Asoka

About Asoka

Live jazz is the draw here, threaded through a room on Kloof Street where table service and valet parking do the practical work of a night out in Gardens. The kitchen runs Asian fusion with a strong seafood lean, and the music shifts between jazz and lounge or chilled house as the evening lengthens — doors open at 5pm every day, closing at 1am through the week and stretching to 2am on Friday and Saturday, which are the nights the room fills. Smart casual covers it, and the price band is gentle enough that the 25-to-45 crowd of locals, European visitors and tourists treats it as a regular rather than an occasion. A 4.3 rating across some 2,700 reviews suggests the formula holds year-round. Come early if you want a quiet table; come late if you want the jazz and the low light.