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    Soju Bang

    4.0 (92 reviews)
    Open 5:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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    SOJU BANG ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Dogs allowed

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    Watermelon Soju
    Nicholas A.

    My friends and i went last week for my friend's birthday! We had such a great time and the server James was very friendly! Prior to coming, we made reservations for a room and it was nice that they called to confirm the same day of the party! Our server James was nice and checked on us often. Food was good per usual! I had barely ate that night, but the food never disappoints regardless! I tried that whole chicken and let me tell you.... The perfect typa fried chicken you want, juicy interior and exterior was crisp to perfection! Definitely some superior chicken! The mandoo with the dipping sauce was yummy too! I definitely recommend it fried. You can't go to Soju bang without their soju as well! Lilikoi, Strawberry Yogurt (TOP FAVS), Melona, and Lychee are probably the best ones! Again, none of them disappoint, it's more of what you prefer. Like, my friend liked the Li Hing Lemon one, but for me it was too tart. Lastly, the only reason I would give this place a 4 as opposed to a 5, the room gets warm. As I have seen in a previous review, the room we were given had that same broken fan. We did make it work without making a sound, but the room was still a little warm. This room was the big room, i believe "room 4." Overall though, I would definitely come back for food! And the rooms are $2/song which is nice because they don't charge for the room.

    Kimchi pancake

    I've been coming here since the beginning, and it pains me to say that I'll probably never come back. Service has slowly declined over the years, but this last visit was a deal-breaker for me. On a Thursday night, it appeared there were only the bartender and 1 server working in the front. 20 minutes after being seated, nobody came to take our order. Since we thought they were short staffed, we walked up to the bar and placed an order of food and soju. We closed out at the bar to make it easier for them, and they said they'd bring it to our table. 15 minutes later, our soju still hadn't arrived. We went back to the bar to ask for it, and they told us they'd bring it when it was ready. We then realized there was another server working this whole time, but she was sitting at one of the tables with her friends playing with a dog. She went to the bar and brought out a tray of shots to take her friends, and then went back to "work." The other server brought out shots and soju to the table next to us and sat to flirt with those girls. He drank so much that he couldn't walk straight, stumbling over a stool and spilling half of the shots on the way. He had tally marks on his arm of how many shots he had taken that night - it was at least 12 tallies by the time we left. 10 more minutes later, our soju still hadn't arrived. I went back to the bar to ask for it. Again, they asked what table we were at and said someone would bring it out. I insisted they just give me the bottle because we had waited so long. It was just a plain bottle, so all they had to do was take it out of the refrigerator and hand it to me. She then proceeded to punch the item in because they had no record of our initial order, even though we had already paid! They realized that the kitchen didn't receive our food order, so we had to wait even longer. We were not the only ones getting really bad service. All the customers at tables waited so long to get drink refills and started going to the bar to order. Later on, another girl came out of the bathroom and went to the POS behind the bar. I guess she was working too, but hard to tell because she was also hanging out with her friends. She didn't seem drunk, but she was out of it and confused, like she was on drugs or something. The only competent and sober employee was the bartender, who ended up doing all the work. The male server ended up crouched down on the floor for a while because he was so drunk. Another employee had to give him water and make sure he was okay. It was very confusing because I couldn't tell who was working and who wasn't. Maybe I'm just getting old, but a lot of these people didn't look old enough to be drinking. Soju bang used to be very strict about checking everyone's ID upon entry, but nobody checked any IDs that night. Overall, I'm very disappointed about what this establishment has become. At least I found it mildly entertaining to people-watch these drunk kids, so I'm not that upset about it, but I definitely will not be returning. 2 stars because food still smashed.

    As of 12/2024.
    Naomi D.

    Highly recommend Soju Bang. Excellent, friendly, and attentive staff (a big shout out to James and all other staff!). We've been here three times in the last few months, and no disappointment at all. Service has always been consistent. Their happy hour menu portion size is big and decently priced. For example, a whole chicken costs $14.00. The chicken was crunchy and marinated well. All the food we tried there was so delicious! We sincerely hope they won't change their kitchen vendor or staff. There's a private parking in the back. It's free before 7pm. After that, you have to pay via an app. They have three private rooms. If you want to book any of them, you'd have to rsvp in advance. The restroom and the restaurant are clean and organized. $2.00 per song.

    JENNIE IN THE HOUSE!
    Jasmin O.

    As a frequent regular to Soju Bang i loveeee their yogurt soju and TERRA beer. The ambiance is a cool and chill vibe especially after a hard day of working. Service is super friendly and they already know our order each time which is mandoo, yogurt soju and Terra! :) Our last visit we had their new Dubai Chocolate soju it was quite yummy!!

    Soul V.

    Service was great and we had a great time in their karaoke room. The price per song actually makes it cheaper than the places that charge by the hour. We had a good amount of food that was also pretty good. Although nothing blew me away. Overall great experience and good drinks! Among the food, our favorite was the kimchi fried rice.

    Feb W.

    It's my friend's co-worker's birthday and time to party and cheers. Had a reservation and t'was all smooth. We were greeted & taken to our room after. This can be busy so I suggest you book a reservation if you are using the karaoke room. The staffs were young Koreans and they were so friendly and patience to us. They were also fun to talk too and were kind enough to show us how to operate the karaoke machine, lol... Food: Watermelon Soju Honey Spicy Wings Garlic Fried Wings Fries w/ Garlic Fried Squid Fried Chicken Gizzard Kimchi Fried Rice My favorite were the chicken wings and fried squid. It was tasty and fried good. The crunch in every bite is so addicting. It was a fun experience and this is also my first karaoke night in Oahu. Would love to do it again with my friends. And oh, bring cash! It's $2 per song. Mahalo for reading & happy juandering fellow Yeeps.

    Pork belly and kimchi
    Michaela S.

    Open late, great food, fun vibes! Highly recommend before/after a night out. Pork belly and kimchi was delicious. Definitely try the Milk Tea Soju!

    0STARS Tourist HERE! I did not even get to taste the food because (Reference Picture). Took a $30 uber back after calling but bo answer to explain the bottom of their bag GAVE OUT! got there showed same pics ABSOLUTELY no apology, accommodation nor rectification! Manager said "Our kitchen is closed!" Do not eat here! 0 Stars

    Lilikoi! 당신과 함께 있는 곳이 내가 제일 좋아하는 곳입니다 Soju! You're welcome :D
    Eric R.

    "I always listen to *NSYNC's 'Tearin' Up My Heart.' It reminds me to wear a bra." - Britney Spears I always wanted to Bang at Soju Bang and so glad I waited 'cause I finally Banged with two of the loveliest young ladies in my life. She Bang, She Bang! FIYAH! Queens, Kyra K. and Janice Q., joined me on a Sunday Karaoke night that we've planned since forever. I wanted to bring out my Boy Band days pipes and show how it's done to my Queens, but of course after Soju, Soju, Soju everything sounds & looks prime! :D Carpooled over we parked nearby (lots of options including free meter on Sundays) and walked the block over. I heard there's on-site parking on the side, but I also heard there's a small fee for it which to me makes no sense with all the free parking nearby. Queen Kyra made reservations for Happy Hour from 5pm to 8pm in a private room! She knows what's up! Upon entering we are quickly carded (since I still look 18 lol) and led to our private room! Hella K-Pop vibes as we walk in. Our room so clean and those Disco lights be like Travolta in polyester! Love glows here! We're handed the regular & HH menus, of course we order off the HH since so much choices! We start with the Lilikoi Soju in Korean plastic carafe lol and a bottle of Iced water. Seafood Pancakes was our first shared dish followed by Steamed Mandoo, Steamed Egg, Kimchee Fried Rice. Lots of savings and hella options! Our hostess and server were both polite and pros. Always checking on us, but never interfering with our private time. Just a red "help" button away if we needed anything in our room. Next we order Ube Soju which seemed stronger lol, but as we drank and drank more the melting ice balanced it off. However as a Soju drinker in the past I'd stick with the Fruit drinks! Wow how time flies when we're having FUN! Almost three hours of chatting, gossiping, nibbling, joking, sipping, and having a blast is when we realized we still didn't sing a song yet! But we still had about 40 minutes to Bang out some tunes! Our group was so diverse in music... the hardest part was where do we start lol, so we start strong with a classic of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen choice by Queen Janice! That got us in the mood and the Soju helped too lol, so it was my turn and turned it up w "Bye Bye Bye" by *NSYNC! Boy Band days represented even tho I cracked at Justin's higher notes lol, but hey Soju cures all, right? "Thank you, Next" by Ariana Grande was the choice of Queen Kyra! Trust me, I've heard her before and she got game and wrist flicks... these were our highlights! So much food, so delicious Soju, the best company I can wish for, and before you know it our time of three hours was done! All the employees were on it! The bathroom was clean! And the vibes were so K-Pop I almost feel like I have to apologize for not going down with BTS and BLACKPINK In Your Area! *ohh snap* In the end, I recommend Soju Bang not only for their fun Karaoke set-ups, but also the authentic Korean foods and refreshing Soju - such a deal during Happy Hour! And biggest 고맙습니다 that's Hey Thankies to Queens, Kyra K. & Janice Q. for being my K-POP IDOLS!

    Mark D.

    Soju Bang. Restaurant, Bar & Karaoke. With that said, this is a review of the bar/restaurant. We came on a Friday night around 11 pm. Busy but no wait needed for a table. Came with a few boys to grab a few soju drinks. We order their ube and melona cocktail soju which is $21 each. While waiting for our drinks, we decided to get some of their chicken wings too. PS: if you're ordering wing's you 100% need to get cheese with them. You'll thank me later. Soju was top tier. My favorite was the melona flavored one. May be bias as my favorite ice cream bar is the melona honey dew bar. But with that aside, it really is good. You can barely taste the alcohol but you for sure can feel it later. Ube was pretty good as well. With 5 guys the bottles went empty pretty fast. The wings were sooooo good. With the cheese melted on top it was A1! Wished the wings were a bit bigger in size but portion wise, it was okay for the price. Service was fast and easy to order. Multiple staff walking around and checking up on their customers. Songs playing are good too and gets you in a party mode vibe, especially after a few shots of soju. Worth giving this place a go if you're out with friends, craving soju or wanting to eat some Korean food.

    Karaoke machine :)
    Janice Q.

    What a great place to kick back, hang out with friends to share a lot of laughter & fun while belting our little hearts away! Thank you Kyra K. for recommending Soju Bang to fulfill our karaoke needs. Soju Bang is a karaoke bar with bar seating, a few tables, and private rooms. Kyra K. being the proactive lady she is, reserved us a private room so our party (Eric R., Kyra K., and I) could sing with ease. Upon entrance, we were greeted by staff who immediately checked our IDs before escorting us to our private room. Size of the room was small, but perfect for our party of 3. Seating was spacious since we each had a section of the U shaped seating all to ourselves lol! Our orders for food and drinks were promptly taken, and delivery was just as quick. Before you know it, we were chowing down on Korean bar food (Steamed Mandoo, Steamed Egg, Seafood Pancake, & Kimchee Fried Rice) over some tasty Cocktail Sojus! THE FOOD: 1. Steamed Mandoo - This can also be ordered fried. This was good. Nothing gourmet, but perfect as bar food. 2. Steamed Egg - Light protein dish with a mild flavor. Almost like an egg soufflé, but neither sweet or savory. 3. Seafood Pancake - This was deep fried. Good to snack on. Reminded me of street vendor food. 4. Kimchee Fried Rice - This was my favorite from our orders. Savory with a hint of sweetness and a touch of spice. Keep in mind I love spicy food. So my mild could be spicy for the next person. THE DRINKS: 1. Cocktail Soju Lilikoi - Heavy syrup based flavor. I thought it tasted better after the ice melted a bit since it was very sweet. 2. Cocktail Soju Ube - This reminded me of the Filipino dessert halo halo. You know that sweet, light, milky ube flavor when you've reached the bottom on your halo halo cup? That's what this tasted like, but with suju thrown into the mix :) This karaoke bar works a little different from the ones that I know of. Instead of paying by the hour for the room, you pay per song selected ($2). You'll need to make sure you have cash on hand since the karaoke machine only accepts dollar bills. PARKING is located behind the building, but there is also street parking that's close by. And the cost of our night out was very reasonable since we made it out here during HAPPY HOUR (Daily 1700-2000). PRO TIP: In the private rooms, there's a red button on the wall that you can press if you need to flag down a server. OVERALL THOUGHTS The food is decent bar food. So don't come here expecting gourmet. Although I found our drinks to be on the sweet side, there are many other available drinks/flavors on their menu I would consider trying next time instead. The private room was perfect for what we needed. The staff was attentive and checked on us multiple times. I had such an amazing time with Kyra K. and Eric R.! We shared food & drinks, life, love, laughter, and ofc songs! We left Soju Bang already discussing our plan for our next trip back :D

    Steamed Mandoo
    Irene M.

    They certainly put "Happy" into happy hour! I certainly can't pass up an invite from Nadine C for karaoke night though after a stressful long week I came more to relax and to unwind along with great friends this was another chill night filled with food, fun, karaoke and soju with a side of Diet Coke. My first time here I loved the vibe here is nice with super spacious lounge area and a fun neon lit angel wings selfie, but we were here for karaoke and got a room which wasn't really huge but a great size for our party of five and with a portable a/c it did make it comfortable to unleash ourselves though the seating was so solid and coming straight from work I didn't want to take off my stinky shoes in this small room cause I do adore my friends lol! As my besties got her karaoke groove on at $2 a song it came in various languages I was more excited to see what they had to offer off their happy hour which isn't so bad as it's available "everyday" from 5pm to 8pm with bites for $8 we ordered Steamed Mandoo (which came with 12 pcs!), and for $12 Kimchee Pancake and Seafood Pancake...both I did stay away from not wanting to chance my shellfish allergies. Off the regular menu it was Corn Cheese $12, Spicy Chicken Gizzard $16, Fire Chicken w/Cheese $21, Spicy Shoyu Boneless Chicken $21 and Loaded Tater Tots $16. You can't go wrong with corn cheese that insane pull was yummy, Fire Chicken didn't do very much for me, Gizzard was yummy but the tater tots was seriously disappointing as it was just topped with velveeta and bacon bits. I probably needed to eat first as I just had a Diet Coke while they started with White Peach Soju...which started to sound good lol! As I scanned the menu again they were talking about Lilikoi...hmmm then Brown Sugar Milk Tea which is what we got. The after taste was something to behold but hey it's here so I just went for it and drank half of it and got my lobster mode on. They staff here is just super delightful and friendly if we needed anything all we had to do was press the call button. Soju Bang is right along Kalakaua Ave and you're able to park right behind the through a driveway to the right of the building which is free before 7pm after you need to pay through a QR code, I got lucky to find street parking and yes you enter at the door in the back. While my besties plugged into the karaoke mode, I unplugged for some unwinding time to fill my empty cup with fun energies with friends that just made my night! Thank you!

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    My friends and I went here on a random weeknight after an event at another bar and it was SO MUCH…read moreFUN. The husband and wife that run it were super sweet. Getting there is weird - ya gotta go in a building, up an elevator, and down a hallway - but it feels totally safe inside. They answered the phone really quick when we called to ask if they were open. Definitely going to come back with my girls

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    4.8(17 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    The girls and I were in Hawaii visiting for our friend's special Birthday!…read more Specifically, the birthday girl requested for karaoke. We looked at so many places, "ising" being one of them and decided to just yolo and check it out. Right when we came in, the ambiance was nice! The workers were super welcoming. We forgot to get his name, but the male worker greeted us and got us into a room right away. He was super friendly and made sure we had everything we needed, checked up on us frequently and got us an ube cocktail for the birthday girl! We had so much fun and would highly recommend this place. We were too full to eat, but next time we come back we will definitely try their snacks.

    This place used to be a little sketchy, and still might scare people away nestled between 2…read morebuy-me-drinkie bars. But they've redone the entire interior and Hype Soju Bar is now awesome and not sketchy at all! Everything's shiny and new. The bar and lounge area are fun, with a giant projector and open karaoke. Bartenders and servers are friendly and service is top-notch. The kitchen also gets 5 stars from me, with a huge variety of standard American and Korea bar food staples. I can never pass up on some mandoo and oden, even if I've come straight from dinner. The private karaoke rooms are also very nice. Great sound systems. The machines are Korean so good luck if you don't speak/read Korean, but it's not too hard to figure out. The only thing I don't like is that the mics are wired, and it's kind of a hassle to have the wires running across the room, especially when people are trying to go in and out when heading to the bathroom or mingling in the lounge area. But the reasonable hourly prices make any shortcomings totally worth it. Highly recommend this place for a spur of the moment night out, or a pre-planned shebang for a large group. Guaranteed fun times!

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    iSing Karaoke Bar & Grill
    iSing Karaoke Bar & Grill - Fish shaped pastry thing

    Fish shaped pastry thing

    iSing Karaoke Bar & Grill - Storefront

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    Karaoke GS Studio - this is where you sign up to start singing

    Karaoke GS Studio

    3.4(165 reviews)
    1.0 miWaikiki
    $$

    This place was great. Prices felt reasonable, the machines had most of the songs I wanted. They…read morewere surprised I wanted to sing in Japanese (I'm white) but it was good I told them, as only certain rooms have the Japanese set up-- but those rooms allow you to switch between two karaoke systems / softwares which was pretty cool. 日本語の歌もここに歌える。 The negative reviews I read were mainly for stupid reasons. If you read them you'll see, too. If you just want to do karaoke and have fun, this place is perfect. Also props to Brady who set me up, made my drink and checked me out at the end. Super nice. Hope to come back!

    I've been coming to GS every so often since 2014 and never had a bad experience... till recently…read more While my friends and I were making sure the bill was accurate, we noticed that the room charge on the receipt stated 8+ hours even though we were there for about 5 hours. We also noticed a gratuity fee of roughly 15% added to our total so we discussed if we should leave a bigger tip or not. As we talked amongst ourselves, one of the bar workers suddenly came up to us and started cussing us out. Stating "we have cameras here and I'll show you. Get the f*ck out. F*ck you guys. Don't ever f*cking come back." We were caught off guard and were confused as to why he was being so defensive and aggressive. Extremely unprofessional. このカラオケバーは、私が2014年ぐらいからたまに遊びに行っているところです。悪い経験は今まで特になかったんですが最近、ひどい事があってもう二度とGSには行きたくないと思いました。 お会計をする時、お勘定の再確認をしたくて友達と話し合ってたときに急にバーで働いてる人が私たちの目の前に来て突然怒鳴り始めたんです。「何か文句あったら早く言え、早く払え、早く出ていけ」と言われました。 私達が話していたのは、5時間ぐらいしかカラオケルームを使用してなかったのに、なぜお勘定には8時間と書いてあるのかとか、Open gratuityのところに15%のチップが書いてあるから、チップはもう含まれてるのか、などよく分からないことがあったのでお店に確認してみようかということだけでした。 なのに、お店の中から急に出てきた人は、私たちを大声でひどくののしり始めました。納得できるならいつも喜んで料金を支払ってきたのに、よく確認もせずお客さんをののしるなんて、客商売をする資格はないと思いました。私も仕事で接客業務をするので、自分の言い方や態度にはいつも気をつけています。 そういう人を雇ってるオーナーもどうかと思います。残念です。とても嫌な経験をしました。

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    Karaoke GS Studio - This was the screen setup

    This was the screen setup

    Karaoke GS Studio - Climb up the stairs to get into GS Studio

    Climb up the stairs to get into GS Studio

    Karaoke GS Studio - Karaoke room

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