Thames River Jazz and Dinner Cruise: 3-Hour Experience with 3-Course Dinner and Live Music
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109 Ratings
Greater London
Experience an unforgettable evening of live jazz music and a delicious 3-course dinner on a Thames River cruise. Enjoy stunning views of London's iconic landmarks while indulging in a grilled chicken dinner and a decadent white chocolate and rum truffle mousse dessert.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 3 days learn more
Highlights

Hop aboard your sightseeing boat at Westminster Pier in central London at 8pm, and sip a glass of sparkling wine to start your tour in style. Then, cruise out onto the Thames River and enjoy fine views over landmarks including Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from your vantage point on the water.

Take a seat at your table and watch as famous sites such as City Hall, the London Eye, the National Theatre, the Oxo Tower, Shakespeare’s Globe, the Shard, Somerset House, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tate Modern, Tower Bridge, and the Tower of London drift slowly past outside.

During your 3-hour cruise, savor a delicious 3-course dinner and enjoy the sultry sounds of your on-board jazz band — the ChiJazz quintet. Listen to a range of popular swing and Latin jazz numbers while you enjoy your meal, and perhaps hit the bar for a selection of beers, wines, champagnes, spirits, cocktails, and soft drinks (own expense).

Step into the cool of the evening on-deck to capture the sires on camera. At 11pm, return to your starting point at Westminster Pier to bring your tour to an end.

Points of Interest

  • Westminster Pier
What's Included
  • Thames River cruise
  • Live entertainment
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Drinks, unless specified
Additional Information

Experience a memorable night of dining and music on this 3-hour Jazz cruise along the Thames River, complete with a 3-course meal. Enjoy a river journey on the Thames with companions or your significant other, while taking in the impressive London landmarks such as the National Theatre, the Oxo Tower, Shakespeare’s Globe, the Tate Modern, Tower Bridge, and the Tower of London. As the onboard band fills the air with live jazz tunes, enjoy a tasty 3-course dinner featuring grilled chicken escalope with dauphinoise potato and a medley of ratatouille vegetables, finishing with a White chocolate and rum truffle mousse dessert with raspberry coulis. The tour includes return transportation from Westminster Pier.

Please be informed that the menu is subject to changes from April 1, 2023.

  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • Your seat on board is guaranteed and will be allocated to you before the cruise takes place. When you board you will be shown to your table. Please note tables are fixed and within close proximity. Our panoramic windows provide great views from all angles of the passing sky-line, regardless of your table location.
  • We do not guarantee that products are free from nuts or traces of nuts. For gluten-free tea give at least 24 hours’ notice. For any special dietary requirements please call Reservations on 020 77 400 400 or e-mail to info@citycruises.com.
  • Please note that as part of the relaxed atmosphere of this cruise experience, your table may be situated in close proximity to other guests.
  • Please ensure you arrive 20-minutes prior to departure time
Location
Westminster Pier
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 4 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Robertoxjara
May 30, 2024
Love the tour - Great tour. The food was good as well as the drinks. Music was outstanding and the view …… incredible. Must try it, you’ll love it.
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Borbala_o
Mar 4, 2024
Lovely evening out - We had a lovely time! The dinner was delicious and the music very good. Next time will try to make sure we get a window table. Just an observation, the lentils were delicious, since i love lentils. However, as an only option as side for meat eaters in a country where its not actually that common in restaurants, it's not ideal. I'm saying this because my husband doesn't like lentils and so for him the main ended up being just the duck leg in itself.
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Bisakha_r
Mar 2, 2024
Great music and cruise! - Great food, music and views! The staff was very accommodating when it came to seating and vegetarian options. We enjoyed the cruise.
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Westy6969
Jan 27, 2024
Great Night Cruising River Thames with Jazz accompaniment 🥳🥳 - Family brought this trip for us for Xmas 2023 through Virgin Experience & managed to get an extension on our dates thankfully as we booked on to the cruise last night & had a wonderful cruise up as far as O2 & back to Westminster with bubbles three course meal & a Jazz band for everyone’s entertainment. A wonderful night out with very attentive & polite staff highly recommend & will book again. Many Thanks 🥳🥂🥳🍷🥳❤️
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Kimberly_k
May 18, 2024
Beautiful evening on the Thames - It was organized and roomy. There was some room to roam around. The Jazz band was pretty good and we enjoyed the music. We were charged for a double gin and tonic when we ordered a single. Overall the evening was very enjoyable.
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Gdl644
Apr 28, 2024
Tour of 26-04, 2024 - The cruise was excellent, the crew, the boat, the food, the music just everything was very good. Only thing was that I was unaware that there were course choice/options on the menu. A picture would be nice to include.
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Nigel_s
Mar 26, 2024
Boat left early - The meal and jazz band was great but be careful of the timing. We were told to be at the boat 15 min before the sailing time of 8pm , we turned up at 20min to 8 and the boat was almost ready to go and all the seats by the window had been allocated. Boat left at 7.50pm 10min before the time given.
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Thegreen87
Mar 5, 2024
It was a lovely experience - Thank you to the organisers who kindly placed us at a window table. We were 2 minutes from missing the cruise (thanks London traffic!), so it was a lovely surprise to be seated in a premium location. London was beautiful at night and it was great to see it from a different angle. The jazz band was good. One note: they had quite a long break halfway in to have dinner. We would have preferred to have them playing all the way through our meal. Rather than sit down and effectively eat with us. I don't know who planned to have the front middle 2 tables reserved for the musicians instead of dining guests. I did find this odd as some guests were further back in the middle of the fixed seating and may have appreciated the option to have these tables and enjoy an upfront view of the live entertainment and front window view. All in all, it was a very pleasant evening. I would highly recommend going on the open top deck towards the end of the evening and passing under Tower Bridge. What a sight.
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Kevin_g
Sep 26, 2023
Nice evening overall. - Well, overall the boat ride was cool! The down side was the dinner menu. I thought it was bad, someone else might think it’s great🤷🏽‍♂️. They should’ve offered a couple different dishes and not one, duck! The whole dinner menu trying to be gourmet didn’t do much for me. The band and singer were awesome! The band did a great job! Drinks were ok. Dinner for me didn’t seal the deal!
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Sms1999
Sep 9, 2023
Very disappointed - Very disappointed. Finding the boat was not easy - no signs. The service on the boat was awful- took 1/2 hour to get a Diet Coke. Food was awful- greasy and cold. Even dessert was bad. The music was NOT jazz - easy listening elevator music from a family band. The layout of the boat forced one person in the party to stare at the bathroom all night. Not good!!
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