I had a good time at Enkore with my group and the rate was very affordable! We stopped by on a Tuesday evening for a belated birthday party and there was no wait. We had 12 people in our group and were given a spacious room for our time there. There is a tablet affixed to the wall that you use to search and queue up songs. I was impressed with the selection as there were many popular English, Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese songs and even more in other languages. There was also a QR code that would come up on the screen occasionally that took you to a page on your phone that also allowed you to search for and queue up songs. The tablet is also used to control lights, mic volume, song volume, echo effects, and toggle vocals on/off. There are some pre-built playlists by genre or artists but you can also just use the search function. I was particularly impressed that the on-screen keyboard had a pad you could use to write out the letters/characters of a song you are looking for (useful for searching for some Asian songs). Although they didn't have every single song we searched for, there were more than enough top hits to keep us all entertained and happy for the 2 hours we were there. They charge if you bring in outside food or drinks, but birthday cake is the exception! We took advantage of that and brought some cupcakes for our guest of honor. I do wish the mics had some mic covers for hygiene purposes and that there was a way to control the temperature in the room. It got a little warm throughout the night. There were no tambourines at first, but when we asked, the front gave us a pair. I highly recommend giving Enkore a try if you're looking for a chill karaoke spot. Rates are cheaper on the weekdays vs weekends. read more

Reserved for a friend's bday on a weekend and it wasn't so busy as I thought for a 6 pm reservation. We reserved for 2 hours and debated adding another hour, but it costed to about $70. This included $1 for an outside beverage. Its honestly worth the $1 compared to their pricey menu. We were told our room would have all languages (English, Japanese, Korean), but it was only room 6 that had this option. They said to look up by artist but that didnt help much. You can look up off of Youtube for songs but you have to download the video and downloading it takes so long. We were only able to get one song off of it. Plus you cant even see the status of the download. Overall, I still recommend EnKore. The music volume and microphone volume are easily adjustable. If they have a problem, they will go into your room, but each time we temporarily raise the volume for songs we are jamming out to, we have had no problems. read more

Celebrated a friends a birthday party here. They have a strict no alcohol in same room as children so we got a separate room for the kids. Service was a bit slow as it was prime time so the food took quite a long time. Drinks came fairly quickly as they were all bottled. Pretty good music selection and easy to use system. read more

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I went here for my birthday not too long ago. This was a surprise to me. I haven't done karaoke in a private room in years! I'm from California and a few of our local ones closed down. I went on a Tuesday and it was still nice to see this place thriving in the evening hours. The selection includes western stuff, jpop, kpop, and even anime songs. I was happy to see they had songs from Oshi no Koi and even as old as classic Gundam. You can pick out songs by either scanning a QR code that will take you to an app or use the screen in the room. The app is pretty finicky, but the screen is reliable. The selection is pretty robust. I do have a few questions about some of the video selections, but that's not the fault of the venue. However the service was pretty good and this is a fun thing to do on a weeknight in the area. read more

EnKore Karaoke - Omg anime music for the weebs - Karaoke Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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Okay sure looks like a weird random hole in the wall. WRONG - I really enjoyed this place, yes okay - a little hole in the wall but I have never seen so many songs that I know in a karaoke place but also you can link it to YouTube and then when they play the song - it's the actual music video. It was so fun and easy for us to extend our hours (granted it was a Sunday night) but I really enjoyed it for our party of 4. It was so fun with the two mics and you can also turn off the vocals or turn it on. I did think it would've been convenient to have a remote or a tablet instead of a screen on there but - you know - everyone had such a great time. I think it'd be great too if they allowed water but people can be sneaky with the alcohol haha. read more

Good for charging hourly. Machine is hard to use.. but service guide came and taught us. Not too great but okay for the pricing et.

No actual karaoke - even asked for help. Just sing along with artist singing. Only a select set of songs and artists. Also our group had a birthday and wanted to buy special drinks but none were cold so they didn't serve to us. We left after probably 15 minutes. read more

Awesome selection of songs in canto mando viet English Korean. Easy to navigate and choose via tablet Membership available for cheaper pricing Seems to have alcohol options too read more

This place was overall an okay experience for Asian style lovers. They have standard sized karaoke rooms for me and my friend hence there were only 2 of us. Fresh new songs included a variety of Mandopop, J-pop and English choices. Pros: You can book a room in advance, its easy and considerate to reserve your own cause it can be fully packed after 6pm. The standard sized rooms are clean, tidy and cozy. I actually prefer the automated audio system that most Chinese karaoke bars use. You can also adjust the brightness of the room to make it dimmer. Cons: Definitely overpriced for a 2-hour session. The drinks cost $45 plus tax and the alcoholic beverage was even more expensive. The waiter at the front counter added a tip himself which was kind of sneaky, even though his service was not that great overall. We sang our throat out and needed some water , took a while to get our quench. If you are a regular singer, do not come to this place. I recommend go to other areas such as Chinatown or International district where the inexpensive karaoke bars are located. read more

EnKore Karaoke - a variety of music on a screen - Karaoke Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Overall, it was an okay experience. Would we come back, sure, with a similarly large group. Pros: digital song list with lots of options, including letting the original track play vs. instrumental only; clean room with functioning mics; ability to dim room lights; clean bathrooms. Cons: snacks and drinks are overpriced; there is no option to BYOB without being charged a minimum price; no ability to easily contact the front for service; limited song choices; overpriced rate by the hour. This is not your regular, casual karaoke place at all. Definitely eat and drink before you come because snacks are all the same price and NOT worth it. If you are looking to belt out movie soundtracks, you'll be lucky to find 1 song from them. I will say they had a decent selection of OLD School stuff, but that's pretty much where it ends. 2 hours of karaoke shouldn't cost almost $200. I've been to nicer places with better food and drinks, stayed 5 hours, and it was nowhere near that expensive. Maybe the owners will consider BYOB or at least allow outside food, then MAYBE the cost will balance. But hey, it's Bellevue, right? read more

Everything was fine other than song selection. There's no option to just play YouTube videos so you have to hope that they have the songs you want to sing. Also the tablet is mounted to the wall and hard to type on. read more

in terms of being a Karaoke, the microphone receiver is not the on after we joined and start paying there is no napkin and mic cover for hygine read more

Like others have mentioned if you are planning to come here during the night time I'd recommend calling to make a reservation. It does get crowded even though there are a decent amount of rooms. When we called there was There's a ton of parking in the huge lot so that shouldn't be a problem. This place has mostly Asian songs but they do have a good amount of English ones. We were able to find most if not all the songs we wanted especially all the popular 90's songs. You can search by both artist and song and even language so it's pretty easy. It's also straightforward to move songs up and down the queue. The only thing is some of the artists with special characters can be a little difficult to find if you don't search using the right order. For example, N'SYNC was spelled 'N SYNC so we had to search via one of their songs and then we saw how it was spelled in their system. The service was pretty good as well. Our mics stopped working in the middle of our session and they quickly got us new ones, albeit there were wired but that's not a huge deal. For two hours worth of singing and a couple bottles of baekseju the total was around $140 which is pretty good if split among our party of six. read more

EnKore Karaoke - Cost sheet (May 2019) - Karaoke Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Cashier added a tip himself and snuck us a 15% higher price. Is that how you want to treat your customers? sneaking behind their back?

I think it's worth it in a way. It kinda gives a "boring" vibe. The selection of songs are really good and a lot tho. read more

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I recommend going! This place is so much fun! I've gone two times already with friends and ended up staying more than planned lol. They also have one of the most complete song choices! read more

EnKore Karaoke - Karaoke Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

We were here for 3 hours (6-9pm). We were told that the rooms are 15/hr total before 8pm. And 32/he after 8pm. The selection of music sucked and the people running the place were extremely passive and inattentive. We only ordered 3 waters and one cocktail, and our bill for the night came out to over $100. There was a 15% surcharge added as well. When we got our bill, the guy at the front desk didn't seem to care. We received much better service at Rock Box. They have more up to date equipment, better selection in music, and were still lower in price after we ordered 5 cocktails and 2 food items. We will not be back to enKore, and we would highly recommend that you as well bring your business elsewhere. read more

EnKore Karaoke - 15% gratuity surcharge added - Karaoke Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

I will say their management is pretty bad and messy. I made a phone call for a reservation at 9 pm but after couple of mins I got another call that they will only be available at 10:30 pm and thus I update my reservation. After that, around 10 pm I got another call asking why I did not make it for the 9 pm booking and telling me that there is no availability. I'm not angry about it at all but I believe this is not the correct way to run the business. I don't think any of my friend will come again. read more

We came here just as they were opening up on Friday night so not as busy. We got a small room which seems quite spacious for the 4 of us. I'm sure you can fit 8 people in there. Room was clean, the song selections were quite vast. They had a lot of 90s songs that my friends and I enjoy. Weird that there is no remote but you have to squat in front of the little monitor to enter your song selection. I guess I won't be singing karaoke here when my knees fail me when I'm older. Service was good. There's only one guy there so if you need something just go find him. There is no timer to let you know your time is up, so you better be on top of it if you don't want to get charged more. I think this place is a good option on the eastside. Not as amazing technology like we had in Hawaii 10 years ago but I can live with this. p.s. I really wished these places have more sound proof rooms so people won't be subject to my screaming voice. read more

This place is okay. the selection of music could've been bigger. I think the food & alcohol there is a bit pricey. one complaint i did have, is that one day i called last minute to book a small room at 11pm and upon getting there I was told they were all full and couldn't get to me until 1am. I don't understand why they couldn't tell me that over the phone instead of making me go all the way there just to tell me that... read more

I organized a birthday party there for a group of friend. We went a Thursday night at around 10pm and stayed until they closed. We loved it and had a great time. The room was spacious for 8 people, the karaoke system is modern (exactly the same at the much pricer Stone Lounge in Bellevue), it had good ventilation, clean and the staff was really friendly. On a Thursday night, they were very little customers. We ordered finger food and drinks. They were not fancy but more than adequate. We were loud, sang a lot, danced. Overall great experience. Best part was the bill. The room rental was only $23 for an hour and the food/drinks were reasonable. The bill included a tip of 15%. We divided the bill by eight and each of us paid a small amount by credit card. I highly recommend this place! I was nervous because we had previously gone to Stone Lounge Karaoke in Bellevue. But this place is as good if not better for a fraction of the price. read more

This was a ton of fun. I came here with my Japanese language meetup group and we sang songs in several different languages. There were options to pick songs in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. The rooms are spacious and the chairs are comfy. You could comfortably have 15 ish people in the room we were in. The bathrooms were moderately clean, too. I think the worst part about this place was that most of the alcohol was extremely expensive ($20) and the cheapest alcohol you could get was a $4.50 Mike's Hard Lemonade. I ordered the latter because it made me laugh to order a Mike's Hard Lemonade at the age I am...and because I was cheap. It'd be nice to have a decent drink less than $20 to shake off the karaoke jitters but that just means I have to drink before I come back again, I guess. read more

Very disappointed in my experience coming here and how this place does business. Came here for a 8pm reservation and wasn't put in a room until about 8:20. Granted it was busy at that time, what's the point of having multiple employees and reservation times if you're not going to take care of your customers? We decided to only sing for 1 hour, and usually at every other karaoke place we go to, they cut you off when the timer runs out. Not this place. They'd rather you keep going unknowingly and then up-charge you because you didn't watch the clock yourself. We left around 9:35 because we were suspicious. I got billed for 1.5 hours instead of the 1 hour my group wanted. Wow. They claimed we went to our room right after 8pm when all my friends know we started later. Oh, and they automatically added tip to the bill. FOR THREE PEOPLE. WTH?! Who does business like this? If it were just any one of these things that happened, maybe I wouldn't have cared so much. But all these things added up made me feel the need to write about this. I can't recommend this place to anyone. read more

It is Fri night, and plenty parking but rooms are mostly full. We wanted to upgrade to a bigger room, but there aren't any. So we try to fit into the small room. The staff suggested that we take more stools into the room. The wireless mics were failing in the ! Middle, prob not enough electricity charged. It is the wired one that was helpful. However the staff only brought in one. The light can be dimmed that's fine, but the sound system keeps on having echoes. Which was a bit annoying. Bathroom was not as clean. That could be improved. Overall it is good, price was good, given we had many of us to share the cost. I'd say 3.5 stars. read more

If you want to get a room during the evening, especially on a weekend, call ahead at least the day before to ensure you get a room! EnKore is popular! Rooms are fairly pricey, which is offset a bit since you pay by room and not by person. On average it amounts to around $8/person although it varies depending on the number of people you have and the size of room you end up getting. They have a really up-to-date karaoke system that has songs in several languages (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese,) and it fairly simple to figure out since there is a touch screen panel you work with. You can order drinks and have them in your room which is nice, but be prepared to pay 3-4 times more than retail value for drinks like soju. The guys that work the front are usually fairly helpful although I get the vibe that they don't really care a whole lot about providing that great of service. Well you'll almost never need them anyway:P Bathrooms and karaoke rooms are always clean. Overall a really fun way to spend a night! read more

don't come here for the drinks.. its weird and over priced. Come to enkore, to rock your hear out :) happy hour is a steal. $25 an hour for a small room. Has quite the selection of "ENGLISH" songs (yay!!!) haha cause I can't read anything else. Nice, clean, new rooms. A lot of the songs also have the actual music videos, which is always a big thumbs up! The only thing I suggest, is have a second way to select songs, instead of individually going up and song selecting through the large "ipad-ish" screen. Song book lists is a classic, and gives the karaoke vibe. Stick with it, and at least other people who are waiting to sing, can also have a go at song selecting :) read more

Wow, I guess not very many people like this place. I didn't think it was a particularly bad karaoke lounge. It is a little far if you're coming from Seattle. They have plenty of parking in the front. It is located in a strip mall. The facility is clean but it is pretty small. There are just a couple of private rooms that they rent out. I thought each individual room was pretty spacious. It fit our party of 15. They were pretty responsible and checked all our ids when people in our group started to drink. Their equipment wasn't that great though because at the intro of each song, it wouldn't play the music. We had to ask the guy to come in and help us. Aside from this, I thought my experience was great. This was probably mostly because it was super cheap. For our group of 15 and staying there fro 2.5 hours, it came down to about $9 per person. Not bad. It is probably the cheapest karaoke place that I've been to. read more

I've been going to this place for years and always liked it. The sound system is a lot better than rockbox, microphones are better, and you don't have to deal with all the crap of downtown. Last time I was at rockbox their mics sound like they are conference room mics and not mics meant for music, etc. Yes the bathroom is dirty and sometimes the front staff seems out to lunch - my guess is the hiring process is not much more than someone's friend needing a job, lol. Why i'm giving this 1 star is what happened to me the last time I was there about 2 weeks ago. Go to pay the bill, hand them my card and the guy is supposed to flip the screen so that I can choose a tip, etc. This time the guy didn't do it and automatically chose a 15% tip and told me it was a surcharge. I know not a lot of people tip here cause of the clientele but I always do. I walk out and get my own beer refills though so I always give them 10% as really they don't do much. Them arbitrarily giving themselves 15% tip and then calling it a surcharge, which has never been done to me before, was it for me. I was going to argue but thought - hey enjoy that 5% you got off me cause you just lost a customer that comes to this place 5-6 times a year easily. A surcharge is part of the bill - you show it to the customer and then give them the option to tip more - you don't do the tip for them and then call it a surcharge. read more

Good song selection, with both Asian and American, but rooms are not soundproof and leak a lot of volume from neighboring rooms. Bass and mics from other rooms can completely overwhelm your room's sound. Not really ideal for a karaoke bar with "private" rooms. read more

When I used to go to enKore in the U. District, Seattle didn't have very many karaoke boxes -- now, we have a ton of them. And enKore doesn't feel like it's really kept up with the times [except the fact enKore Bellevue is a 21+ facility]. This place LOOKS really nice. And the staff is nice, but that's not enough to keep my karaoke allegiance [which is a shame, because this place is SUPER close to my apartment and I was psyched about potentially hosting my birthday party there next month!]. Although they utilize a touchscreen system, it's nowhere near as user friendly as Rock Box's iPads. That, and this is definitely targeting Asian users, as there are not a whole lot of English songs to choose from -- and although I know enough Japanese to occasionally stumble my way through a song... even that category is lacking. DDD and I came here this evening and partook in some karaoke goodness. The company was great and of course singing is fun, but it was unnecessarily difficult to find things to sing and many of the songs are labeled as MV -- which means that it's just the music video. So if you want to rap along to Mo' Money Mo' Problems you'll be sad to find you actually can't. Sucks to be you! I'm disappointed but I'm glad this place exists. So I'll give it a three. For now... If I need karaoke and don't want to venture across I-90, I'll probably be sticking to 2am. read more

Recently, I had my karaoke itch scratched... if only just a little bit. Feeling rather spontaneous to sing/rap a few, me and Allie went here to check 'em out... ...Ooooo, aaaah! They definitely got the fancy digs going on... but the combo isn't complete without a great room experience: meh. Comfy and spacious. However, as Allie summed it up so well, their english selection is rather sparse when compared to other more extensive-listed places like Marco Polo Bar and Rock Box. Also, some of the lyrics to ones I've found are 10% off - also, MIB's tempo is too fast! DOUBLE-U-TEE-EFF? The list queue is easy/fast to control. The bottom line? We probably had more fun [trying to] navigate their wall-mounted foo-foo touchscreen than singing. I do give them props to having a decent amount of original MV footage (like Superstition). Oh! And the sound doesn't seem quite right and they still need to add door locks to their bathrooms. read more

I'm updating my rating to 5 stars, all because I got a nice call from Wei, EnKore's manager. Obviously he read my previous review, and took the time and effort to track my reservation and gotten my contact info. He apologized for the miscommunication, and offered a nice comp. It's definitely a great gesture, and he went above and beyond what I would have expected. Again, EnKore is a great karaoke lounge in terms of song selection. I like that it's a place I can bring kids to and have a fun time. And the fact that the manager cares enough to want to make customers happy. I'll definitely go back again. read more

You DON'T have to be 21 to come here to sing! I came here with my group of my friends in which some were under 21 - they check your ID just in case anyone wants to buy alcoholic drinks. A little pricey of a place $27 per hour for the small room - but what can I do? I really wanted to karaoke and Seattle was out of the way. The staff was friendly, the rooms are clean, and their new touch-screen system is interesting to use. But there's a lot more song selections if you just use the older system with the books. The song selection is good. When leaving though and given the price we had to pay, the guy kept saying "This doesn't include tip....." which was a weird thing to say considering they didn't do much.. I guess it's a decent place if you want to stay on the Eastside and in the mood to sing. read more

I came here with low expectations due to some of the reviews that I read previously but I was pleasantly surprised! The rooms are really big and clean. The songs selection is pretty robust and they sound system is really loud. The snack and drink menu could use some work as it is really small. The staff was responsive and answered all of my questions. Was it Nordstrom level service? No but it's a karaoke joint and I came to have a good time and that's what I did! read more

EnKore Karaoke - Karaoke Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Great equipment and good service. Most importantly, GREAT PRICE!!! They have happy hour everyday before 8pm and the price is 10 per hour. Honestly I was surprised by the bill when My husband checked out after 2 hours singing - when we karaoke several times when we are in DC, our 2 hour bills are usually like 70 or 80 something! Recommend! read more

First, they try to get away with their promotion which would reduce our bill by 22 dollars. They charged us much more until we ourselves figured out and demand their review. Second, it's way too ridiculous for a business to charge for hot water by cups that tasted like water directly got from the coffee pot. They charge each cup 1 dollar. And their microphone sucks too by making annoying sound continuously. Anyway, go to the new place called the Stone lounge. Never come back here. read more

No... if I have more options. I won't come here. The sounds system are not good. The lighting of the room is either turn it on which is super bright or turn it all off which is super dark! The room was too warm! read more

Terrible service!! Came with a group of 4 and asked if they had any rooms available. Before going in, we saw a group of 10+ people leave the building. They started talking to each other in their language and then after making the deciosn, turned us away.Took them 2 minutes to tell us they were full. Should have been obvious to them if they were already full. We've called other karaoke places and they were all full as well but gave us a time slot when the next room was available for us. We had a feeling they were lying to us since we had a small group, so we decided to call them while sitting in the parking lot, figuring out where we should go. Asked if rooms available for a group or 6+ and told us they will have a room avaible in the next 30 minutes. They judge by group size and decide who should go in. They are terrible people! Never will go to this place. read more

The best: cleanliness and price - super affordable! They have happy hour all day Sunday! The meh: tech/system, seating arrangement, lack of English songs and Korean songs. The song selection is biased towards Chinese songs, and I had a hard time navigating their system. Unlike most karaokes I've been to, this one does not use the typical oversized remote control with song books, and instead uses a tiny touchscreen installed onto the wall. The difficulty of using this system is as follows: 1. Only one person can search for a song at a time. With the old system of song books and remote controls, more than at least two people could be looking for a song (one with the remote control, and one going through the book). This creates a delay in creating the list of songs 2. As one is searching for songs, they strain their neck looking at the screen in one position/angle. Also, the room my friends and I were in had an awkward seating arrangement: one long line of seats on one side of the wall, the screen on the other. Usually karaokes like these use L-shape form that allows people to look at others while singing. I wonder if it was just the room we were in. Lastly, the super cool techy system does not support multiple languages when one is searching for a song. Which makes it super hard for me to look up a Korean artist or song, since there is no Korean keyboard option. I also noticed a lot of the Korean artists were listed in Chinese characters or listed twice, once in English-spelt names and another with a combination of English and Chinese. Super confusing. The collection of English songs were pretty decent, but I still found myself struggling to find some of my favorite songs. For the price, definitely a great deal, especially if you intend to sing mostly top 100 pop songs and Chinese songs -- they have a great collection of those! read more

Pretty good price during happy hours. I don't think their rooms get booked up, unless it is peak times like Friday or Saturday nights. But it is good to make reservations. I just wish they had mic covers. read more