PJ’s has been a permanent fixture at the Covent Garden party since 1982. Musicals and shows have all come and gone, the stunning Royal Opera House being completely redeveloped and the whole area revitalised. In the years since, PJ’s, like the values that built it, has also endured and flourished.

The ‘club’ aura is palpable and ever-present. A glance around its warm, interior reveals groups of lunchers wreathed in gossip, well-heeled young folk at the wooden bar and cast members relaxing after a shift. The life of Covent Garden is enacted and re-enacted on a nightly basis within its comfortable, welcoming, elegant walls.

PJs offers a classic, authentic, Covent Garden theatre bar experience, and it has done so for a long period of time. Our longevity brings unexpected benefits – we’re delighted now to play host to the sons and daughters of some of original guests from the 1980s who’ve made the special effort to come and see the place their parents whiled the hours away in times gone by. Our second generation guests are sometimes the ones that make us happiest.

And if, like us, you have a soft spot for Cole Porter or Billie Holliday, then you’ll love our Dinner Jazz evenings. They run Wednesday to Saturday until 1am and there’s no better way to beguile the hours than with good food and a talented jazz duo. Who knows, sometimes the people singing Cry Me A River to you might be the same person who sang it in the Theatre Royal an hour before. It’s been known to happen...

From Royalty, to the royalty of the silver screen, from show openings to private celebrations, stagehand get-togethers and romantic candle-lit suppers, PJ’s has hosted the whole gamut and woven itself into the fabric of Covent Garden’s legendary theatreland.

PJ’s lasts because it represents a home from home.