This place in Treasure Island is so fun! I stop by to dance and to eat! Locals night Monday and Friday's are my favorite. DJ Shaddix is so nice and will play all the line dances that you want. Trent is an awesome bartender and I just need to look at him to get my usual drink!
Line dancing tips:
Wear Boots or something that will slide on the floor. I see so many people try in flip flops or heels and they look like they are going to break an ankle. Ouch!
2-step is really fun if you have a good leader. On locals night there are a lot of good dancers. So just ask and you can generally get a Yes.
Some more advanced dancers will add a bit of flare, but the general steps are more basic. Try to follow along or ask someone in between songs to show you off the dance floor or off to the side. Most people are very nice about that.
Gilley's does offer lessons at 7 or 8pm most days I can't remember which.
On Mondays a few tips. $1 drinks for locals till 10pm. A lot of locals will be there and they are REALLY good dancers. The locals get annoyed with some of the drunk tourists, but at the same time the drunks will get mad at the locals. They claim they need to practice in order to know what they are doing. The locals dance a few nights a week and definitely get their practice in. I agree that the locals on Monday's should be a bit more inclusive of people just trying to learn. I know that I help when I can. I suggest that you try and control your liquor and practice respectfully and don't bump into people. ha ha. Drunk dancing starts about 11pm if that is what you are really into. Or there is a Senor frogs down the way that offers that all night.
On Fridays a few tips. Bull ride watching on Friday's are my favorite because there tends to be a bachelor or a bachelorette party and they put the person who is the most intoxicated up there. It is $10 to ride the bull. I will not be getting up there. Toughest Man-Bull riding competitions that they do every so often are fun to watch. They also do bikini bull riding on Sunday's if they get enough girls.
The food is also really good. My favorite is the pulled pork sliders.
A few things that would make it that much more spectacular:
Better drink specials on Friday's. For a local, it can get pricey on Friday's.
I wish you could have food in the bar area after 9pm or at least appetizers.