Yo! This place is pretty fun! Been here a couple of times with my buddies after work for some shenanigans. Now, I'm not like, craaaaaaaAaAaAaazy about Dive Bards, but every once in awhile one will sing to me and can just strike a chord on my heart strings. Oh? Bar? Not Bard? Mah bad! Yes! I LOVE bars! But usually, yes, I prefer a more lively, younger crowd, but yeah, when you roll with the homies, basically everything becomes more funner to some degree. But this little ditty also has Karaoke, the fun kind! Not that go-hide-in-a-small-room-that-stinks with your 30 friends, but the kind where you're on a full stage in front of EVERYONE. E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E!!! They also have a pretty sweet selection of IPAs. Don't know about anything else because I do not CARE about anything else!! YAY!! KTHXBAI! LUVYOU!! read more

I want to preface this review to say that I normally love coming here, and I have a great time at karaoke. The KJ that's usually there on Mondays (Laura) is so sweet and runs her show incredibly well. I have no issue with her or with most of the people I have met here (I LOVE THE BARTENDER AMANDA WHEN SHE IS THERE!!) and I usually have such a good time! Frankly, I had a nice time tonight with the actual karaoke, sans what is written below. My one star review is specifically related to the experience that I had tonight with the bartender. I did not get her name. My partner ordered drinks for him and myself. My partner tipped the bartender 30% for the two drinks. (It was $14 for a mixed cocktail and a soda-- a little pricey, but I guess it's reasonable for a bar that has some kind of live music every night despite the fact that we've gotten the same order and been charged a different price on previous visits with other bartenders.) Later, I went back to the bar to ask for two waters. The bartender told me that it would be $4 each, because they only sell bottled water. (They have a full bar, with a gun that has water. Multiple bartenders here have previously given me water from the gun without charge, as is the STANDARD at every bar I have ever been to.) I told her water from the gun would be fine. She tried to argue with me. I once again requested water from the gun, saying I didn't mind and that it would be fine. She told me she would give it to me and charge me $2 per glass, at which point I gave up and went back to my table without the water. Charging your patrons for WATER at a bar is ridiculous. If you have people drinking copious amounts of alcohol and you refuse to give them water when they request it, it's also a liability. Charging your patrons for water ANYWHERE is, frankly, ridiculous. I'll just go drink it from the tap in the bathroom for free, I guess. Not a great experience, but if that's what it takes then I guess I can do it. Really incredibly disappointed. I come to this bar regularly and have never seen this bartender before, and hope that I don't see her again. A huge shoutout again to Laura the KJ, because she's epic. If this review was just about her, it would be 5 stars. Same for Amanda, the bartender we've chatted with before. She would get 5 stars from me as well. read more

Quarter Note is my favorite place for karaoke! Come for karaoke Monday-Wednesday at 9pm, with sign-ups usually opening earlier. There's a stage with five microphones, lights, and most importantly, a smoke machine controlled by the KJ. People of all ages and lots of different preferred genres of music sing here. The vibes are just the best for karaoke I've experienced in the area without long wait times. This is a dive bar with some bar food options which I tend to enjoy, like fries and burgers. It's in a shopping center with plenty of parking spots for you and your friends. I've hosted my birthday party here and it was such a fun time. Highly recommend you visit for karaoke! read more

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Came here for the first time today on a Friday night and had a lovely time . The drink I had ( jam session ) was really strong and I loved it . 2 live bands played and it was fun jamming to the music and dancing . The crowd was vibing well and everyone was having a good time . The owner was very friendly and I absolutely loved the dog Lulu . This place is so worth the visit . read more

The Thursday open jams are super fun with good music, a working billiards table, and a friendly dog that comes in later. If you are in the mood for some classic rock, 90s, and blues this is the place to be. read more

We need more venues like this. It's a small dive bar in a nondescript strip mall that has live music 5 days a week. We were here for a jazz performance by a local band which was wonderful. Drinks were relatively cheap and they have some food options as well. Decent pizza and sandwiches. Friendly staff. I will be back for sure. read more

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This is not a safe space for women. Atmosphere great and so are 99% of the people and all the events. But... pay attention ladies watch out read more

Great place for local live music and drinks with friends! They support the local music scene!

I've seen some great bands here , I've seen the eyesores here a few times . Those guys are awesome. The drinks here are pretty good, great prices too. There's plenty of parking in the bars parking lot also. read more

Came here on a Sunday evening to check out the live music jam sessions, and it was pretty cool listening to the house band on stage, as well as other musicians throughout the night. It's mainly an older crowd here, and it seemed like everyone knew each other, probably all of the guests here were regulars, except for us. That's not a bad thing, I think it's nice to see places like this, where everyone treats each other like family. In fact, I'd say all of the attendees were there to perform. Pretty much everyone there had an instrument (mostly guitars) and some had multiple instruments on hand which they would play even when not on stage, ie. tambourines, cowbells, and congas. Some of the entertainment throughout the night included songs like "Play that Funky Music" and "Love Train". Most of the musicians were very experienced and obviously talented. I think there was only one set of musicians that came on stage and seemed lost or unprepared, they were younger, the singer was not really singing into the mic, the musicians did not seem to be on the same page, their body language didn't really display confidence. But at least they tried and were welcome on stage for this "jam session" regardless, and can perhaps identify ways to improve. The environment at Quarter Note was not the most inviting, not dingy, but a bit outdated, even for a dive bar. There were some nice touches, like guitars hanging from the ceiling and keyboard wall art at the bar with some decorative lighting, and some halloween ornaments as well due to the upcoming holiday. But also lots of exposed/jumbled wiring and disorganization to be seen. The wait for drinks was also inexplicably long, especially with the place not being really crowded or busy. But workers were friendly and apologetic about the wait. One of the guys also offered us a free basket of fries, which were quite delicious, hot and crispy and lightly seasoned. If the rest of their food is as good as their fries, I just may have to to come back to try something else on the menu. Overall, we had a good time. It wouldn't be our number one choice for an outing, but for live music, it's a chill spot with friendly people all around, and that's good enough for me. read more

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Cool hidden away local (dive?) bar! Wouldn't have even known it existed excepts friends band issues there. Looks like regulars must frequent the place. Decent set of beers on tap. Pool table. Some scattered seating. Great music atmosphere. I think the mic audio could be slightly improved cuz it was a little distorted but it's all good. Clearly a little older crowd. read more

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It's my first time coming here , The bartender was attentitive and fast , made sure to always make sure I had a drink on me I def would come back again.! read more

The reviews here seem a bit mixed, but my experience was SPECTACULAR and the bartender was SO sweet. Make sure to try his Space Odyssey, it was delicious. I came here on the Karoke nights Tues & Thurs after 9pm. They have a sign up sheet that fills up quickly. The bartender (guy that works Thurs?) made the experience AMAZING for my small group. Anyways I definitely recommend y'all check them out and hope the guy bartender is working that night! read more

Great sound system for karaoke and an inviting atmosphere for the jam sessions. Bacon cheese burgers and pizza are both great and at a really good price. read more

It's a dive bar near St. John's Grill with karaoke on Tuesdays at 9 pm. Jennie the bartender is so nice, super fast, and makes a strong dirty martini. The wine is not great but this isn't a place where you order wine. A friend's car was broken into in the parking lot so please do not leave anything visible in your car. read more

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Love the music, the variety, the drinks, and the food! Although it's a bit of a drive from Morgan Hill, I've been going to the Q Note pretty regularly for the past year. They have live jam sessions three nights a week, and are very welcoming to people of all skill levels to come up and play with the house band (they can play pretty much any song you want). They also have karaoke twice a week. But the best part is the live bands on Friday and Saturday nights. Great variety, from 60s rock to heavy metal to alternative. I've heard many bands here say they were very happy with the support systems including sound, lighting, and service staff. The place has good energy, friendly bartenders, and great food, including a variety of pizzas with homemade dough (get it well done for a crispy crust). Drinks are always cold with generous serving sizes. I saw another post talking about the owner's dog. From everything I've seen, the patrons LOVE her. She's very well behaved and just wanders around being social. She doesn't jump on people or try to eat their food or anything, nor beg or whine. From multiple visits to Europe, I'm used to the way it is there, where people often bring their trained, well behaved dogs into restaurants - it's commonplace. I'm not even a dog person, but Lulu is a very sweet dog and a great mascot for this wonderful music venue. Check it out! read more

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Great live music venue! Check their calendar for your favorite local bands. Busy bar and bar eats are ok. read more

Delicious fresh food. Lots of fun things to do every night. Great staff. Coordinate really goes out of their way to entertain there patrons. There's usually some thing going on each night. Either live bands, open, mic, karaoke, etc.. The fries are absolutely delicious. Staff is super friendly and very easy to get along with. They have a really fun stage with lights. It's a fun spot. Highly recommend. read more

(Daniel Craig voiceover) M, this is Bond. Successful infil. Quarter Note is THE place for live music according to intel. The vibe is underground spot for karaoke on a Tuesday night in Sunnyvale! Dan, a wonderful lad, warmly greeted me! 22:00. My caffeine level was perhaps a tad low. Ingested a can of Red Bull. Intracellular cAMP levels optimized. On task to rendezvous with friends. Quarter Note is an establishment for those who love music, but the food is good too! Ordered the Quarter Note Pizza. Personal-sized. Delectable! Chicken strips. Crunchy! Most satisfying. Strawberry smoothie. Real fruit. Perfect level of tart. I do so love the taste of strawberries on a summer evening. So wonderful and warm. And dare I say Stylish. Debated whether or not to avoid the stage. Found that Red Bull really does give you wings. Especially, given the encouragement of the seasoned agent backing me up on site. Happy to report to HQ that there were NO karaoke casualties with my debut. David and Rodello were superhelpful. Just write your name and song on the log and they announce. They're both super friendly! Yes, my maiden voyage was raucous and powered by AC/DC. She Shook Me All Night Long. And of course, the natural suave follow up was Charlie Puth's Attention: Her dress was Karma, Perfume regret. Got me thinkin' 'Bout when you were mine Unlike the song, she's coming home with me tonight. Indeed I'm dangerous, but ladies feel safe with double O. Nonsequitur. All plans fail on contact with reality and must adapt to field conditions. Know yourself. Know your opponent. Win a thousand battles. But enough Sun Tzu, we are here at Quarter Note to appreciate karaoke Tuesday! The objective tonight was to hear the especially delightful singing of a talented friend. Gentlemen, you have not lived until you've heard a siren sing. Enchanting. Well, I've lived. Lived alot! Many lifetimes. And tonight was the definition of an epic evening complete with the perfect exfil. Succeeded in my task to keep the package safe and secure, though Q may incessantly argue that danger is my middle name. (He knows I'm a cad.) Who knew Sunnyvale could be so exhilarating! Looking forward to another karaoke foray! Maybe When In Rome. Promise. Quarter Note rocks! Would order everything again. Woohoo! Bond out. read more

Cool place with a decent sized stage for band performances. Bartenders are friendly and I enjoyed my drink.

We stumbled upon this place, so my friend and I decided to check it out. Pretty cool place. There was a live band. They were so loud, that I couldn't even hear the lyrics. Someone was holding a black flag. Not sure if it was a fashion statement or a game of Capture the Flag (CTF). Random! read more

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We will probably never support this establishment again after the owner started yelling at my wife. Clearly, my wife had had enough alcohol so I asked the owner not to bring her drinks anymore. Yet she kept bringing drinks until my wife fell asleep with her feet on the chair. That's when she woke my wife up and started yelling at her, saying her husband was going to be angry too, saying something about him being in the military, as a threat, if my wife didn't put her feet down. We paid our tab and left as the music wasn't all that good anyway. read more

Went to see a band called the VRBS at the Quarter Note. Nice place pretty clean. The staff was nice. The food was good and I had an IPA. read more

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Melissa made me the best drink I've ever had in my life. She made me a Pop Radio Orange Drop, her own creation. It was amazing. She also made me an amazing Jazz Mule (Moscow Mule). Best drinks, better customer service. My new favorite bar! read more

Found this place in the metro paper for pizza week glad i did good ol american bar beautiful bartender great food and i was feeling the vibe will definitely be back read more

An awesome musical/pub experience! If you love live music while having some drinks, this is the BEST!

Great friendly place with live music. Bartenders Sunny and Mellisa always make you feel welcome. Nice local bar vibes

I used to love to stop by this place... it used to be busy and have excellent service... now the sound guy lets the bartender retaliate against guest that complain about service issues... one client that has been inconvenienced and says something means that their are thirty that just left and said nothing!!! Too bad... it was an amazing venue! I wish you the best... but your bartender needs to know where her paychecks really come from... the customers that return! Not the customers she has left hanging! And certainly not from her relationships with those she is able to manipulate. read more

The service was wonderful and the drinks were solid. They didn't have a martini glass when I ordered one because they said they had broke them and didn't record any new ones. The ambiance is definitely lacking, it feels like you're in a dingy dive bar so I wouldn't be sure on ordering the food. Could use a cleaning but it was still a unique experience and the musicians were very good! Overall a great place to go for a quick drink. read more

I specifically came here for Tuesday with my friends as we heard through the grapevine this was the place to be for karaoke in the Sunnyvale area!Let me tell you we had a blast! It's is a dive bar but energy from the atmosphere here said otherwise! Everyone was singing, even a little like dancing took place!! There's a main stage for karaoke for you to sing alone or with friends, which we did! The local patrons were so friendly as well we made new friends that night too I simply cannot stop raving about the fantastic bartender who made the evening all the more enjoyable. Our drinks were served fast given how busy it was! Overall, our time here was great! I think we're going to make this our normal Tuesday watering hole! Def worth checking out to sing your heart out!! read more

Surprisingly a great hole in the wall dive bar for sure. We came here on a random whim we were just passing through after going to K1 racing. We knew there was a place near by with a pool table so thanks to yelp we came here. They were barely opening up when we arrived around 4:00 or 4:30pm. It was me, my husband, my brother in law and sister in law. When we arrived they were setting up the stage and cleaning behind the bar. Right away this older women took our drink order. My husband usually drinks modelo beers but they didn't have any so he got a Corona. I had a rum and coke and the rest of our party had bud light I think. The pool table was ok. It's on a step up platform kind of area with a super small table with two bar chairs that is squeezed in on the corner by the benched seats. The sticks could be better but we didn't complain. The bench seats were nice, kinda spacious. The dj's soundboard is also located on the platform so be careful for that. Although it wasn't really a problem. The jukebox was my favorite part of our drinking stay. I have to say I've never seen one soo user friendly and modern. This on the wall jukebox even had several Playlists you can purchase and play from. I am soo happy I got to use it. I played 20 songs for $10. So the Playlist I basically liked was a hip hop one. So when I was going through and picking them one by one off the list it would always suggest another song in between my selection. Which was awsome because it would choose most popular songs relatable to your category of music your choosing! Amazing experience with this thing I can't tell you how happy I was spending those $10. I would come back seriously just for this thing. Lol! Btw if it isn't turned on you can just ask the bartender. The customer service was good. Only two people in the bar when we arrived. Also before we left my husband had left his wallet here by accident and we didn't notice until hours later. Luckily we called and the staff answers letting us know (with proper discription of the wallet) that we left it behind. Good thing it was picked up for safe keeping. Although we must admit we were sooo grateful, it did appear that the wallet was rummaged through. Perhaps to find a phone number to return the wallet? Not sure but the hundreds were squished back in the wallet sloppily. Just saying. All in all we did enjoy this place enough. If we are in this neck of the woods again we will definitely be back. Also when we came later ( for the wallet) there was a door fee to get in. Interesting. It sounded like there was a few rock bands so that's pretty cool. read more

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I've been coming here for years.  And then pandemic hit.  But now, with things opening back up, karaoke has returned back to the QN.  Yeah, other bars have karaoke too, but the Quarter Note has a full stage that you can sing from. Same stage that live bands perform on on the weekend.  So come on Tuesday or Wednesday to live out your dream of being a rock star, or rap star, or emo star, or heavy metal Christian rock god.  It's all good. read more

This is a dive bar. I came during happy hour. I got a beer. It was great. This establishment is kinda old fashioned from what I gather and I like it. I'm not super interested in the music stuff, but I love how low-key it is and the layout. I'm already thinking about a low-key relaxing day there during off-hours after the St. Paddy's day stuff to just chill in a dive. So yeah, different sort of review for this place but for those who love being out drinking but do it for solace and don't want the negative dive-y stuff, check this place out during off-hours. read more

Its old. Its divey. It's a great place to see live music. Being from the old school world of Rock it is exactly what I want when seeing local bands. reminds me of the places in LA in the 80s. The drinks are OK, the beer selection is great and the service is hit and miss. Again.....this is a dive bae feel. Could it be better, of course.....could it be worse.....Absolutely. All in all, it is right in the middle and exactly where it needs to be. read more

We are vacationing from Phoenix just wanted to sing a couple of songs and found this awesome bar! Friendly staff, great D.J., the owner came out to greet us with friendly conversation and made us feel welcome. The people who were there singing and dancing also created a fun mood and a perfect night for us. This is the place to go if you want to have fun! read more

Great laid back and enjoyable place to relax. Come have mixed drinks or beer. Read the walls and the story. read more

Good place for live music and karaoke. One of the best stages and sound systems in the South Bay. Reasonably priced drinks and an ample sized dance floor. Their Sunday night jam sessions offer one of the few opportunities to take in live entertainment at the end of the weekend. read more

Fun dive bar. I love coming here for karaoke. There's a stage and with the lights on you, you feel like a rock star.

Quarter Note isn't a terrible bar, but don't go there for karaoke. The KJ is sleazy. He routinely skips around the list and chooses whomever he wants to put on stage. Recently several friends and I waited for about two hours for him to queue us up and he just kept skipping us and bringing up whomever he felt like. One of my friends spoke to him several times and it wasn't until she gave him a tip that he finally queued up her song. Turns out this KJ actually brags about advancing people because they give him big tips, which I think is sort of the cardinal sin of KJ-ing. In addition, he seems to be running an ancient version of Windows on his laptop, which is probably why it crashes once or twice every night, leaving whoever is onstage standing there in silence for five minutes or more while he reboots. Also, he apparently doesn't know how to adjust the sound levels properly so you can never actually hear your own voice when you're singing. There are so many great KJs in the area, I don't know why Quarter Note puts up with him. But if you're looking for a place to do karaoke, you can do a lot better than this. read more

Fantastic casual live music venue for true music lovers. No matter what your jam is; cover bands to experimental/originals, and even Karaoke (with a vast catalog!), you name it. Quarter Note is a great venue to focus on the music, or to dance to it on their dance floor. The modern, high quality sound board / system is scaled properly for the venue to provides great clarity and balance. The variety of seating has something for everyone - a row of booths on one side, a reasonably priced, friendly bar on the other side, tables and chairs toward the back, and of course and a main, open space in the middle in front of the raised, professionally lit stage. Great layout. Friendly, outgoing staff - and the patrons I met there were friendly and completely non-judgey (I slaughtered a Karaoke, 80's Oingo Boingo song and got a warm applause.) Highly recommended! read more