Wizard of Oz on 1 TV, Willie Wonka next to it. I'm in HEAVEN!…read moreNice bartender and customers. Limited wine and IPA selection. Love that we can order food in. Great Neighborhood Place!

A good place for drinking and games. Double J has a lot of action going on. It has sports on TV and…read morethere's also slots. Good stuff on tap and always interesting conversation. The prices are kind of high for a place like this. It has some cheap good drinks. Most kinds of things one would expect. They have mostly typical mass produced beer in bottles it seems. For those only caring if it's cheap it is. The bottles of common stuff like Bud are $2 or so. Food isn't served here but it can be brought in. Get delivery from a few places. A place for some betting entertainment. The slots provide the rest of the excitement behind the watching of sports events by active and not so active individuals. Beer and cheap cocktails are the main source of fun here. It also has places nearby to deliver pizza. There's also slots.

An affordable, fun night with friends awaits you!…read more You book a room and utilize YouTube on the TVs in the room. If you're smart, make a YouTube playlist ahead of time to shuffle through to save time searching on the clunky digital keyboards. At least in the rooms we've booked over the years, you get 4 microphones that come with sanitary covers on them. The rooms and multiple bathrooms have always been clean. Something that shines here is the food!!! Seriously...some of the best fries in the city. We always get multiple rounds of snacks and they are brought directly to your room. The rooms get ridiculously hot no matter what month of the year you go. Definitely recommend wearing light clothing & bringing portable fans to make it more comfortable.

Fun karaoke place. Food was good and easy to order. Limited allergy information about food. I got…read morethe sweet potato fries and they were very good. Someone comes in every hour or so to clean up empty drinks and food trays so you don't need to leave the room for that. Machines use YouTube, so if you can find the song in a karaoke on YouTube, you can play it. I do wish they had coat racks in the rooms. Became a very tight fit with a full room and all our coats. Overall a nice place. I would recommend if you like karaoke and haven't been here.

We went for a friend's birthday and it was an awesome time! The vibes were great for a private…read morekaraoke room. They also have a food menu and also a drink menu. We ordered a handful of soju bottles and it was great! Also their service was awesome, they checked in on us occasionally and also brought a fountain of water. We also had a cake for my friend's birthday and they offered to refrigerate it. Not sure if they'll do that often but they were so awesome about it! Great vibes, bathroom accessible, room had great space, and the staff were accessible the whole time. 5/5!

LOST IN TRANSLATION…read more Karaoke would've been a lot more fun.... if we actually had some English songs to pick from. My wife's birthday request was to do some singing, and with the demise of Punch Bowl Social in Schaumburg (R.I.P), I needed a backup. Eventually I came across this place in Yorkshire Plaza, a strip mall that's right across the street from Fox Valley Mall in Aurora. We were the only customers at 6pm, but I thought nothing of it at the time, assuming the rowdiness would filter in later. Levee Karaoke & BBQ is much bigger on the inside with nine private karaoke rooms, a billiards table, and a bar. It's $48 per room per hour on Friday nights and weekends. Searching through their database of songs was challenging. In order to find a multi-word song, you had to type in its initials ("I Believe In A Thing Called Love" becomes "IBIATCL") which was very hit-or-miss. For instance, we saw one song by Linkin Park, but nothing else from them. We noticed a TON of Chinese songs (nearly 75% of the catalog) with very few American artists represented apart from Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Beyonce. Truthfully, we struggled to find any popular rock songs in English. Even mainstays like "Don't Stop Believing" were nowhere to be found. I wasn't impressed with the fried appetizer sampler ($15): a handful of fries, 4 onion rings, 3 mac 'n' cheese bites, 2 chicken wings and a sad pair of mozzarella sticks. Plus, the dipping sauces they gave us came in the smallest cups that are commercially available. It all looked like something a college roommate threw together in a rush. On the other hand, we enjoyed the BBQ skewer combo ($19). They gave us two each of cumin lamb, ribeye, pork, grilled cauliflower, and grilled brussel sprouts. We liked the dry seasoning on the veggies, and my wife loved the ribeye. The mini steamed buns (10 for $12) were fine, nothing too special but at least they were filling. The staff were very nice. Our server was responsive any time we pressed the in-room service button. A 12oz can of diet Coke was $2.50 (damn y'all!), which is steep considering a tall Sapporo draft was only $6. Yet another reason to drink beer, folks. At checkout, I briefly thought they comped us an hour of karaoke. Turns out, the "-$48" on our receipt was just the deposit being taken off the final bill; they did not in fact, give us anything for free. Expensive karaoke on top of a confusing Chinese-based system adds up to a tough, tough sell. * TL;DR * My wife and I had a decent amount of fun but nowhere near "$50 an hour" worth of fun. Regardless of where you are or what services you offer, that pricing is insane. Compare this to Punch Bowl Social ($40/hr), Lincoln Karaoke downtown ($30/hr), or Round One ($17/hr) which is quite literally across the street. Charging this much has to be how Levee stays in business, because it was a ghost town on a Friday night (where was everyone??) Had I'd known we'd spend half an hour sifting through the cumbersome catalog trying to find something familiar to Western audiences, I would have gone elsewhere instead. When we did karaoke in Osaka, Japan - over 6,000 miles away - their song selection was ten times better than here, in suburban Illinois. That's whack. All told, two hours with food and drinks ran me just shy of $200. I'm not spending that kind of money again pretending to "sing" Ariana Grande because my only other choices are songs in Mandarin.... which I do not speak. It's gonna be a 'no' from me, dawg.

Nothing fancy here, Basic bar, but nice location on the…read moredesplains River, nice out door deck seating over looking the river, They​ do book local live bands to preform here Great place to have a couple of beers Also have boat slips do if you are out boating you can come in and tie up get something to drink The place really does need some remodeling or at least a fresh coat of paint. But a nice place to spend s summer afternoon or evening

Great bar, wonderful people! Bands every weekend ...plus Annabelle's every Saturday & Sunday noon…read moreto 6 pm. New owners rocking the doc...Tee and Kurt

The front desk was a little rude, but eventually they gave us what we needed…read more As for drinks, they had a good selection, but no menu to order from - just a fridge up front. Overall, we had a ton of fun! I recommend this place for birthday parties if you really want your space to sing and dance. - AT

Great place awesome drinks very spacious nice servers good vibes clean environment good musicread more

If you're looking for a way to entertain at your next get together, here it is! We've been to quite…read morea few PopUp Karaoke events and all of them were such a blast! He has so may songs to choose from. Even the "shy" ones jumped to their feet and got to singing:) While you're singing, photos are snapped during your performance and will display on the big screen behind you. It's details like this that make him one of a kind. Can't wait for the next one!

From the owner: PopUp Karaoke is the premier mobile karaoke and event entertainment service for the entire…read moreNorthwest Indiana and Chicagoland. We specialize in high-energy fun for all occasions, from corporate parties and team-building events to weddings and large birthday parties. Our service includes a professional host, a massive song library with over 60,000 tracks, and concert-quality sound from our high-end equipment. Don't just book a booth—book an unforgettable show! We bring the party directly to your venue in Chicago, Northwest Indiana, New Buffalo, Michigan, and beyond. Get ready to sing!

Very nice people .. decent food..there's a reason they have been in business 20 yearsread more

I'm surprised by the low rating for this place. The bartender was new and she was very friendly and…read moreshowed great customer service the place I thought was just one of the small gambling dents but this can actually qualify as a full bar as the actual still as I've seen in my neighborhood usually are just gambling places that serve coffee this place is a nice looking bar with plenty of space yet an intimate dive feel and effect. They're not many two they're not too many bars to choose from this area so Beggars cannot be choosy. However this bar past the test and was very pleasant and very clean and I'm not sure why it's got such a low ratings on Yelp

Everyone has their own experience and mine wasn't the greatest first impression. Went here for…read morekaraoke and it was packed. Barely anywhere to sit or stand. Only 1 bartender who only went to regulars. Would skip right over people she didn't know. Extremely rude service. Signed up for karaoke waited over an hr and my name still hadn't been called the regulars sign up back to back. Eventually just left because it was crowded and non existent service. A dive bar who only looks out for their own.

I love this lil dive bar!! My lil hole in the wall!! The place that puts a smile on my face! I am…read morehere with my friend basically every weekend and maybe some weekdays! I like to switch it up on em! The atmosphere is fun and laid back and on weekends they have karaoke and these customers are passionate about their karaoke okay! The drinks are great and i basically know all the nighttime bartenders. They are such cool and down to earth people! And I can't forget the karaoke DJ, I think his name is Marcos! omg his voice is amazing! When he sings Tennessee whiskey I know he is singing it just for me! lol! The food is typically bar food, burgers, fries, wings pizza etc and Emilio the cook does his thang and he is so sweet.. Doyle is amazing.. a lot of regulars but we welcome all

After a disappointing experience at another spot, I decided to stop in here after reading some…read morereviews and taking a chance. The service was on point, Sobia didn't not hesitate to greet and take my order. The jalapeño burger was absolutely off the chain -- perfectly grilled, juicy, and packed with flavor. The fries were cooked just right and complemented the meal perfectly. Finally, a meal that actually felt worth paying for today, even if it was "just bar food." Definitely a must-stop place to try!!!!!

This place is great. Friendly staff and surprisingly great food. Also the people are great to…read morehang out with.