Revellers looking for the perfect party spot need look no further than a Nottingham bar which has introduced luxury VIP booths with drinks arriving in spectacular style.

The home of exotic cocktails and fiestas, Revolucion de Cuba, has reopened following a £150,000 makeover with a strong emphasis on creating an experience, rather than just going up to the bar to order a drink.

Three luxury booths, seating up to 12 party-goers, with long wooden tables to line up the drinks, have been installed downstairs, at the bar in Market Street.

The deep-red crushed velvet booths in El Camerino have to be booked in advance and a deposit of £200 is required, which will be redeemable on food and drinks, brought to the table by the samba girls wearing feathers and sequins.

General manager Andreas Panayiotou
General manager Andreas Panayiotou

Sales manager Dani Gault said: "The biggest transformation is downstairs in El Camerino.

"We're trying to move away from a bar where people go up and order. Following current trends, it's not enough to go to the bar and order a spirit and a mixer.

"People want more of an experience so on Friday and Saturday nights the samba girls and hostesses will bring the drinks to the table with sparklers and they will do a dance."

The luxury VIP booths at Revolucion de Cuba
The luxury VIP booths at Revolucion de Cuba

El Camerino, which can be roped off for private parties for around 100 people, has a new coat of paint on the walls and is decked out with hanging baskets full of foliage and 1950s black and white photos from the time of the Cuban revolution.

"We have tried to stay Cuban and authentic but with a VIP experience. The new decor gives it a warm, intimate feel but there'll still be a party atmosphere with the DJs and live music," said Dani.

Even though the samba girls won't be on hand for midweek parties, drinks will still arrive in style thanks to some of the bar's larger-than-life personalities.

There's also been a few tweaks to the restaurant, which specialises in enchiladas, tapas, tacos, and not forgetting those lazy weekend bottomless brunches, with the addition of a sprawling mural of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara and, the must-have photo opportunity, sitting in an Havana Nights flower-strewn wicker chair.   

The bar re-opened after a five-day closure with a spectacular Cuban-style party featuring a percussion band on stilts and fire dancers.

Upstairs, the private party Havana bar has also had a mini facelift.