JamBase

Live music provides beats with your eats 1 Reviews

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From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2009

Get through the lengthy queues that form outside JamBase on an evening and you might think that it’s just a packed live music joint. But get in there a little earlier and you’ll find an elegant and attractive restaurant offering excellent food accompanied by equally excellent jazz and soul covers.

The staff might be slightly over-eager – to the point of smothering if the place is quiet, in fact – but they’re uniformly friendly and efficient, and there should be no problem getting served.

Not that you’ll be in a rush to get your meal over and done with, thanks to the welcoming atmosphere created by the moodily subdued lighting, stylish decor and splendid food, particularly the steaks.

But if you’re looking for a quiet evening’s eating, then make sure you finish up before the partygoers arrive, because come midnight the dancefloor will be full and you’ll barely have room to move, much less order dessert.

• Previous reviews
  • 26 March,2008- reviewed by Jeremy Lawrence
  • 12 March,2007- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff
  • 13 September,2006- reviewed by Time Out Dubai
  • 01 March,2005- reviewed by Matthew Lee

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