BLUF: Overpriced. Uses YouTube instead of YouTube Premium/purchasing a license to have the karaoke songs. Steep room rates, small rooms, and out of stock on lots of drinks.
Ambiance & Room Experience (2/5): When we entered, we weren't greeted by anyone when we entered (no host). You need to go up to the bar to ask about your reservation. RESERVATION RECOMMENDED! The entrance also didn't seem like an entrance to accept guests. It kinda felt like a holding room with tables.
Once you get to the room, just know, the rooms are NOT soundproofed. You WILL hear all the other rooms around you. Also, the rooms are HOT! We had to request the AC be turned up in the room, and it was still boiling. The room was very small for a medium room. The site says up to 15 people can fit into that room. We fit 9 people and 2 had to stand the entire time. Your essentially paying $50/hr for a room with a microphone that fits 6 comfortably.
Room options:
*Small (1-5 people): $40/hr
*Medium (1-15 people): $50/hr
*Large (1-25 people): $70/hr
Music Selection (2/5): We were shocked that they just use the NORMAL YouTube. You have to wait or skip through ads to get to the songs you want. They don't pay any licensing fee for any of the songs. You have to type in "Gunpowder & Lead by Miranda Lambert karaoke" then choose from the YouTube selection. This doesn't give any credits/kickbacks/royalties to the artist for using their songs for profit. I understand they want to have as many songs as possible, but this just didn't sit right from an ethical standpoint.
Food (3/5): We ordered a few plates of food and all were delicious. The food was overpriced though. Yeah the fries were good, but it's also... just... fries.
When you order food, they bring it to the room and set it on the table. But they never take the plates or cups out. So you're ordering food and drinks for 2 hours and the table is just filling up. We thought they'd take plates out as they brought food in, but nope. When you try to ask them to take the plates, they quickly walk out the room before you can say "excuse me."
Drinks (3/5): Their soju seemed very overpriced... $18. White Claws were $5.50 (decent price) but they were out of a lot of flavors. Their mixed drinks (gin and tonics) were $10.
With the high room prices that didn't even have YouTube Premium, we'd expect the drinks to be a little lower in price to balance it all out... or lower the room rate and increase the drink prices. But having both kinda high didn't seem right.
TLDR: I wouldn't come back because of the lack of YouTube Premium/purchasing a license to have the karaoke songs. The room rates were steep and they were out of a lot of drinks. read more