SUONO sits beneath L’Aperitivo on Bold Street, in a former bakery kitchen turned listening bar and boutique club. It is a basement room with two clear modes: album-led listening on quieter nights, then a more physical DJ-led room once the weekend takes over.
The system was built locally by GNK Audio, with the room tuned by R2A around low light, close seating and a capacity of roughly 80. The exact speaker, amplifier and turntable models are not published, so the gear notes stay conservative for now. The room is built around records and volume control rather than standard bar audio.
Mike Girling’s personal collection supplies the backbone: jazz, funk, soul and some rock and roll, with albums announced for weekday sessions and resident/DJ takeovers programmed around the weekend. Sunday Album Club leans back towards the listening-bar side of the room.
The drinks list follows the Tokyo idea without overplaying it: Japanese whisky, yuzu, sake, sherry, stirred classics, beer, wine and cafe service. SUONO is best treated as a records-and-system room first, with the bar built around that.
