Madame Jo Jo's Review

You there in the cashmire sweater! You look like the type that enjoys the finer things in life: delightful evenings idly spent mixing with sophisticated high-rollers, sipping extravagant cocktails containing exotic fruits whilst lounging on plush debonair furnishings. Is that The Duchess of Cornwall sitting next to you? Why, you almost couldn’t tell with the lighting being as flattering as it is. Besides, the mellifluous tones enaminating softly from the sound system have lulled you into an anesthetising stupour.

Clearly, you’re either a monged-out ponce or James Bond and, clearly, you’re not going to like Madame Jo-Jo’s: the live bands are noisy and have been summoned from every walk of life - even some of the extinct ones; the upholstery was last refurbished long before sitting down was even invented; and the carpet exudes a pugent odour, just like those that walk upon it. Overall, MJJ’s should be filed under ‘seedy’ in the ‘underground dens’ classification. Right next to ‘dodgy stripclubs’.

And that’s precisely why it’s so eye-bleedingly good. Who wants bright lights and shiny surfaces when you can have Paul Weller DJing at a rockabilly night?! Who wants to sip a cocktail when you can gulp red wine at the scene of The Kaiser Chiefs ‘Modern Way’ music video?! That’s history squelching under your feet, you know? That’s sweat from many a drug-addled rock star woven into the fabric. The crass spirit of punk lives on. F**k the queen and all that sail her!

Offering up a stupendous smorgesbord of entertainment that is primarily meant to be primal, MJJ’s is home, nay SQUAT, to the following freakshows: London Bites - a mini kiev in the bucket meal of comedy and drama; White Heat, The Glitz and Electrogogo – giving retro a comeback without forcing it into the Australian jungle; and, the jewel in the tarnished crown darlings, Kitsch Cabaret - a Saturday night package (oo-er) that lays on (oo-er) a fine banquet of cheap canapes and fancy crisps (oo-er), then subjects you to flamboyant outfits, smutty jokes and Abba-medleys. A troop of trannies (known as The Barbettes) rouse the crowd into participating and at their head (oo-er) is their female leader, the frolicking Miss Terri - tiny in stature yet strong of presence, her subtle Aussie (oxymoron) accent and firm derriere means she’s na-na-na na-na-nana-not too far off the original.

Madame Jo-Jo’s is the most fun a person can have whilst still wearing their trousers! But of course, being Soho, they are optional.

The gay weddings are gauche and tacky, the divorce parties are louche and wacky. Otherwise 9 out of 10...read more

Madame Jo Jo's Description

Madame JoJo’s is an internationally renowned entertainment venue in London’s Soho, combining sensational cabaret, innovative club nights and live performance.

Madame JoJo’s has been the venue of choice for The Scissor Sisters, Marc Almond, Siouxsie Sioux, Bloc Party, Dev Hynes (ex Test Icicles), and The Kings Of Leon.

The kitsch style interiors with crimson velvet banquette seating, gilded art-deco balustrades make it a popular venue for filming, high profile celebrity / corporate events and live showcases. It featured in the November 2005 video for Modern Way by the Kaiser Chiefs, and for scenes in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut before that.

Madame JoJo’s is host to regular, well established club nights with a wide ranging musical output that includes classic funk to French House, hip-hop to northern soul.

Kitsch Cabaret is the venue’s long running Saturday night where performers delight in providing a theatrical show packed with some of the best songs of the last 60 Years.

For those who tire of non-descript nights out in mass-produced venues featuring monotonous music and faceless décor, Madame JoJo’s offers a refreshingly different night out - a truly unique experience in the heart of Soho....read more

Customer Reviews for Madame Jo Jo's

Average (based on 10 votes): 10 Atmosphere: Value: Quality:

The following customer reviews are not endorsed by Fluid London and are simply those of users who wish to publish their independent experiences of Madame Jo Jo's.

“I love everything about this venue from the entrance untill it ends its full of art deco featurs nice people and great musice the prices are reasonable i am proud to take my mates there in confidece that there going to have a great time and they always do its a gem in the heat of soho and i dunno where id go without it there”
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Ms shen t, london (1 years 6 months 23 days ago)

“Best bar & night in London!”
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Wiko, London (2 years 6 days ago)

“Very nice bar!”
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jonny, wyouwiiw (2 years 1 months 29 days ago)

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