Troy Bar

About Troy Bar

Troy Bar is an independently run Hoxton bar and Caribbean restaurant where live music sits alongside food and drinks. Its published capacity is unlisted, so expect a close-up bar-room experience whose feel changes with each bill. The key draw is a recurring, participatory programme: jazz sessions, reggae nights, open mics and jams share the schedule with singer-led sets. Eater’s 2019 guide grouped Troy with London music venues where jazz, soul and bossa nova meet cooking tied to those musical roots.

A licence, a company record and an upstairs room

Companies House records Troy Bar & Restaurant Limited at 10 Hoxton Street, with Edward Joseph Charles appointed director on September 11, 2000. That date supplies the earliest firm marker in the venue’s accessible business record; CAMRA describes the current operation as an independent free house/bar in former commercial premises. In March 2011, Hackney’s licensing subcommittee approved a premises-licence variation that allowed live music until 2:30am from Monday through Thursday, 3:30am on Friday and Saturday, and 2am on Sunday. The decision also covered recorded music and dancing, giving the venue formal scope for late music-led nights. A later planning proposal sought to turn the first-floor bar into a studio flat; CAMRA records that the 2024 application was refused, leaving that upstairs bar space in place.

What the room delivers

Troy’s booking approach favours repeat house nights and participation as much as conventional headline billing: the current calendar includes Jazz Grooves, Spirit & Soul Open Mic, Hoxton Jam and a reggae singers night. Jazz, soul, blues, reggae and bossa nova form the clearest musical through-line in published listings. Physically, this is a bar-and-restaurant operation in former commercial premises, with a documented first-floor bar. Capacity, sound-system specifications and sightline details remain unlisted in the available public material, making Troy a sensible choice for listeners who enjoy a compact, social room where the bar and performance share the evening.

Sources

1. TROY BAR & RESTAURANT LIMITED — officers — Companies House
2. Decision — Troy Bar & Restaurant, 10 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6NG — Hackney Council
3. Troy Bar, Hoxton, London — Independent Free House — CAMRA
4. Troy Bar — Eater London