Tokyo’s largest jazz club Blue Note has opened up a new dining space in Ebisu Garden Place with live music every night. There’s a large restaurant, bar, lounge, private rooms and even a terrace that can seat over 200 people across two floors. The second floor also has a library packed with books selected by Yoshitaka Haba, the director of book curator Bach.
Each day features a different genre. Mondays are for piano performances, Tuesdays are experimental, Wednesdays are for jazz, Thursdays and Fridays are for DJs, and on weekends you can enjoy Latin, Brazilian and world music. On most evenings the table charge is just ¥1,100 per person.
The open kitchen on the first floor whips up modern American cuisine with course meals starting at ¥8,000. There's also the option to order a la carte, with the seafood platter (one tier ¥3,800, two tiers ¥8,000) a popular dish to share among a group. You also can’t go wrong with any of the classic all-American dishes like barbecued meat and hamburgers.
Make sure to browse through the large selection of around 40 natural wines (from ¥1,100 per glass, from ¥6,000 per botte). If alcohol isn’t for you, there’s premium fruit juice (¥800 per glass) from Asama Farm in Nagano prefecture.
Outside you’ll even find the brand’s first takeout stand serving delicious beignets along with drip coffee from Kyoto’s popular Kitaoji Roastery Lab.
