bar for dancing. The house DJ sticks to island rhythms and party-friendly salsa and bachata snippets; the site and Google listing call out an in-house DJ rather than live bands. Reservations are recommended for dinner; the place sits in SOHO a block from Washington Square Park, so it draws local regulars and NYU crowds more than tourist-heavy dance nights.

There’s a listed Wednesday salsa slot (usually free) but midweek runs at a dinner-pace and doesn’t turn into the weekend club vibe. On Thu–Sat the Rhum Lounge operates late (into the early hours) and is when the room feels most danceable. Note the venue is primarily a restaurant with a lounge — expect a mixed crowd and a place that pivots between dining and late-night DJ sets.