9 of the Best Restaurants With Live Music in London

From jazz to blues and everything in between, read our guide to The Best Restaurants With Live Music in London.

From jazz to blues and everything in between, read our guide to The Best Restaurants With Live Music in London.

Quaglino’s 

Quaglino’s is a Mayfair institution that dates back to 1929. The vast space creates a sense of grandeur and a big, bustling atmosphere.

Live music at Quaglino's

The modern-European cuisine is not going to blow your mind but dining at Quaglino’s is more about the whole package – décor, music, drinks, dancing – making it a fun night out.

Ronnie Scott’s

Opened by the British saxophonist Ronnie Scott in 1959, this legendary Soho institution made its name as the first club to host American jazz musicians in the UK.

Live music at Ronnie Scott's in Soho

Sultry, cool and relaxed, the club books a wide variety of acclaimed artists featuring the biggest names from the world of jazz and also artists from other genres such as soul and blues.

The menu offers average British/European dishes but the music, atmosphere and drinks more than make up for the food!

Boisdale

Boisdale is a group of Scottish themed restaurants across London – Canary Wharf, Belgravia, Mayfair and Bishopsgate.

A restaurant modelled on the idea of a Scottish gentlemen’s club, it embraces every Scottish cliché with the emphasis on whisky, cigars and fine wine.

Boisdale - restaurants with live music in London

The menu offers simple Scottish and British inspired dishes, all to the backdrop of jazz.

The live music – curated by Jools Holland – features some of the best jazz, soul and blues artists.

Pizza Express Jazz

Pizza Express Jazz in Soho has presented thousands of world-class musicians in its basement jazz club since 1976.

Pizza Express Jazz Soho

The basement setting is nothing to write home about and the menu is the same as any other Pizza Express restaurant.

But the jazz club hosts regular music sessions and attracts some big names – Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Lianne Carroll, James Brown, Jamie Cullum, Amy Winehouse have all played here.

There is also plenty of opportunity to see some excellent emerging talent and lesser-known acts.

Keep reading our guide to The Best Restaurants With Live Music in London…

100 Wardour

100 Wardour Street occupies a large space in central Soho with all-day lounge and restaurant, plus a downstairs restaurant with live music.

Every week from Monday to Saturday, live bands and DJs offer an array of musical genres.

live music at 100 Wardour street

Mondays are dedicated to acoustic piano session, Tuesdays are devoted to Jazz, Wednesday is Soul and Motown night, Thursday is for 90s and 00s music and the weekends offers the best of Soul, Funk, Pop and Dance.

The menu is extensive with an intercontinental flavour and the restaurant serves dinner until 2am.

Park Chinois

Park Chinois on Berkley Square is a feast for the senses with its stunning décor and Chinese menu.

Park Chinois Mayfair

The restaurant has brought back the dinner-dance experience of the ‘30s – in the dining room upstairs, live jazz bands play as guests dine, while Club Chinois downstairs has more of a laid-back, modern vibe with DJs playing late into the night.

Blues Kitchen Shoreditch

Serving up hearty Texan BBQ, Blues Kitchen in Shoreditch is a restaurant, bar and music venue that brings Southern soul to East London.

Blues Kitchen Shoreditch

Decorated in vintage music posters imported from Nashville with light fixtures made from gramophones and luxury leather style booths, there are live music artists almost every night of the week playing everything from rock ‘n’ roll to swing, blues to Motown, roots and gospel.

The Ned

Amid the grandeur of The Ned’s historic 3,000 square metre lobby with 92 verdite columns and rows of Grade I-listed banking counters, there are seven restaurants.

live music at The Ned London

Choose between Italian at Cecconi’s, Asian-Pacific cuisine at Kaika, American at the Nickel Bar and British dishes at Millie’s.

Every evening and on weekends in the centre of the lobby area on a raised bandstand, jazz trios, blues bands and singers fill the hall and restaurants with music.

Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel

Inspired by the heady undertones of Parisian culture and the vibrant debauchery of Gatsby’s New York comes The Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel.

The art deco backdrop makes this the darling of thirties’ glamour. With an excellent cocktail list and live music this is a glamorous taste of cabaret and live music.

Isabel Mayfair

Bringing Latin sounds to Isabel Mayfair, the live band, The Legends, play chic Cuban rhythms every Sunday afternoon over brunch.

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