Pricing was great and affordable. Selecting the music was easy. The room was spacious for 5 peopleread more

Genuinely love to hangout on this place. Spacious rooms, nice variety of drinks. My only setback is…read moresometimes, the sound is kinda hard to adjust. And also not very updated nowadays, although there is a youtube option. Easy to talk with staff. Just note that there are no reservations.

Clarissa (isa) was one of our bartenders and absolutely made us feel super beyond welcome…read more Explained how the karaoke rooms worked! Super hard worker with great conversation and drinks to boot!! Cannot recommend this place enough; plenty of rooms, good energy and excellent service one of my favorite bars!

Hi everyone I'm Pang from Annandale. I love to say that Glam be coming my favorite bar in Annandale…read moreSince last year my first visit to Glam. My friend invited me to come. And I never stop go there. So nice and chill. drink is good the place is good food very good. And my favorite is all bartender Super nice and fun. I met a lot new friends and I invited my friend to come join me there all love it. If you like to chill hang out with friends this is the best I recommend it. Chill out guys.

Goddamn Came to…read morethis place craving pork belly. Pork belly was overcooked and portions were too small (best judge of a restaurant-- could you make this yourself? Not even close here and thanks to Costco I could've 3x the portions). But the other two dishes I had were out of this world. Best kimchi pancake I've ever had and the spicy seafood soup was just incredible. Looking forward to coming back whenever I'm not in the mood for pork belly

Chung Dam is fairly new and recently came under new management, so we decided to give it a try!…read more We went on a weekday during dinner time, and surprisingly, the place wasn't loud or crowded, which made it nice to sit, eat, and actually have a conversation. The menu has a pretty large selection of Korean dishes, and a lot of them come in generous portions that are perfect for sharing. I also love that they offer Korean street food like tteokbokki and grilled skewers! The tteokbokki was SPICY, and I mean really spicy, but it was so delicious! Definitely worth trying if you can handle the heat. For the skewers, I ordered corn, shrimp, chicken heart, and king oyster mushroom, which came out to $17 total. A little on the expensive side for skewers, but honestly, not too bad. Everything was seasoned really well except for the king oyster mushroom, which I felt could've used a little more flavor. Overall, I enjoyed my experience at Chung Dam! The atmosphere was comfortable, the menu had plenty of options, and the portions were great for sharing. I'll definitely be back to explore more of their menu, especially since there were so many other dishes that caught my eye!

They have free open mic karaoke on weekdays. Friends and I went on a Tuesday night a few months…read moreback and had a blast that we stayed out until closing. The drinks are strong. I got the whiskey sour and not even a fifth of the way in I already felt it haha

OMG! I grew up in Annandale and I have never experienced a night out in my old stomping grounds…read more Annandale has become so fun in the evening!! Nestled in next to a Korean barbecue spot and along the busy Columbia Pike strip is café tu ah. It looks decently unassuming from the outside, but once you step in it is so cool and decorated!!! I like how they have a bar area and then private rooms for karaoke. I was invited to a large group of girl karaoke and it was AWESOME!! having your own private room does make the experience a little less daunting, especially if you know that you're going to possibly lose your voice from screaming into the mic I had never experienced Karaoke like this!! I think I might have just found my new obsession. It was so fun being able to go back in the millennial brain library of songs from Disney to evanescence to other classics of our time we all just unleashed our singing voices for hours! I found it extremely cathartic and simply so much fun. The bar has a menu in each room and we all ordered several shooters from green tea to white gummy bear to lemon drops. Prices seemed decent! Service was awesome with a simple button to push from our rooms when we wanted to order to not have to get up or leave our private room! Well, I did not set up this karaoke night. I very much look forward to hosting one in the future.

The people that works there the great service I always get…read moreThe food The atmosphere Bring friends Have a party here

Cue Club is quite the throwback. A dark (though not dingy!) sports bar that serves shots and mixed…read moredrinks, as well as a large list of seasonal and craft beers. I've had the Korean bulgogi sandwich and it was quite good (although I'd certainly recommend other area Korean restaurants for a full dinner, this is delicious if you're just pairing it with some drinks!). But what makes this place standout are the bartenders. They have always been great to talk to, and they handle large crowds with aplomb! Go and say hi, grab a game of pool (it is after all the cue club - they have a lot of tables), and enjoy a good drink.

I WANTED to give this place my business and they made it more or less impossible to do so…read more My coworkers and I wanted to do karaoke after work on Friday. Since Annandale has so many karaoke spots, I asked for a recommendation from my cousin, and she said Cafe Chocolate has the better music, etc. She said since there's only 5 karaoke rooms, getting reservations is best, and that the rooms were about $40/hour. I called them about 2 days before, and they said they didn't take reservations and that it was first come first serve. Hm, okay. My cousin thought, well, maybe they recently changed that policy. My coworkers decided then that we'd come right after work to make sure we could get a room. Firstly, we get there and they tell us it's $60/hour, no matter if we get the smaller room or the medium sized room. Why are both rooms the same price? Second, the menu is mostly bar food and no actual food. We just came from work and we were really hungry. Not to mention, the prices were terrible. It was like $9 for a plate of fries. The worst is that even though we were already contemplating trying somewhere else to go, the people explicitly suggested to us "maybe you should go somewhere else." They didn't even want us? Our theory was maybe because we weren't planning to get drunk, that we weren't worth using up a room. Who knows. Also, I told my cousin about all of this, and she was pretty shocked. She also went here last weekend, and they definitely only charged her $40/hour. Now I'm pretty convinced they just didn't want our business for some odd reason or other.

This is my new spot, thanks to Tina. We both fucking smoke and you can fucking smoke here. I've…read morebeen about six times in as many weeks. The kimchi fried rice is off the hook, I love soju and they have lemon, grape and mango soju. Beware, the grape is nasty. It's good for the wusses who can't handle plain soju, though. It's totally chill and they have buzzers at the table if you're feeling drunk and sadistic and spendy. Night before NYE, I had a crew a dozen deep; we waited and waited for a karaoke room but none ever opened up (I think they only have three), so we took over the nonsmoking room, which has karaoke and worked out fine because we had a few nonsmokers with us plus there was no hourly fee. Score! The service is great and the bartenders and waiters are super sweet. The first time I ever visited the Cafe, one of the bartenders came up to Tina and me and asked if we needed anything with a shark finger puppet. That's right. A SHARK FINGER PUPPET. This holiday season they had fully decorated, upside down Christmas trees hanging from the ceiling. UPSIDE DOWN CHRISTMAS TREES. There are always lighters in the bathroom. All the guys have amazing hair cuts. This place rules. In a nutshell, if I was Belinda Carlisle, back when I was penning "Heaven Is a Place on Earth," I so would have worked shark finger puppets, service buttons, upside down Christmas trees and free lighters in my lyrics. Just sayin'.

3.5 stars. This place is somewhere in between "A-OK" and "I'm a fan!"...so I'll round up…read more This was the last stop of our Korean Crawl through Annandale. I was rather impressed, however it's in a terrible location. If you aren't looking for it, you'll never find it. It's completely surrounded by other buildings, and the only way to get to the place is through a small tiny backalley road. At first glance, the exterior of the place looks rather nice and inviting. When you step inside, you are greeted with an equally nice interior. Our group, a bunch of Asians (not all Korean though) and our token white girl all sit at the bar. Service was average, and as a previous reviewer mentioned, the female bartenders were young and attractive. It was hardly busy especially for a Saturday around midnight. We order a few drinks as we wind down our night. The complimentary popcorn was much appreciated. All in all I had a great time. Hope to be back.

Go to Cafe Sole if you enjoy singing karaoke while choking in smoky rooms with terrible…read moreventilation. Patrons were smoking at the bar and in the adjacent karaoke room and the smoke came through the wall. It's a throwback to the bad old days of leaving a bar with your clothes and person wreaking of cigarettes. Since there are so many other good nearby options for karaoke -- with the same karaoke machine and setup -- there is no reason to go here if you are a non-smoker. Could be a cool place otherwise. Service was decent. UPDATE Wanted to suggest three good karaoke alternatives: Cafe Tu Ah (within walking distance) has a nice bar and karaoke rooms, friendly service, and the same karaoke machines as Cafe Sole with English, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese songs that gets regular updates with the latest hits. Dain Cafe also has this machine but with more sparkly lights to help set off your awesomely bad singing. Cafe Muse serves tasty entrees and has an extremely deep song catalog but it usually takes many months for them to update with recent songs. In-room service is provided at all three of these places and none allow smoking.

Yummy cocktails. Can't taste the alcohol at all - don't know if that's cuz there isn't enough or if…read moreit's masked well enough... Anyways - Food is very yummy. Came here with a large group of friends and we ate very well!! All the dishes were yummy, so can't complain. Army stew, kimchi pancake, corn cheese, etc. Many shareables and perfect for big groups to split. Also they have somaek towers which is pretty cool and niche! Service was great too. They were playing country music but we asked for it to be changed and they were very accommodating! BTW at night, the lighting in the restaurant is a bit dark and food looks very contrasted dark. Idk if this matters to anyone but makes reds look extremely pigmented in the light.

Pochas are the one place where ambiance matters more than food. We went for drinks late evening on…read morea saturday and walked into... country music. There only seemed to be one or two waiters in the whole restaurant and we were checked up on maybe once after receiving our food, even though it was shockingly empty. The food itself was good, rosè tteokbokki was spicy and texture was perfect. Kimchi pancake was also crispy and had a good ratio of batter to kimchi, but it was pretty bland and definitely needed the sauce. Kkanpungi was decent as well as the buddaejiggae and prices were fair. Drink pictures may be misleading so make sure to look at the description! Anyways the whole experience felt like we were just eating in the dark with quiet background music. Don't expect anything for birthdays either. Anyways would go back for the food but extremely lacking ambiance wise.

Truly a hidden gem! It's located behind cafe tuah - pretty hidden since it's on the other side of…read morethe building facing the street. I came for karaoke with some friends and the room we were in was huge and had YouTube available as well as the normal karaoke system. I tried some of the food items and the kimbap was delish! The fruits were perf for a refreshing snack while singing. If you're looking for a karaoke spot, check this place out :)

I've been to a lot of dive bars and bars in general in my life, but Pangpang might be one of the…read moreweirdest. I went with a female friend of mine and we both found the place odd right off the bat. They have a limited alcohol selection and NO MENU... and we were given a strange look when we went in... why? Because I'm not sure that they ever have female customers. There were all men there and like 6 female bartenders who sat across the bar from each man, sharing his food and talking. We didnt get this treatment because it kinda felt like us being there just to grab a drink wasnt the expected thing to do at the bar. It felt super shifty. Additionally in both our limited opinions, the place kinda smelled like a strip club. The drinks were ok though...kindof pricey for Annandale. If you're looking for something more than drinks and are a dude, I think you'll find it here. Dont take my word for it... just go. 1 star

Delicious and services was very nice. The waiter cooked the meat for us and we just had to eat eat…read moreeat. If you make reservation directly through their website in advance, you dont have to wait for a table at all. The meat was well marinated but it might a little salty if you don't mix it with rice or veggies. I drank lots of water after the ayce option B. So far everything was great! I will come back. We went on weekdays and it was not crazy busy so the waiter paid more attention to our table and cooked the meats to perfecto.

Returned to Kogiya after many years and it was still pretty good but not exactly as I remember. I…read moredo love that they have way more options now. The price was $35 per person and fairly standard for the area. The pork belly here tasted gummier than other places but besides that everything else was fine. The service was pretty fast too. I would consider returning especially since many other kbbq places are packed and they often some availability.