The Iridium

Love iridium. Best jazz club NYC. Zach Brock concert wonderful. Sound was balanced, drinks great, and the intimate warm atmosphere enhanced by seeing Zach's enthusiastic family. A friendly charming and musically satisfying evening. Zach btw super talented jazz violinist with an obvious classical music background. Bass and drums respectful and creative.

Excellent place for a show and drinks with friends. See legends of Blues and up and comers, along with a host of talented musicians, play and share their stories. Get up close in this small venue.

I have been going here since it was an upper west side location, and now they have been in midtown for the past 10+ years. The only downside is that their food menu used to be more exlectic and a bit better overall for nice dinner theatre experience, but the burgers are still decent. Highly recommend for music and drinks, however. Enjoy!

Was fortunate enough to see Les Paul at the old location, and this one works hard to live up to the original vibe. The preferred seating closer to the stage only cost a few dollars more, and it was worth it to see the Blues Beatles (except watching the stage from a sideways view can be hard on the neck!)

Once a really great place to see a show with decent food and good drink selection at reasonable prices, has now become a corporate tourist place. Food mediocre and beer wine list is low rent.
Seating/ sound good, but wait service is kinda slow. Eat before you go.

Great atmosphere and cool vibe in this intimate jazz club. Shared 3 appetizers of which, the coconut shrimp was the best. Well chosen, decently priced wine list. The sound system was brilliant in that it was crisp and loud but balanced so that you were not overwhelmed. The performance by The James Hunter Six was stellar, check him out!

Excellent venue for concerts.
Seating is comfortable and close to the stage. Sound system is excellent.
Food was very good. Very nice service. Was there to see outstanding JJ Sansaverino 🎸.
When in Times Square, stop by and hear great music 🎶.

Funky small Blues club that's been around forever - only seats about 100 people. Table service. Highly recommended, A bit hard to find because signage is lacking - hidden gem!

Love the “new” Iridium! It’s a better space than the old venue.

I don’t know why the menu is getting grief from some people. For the NYC club scene, the prices are reasonable. We ordered and were quickly served. I had the Les Paul burger (of course), it’s a fresh huge burger not a frozen hockey puck, cooked to order a perfect medium, with a fresh brioche bun and toppings. Fries were hot and fresh as well. Not sure what some other reviews are about, or the expectations of the reviewers. What, you expect Gordon Ramsay in the kitchen, and Salt Bae as your waiter, for a $20 burger?

UPDATED REVIEW:

There are a number of questionable reviews for service, we went back and now they make sense.

We were among the first seated. Ordered, my partner got her meal and … nothing for me. We asked the person who brought the food and they said they’d check. Then we asked the server who took our order a half hour later, and they said the order was definitely in work. And finally asked again well into the performance. Finally got dinner but the entire point is to get there early and have a meal BEFORE a show. We were never asked if we wanted drink refills. And we weren’t alone, our seat mates didn’t get their order until after I got mine, which again is strange considering all the people who arrived after we did who were served and done.

It’s not fair to blame individuals, because most people go to work and do their best. But there’s a Swiss Cheese Theory of failure where multiple breakdowns have to occur. One of the problems in the modern era are that people think they’re experts on everything. I am in no way an expert on good service but a lifetime of dining at clubs like this indicate that there’s some sort of structural problem in their system, for multiple people to be involved and still result in failure for so many guests.

TL;DR: it’s a great venue for live music, but dine elsewhere and don’t plan on having any more than one round of drinks. It may even be better to just go to the bar and get your own. NYC has no shortage of great restaurants and bars, avail yourselves of those choices. We don’t plan on ever dining there again.