All That Jazz South Florida

I was expecting better from this place. The musicians and music were great, but too loud for our group to talk and catch up.  It's more a show than dinner music, which we didn't expect.  Our group of 6 had reservations for a friend's birthday at 830p.  We were warmly greeted, but when we sat down discovered it was only open until 10p, not 11 like the friend thought.   That was on us.  However, since we sat down, the server reminded us many times that we had to hurry and order since the kitchen was closing soon.  It was off putting and made us feel rushed on Saturday night.  Don't offer 830p reservations if that means you rush your guests.  When I just checked their website it says open Saturday until 1030p and music until 10p.  Clarify with them when you'll be expected to leave since once the band stopped playing it felt like we were expected to leave. The food was a mixed bag: The lemon basil dressing on the salad was too oily and needs to either be stirred before serving or have more lemon added to the recipe.  The birthday girl ordered the glazed pork chop special and the bite I tried was super tender and delicious.  The bite of chicken Parm I tried was also made well and tasted delicious. I ordered the special of salmon and shrimp livornese and found it disappointing.  Since they don't have gluten free pasta I ordered it with the rice instead of pasta.  The sauce on the menu described it as a sauce with kalamata olives, garlic, olive oil, tomatoes and capers.    That was not what I got - it came out with a mostly red sauce with sauteed tomatoes mixed with green olives, spinach and onions; no garlic or capers in sight.  Because of an argument within members of our party, I didn't realize the sauce was wrong until I read another review that called them out for switching olives in the dish.  The sauce I got was mildly spicy, but otherwise not well seasoned and  a little bitter.  Definitely not worth the $40 charge.  If I consider a $20 charge for the musicians and $20 for the food  that makes is seem reasonable. Speaking of charging for music, it would be better for them to charge a musician fee of $10,15,20 and drop menu prices to more affordable and realistic prices. Our desserts were much anticipated and the bread pudding and chocolate cheesecake were amazing, you must try them.  The tiramisu was another disappointment. It's my favorite dessert, I try it at every restaurant and I've had it amazingly homemade at Italian markets and an Italian restaurant I used to work at during HS, so I know how good homemade can be.  This batch of tiramisu they served was overly soggy and bland, very little sweetness espresso flavor or cocoa flavor.  I only ate a few bites and others at my table tried it and felt the same.  I didn't even bother to take the 3/4 left of the dessert home.  I let our server know my thoughts on the tiramisu and said she was very surprised since she never heard that before.  Maybe it was an old or bad batch of tiramisu. The server asked us when we sat down if we were all on one check and when we asked to split said they could only split it 3 ways, but then said because she wasn't busy she was ok splitting it 5 ways for us.  That worked out fine until the end of the night.   The owner came over to let us know that when we came back they wouldn't be able to split checks because they are a small mom and pop place and the fees for splitting checks cost too much.  He seemed upset at the server and shared that the server went over his head to do that for us and repeated it wouldn't happen again.  That out a more negative cast over the already disappointing night.  I don't remember if he even asked us how our night had gone and if we liked the food. I'm not a huge jazz fan and was trying this out for a friend's birthday, so I don't plan on going back. However, if you want to experience a great jazz show without being able to talk much except when the band is on break, this is the place.  Stick to drinks, appetizers and dessert unless you get the pork chops or chicken Parm.  Don't split a

Amazing food, incredible atmosphere, phenomenal live music. They have gluten-free options, too! Highly recommend.