Nightjar Carnaby

My happy place in London. I love this bar, I come here alone every 1-2 weeks to surround myself with the great old school, classy atmosphere. The staff is sooo friendly. Great cocktail menu and some delicious snacks. They have beautiful relaxing live music. HIGHLY RECOMMEND :)

Wait staff were friendly. The place was new and clean which was good. Felt the cocktails were a bit gimmicky rather than tasty. The main reason we came was due to the live jazz band and I was disappointed in the quality of the band for an establishment that promotes this as one of its main selling points. It was only a drummer and 2 guitarists with basic performances.. No proper vocalist, pianist or other jazz instruments. There wasn’t much chemistry between the band and it felt dull and flat. Unfortunately ended up feeling like a bad tourist trap, which was fairly evident by the clientele too (lesson learned). Not at all worth the £140+ paid for a few drinks. Overall not a bad place to sit and catch-up with a friend but there are definitely better places to have a cocktail or listen to live jazz.