“I mean it’s more about the cocktails and ambiance than food. The food is more elevated bar snacks - but done well. And I love that spot for its food, drink and ambiance”
5.5/10AmericanJapanese
AI-generated summary
It's a basement Japanese jazz bar with live music every night. The and the omurice are what people order. Two hour waits are normal and they don't take reservations, so the common advice is to line up before they open. Plenty of people say neither the food nor the jazz is worth that wait.
“I mean it’s more about the cocktails and ambiance than food. The food is more elevated bar snacks - but done well. And I love that spot for its food, drink and ambiance”
“It was absolutely not worth the wait. It sucked. We were sat in a terribly small table around the corner from the music basically in the kitchen. We couldn’t see or hear the live jazz, the service was straight up bad, and we were extremely uncomfortable.”
“Basement bar on a street packed with basement food establishments, so to be expected to a degree, but still jarring to see. The volume of the music is perfect; ambiance is solid, but concerned about health and safety.”
“It’s a shitty gig for the musicians. Expect very average jazz played by a college kid.”
“it has perhaps the best mentaiko pasta I've had”
“Tomi Jazz is very very packed inside, it won’t be cozy or quaint.”
“The cod roe udon at nonono is very good, imo better than Tomi Jazz.”
“Live jazz every night, unbelievably cool vibes and solid drinks.”
“Their okonomiyaki is better than any I’ve had, including in Japan. Might have been a one off, but damn was it good.”
“had a great time and was blown away by their creamy cod roe pasta”
“Tomi Jazz | Cheap, OK Japanese food with jazz. Always a big line though”
“Cod roe pasta at Tomi Jazz (but that line...)”