Java Jazz Cafe and Bistro - New Westminster, British Columbia

Excellent live music, much better than Jazz music bars downtown even. The food is also quite delicious.

Best place of live music and food. Tita Salvi was so awesome... Going to bring more of my friends. Definitely going to comeback.

I'd been here for dinner before and really emjoyed the food, the service, and the music. We have also been here for coffee and dessert and had no complaints. We went here for coffee and dessert last Fri. after a lengthy absence. There were six of us. Several disappointments. No ... "western" desserts were available even though they were on the menu. No apple pie; no tiramisu, etc. Standards that a customer would expect. The Filipino desserts were very good(cassava cake, banana fritter) but these don't suit everyone's taste. One of our party ordered a caffe latte. He said it was terrible - no foam, just warm milk. As he said, if the staff does not know how to make a caffe latte they could get a machine that would do it correctly. Although it was after 8 on a Fri. evening, the restaurant was quiet. No "buzz" like it had had on previous visits.We try to support local businesses but will think twice before we go back to Java Jazz and especially take non-NW visitors there. Read more

This place is family owned and operated, and I like that it has a bit of live entertainment. It's unique to anywhere else in town!

“Another complaint on the $10 minimum ---- You can get in BUT you can't get out” Up until recently, I had been a regular visitor to this establishment STRICTLY for the musical entertainment FURNISHED by the hired karaoke company. For the last few months, that had also gone "downhill" owing to ... the poor amount of clientele going to this establishment on the weekdays. If you wanted to order something to drink or eat, you had to wait for a long time to be served. If you ordered something nonalcoholic because you were driving; and went to pay the BILL, you suddenly found that, instead of a small amount for a pop or, even water; you were served with a bill for $10 which the owner gave to you saying that this was the minimum rate, and that "everyone knows that". I should mention, however, that nowhere listed in the menu, on the walls/doors, or even on their own website is this mandatory "minimum rate" put in writing. Although the service by the waitresses was adequate, the service by the owner, however, leaves much to be desired, as she is more interested in looking at her text messages on her cell phone then she was dealing with her customers. Any tips given to her employees, however, made their way into her pocket at the end of the night. Read more