The nightlife at Cabo San Lucas pulsates early and continues into the wee hours. Drinking in the streets and on the beach is acceptable. Beach side bars are prolific and very popular, but there is only one place to be if you like frantic socializing and hyperactive dancing in Cabo: Mexico's #1 nightclub "El Squid Roe".

El Squid Roe is located in downtown, an icon of the Cabo night scene and a premier destination for party-seeking tourists. It is a three-story dance hall and restaurant of pulsating energy and stand room only the night we were there. The brightly painted walls and ceilings were adorned with humorous signs and colorful neon lights. The mood was energetic, the beat pulsates, the crowd contagious and friendly. The atmosphere was crazy/anything goes, so don’t be shy. Standing in the center of the main floor on a sturdy platform was the DJ who played great music mixes, rapped, and sang with the rhythm, moved the groove, and coaxed everyone to let go and join the fun. The perimeter was separated by metal railings, behind padded benches backed with platforms ideal for dancing were poised against the wall.

There were lots of active table dancing in the middle and ecstatic dirty dancing on the dance floor, hooting and spectators hanging over the upstairs railing. Waiters togged up with tequila bottles hanging from a six shooter belt were very animated, they fought their way through the throngs of crowd, they enticed and arm twisted equipped with spray tanks of tequila and jello shooters (definitely 100% lethal) a prescription for a menacing day-after headache.

Located across from the Hard Rock Cafe, El Squid Roe is not for the timid and the pedantic, but hey you are on vacation in Cabo, so let loose- go with the flow. It is a voyeur's dreamland, a surreal and outrageous place where one can acquire a hangover very easily. Non-stop fun, drinking and dancing from the moment we entered this club. All age groups frequent this restaurant and bar with no dress code, come as you are. Minors are allowed until 10:30pm before the real party begins.

My wife and I probably had the most fun at this club. The atmosphere is definitely crazy with a main DJ standing in the middle of the club, whipping the dancing crowd into a frenzy. The crowd is mostly twenty-somethings, but I saw several people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s.

The good thing here is the upper deck, which allows you to get away from the dancing craziness below and people watch for awhile. From there you can also get your drinks without squeezing through the throng of people and even gaze into open the night sky above.

This is Cabo nightlife at its craziest. It's very busy during the week, and jam-packed and off-the-hook on Friday and Saturday. There's loud, pumping dance music, wall-to-wall people, Jello shots, and lots of sights to enjoy (wink). This is THE party place in Cabo.

Watch out for the locals who get very touchy with the females if left alone for just a second.

Squid Row is designed like a ship, but interesting enough if you look around some more it also looks like a jail. The bar is located downstairs, but waiters are everywhere. Just don't give them your credit card because you will have a hard time getting it back since the place holds more than 200 people.

Some of the most amazing things happen at Squid Row--people are dancing on the bars, tables, and hanging off the bannisters. It's as if you stepped into New Orleans for a night, every night, if you dare to go there over and over again, which I did because it was very entertaining.

You must visit Squid Row because it will be the only way you know you have fully experienced Cabos!

The bar is open to the outside even though from the street it looks like it is enclosed. People of all ages are dancing all over the place and the later it gets the crazier it gets. The people are lots of fun and by the time you are done you will have met everyone in the place. After 2am is the when the place real heats up, learn to expect the unexpected and just go have a blast. By the time everyone arives the people are packed in like sardines, but still the place to be. It closes about the time the sun comes up.