Lava Jazz — Restaurant in Ponta Delgada

Amazing performance space with top notch stage, sound, and lighting provided for a quality evening of music. For our show--a blues duo--the cover was only 7 euro per person, which you pay through food and beverage purchase. The music is the main focus; Lava Jazz manages to provide both the intimate feeling of sharing a private living room jam session with your new, favorite musician combined with a professional venue's sound and concert lighting show. Let me put it this way: as a semi-professional musician and performer, if I were to build a small performance space in my home to enjoy private jam sessions and recording live sessions, I would use LavaJazz as my model. The staff treats you like an old friend, and the reserved seating allows the owners to greet you by name even on your first visit. The bar staff adeptly managed to never allow a drink glass to remain empty, and yet not be intrusive or interrupt our enjoying the show. The Green Island specialty cocktail is a favorite here for a reason, and my margarita was quite good. The vegetarian "chicken" nuggets were enjoyed by everyone at our table including the skeptical meat eaters---fried crispy outside, with a tender filling that complimented the tangy-sweet bbq dip. The oven cheese platter was a great snack plate to accompany the drinks. These two plates were sufficient for our table of 4 for the evening. The only "disappointment" of the evening was my regret and envy as a musician I felt at not being the one getting to perform on the stage of this...

We booked a private event at this venue ahead of our wedding on Sao Miguel. Our night here was amazing beyond words. We asked for karaoke plus a DJ, but our group preferred to do karaoke for the whole time between 8-12pm. Everyone had an amazing time, partly because of the attentive bar staff who provided everything our guests needed all night long. The karaoke options spanned the 60s to the 2000s so some people missed some more modern options, but the group had fun all the same, bringing out old school classics and deep cuts. The drinks were delicious, and the staff were the absolute best, making sure we had what we needed, when we needed it. The venue itself is the perfect space for 50-60 people to enjoy a private event. 100% would recommend for karaoke, private concert, or probably any public event just based on our interactions with management and staff. If you don't visit here when you visit Ponta Delgada, you're missing out on an absolute gem. We had one of the best nights of our lives here.

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Decent (and only) jazz spot in Ponta Delgada.

Before going be aware that they are not open weekdays normally and/or every weekends. You will need to check at the door to make sure - there is no source on the internet for the correct opening times.

Some rigid rules here - no caps for starts, and it operates on a performance time schedule - sit down tables. Strange table sharing concept which my lady was not fond of. I found the lady manager on duty a bit impersonal and arrogant.

Drinks here are mighty expensive - recommend not ordering too much.

Overall the acts are fine. Drummer was amazing but the bassist looked like he was disinterested and wanted to go home.

I’m a big jazz fan and i felt this place missed the mark to what jazz is - i felt so rigid and not able to just enjoy the music from the constant pestering of abidance to the rules and how the lady manager kept coming to us and asking to for us to share tables with strangers. They seriously need to chill out and let customers...