Empire State Jazz Cafe - Houston

It was an amazing experience so good I came back the next night. I will come again. Only negative all food on the menu was not available and the kitchen needs better preparation especially with knowing you were having a packed house.

Great intimate venue. Great energy. Friendly staff. Owner is very personable and music was great!

Nice quaint place for a live music experience! It was a nice relaxing evening would definitely check it out again.

I'm sorry, but I will not recommend this place to anyone. The only thing I really enjoyed was the guest Jazz performers. We paid $25 to reserve for the Jazz performers. The menu looked nice. It was very pricey, though. For the quality of the food.... those prices should have been more humble. We ordered a chicken tender and a fried shrimp appetizers. We were unimpressed. We ordered the catfish platter entree and the catfish and shrimp platter entree.. catfish platter was $20, and the catfish and shrimp platter was a whopping $28. I expected more for what we got and/or better quality and taste. When I tell you, that was the worst seafood platter I ever had in my life. And I'm from New Orleans, so I know good and flavorful food. The service was okay. Don't go in expecting top-tier service like you would get at The Warwick. We spent over $80 on the overpriced food, and it was just 2 of us. On top of that, they added an automatic 20% gratuity.... which wasn't deserved. Also, note that they charge $4 for a bottle of Ozarka spring water..16.9 Oz. Smh. So if you do decide to try this place out. Eat somewhere else first and just go to enjoy the show. They also need to work on being welcoming and giving better customer service. We are still in disbelief in how disappointing this place was. I'm sharing a pic of my $28 catfish and shrimp platter. My sister takes pics of her food, for content, everywhere we go..... not this time. I decided to take a pic to post a review.

First things first, couldn’t find entrance, person at restaurant was rude. But the wait staff was friendly and excellent.