Blue Note Tokyo

I've been here a handful of times and most recently came just two nights ago to the the Kenny Barron trio with my mom and her friend. We love this Jazz Club, and it's a rather luxury experience for not too high of a price considering everything.

Let's start with the venue--the actually performance area is in the basement of the building. You walk into the lobby ;which is two levels above) and there's a wonderful, black and white photo collage of all the jazz legends. Down the steps from the lobby is the reception/waiting area. And then down the stairs from there is the performance hall.

The way the hall is designed, there are no bad seats in the entire place. You see the stage from all angles. You can seat for as little as around 1,100 yen (but this is only a seat charge, including the actually price of the performance and food and drinks).

Now the food--they have a delicious, varied menu. Some of our favorites are herb salad, the spare ribs, and spicy shrimp. They also have chicken ajillo, fish and chips, clams casino, pizza, curly fries, and of course some good beverages. My mom and her friend ordered herb salad, spare ribs, shrimp, clams, fish and chips, and wine decanters. I had the seasonal parfait, and it was top tier. I also had a coffee highball that was great.

We spent about $250 for three people. Admittedly my mom and her friend over ordered. The serving sizes are actually decent, shareable, and many patrons just get a drink and one dish. You don't have to go there and spend a ton of money.

The snow was great, exactly 90 minutes long.

It's worth nothing there's also an elevator off to the right side of the building. You can use it if your handicapped, but you have to call to request the service or send someone down to the reception to ask an employee.

10/10 every time. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for some jazz in an elegant environment.