Jazz After Dark - London

The food was awful, it tasted worse than if it came from Iceland, nothing could be salvaged in the food platter, no effort has been made to improve on the food. To make things worse, they even claimed that they run out of chips, and they did not even have a Tabasco in order to make the food a bit more bearable…. And it was expensive for the quality…. In other words, DO NOT Buy food there. And to crown the evening, there was supposed to be a live Jazz band, with a singer calling herself an African name, exciting according to the reviews, and it turned out to be a middle age white woman who did not even have a good voice… The band was more akin to a karaoke show. We had to run out of there…. Never they should use such a name as Jazz After Dark, it is completely misleading, and the standard of the so-called Jazz is not even worthy of a mention….

A small, intimate, fantastic jazz bar with food, drinks and live music. Friendly staff and all seats up close to the live music. It is almost a small shrine to Amy Winehouse who performed there regularly, with paintings in the small gallery room done by a local artist that knew Amy personally.

Ran by and increasingly miserable old woman. I’ve been here many times over the years due to the nostalgia etc. but she’s basically ruining this joint and one day she’ll be gone and the place will stand a fresh chance of hospitality, quality and character again. Shame she tarnished the name of great artists who have played here.

Arrived early evening. Managed to get a table. Very cosy. Friendly. Memphis signing before the band . Great fun. Stayed for a couple of bottles of wine! Will return for the evening event

We had a perfect night of live music good drinks. The Jada Funk trio was fantastic, w/ 2 vocalists fun repertoire of favorites. Most jazz venues that I’ve seen have higher cover (than 10 per person), plus have extra 1-2 drink minimum. I had trouble booking online with my phone, so we popped by at 5 or 6 to make our reservation for later (in person). The manager was not rude at all, rather accommodating. Our table was reserved, with no troubles. Yes, the venue is small. And, waitstaff had to navigate tight space to deliver food and drinks. My biggest complaint was with large group interested in conversation over the music. If you visit, please respect the performers. There is space near entrance likely not requiring reservation where conversations won’t interrupt music. This was fun alternative to theater, and I’ll happily return on our next visit to London!