The Blues Kitchen - Shoreditch in Hackney

Great place! Great jazz/blues music. Great food and drinks.

Loved the food and the atmosphere was unreal. We went on a Tuesday night and it was lively.

Zets was the man 😎 great service

Closes very early! Apparently Google is wrong

The pork belly is absolutely sensational, I literally get it every time and swap my fries for mac and cheese. The drinks are great too! The service could be better in terms of attentiveness to the customers, I feel like I have to physically get someone’s attention when needed but overall I had a great experience

Delicious food, great service, and a relaxed vibe. What more could you want? Highly recommend Thx Greta and special big thx for MO you’re the best bro, always treating people with respect and kindness

We had such an amazing night here. We started off with dinner in the restaurant, we were served drinks really quickly upon arrival and Selima our server was absolutely fantastic she really made our night! We also got food which was amazing too and then we moved into the bar and live music area, where Selima also found us the perfect table. The live vocals were incredible and it was a great atmosphere. Such a good experience overall and we will definitely be back!

Thx Mo and thank greta for the piña colada was the best . And thank you for the good service and attention. Mo the hamburger was amazing

Without a doubt, the best pub in the area. Good drinks, good food, great live music, and Pablo, the best bartender in London. If you want to enjoy a great night out, don't hesitate: head to Blues Kitchen!

Was here for my friend’s birthday party was totally won over by the amazing service by the lovely staff working here. They were really proactive kind and helpful. The food is really delicious as well, especially the artichoke dip with their spinach nachos. The ambience of the place is also cozy and warm. The caravan they have setup inside is pretty cool and a great place to sit in. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone planning to catch up with friends or just chill.

This place is one of my favourite to go around Shoreditch ! The live music is awesome and it’s always full of nice friendly people.

It’s good fun. Not sure it’s worth the entry fee though when there are so many free places on the same road. Overhyped on TikTok possibly.

We starved ourselves to come for bottomless wings on sunday, however were informed on arrival that they no longer offer this, regardless of what it says on the website. Having said that - food was good apart from fries - found a hair on both orders. Staff were understanding and offered to make a new portion. Be aware that shows may not start on time, for sunday it was delayed by almost 2 hours vs what it said on the website.

We booked to celebrate a friend's birthday. Everything was perfect for the first 2 hours (the time they had reserved for us and for the table, but it doesn't matter.) after having lost more than £ 500 in stupid things they move us to another area (and also this is not important) Table service for us was over and we started going to the bar to order, pay and get drinks for ourselves. I made a mistake in taking in glass of beer in front of the Bartender and had it poured on the counter, I was really mortified, so the bartender made me u bag another glass of half a pint of Beer. After paying, I went to the table with glasses of beers and handed the beers to my guests but I was followed by the security guy who intimidated me and suggested that I go and pay for the beer that was missing. We absolutely did not object but we felt intimidated and paid immediately. but being followed to the table as offenders in front of other customers, and after paying a lot of money, bothered us a bit. I understand that the bartender was doing his job, but it wasn't even the first round we ordered from him at the counter. So please a little more understanding. the rest was all right. The guy with the pigtail and the girl with an ex-relationship with an Italian guy were really good and nice. greetings

Great service and friendly atmosphere our server Steve was the man !

Amazing service from our waiter Steve, table was easy to book staff was really friendly & the food was delicious will definitely return

Booked a table, very easy to do staff very helpful, our server Steve was outstanding & more then happy to help, will definitely be returning to this establishment

Nuhazet was a great host. He was so vibrant and bubbly. Some great recommendations as well, well definitely come back

Busy place. Waiter was on our back every 5 minutes and a bit hectic at times. The buffalo wings were the spice level that could put a victorian child into a coma. Complied to our bonkers request in how we wanted to split the bill (party of 6). The photobooth on the lowest floor was pretty epic.

My friend lost her wallet in this bar and tracked it using a pin with a GPS tracker — it was clearly still on the premises. When she came back the next day, staff insisted there was “definitely nothing” and refused to engage, telling her to send an email instead. Only after she repeatedly explained the wallet was being tracked inside the bar did someone finally agree to check again — and surprise, it was found sitting in the office. Extremely unhelpful and dismissive attitude. We expected a bit more care and basic honesty.

Went to finish the drink I had before I came in, then security suddenly decided that he didn’t want to let me in after. Just a reminder that if you have rules on that, security need to state that BEFORE. Otherwise just feels like total abuse of power and that does not look good on Blues Kitchen.

Food was great, but service was lacking during the day. Great door people. Nice place. Certainly it has to get rocking at nights.

Good food, good ambience , very bad service. Half the restaurant was empty and we were told by a waitress to rush on ordering the mains as they had reservations. Would like to mention that we had multiple rounds of starters by then and were still eating.. Turned me off so bad that I paid my bill and left. Wouldn't go again and will not recommend. If its a franchise someone should notice all the bad reviews about the service.

A short walk away from Old Street station this restaurant/bar was a good find. I was expecting a live band (jazz or blues) but instead find an American themed restaurant (it’s huge inside though you may not think that from the outside). The first and best thing about this is the staff who are so friendly and welcoming, we weren’t left waiting for our drinks or starters, good advice on food options and prompt service. Our group of 4 friends included 2 vegetarians (including me) and 2 carnivores who loved chicken. Food arrived reasonably quickly and the recommended starter of spinach with tortilla chips was awesome. Would have liked a bit of choice on the veg options but a vegan burger and a veg curry with rice were the only options so I chose another spinach tortilla chips dish for my main

Went for a birthday party in the caravan. Great service and a great venue for a gathering! Would highly recommend!

This place never disappoints, fantastic venue with amazing food. If you’re unsure what to order the chicken sandwich is absolutely delicious - live music starts at 21.00 on weekdays and staff are great!

Had a wonderful time! Cold drinks, good food and great music, what's not to love?

i booked the karaoke room for my and my friends in during the bank holiday and it was so good! there was no minimum spend to book out the karaoke room and you are able to get food and drinks whilst singing. The staff were amazing and so helpful. You can’t go wrong with blues kitchen.

Stopped by for a quick lunch and was really impressed. The service was excellent, and the food arrived in no time. Everything was delicious—no complaints at all!

Food was amazing, great atmosphere, and staff were lovely!

Great atmosphere, great drinks, the chicken slapped and our server was fantastic!

Incredible service, amazing food. Can't wait to come again

Just came out for dinner with my good pal! The chicken wings for starter were great! I had chicken and gravy for main and that was the best gravy I’ve had in a long time! 100 percent recommend!

Had a fantastic meal at Blues Shoreditch! The standard of the food never disappoints. Will definitely be coming back for the new Salmon dish

Cracking place! Food was great, server recommended some great choices from the menu. Live music was awesome 👌 Recommended.

Fantastic time here as always. Food was great and Alex was a stupendous host. 🔥🔥🔥

The atmosphere was great with tasty food and good drinks. Alex was fantastic.

Great food and even better service (Alex especially)!!

Great establishment. Alex is the man

Alex was great and the vibes were excellent. Highly recommend to come here with the lads, especially with the bottomless wings…

Great place for drinks, great vibes, lovely cocktails.

Although I didn’t have any food I came for the live music, staff were so lovely PARTICULARLY Natalie and one of the other girls working close to her last night (I didn’t get her name). Natalie was so attentive and she seated me very quickly even though it was busy and she had 100 other things to do. The other girl was so friendly. I hope they get a raise!!

Thank you to Saph for taking care of us! She was so attentive & friendly. She made sure to take care of us that during our dinner. The food was amazing & the drinks even better. Blues kitchen’s customer service is next to none. I’ll definitely be back soon.

We booked a table for 7:30 as the website implied live music started at 9pm. After sitting down for dinner we subsequently found out that the band didn't play until 10:45 - incredibly disappointing and even the staff admitted the online info was misleading

American blues music dictates the decor. Just popped in for dinner, the fried chicken and chips was very tasty! And live music in the evening. A bit pricey but that's to be expected! The bar-tender was enthusiastically margharita making, a popular choice it seemed!

Super nice job place, good food, good prices and great venue for music.

everything about our meal was amazing! we felt so looked after and the food was incredible! thank you so much to zad for taking care of us, you are amazing!!

Great bar! Brilliant music and excellent drinks. Lots of fun

Friendly staff, delicious food and an amazing place. I'll definitely be back.

Cool place, delicious food and excellent atmosphere 👌

Busy but great food I decided to try the burger as I’m not usually a burger person and it was literally the best burger I’ve ever had in my life!!!! it was so good drinks good too and great service. Will definitely be back to try the fried chicken. Live music was great too. Just an all round amazing experience.

Best Fries in the Wooorld (mint?)

Magnificent, splendid place, super good food. Don't forget to book!! We managed to get a table for 2 even without a reservation but it's not guaranteed and we had to pay £5 entry each.

It says chicken sandwich but it’s actually a burger. Really good too.

Nice place with awesome live music, mixed crowds of all ages and a really nice atmosphere. We had dinner and the food was great. Although one of the dish came out excessively salty the staff was nice and replaced it without problems. Generally the food was good, nice vide, great music, totally worth it.

Saturday night vibes with mates is dope. I love this place

We recently had a hen do at Blues Kitchen in the private room they provide! Honestly it was such a fantastic experience! From the communication with Chris prior to the day, to the attentive service we were given on the day. We were given enough time to decorate the room prior and staff ensured we were taken care of from start to finish. The karaoke was not working in the room however they compensated this by giving us a karaoke room for 2 hours, which was extremely kind! The food was DELICIOUS and cannot be faulted!! We cannot thank all the waiting staff and bar staff for your service, you made the day run so smoothly and we appreciate it!

Calmer live music (mostly acoustic) weekdays to have your drink, great bands on the weekends to blues your day mood up(covering the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan)

Great service from manager Jordan. Drinks were great and so was the food. Will definitely be returning for tequila Tuesday

Jordan was so helpful give the man a raise, amazing service great food and drink recommendations aswell

Jordan was amazing!! Great vibes, very fun and just lovely attitude. Would come again! Food was lovely and drinks were strong. Classic margsss was 10/10

Jordan was really helpful and cocktails were so nice!

19 / 4 / 2025 5 pm cena Estuvimos en Shoreditch en una noche de cumpleaños y vsited la Blues Kitchen basado en las críticas que tiene. No conseguí el nombre de los camareros, pero él era encantador y se aseguró de que estábamos recargados con todo lo que necesitábamos! Estábamos en una escala de tiempo apretada, así que no podía permanecer tanto tiempo, así que fuimos directamente a la red. - brisket sharer banquete para 2 ppl -salmón ennegrecido Algunos cócteles diferentes La pechera era como se esperaba, la tocaste con el dorso de un cuchillo y se vino abajo maravillosamente. Los platos que lo acompañaban a un lado eran igualmente sabrosos y iban con este plato perfectamente. Teníamos la cantidad adecuada de tortillas, pero el camarero ofreció más si era necesario. Para ser honesto, podría haber alimentado a 3 de nosotros en lugar de 2. ¡Gana, gana! Estaba sazonado bien todo tenía su propio sabor. Uno de nosotros tenía el salmón ennegrecido que de nuevo era de buena calidad y no hay puntos negativos que añadir. La salsa de mango fue particularmente un nuevo giro en el comer con salmón. Bien vale la pena una visita si estás en la zona!

We chose this restaurant because of its live music, but we didn't take advantage of it because it started much later than expected.

Went to blues kitchen for a work leaving do. We were in the private room in the basement, where we enjoyed drinks and karaoke, then moved upstairs to the main area. Great service by Jasmine. Recommend going here 👍🏽

Ist two visits all good as walk ins On our 3rd visit which was a booth booked visit for 14 people a birthday celebration, it was a bad experience, one particular staff member had a bad attitude after being asked why he had cleared our untouched drinks when cleaning the table after an accidental spilt drink. He proceed to tell the security to make us leave, on asking for the manager several times the manager said we should stay, however several times during the evening the staff said we had to vacate the booth as someone else wanted it even though we had paid for the use all evening and had confirmation. Our evening was totally spoilt and the atmosphere because of one staff person was awful. Doubt we would go here again there are other more accommodating venues with polite staff. Far too much happend to put it all here but it was a disappointment to.what should have been a nice evening celebration.

I have been to this venue a couple of times before, I had a good time ordering at the bar, this time it was for a birthday celebration, a booth was booked and rented for the whole night. All of us wanted and intended to eat a substantial meal, but were only allowed a very limited menu of snacks, as we were not told in advance that this restriction existed because we were in one of the booths, even though it was booked personally, and a booth was chosen and the point of eating a meal was explained! Much of the evening was a battle to keep staff from taking our drinks, putting one down no matter how full, was an absolute gamble. We were hounded over and over by different members of staff to vacate the booth, as they wanted to rent it out to other parties, that's when the drinks began to disappear! The accidental spillage of one drink resulted in every single drink on the table being cleared, a complaint was lodged with the member of staff, who was followed to the door security and heard to say, get them out! After a chat with the manager we were left alone for a time but felt on eggshells for the duration of our stay, members of the party began to leave as they fought to stop their drinks being taken and were beginning to feel scared to say anything, with the fear that they may get thrown out! I personally felt I was being harassed used like I was nothing but a cash cow! We paid our four figure bill and that was the early end of our Blues Kitchen experience! I won't ever be returning, I believe it could be such a lovely venue if not for some of the manipulative and intimidating staff! And I don't believe their attitude could possibly be company protocol, so I wonder what was their motive!

Ist two visits all good as walk ins On our 3rd visit which was a booth booked visit for 14 people a birthday celebration, it was a bad experience, one particular staff member had a bad attitude after being asked why he had cleared our untouched drinks when cleaning the table after an accidental spilt drink. He proceed to tell the security to make us leave, on asking for the manager several times the manager said we should stay, however several times during the evening the staff said we had to vacate the booth as someone else wanted it even though we had paid for the use all evening and had confirmation. Our evening was totally spoilt and the atmosphere because of one staff person was awful. It felt that they had there money and wanted to dispence with us to resell the booth. (We had one chap who was brilliant at service so no reflection on him as he couldn't do enough for everyone) Doubt we would go here again there are other more accommodating venues with polite staff. Far too much happend to put it all here but it was a disappointment to.what should have been a nice evening celebration.

I celebrated my birthday here on 11th April, downstairs in the tequila bar and all of the staff were fantastic!!! They made me feel extra special all night! Thank you ❤️

Everything you want in a blues bar

Great place! Had a brilliant time there last week. We will be going back soon. Love Shoreditch and all it has to offer

Food was good, very busy however the AC unit leaked water onto our table and we had to move table onto the busy bar area

Edie se aseguró de que tuvimos la mejor experiencia para mi cumpleaños de amigos. Desde el principio fue atenta e hizo que la noche fuera especial. El portero era encantador, la comida era genial, un restaurante tan agradable, volveré pronto.

All round experience was excellent 👌 good food and great cocktails. Service was probably prompt and never left wanting service. Would recommend and definitely go again. The ox tail starter was amazing!! 🤩

Went here for the first time last week Saturday for a friend's birthday and it was great. We booked for the karaoke room and had a blast. Though we were late, we only got to experience half our time, but we were looked after well. A massive shout out to 'TILDA', babes you are a 🌟. Literally went above and beyond for our bill, though you didn't have to. It really made our night. We appreciate your efforts and your communication was on point. Also shout out to 'MATTHEW', who was our host for the night. Such a patient and polite guy. Definitely will come again, to experience more. The atmosphere was good, food was ok but only had the wings, bar looks amazing, music was sweet, the different rooms add a good touch to the place and the workers are nice, willing to help. Glad I came.

Mehn. I enjoyed everything about the blues kitchen. Expectional customer service.

We went during karaoke night and had an absolute blast. The energy was amazing, and so was the food. Try the ox cheek nuggets – trust me! Steve was incredibile, perfect service! A perfect place for a Friday night with some life music and good food!

Incredible atmosphere and even better food. The salmon was amazing, the mango sauce was juice, and the Passionfruit Zombie cocktail blew my mind. Definitely coming back soon.

Loved the industrial vibe and warm lighting. We shared a few small plates – buffalo wings, spinach dip – all super tasty. Service was fast and friendly too!

The bar serves diluted beer which is a horrible!

We anticipated that our table (5 ladies - we ordered snack, drinks) was going to be removed for the dance floor at some point. - they told us about this too This wasn't a problem for us at all, even if we were still finishing our drinks. So they took our table and stacked the chairs. But, they instantly replaced our table with a new table for a different group in the same area. Also, the tables beside us were not cleared out. It was just us. There were plenty of people seated and it was already 10:30pm. House rules are house rules. Just make sure you implement them fairly. 🤷‍♀️

Awesome had a great time. Food was excellent I would recommend ten wings

A fantastic experience in Shoreditch. Steve has been the best through the night, the made us feel looked after and very comfortable! The great food and the unique atmosphere makes it one of our favourite spots in London!!

A Shoreditch gem. Everything we ordered was packed with flavor – the blackened salmon especially. Plus, the staff really knows how to treat guests. 10/10!

Amazing service, food, great experience Amazing staff

Increíble amor es el mejor lugar de la historia la seguridad son los mejores eva los amo a todos - muy recomendable - blues es el mejor lugar para salir! Mostern y Marcus son increíbles x

We didn't eat, we just had something. Very good place!! we loved it

Had a great time yesterday catching up with a few friends! Shout out to Salima for the service , she went above and beyond ! I always have a good time at Blues. The staff are cool people

Very friendly place to enjoy with great atmosphere, stile, different rooms, smoking area/the most clients make connection there:))/. Security company is well organized but the people don’t know to react and very often overreact. Great pork ribs ;)) cheers from

Delicious burgers, and hey - what are the fries seasoned with? Great! Beer and cider great too, Wednesday cocktails for £6 😀 Nice service and great ambience. We happened to be there, it was great.

Sensational! great location, great drinks and very good music! Entry without a reservation costs £10 per person. Definitely worth it.

Been here a few times, it’s always nice. The food is GREAT! Fries are always lovely, the burger is tasty , the drinks aren’t too expensive and not watered down. They had this guacamole tortilla thing that was wonderful. The vibe is always great, it’s usually really good on a Friday night with the live music and everything . Super aesthetic inside as well. Indoor smoking area is great !

Great place, music was amazing 👏 drinks were a bit high priced

The team were fabulous and the food and drinks were delicious!! Shoutout to Mostern!! 🫶🏻

This is my second trip to London. The first time I stumbled upon Blues Kitchen in Shoreditch by chance and I couldn't help but return this time too. The atmosphere is fantastic, impeccable service. The staff is really welcoming and helpful. We managed to joke despite not knowing a word of English. Last time we came for dinner and there was live music. This time for lunch. We tried the new dishes on the menu: Brisket Dip and Crispy Chicken Sandwich. Exquisite!

Food was 10/10 , our server Mostern was the best you could ask for !! Definitely order the Oreo Doughnuts!!!

Amazing service and food! A brilliant atmosphere overall. Would recommend to all of my friends and family! Mostern was brilliant!

Came for the lunch deal, they do £10 for a main! The food amazing, they were so attentive and friendly. I’ve been working in shorditch for two years always walked by never entered and I’m so glad I made the choice to enter today 100% will be returning. Also shout out the lovely young girl Saph made the experience even better.

Good food and good customer service.

Great location, food and service and don't forget the cocktails.