{"id":35746,"date":"2026-05-16T10:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=35746"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:37:49","slug":"club-reports-manikin-lounge-oliv-bar-the-robinson-taco-kat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=35746","title":{"rendered":"Club Reports: Manikin Lounge, Oliv Bar, The Robinson, Taco Kat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
We began our Friday evening at one of the coolest clubs in central Florida, Manikin Lounge<\/em> in beautiful downtown Sanford. We were greeted by these two mannequins outside inviting us inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
We walked into this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
In the booth, the legendary DJ Paul Vaine (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The music, mostly Industrial, Dark Wave and Goth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Just a few on the dance floor at this early hour but the club typically gets packed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Much of the music is accompanied by music videos. During our visit last night we heard songs such as “Send Me An Angel”, “Murderous” and “Breathe”. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Out on the rear patio they had a guest DJ last night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Tampa-based DJ Nemesis (USA) playing older Industrial.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The crowd out here was growing too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Of course in a club named Manikin Lounge<\/em> you’re bound to see some mannequins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
They’re scattered throughout the club and each week they seem to be in different places. In the darkness, it’s often difficult to tell the difference between live people and the mannequins!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
A good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
We next headed into Orlando’s uptown area, home to Oliv Bar<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
DJ Shai Town (USA) had just ended her set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
With DJ Crudawg (USA) taking over the controls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
And he played a mostly Electro set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Spotted in VIP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Spotted in VIP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Oliv Bar<\/em> has a shiny disco ball so you know they’re legit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
And a full liquor bar too. But we heard the bad news last night. Oliv Bar <\/em>is permanently closing at the end of May. We’ve always called this “the little bar with the big bar inside” and we’ve attended so many great events here. So sad. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Last night, a good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Next stop was in downtown at The Robinson<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
We climbed the stairs to arrive in the main room where we found this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
And the dance floor is over in their “Disco Room” where we walked into this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
In the booth, Friday night resident DJ Chino (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The music mostly EDM hits with a bit of Latin hits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Dance floor had a crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The Robinson<\/em> has a ceiling full of shiny disco balls so you know they’re legit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
This is where the beautiful people hang-out downtown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
A good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
There’s something wrong with this picture. That restaurant that is all lit-up on the left is called Sonora Tacos <\/em>while that night club all blacked-out on the right is called Taco Kat<\/em>. The neon sign company had just one job…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
You enter on the restaurant side and the door host opens this soda machine to grant entry into the club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
We did and walked into this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
On the decks upon our arrival, DJ Sachin Talikot (IND\/USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The music, mostly House and Tech House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Shortly after our arrival, shift change.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
With DJ Guiliano Lomonte (I\/D) taking over.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
He would continue with last night’s House\/Tech House theme. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Dance floor was absolutely packed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
The music, mostly non-vocal, had the crowd grooving. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
You know you’re at the right club when you spot Dina and Babita on the dance floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Now under new ownership, we hope to see more events booked into Taco Kat<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Guiliano Lomonte is from southern Italy but he’s now based in Berlin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Everywhere we went last night, a good time was had by all. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1899],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-reports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCN5443-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-9iy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35746"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35793,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35746\/revisions\/35793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}