Live Jazz at Louie

Covent Garden's Louie programmes live music every evening, but Tuesday through Saturday is when you want to be there. That's when the jazz-soul happens: piano, vocalists, the kind of musicians who've put years into knowing this sound.

The room's intimate without being cramped, a proper brasserie floor where you can eat, drink, and actually hear what's going on. It's the kind of place that doesn't need to shout about itself. Book ahead though, it fills, especially later in the week.