My wife and I were on a ten day trip to Italy and we wanted to slip in a place and grab a beer and…read moresome wi-fi. This place had both. I ordered a beer and they brought over a free appetizer with bread and tomatoes and olive oil. So good. As an aside, the olive oil in Italy is flippin' amazing! I had a second beer and we relaxed some more before another 10 miles of walking around. The service was awesome and a cool bar!

Look this is mostly my fault for not spot checking the menu harder, but this place is a totally…read moretourist trap. Food was meh, drinks were bad, oddly our table sucked, we sat half in a bush right next to the street. Service was okay, sometimes we'd see our waiter twice in 10 minutes, but after our food was delivered we didn't see him for around a half-hour at which point we were so disappointed by the meal that we were desperate to get out. If you're in search of some familiarity and love the Olive Garden this place might actually rock. (I'm not even joking it's legit cute and you might enjoy it) But if you're in Rome for the food this is an easy skip.

A jazz club for American tourists…read more Okay, there was one Australian lady and a few Chinese. Everyone else was American. Prices are sky-high because this is a soak the tourist situation. Alexanderplatz which is the premiere jazz club in Rome charges $18 euros for a month membership - no cover after that - and $12 per drink. So once you have paid your monthly cover charge, you can hear all the jazz you want for free - or if need be for $12 euros a drink At Alexanderplatz, the performances are legendary with some of the most innovative and technically amazing musicians in Rome. We dropped over $150 euros at Gregory's. We got a perfectly reasonable yeoman guitarist. But nothing like the artistic lions that routinely perform over at Alexanderplatz. Now to be fair, we had dinner at Gregory's and we never eat at Alexanderplatz. The standard "sushi dinner" was perfectly reasonable yeoman sushi. There was so little of it that we both had to order a la carte dishes afterwards. The extra extras seriously expanded the final tab. * * * One argument in Gregory's favor: their bar is extraordinary. The bar at Alexanderplatz is mediocre. Gregory's charges top dollar for its bar offerings, but what they mix and what is in their bottles is worth every single euro they ask for. I would be perfectly happy to just go to the bar, and order a few premium beverages. I would hear my wallet cry. But I would know that I was drinking supremely well in return for my investment. Fortunately, the bar is downstairs from the club. I would not have to put up with the shenanigans in the club. * * * The problem with the club is the crowd. At most, one third of the customers are actually there to listen to jazz. The room is filled with tourists taking selfies. There are also hot-daters playing snuggle-buns. Many of them will leave mid-set so they can go back to the hotel. Gregory's is less about the music and more about selling happy memories of Rome. * * * Alexanderplatz gets a mostly Italian crowd. You are looking as musicians, music critics, academics, and all purpose artsy types - as well as normal Italian human beings who just want to hear fine music. The music is taken very very seriously. Yeah, there are usually two or three tables with good time Charlies who are doing the phone recording, party hearty thing. But this is 8% of the audience at Alexanderplatz as opposed to 70% of the audience at Gregory's. To be fair to the crowd at Gregory's, the music at Alexanderplatz is simply better. The jazz at Alexanderplatz is capable of transfixing even philistines with tin ears. Gregory's jazz doesn't put that much on the table. But the crowd at Alexanderplatz sets me up for listening to mystic, complex music with the highest level of attention and aesthetic receptiveness. The crowd at Gregory's just gets me irritated. * * * If you are in Rome with a hot date, go to Gregory's. Be prepared to shell out the bucks. * * * If you are in Rome with someone who can truly appreciate once-in-a-lifetime musical experiences, take them to Alexanderplatz. After you talk about the music for half an hour after the concert, You can still go back to the hotel. Just figure that the hotel will be the second best part of the night.

Quite little jazz place in Rome! There is a cover fee, but definitely worth it. Drinks along with…read moresushi is such a random pair but worked pretty well. It is a vibe. You have to go upstairs to go see the jazz musicians. We got lucky that we didn't reserve for anything like that and we still got to see them.

One of the cooler speakeasies you will see. Very discrete entrance but we saw the bar owner smoking…read moreoutside and asked if we could come in. In order to drink here you need to be a "member". They take some information from you and you pay 5 euros. They give you this card once you are a member. The bartender came over and asked us what we want to drink. He catered the drinks to our liking and really did a good job. I ordered an old fashioned and my wife drank some vodka drink that he made. Good atmosphere. Cool speakeasy. We would highly recommend.

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We stopped in here one night while visiting Rome. It's a bit hard to find, but worth the stop…read more There was a cover charge (10-15 Euros, can't remember). From the entrance you walk down a staircase lined with posters for various cover bands like Bob Dylan and the Beatles. The space downstairs is large but broken into 4 or 5 rooms. The night we were in an Italian blues band was playing and it seemed like everyone seated had gotten there early enough for spots. It's hard to see the band from the side rooms so we stood in front of the bar. This place got packed and if we had moved we would have definitely lost our spot. Drinks are on the pricey side and it got super hot with all the people but this was a great time. Everyone was having lots of fun and it gives you a glimpse into an underground Italian live music venue!

This place is absolutely fantastic. After paying a one time cover charge that is good for a year,…read moreyou can savor the music! I have been there for Beatles v. Stones cover band night, Jimi Hendrix cover night, and others. I would highly suggest a visit to this underground spot. A word to the wise, if you want a place to sit/a table, arrive early. This is one of highlights of the time I lived in Rome. (The drinks are band-themed and tasty. They can be a bit pricy, but the general vibe and experience of the place makes it all worth it.) Enjoy your time there (and your time in the eternal city)!

We had an excellent Saturday evening at this neighborhood jazz bar. The service was very attentive…read moreand friendly, the food was good, the crowd was local (not full of tourists). And the Jazz salon in the basement was the perfect intimate setting with dim lights, candles set on cozy tables for two and great local talent. I highly recommend for an evening away from the bustle of the tourists.

One of my three favorite jazz clubs in the world…read more Alexanderplatz is extremely eclectic in the styles of jazz it programs. But the Italian jazz scene is one of the best in Europe. There are a lot of classically trained musicians who have become superlative jazz artists. Alexanderplatz programs everything from traditional cocktail lounge swing to post-free-jazz abrasive to experimental European style electronic new age/jazz complex fusion. The third style is one we don't have much of in the U.S. We have the first two styles plus Marsalis family style neobop plus Brooklyn non-genre. Every session we have heard has been absolutely positively superlative. They break new frontiers on the innovative stuff and demonstrate superlative craftsmanship on the traditional stuff. Most other jazz clubs have good nights and bad nights. You can run into mediocre student wannabes and washed up old f**ts. None of those D-listers will show up on the stage at Alexanderplatz. * * * Another plus for Alexanderplatz: The room is extremely atmospheric. You go down a winding and almost-dangerous staircase into a basement. The basement is brightly colored and has jazz paraphernalia everywhere. It also has a balcony and archways which is not typical basement stuff. It makes the scene totally magical when you are down there. * * * The bar is the only weak point of this otherwise fantastic club. There is a very limited selection. The bottles are not always that great. Worse. You pay at the end. Everyone shows up in a huge traffic jam at the bar to pay with only one cashier taking money. The line runs long. It is a jazz club so it runs late. Whether or not you will make your bus is an open and interesting question. My tip is to pay right after you get your drink. You leave when the music is over and everything is fine. * * * But musically - this place is pure awesomeness on a stick. If you like any kind of jazz, and are willing to hear jazz in all of its forms, you really need to make a point to come here. If you like one and only one kind of jazz only, Pretest the artists before you book. But I would still say come anyway. The artists of your "not-my-genre" may get you to change your mind.

I believe on of the original jazz clubs in Rome. Great ambience, pretty decent food. Service is…read moresometimes a bit spotty

We had one of our best times in Rome at Charity Café…read more We'd been at a aperitivo spot just steps away and as soon as I saw a huge Billie Holiday poster in the window, I knew we had to stop in. My husband is a blues musician and we realized it was also on his list of clubs to check out. On the early side, they have a nice aperitivo set-up with reasonably-priced drinks and little snacks. The friendly bartender indicated that there was seating in the back room where the band was doing a sound check. This place will make you feel like you're at a secret little music club in the 1950s. It's intimate and dark and only so slightly gritty, with rows of seating, like fancy bleachers, that face the stage, each with a tiny table for your drinks and snacks. It's so perfect! Shows start around 10:30pm-- so if you're there for aperitivo, you'll be there for hours waiting for the band, really not a bad thing. They play similar jazz/blues standards on the sound system to keep you in the mood. We had dinner plans in Trastevere so we left around 8pm and returned close to Midnight... the place was packed by that point and it's a total vibe!

Excellent little Jazz and Blues Club. Staff is very nice and responsive. Endless supply of bar…read moresnacks and a limited but nice sandwich and wrap menu. Truly had a wonderful time. Recommend.

In the part of Trastevere that is surprisingly resisting massive tourism, I stumbled across this…read moregem. Nice place which looks likes a converted wine cellar. Service was good, my martini perfect and the band playing very very good. Winner!

Inviting art gallery/bar restaurant with eclectic mix of offerings and furniture in Trastevere…read more Sitting on a cute cut velvet sofa drinking a glass of mixed fresh juices of grapefruit, orange and lemon while husband is have a glass of red and daughter is being revived from 4 hours of suffocating crowds in the Vatican with a coldish Becks. Bruschetta was good.