Good food, good beer, great atmosphere. Definitely one of THE places to hang out if you're in or around Shoreditch.

I am blown away! Great service and proper Hickory smoked BBQ. You know it's great when you don't need sauce. Price appropriate. Beautiful decor. Awesome personal service and one of the finest Bars I have had the pleasure of drinking at. I did the tasting of the three meat platter with a small wing to get things rolling. Flavors are spit on and the ribs where finger licking good. Now ambiance. That good old deep Texas, Chicago, Mississippi blues sound and feel. I almost forgot I was in London. Thanks to you folks who had the smarts and the hart to pull this all together. I LOVE IT! read more

Down. Hill. Like a bobsled. With weights in the front. This place used to be great but they seem to be struggling with their success. We get there 5 minutes early and they didn't have our table so we were pointed at a space at the bar to wait. Then we were told to move from there to another spot. And from that spot we were moved again, but promised that was the last move. Until the next one about 40 seconds later. The food was good, but service was slow. A Margarita took 25 minutes to arrive. A milkshake arrived what must be a record 35 minutes after being ordered. Despite their inability to bring us anything that we ordered in a reasonable amount of time, we were still kicked out bang on the 2 hour mark. No dessert. No after meal drinks. And not for want of trying, just because they couldn't deliver against the load of customers they had. I've gone from recommending this place to anyone who'll listen, to writing this review. Like I say, the food was good. If you're prepared to be treated like cattle in order to eat cattle, go for it. Otherwise go elsewhere. read more

Phenomenal bourbon & rye selection, great live music, and SUPER friendly & helpful staff - what more could you ask for?! My go-to when visiting Shoreditch. read more

Have tried their pulled pork sandwich and burger, both very good but have had better. Seems to get very busy around lunch-time/evenings and tends to get quite noisy and loud at times. However, service has always been good and would like to try their cocktails at some point. Prices are standard-Shoreditch prices, around £10 for a burger and an extra £3-4 for sides. I miss the banoffee pie dessert they used to serve, one of the best I have ever had. read more

Had an amazing time in this unique venue. Reasonably priced drinks, two incredible live bands playing sets of over an hour each and some of the friendliest bar staff in London! Free popcorn too, frozen margaritas were amazing. And free before 9pm. Will definitely be returning! read more

The noise level is insufferable especially in the bar area. It is hard anytime past 7 to get a table or standing area for a group of 4+. The cocktails are average. Can't vouch for the music because I never stayed long enough to listen. read more

This would be a four-star review if not for the way we were treated by management here. We bought tickets for the Amy Winehouse tribute show that night, and arrived about an hour and a half early to get good seats, eat, have some drinks, and take in the atmosphere. The place was packed for the Brazil/Belgium game, but we managed to get good up-front seating in the stage area. The food was excellent, as were the cocktails, and bar service was very speedy. The problem came when staff came to prep the stage for the concert we came to see. We were informed less than 15 min before the show was to start that we needed to give up our table so they could create a "dance floor" space. We were told we could sit or stand in the back. Uh... what? We just spent upwards of 100 pounds on food and liquor (plus more for the tickets), PURPOSELY got there early to get good seats, and you are telling us this now? I'm sorry, but regardless of city regulations, that's just unacceptable. The manager was completely unapologetic about it. We got a refund on the concert tickets and left. I'd be more understanding if we hadn't traveled from the US on vacation, and essentially wasted one of our nights here. read more

I've not had a bad night at The Blues Kitchen. Having been a number of times, for various different occasions - a wedding reception, a stevie wonder tribute night, a christmas party or just a quick bite to eat i've always been impressed. decent service, great food at not ridiculous prices. for what could be considered a mainstream haunt bang in the middle of shoreditch it's always been a lot of laughs, plus they do a mean old-fashioned. read more

Good music, especially the live stuff. Good DJs. Food is a little greasy, but it is themed as an American bar serving Soul food, so it's accurate. Gets busy at weekend, especially on Sundays when they have their Blues Jam. Worth a visit. read more

I really love the Blues Kitchen. It's a great place to stop by one evening, preferably when they have a good deal, or a weekend when the party is really getting started with music, or even on Fridays after work when they have free chicken wings! I still prefer the Camden one though. But this is a great spot for eat, drinking or dancing night away too. read more

Such an amazing environment and awesome bands. Bartenders were very inattentive and they filled entire cup with ice and out very little drink. read more

I love this place. The food is very good. For a picky American I was very pleased with the wings, burger and shake. We sat at the bar on a Monday (2 for 1 burgers) because all tables were booked and had the NICEST bar tender (Tom) serve us. The vibe is just cool. Great music playing. I felt like I had been taken back in time with a touch of New Orleans to spice it up. My husband and I left feeling very happy to have such a lovely experience and plan to go back. They have a great music line up we plan to attend. Also, noted the burger deal was legit, not a cheap deal and kept their standard fare of quality. read more

Came here on a Friday night to see some live music. Great spot for grabbing drinks and dancing/swaying to some awesome music. The band was great, the beers were flowing and the moves were coming out! Don't go if you want to have a conversation. It's a bit loud inside and the drinks are a little on the expensive side. read more

Excellent food and service. The booths are great. Lively ambiance. Great feel, comfortable lived in. Great music too.

I was in a group of American students that made a reservation for election night this last autumn and we had a great time! The live music was absolutely amazing and the atmosphere was electric. It took a while to get drinks at the bar, but the staff was friendly enough especially considering how busy it was. We did try to go back on another night out only to be turned away at the door so I will say this: it's not the place to go on a whim, you need to get your name on the list beforehand otherwise it'll fill up and you won't get in. It's easy to see why it's so popular, go for lunch, dinner, drinks, anything, and you'll have a good time, but definitely try to see some live music here, we were blown away! read more

My favourite place for a burger. Friendly staff, good menu with a range of choice & always a good atmosphere. More chilled out during the day for lunch, lively on a night with live music Friday / Sats. Awesome! read more

Terrible. Rude head of staff argued and called us 'little love' when we complained about our main course still not arriving after 30 minutes. Kept pushing and telling we had to vacate table for 8pm. We understood and agreed. At every course he hurried us to eat fast drink fast. Chaotic kitchen. Average food. He staff and head of staff are totally or of their depth. Antagonistic. Awkward. Bad service. Not acceptable. I won't do back. Our friends won't go back. There are so many other delicious good and decent staffed places down the road - any of these is a better choice. read more

Great food, really friendly and attentive service from our waiter Tammy, and live music to boot. No wonder they're always busy!

I got a £15 double Woodford reserve cleared away by the staff while I was watching the music... When I approached the bar to talk to the manager she said she be right over and kept serving customers for another half an hour. This is a rubbish way to deal with a customer issue... I ended up buying another double Woodford from a staff member. I understand this must happen a lot but either tell me to a) go away b) there's nothing she can do c) gauge the customer and recognize they're not taking the piss... Anyway,,, i think the venue is great and keeping live music alive is important, could probably use a manager that wasn't enjoying being officious so much. read more

Really loved this place, nice ambience good food. Thankfully place had few vegetarian options and nice music. All in all had good time there ,will go again . read more

i had an enjoyable night here but i do have to say that i enjoyed it much more when it use to be Bar Music Hall.. i do like blues and jazz music but theirs so long i can listen and dance to it before i get bored... it starts to sound all the same after a while... it would have been nice if the band played songs that people knew... but people seem to still enjoy themselves.. as for the venue it's got tons of space but it does get very crowded after 10pm on friday and saturday nights... but never had to wait too long to get a drink so the service is decent... the vibe of the venue is lively and the crowd were friendly, a great place to head to for a night out... read more

This place never cease to impress! Today I went to the Blues Kitchen Shoreditch with friends for brunch. The food never disappoints! Delicious, well presented and served on the dot! This came as no surprise as we've been there a few times for dinner and it was such a treat every single time. What stood out this time was the excellent service. A special shout-out to the lovely Clarice and Tamila! Clarice gave us a very warm welcome and made sure we were well looked after the whole time. She was very cheerful, caring and efficient. Tamila came to greet us and introduced herself to us when we were seated, also very friendly, smiley and helpful. At no point we had to look around to get anyone's attention. The restaurant was very busy when we were there, but the service was so smooth, and the staff looked like they really enjoyed working there. The whole atmosphere was uplifting! Thank you for a great experience! Definitely coming back! read more

This place is really good and good atmosphere. However, the bartender with a tattoo on his hand tried to trick me twice by making me pay cocktail with double dose when saying him I wanted single and saw him dropping single dose. I really din't appreciate this work hectic! read more

I had a pretty bad experience with this venue last night when I was refused the entry even though I had already got tickets. The full story: since there was a very good brass band playing (NY brass band) I decided to buy advanced tickets for me and my two friends to make sure we could get in. So we went for ONE pint to bulldog, then a nice dinner in Sông Quê Café (with tap water). Then we headed down to the venue well in time, we arrived there at 22 and the band was playing 22.30, there was already a big queue, that is fine I don't mind waiting for a good concert. We got our tickets checked and wrists stamped, until here everything was going well. When suddenly one of the three bouncers at the door looks at my face and explains politely that unfortunately I wasn't going to be allowed inside. The reason was that I was either drunk or intoxicated, I also politely tried to explain each of the bouncers that I wasn't, maybe the fact that I use contact lenses and I had spent the whole day at work sitting in front of a screen made them think I was high or something. They kept repeating the same phrase "the decision has already been made, please move out of the way". I don't think it is that hard to distinguish someone that is drunk from someone that isn't, even more if that is precisely your job. I think this bouncer called Matthew realised I wasn't afterwards, but he had this stupid belief that admitting making a mistake would make him loose authority, instead of that he should be a bit more reasonable and professional. They really ruined my night, besides the frustration for not being able to see a band that doesn't often play in London I couldn't help feeling discriminated, maybe because I am one more expat in London? I am not used to that feeling but it really sucks. There were other people in the same situation, including a guy that was with friends inside, went outside for a smoke and wasn't let back in, because he had some drinks that they sell in the same venue, quite contradictory huh? read more