I booked August Karaoke Box for my friend's birthday and we went last night. I highly recommend them! Pros- Very accommodating staff. Very clean rooms (when we left the staff had their cleaning products ready to spray down and clean). Sound system was great. Plenty of classic songs to sing. Ample parking. Easy payment process. Cons- Online booking process was a tedious- I had to make an account, wait for approval etc. Song selection system slowed us down a little with trying to locate English songs but we found most of them in the end. Shakira room no longer have poles. Overall, a wonderful experience! I'll definitely come back read more

Loved this place we went last minute with friends. Brought our own drinks and had a blast!

Super fun! Great rooms and tech set up. Hosted my daughter's 12th bday with friends and they had an absolute blast! Great for all ages.

This is a great concept but is executed incredibly poorly and unprofessionally. We showed up on time only to stand and wait for 10 minutes while the employee was on the phone. I decided to navigate ourselves to our own room only to discover it was much too small for our party size even though that is what an employee told me to reserve. There was even a sign on the wall saying we were limited to six people and we had seven. But even then, these rooms are incredibly small and the furniture is under scaled. Since we were the only people there, I asked if we could upgrade to a larger room at no cost and he said yes and puts us in a room that we liked, got settled in and then he came back and said no you can't be here my boss will get mad at me it's VIP and moved us to another room. So that's a good 15+ minutes of time we didn't get out of our two hours. Then an hour and a half in he burst through the door and says that we were half hour over and I said "No, I booked it for 2 hours." He looked confused. Every song we wanted we had to look up on YouTube and watch commercials. And settings were difficult or not able to change (like the reverb) and the employee couldn't help. We promptly left at the 2-hour mark But felt like I could have and should have asked to stay longer. And when we checked out I paid without questioning the amount but was significantly overcharged. And I have called and left messages three times to try to talk to someone about getting a partial refund and I have not had one single call returned. read more

I wouldn't come here again. The place wasn't very clean and the equipment kept malfunctioning, mics kept losing power and the sound kept adjusting, mics higher than the tv, feedback was hurting to the ears, etc. the service was also not so good. Anytime we asked for things to be fixed, the man would come inside and not say excuse me. Went right behind my partner and did not say excuse me at all in a tight space. I found that to be weird especially because is attire was sweatpants. I honestly think we shouldn't have paid for this experience. We won't be coming back though. read more

What's Great: + BYOB and BYOF (food) + Fun time, they pretty much leave you be What Needs Improvement: - Mostly Asian music, there were very few alternative 90's songs we were hoping to find All in all, the room decor's cute, the room's do get hot so ask them to turn up the AC, and it's fun in the end! read more

This place is absolutely awful. The sound was horrible, the microphones sounded super cheap, they had no song options. The TV froze up every couple seconds, the room was too small to even walk in, and the sound was quieter than my phone volume. They also tried to charge us an additional 18% for using songs not in Korean. It was RIDICULOUS!! The employee was super rude and tried scamming us. Do not go here.i'm read more

Went here for my birthday this past weekend and had a great time! i highly recommend reading the other reviews because it definitely helped my experience and what to expect going in. Even going in january i expected not to experience the a/c issues many reviews mention it being super hot, the window on the door of our room (i got the small room, fits 4 people) was fogged up because of all of us being in there singing and moving around. We did as the reviews said and requested they turn up the air but it didn't really feel like they did/it didn't help at all. That was one significant downside but I also was very confused using their website because you need to make an account request an appointment and wait for them to contact you. I had booked the 8th and started the process the 26th just in case and it took about 5 days to hear back from them on the next steps. I received a text after that with the forms to sign and even then didn't receive a clear message stating I was all set so that was kind of a struggle. I also was very unsure on how to book more than 1 hour at a time so we only stayed for the allotted time since a lot of reviews mentioned extra fees if you did exceed that time. As for the music, the search function is straight trash, you type in more than 3 letters and the program just went blank. We ended up just going through the artist categories and sifting through Foreign/Foreign bands which worked out fine. The decorations were cute and the room was fine, i was concerned about the trash fee because I didn't know what to expect but simple as clean up after yourself and you'll be fine. BYOB was pretty cool! I didn't know any places besides the east coast that does that so it was interesting. Honestly had a really fun time and would highly recommend it. I just wish they'd updated their website or music selection. read more

Would not recommend. Nothing worked in the room we booked so they moved us to a larger room. It didn't matter. Searching for songs/artists was a nightmare. We attempted to connect to the internet to stream songs but that only worked 20% of the time. Overall we spent 15 minutes of our 2hrs doing karaoke and the rest of the time troubleshooting. When we went to cash out and ask for a break because of the inconvenience they actually tried to charge us more than the original booking because they had to move us to a larger room. You're better off going to a karaoke bar and avoiding this headache. read more

Got a small room but we weren't allowed to choose which small room. The speakers and microphone weren't really loud and good but still plausible. All the rooms are very pretty and they have most songs from popular artists read more

We showed up and the doors were locked and we had a reservation for 20 people. Nobody would answer the phone and nobody ever called back or emailed back. read more

The rooms are nice, but the song searching software is absolutely horrible. It only allows you to search songs/artist names by their initials, which is next to useless for English artists and songs if the artist name is only one word, e.g. "Adele" or "Weezer." read more

It's pretty difficult to search for songs on their system but what we could find were good options! We chose the Shakira room because it had a pole and that would be fun for a 30th birthday but when we got there the pole was gone! Other than that we had a blast but be expecting to pay quite a bit, our 5 hours was over $500. I do like that we can bring our own drinks and food though! read more

i made a reservation for room 809 vera mvp room which was the most expensive room for my boyfriends birthday. sadly when arriving they put us in a room that had no aesthetic and looked like a storage room. i was very disappointed when having to pay full price on a room that i reserved for but wasn't the same that was advertised at all. if i would have known that i would not have reserved the room or payed that over priced payment for the room they put us in. the lady upfront was very nice and gave us waters and showed us how to work the machine but having to pay over 200$ for two hours on a room that was not promised is very disappointing. my friends and i still had fun but this was my boyfriends birthday and i needed it to be special. photos of what was on the website and got the approval of the reservation vs what we got below.. read more

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i made a reservation for room 809 vera mvp room which was the most expensive room for my boyfriends birthday. sadly when arriving they put us in a room that had no aesthetic and looked like a storage room. i was very disappointed when having to pay full price on a room that i reserved for but wasn't the same that was advertised at all. if i would have known that i would not have reserved the room or payed that over priced payment for the room they put us in. the lady upfront was very nice and gave us waters and showed us how to work the machine but having to pay over 200$ for two hours on a room that was not promised is very disappointing. my friends and i still had fun but this was my boyfriends birthday and i needed it to be special. photos of what was on the website and got the approval of the reservation vs what we got below.. read more

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came here for my birthday and would never come back. room capacities were not clear online so we called ahead and asked how many people a "large" room could hold and they said 20-25 people. we show up to the room and it says the capacity is 9. it took forever to get ahold of anyone over the phone as no one answered the phone during business hours until we called for the 5th or 6th time. booking process was a hassle and i wasn't even sure if the room was booked until a day before because confirmation took forever and wasn't unclear. booked the reservation for 5pm but they let the people before us stay much later then took a long time to clean the room - we only got into the room at 5:25 and had to wait outside. the song selection was literally youtube music with captions - some songs that came up after searching didn't even have the lyrics. online it says to check out their food and drink menu, but we were never offered a menu. we left at 6pm (barely stayed in the room for 30 minutes) because there was no way everyone could fit. staff would not offer another room or a discounted rate or any other solution after misguiding us over the phone. when checking out, staff tried to charge us the full hourly rate even though they said our charge wouldn't start until we entered the room. ended up being charged $54 for 30 minutes in a large room that we could only do 2 songs in (with captions as lyrics of course). would not recommend - unless you want to waste $$. read more

booked this as a surprise for my sisters birthday but was met with horrible service, booked our room for 5 didn't get in until 527 and they still tried to charge us for a WHOLE hour when we left . it was dirty and not clean either. very disappointing. read more

What a fantastic experience! I only went to Karaoke three times in 30 years but this was the best! Private rooms, friend music drink food What's else is there? Loved it! read more

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The pricing list is at best comically asinine if not intentionally misleading. There is a price list with a table of numbers posted on a tv monitor at the front counter. These numbers are not the actual prices that you pay. Note that you have to pay an "additional music license fee" of 20% on top of the prices listed in the table. Adding to the confusion, the price list on their website states that the fee is 15%. This strikes me as an unnecessarily convoluted way to communicate prices. Customers would benefit from having price information displayed in a clear, complete, and succinct manner. If the manager does not intend to purposely deceive customers into thinking that prices are lower than they are, then the full cost per hour should be reflected in the table of prices. read more

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BYOB & Snacks, yes please. This karaoke place let's you bring your own alcohol beverage and snacks. However, not all of the songs made it on the list on the karaoke machine, but still was a nice hangout spot to kick it with friends and belch out some old tunes. read more

This place is so fun!! And just like the karaoke rooms I have rented when traveling in Asia. I took off one star because their pricing can be confusing but the price is worth it when splitting between people. It's byob and food so come prepared! They have lots of American artists but not so much newer ones. I recommend booking more than one hour because it goes by faster than you think. This is definitely something you can do whenever and with your friends, family or date! It's also right by Tempe marketplace and mill ave so there is plenty around to make a whole night out of it. read more

Had an AMAZING birthday at this place!!! I got there and the boss took us to the room I had reserved and showed us how to use the system which he explained very well. They were super friendly, and gave me like a 25% discount!!! For what I can remember from that night, I had a great experience. Thank you guys for providing such a great atmosphere and for making my birthday easy, Stress free!!!! read more

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Fun place for a night out (or a pregame)! The rooms are very clean and cute, each a different theme. Only a couple rooms were filled when my group arrived on a Thursday night so I was able to see the other themed rooms as I walked to the restroom and they all had their own touch to them. The service was great, very accommodating and they offer snacks and non-alcoholic beverages (beer is soon to come, I believe?) but they are BYOB and BYOF which I thought was really cool. The song selection is excellent, there's a whole bunch of songs in different languages and it takes some getting used to working the system, but once you get a hang of it, it goes smoothly. Plenty of different songs and artists to choose from, much more than I've seen at other karaoke spots! I'd definitely recommend this place to anyone in the area, I was visiting and I had a great time here. read more

i really love private karaoke rooms! BYOB is the best! i wish more places did this. august karaoke was very simple, i booked my reservation online and everything was ready and paid for when we arrived. definitely recommend staying longer than an hour. the songs were a little difficult to find at first but we figured it out eventually :) read more

My friends made a reservation a month in advance for August's largest room to accommodate 30 friends who wanted to karaoke together in lieu of going to a bar and having to wait our turns for hours. August Karaoke Box should've solved that problem, but they definitely did not -- they made the issue worse! They allowed another group to conveniently upgrade to OUR room that WE reserved in advance on the day-of. I still struggle to understand how that happened. They didn't have an answer for us. The solution was to break our group up into 2 small rooms which barely accommodated 6 people each. Those who couldn't fit were relegated to the tiny hallway. We lasted maybe an hour as our friends who organized this tried to determine the next step for us all. And all the while, August Karaoke Box had the audacity to make us pay $3/every person for the hour of those 2 rooms! It's not the cost, it's the principle of the matter. They messed up and still made us pay. read more

This was an awesome place! A friend let me on to this place. My fiancé's birthday was coming and want to plan something fun! Their pricing is up front and straight forward. What's crazy is that it's open 24/7. You can come and get your karaoke on anytime! They have a lot of rooms. They are all decorated with a certain theme. Each size of room has a different hourly price. The interface could be better and 2 of the songs audio was pretty off from the original song. Of the almost 30 songs we did those being off didn't ruin the night. Something for them to improve on in the future. One was Miley Cyrus Recking Ball but I can't remember the other one. Everyone is laid back at this place. Makes for a good atmosphere to be in. They work with you to make sure you have a good experience if something comes up. When the room we booked had a bad speaker when we started they immediately moved us to a similar room and reset our time. That was so nice of them to make sure we got all the time we paid for. Very awesome place here. If you want to do some karaoke, bring some food and friends to come check it out! read more

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This place is what dreams are made of. There was a point during my visit that I thought they were going to find my corpse in there becuase it was so fun I couldn't bring myself to leave. If you are not standing on the chairs or table in the middle, YOU ARE NOT DOING IT RIGHT! Also, dont bring any shitty friends with you becuase they will ruin your vibe and no one wants that. read more

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They aren't open. Update your hours. We drove 15 miles. Looks nice if the microphones would worked

I have no idea what is going on with this place. I went a few years back and it was so much fun. Now, they are the hardest company to get ahold of. My reservation has been pending for 2 weeks. And I have called and left messages twice to get an update on a denial or acceptance. I even drove to the location during "business hours" to only find out that they were closed that day. What a waste of my time. UPDATE YOUR INFO!!!!!! read more

Disappointed. I decided to book a reservation a WEEK in advanced and received no notice of issues with booking. Yet, as I arrived for the booking time, the place was closed. Listened to the phone inside the establishment ring several times. I even stayed for a whole hour and a half waiting to see if there was traffic or issues with a staff person. 4 hours after the booked reservation time, received a "notice" that the reservation was canceled. read more

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What a GREAT place for a fun night out To celebrate my daughters 17th birthday with friends and family. The staff was friendly from making reservations on the phone to accommodating our group the day off. Definitely recommend this venue for any form of celebration or just wanting a fun night out. read more

I could not have been more excited to visit this karaoke place for my 34th birthday and I could not have been more disappointed by my experience. I came here with a group of 12 friends to celebrate on a Saturday night. My husband and I did our due diligence and went to look at the venue and different room options and reserved our private karaoke room about a month in advance (yes, I'm that type of planner). When we went to check it out initially, we met the OWNER and had a really nice chat about him and his business. Coincidentally, we both lived in NYC for a time. I let him know that we were booking this room for my birthday and I'd done a fair amount of karaoke in my time, and private room karaoke is my favorite. I asked about song selection and he ASSURED ME that he had every song and we would have a great time. Cut to tonight, my friends and I all show up and go into our room (which was supposed to accommodate 15, but our 12 was SNUG) and started navigating the tablet/computer and looking to add songs. And I kid you not, the first 10 songs we wanted to sing, THEY DIDN'T HAVE. And we're not talking about obscure German rap songs, just fun, normal karaoke songs. To give you an idea of some of the songs NOT AVAILABLE, here's a short list: -Piano Man by Billy Joel (actually there are no Billy Joel songs at all) -Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen -I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston -Anything by Frank Sinatra WE WERE NOT ASKING TOO MUCH FOR THESE SONGS. I went to speak to the owner and he made it seem as though I simply needed a tutorial on how to use the system. He walked me through it, and every song I suggested wasn't there. He just looked at me and asked for another song suggestion. I WAS FURIOUS. I let him know how upset I was, but all he could do was shrug. If I had known they basically only have Bruno Mars songs, I would have planned to go somewhere else. We ended up making the best of it, and he did give us a small discount, but in the end, I'm still upset and I will certainly never go back. read more

Went here for my Birthday with a party of around 12 for 2 hours. Reserved the VIP room but because something happen on their end they accidently reserved me for the MVP room, which they went above and beyond to make up for! They have great staff that ensure you have a great time and will help you if you need anything. The private room was amazingly decorated, with lots of seating, a throne, and a mini stage to go up and sing on. The sound system was high end stuff, with 3 mics for the whole room and although it was hard to find English songs on their song selections, the songs we did find were great. All the rooms were decorated so nicely, I would've loved to have known how many people each individual room was able to hold! Things to know before going: Their card reader does not accept anything under 25$, so keep that in mind when you're splitting the rental bill with your group. Because me and my party didn't know about that, we had to double up on one card and pay the other back later. It is pricey, with a very large tax amount added, so don't forget to calculate that in, but it gets cheaper if you split the bill with the patrons that you bring with you. All in all it is a great and unique place that I'm considering going back to again someday! read more

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Reasonable priced, considering that you can bring your own drink and food. Songs are up to date - the ones released on 12/29 are available here today (01/14)!! You can use wechat app to select and switch songs, which would be good if u have a large group people. Staff is really helpful and considerate, GUO ZI helped us today, 5 star for him. I will come again when I'm back to phoenix. read more

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Always wanted to do karaoke bar and did a birthday celebration for it! Loved my experience and had one of THE best birthdays I've ever had with a costume theme. We had the VIP Shikira room, screens all around for lyrics and we brought our own drinks and some food. The stripper poles are good for support for getting up from the table. Front desk was very polite and took a group photo for us! Certain songs weren't available or hard to find but the vibe was really good so didn't matter! :) read more

This karaoke is clean and brightly lit, good for kids. I had fun singing my Disney songs. Beautiful room but a little too small and the microphone was low batt. However, the attendant acknowledged the problem, apologized and gave us discount. The service was really great. read more

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Been there for one surprise bachelor party to a friend and we loved it. Though we will stay 90-120 minutes but it was so good that we ended up spending 3+ hours. Nice of them to offer1 hour free for reviewing them. Team there feels so innocent who can never cheat you and anyone can completely trust them. Glad to be there and will be there for sure again. read more

I wish I could give this place no stars but I wanted to write a review so that they don't scam anyone else I made a reservation for my birthday which hasn't passed yet so I decided to do a prerunwith a couple of family members I reserved a room for today at 2:00pm I was running late so I decided to call no answer which is weird but I figured maybe they are busy I arrived 20 mins late to my hr room rental and the building is locked and looks like it had been for some time I reserved a room for next month that totalled over $200 and now I have to call the bank to get my money back since the building and business appears to be vacant. read more

TBH- this review probably wouldn't have been written if there was at least a damn bar to enjoy at. Now knowing it was a BYOB ordeal..I feel like I was robbed of what could have been a great night!! Not to mention $85 for a "large"room for an hour seems to be a little high being how unsanitary the room was, limited song selections and creepy cameras that seem to intimidate you when you walk in the room. read more

if i could give this place 0 stars, i would!! very very unsanitary, creepy cameras everywhere, no food or drink selection, it is a BYOB typa thing. rooms were small for a room that can fit 10+ more like 4+, mind you the prices for the room per hour was super expensive for what it was. everything there was not a vibe, very very creepy and disturbing vibe. DO NOT GO HERE! THIS PLACE IS TRASH!! lets just say our overall experience went down the drain. IF YOU WANT AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE DRIVE 10mins a lil more towards mesa, and you'll find yz's karaoke bar. read more