Dan has great customer service and makes great drinks. Super welcoming atmosphere from all bartenders, hosts, and managers

I was a last minute tag along with my friend's group of friends. I had no idea how many people were going so I did not realize how big of a space we had waiting for our 12 - 2 am reservations. Our party of about 20 people sat comfortably in the spacious room with the surroundsound and multiple screens on each wall. Our waitress provided a quick tutorial as to how to use the system. She checked in on us on multiple occasions to see if we needed any food or drinks. For food we tried their octopus, gyoza, and French fries. Everything came fresh from their kitchen especially considering it was already so late into the night. I thoroughly enjoyed the octopus since they were still whole and not over cooked. The dumplings were still juicy inside so those would be definitely worth getting again. Overall, it is a great place and a fun time if with the right people. I would definitely come again! read more

this is my go-to activity for birthdays--i have already been numerous times and it's always a good time! we typically get the small studio for our group, but there are bigger size rooms as well. they change by the room, not the amount of people. you do have to reserve a room ahead of time and put in a deposit. the vibes are great--very night life + club types. they have different themed rooms as well--we gotten the soju room, which was sooo cute. the staff are also super friendly. they have their own karaoke system, but we usually opt to use youtube for more song selections. there is also a main stage area where you sing in a public area. overall, i would probs be returning here again for another birthday, special occasion, or good time. if you want a lit karaoke experience in boston, i would recommend coming here! read more

VIVA Allston - soju room - Karaoke Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

Was recently here for a birthday karaoke party and we had a really great time and would definitely come back. I can't speak to the bar or main stage aspect but I can speak to our experience. We rented one of the small rooms for two hours and took advantage of the 40% regular rate for afternoons up to 7 PM. We put down the $50 deposit which fortunately gets added to the final bill. Keep in mind that their rooms are not soundproof, but once you get a song going and start singing you don't even notice any noise coming from other rooms. Water and soft drinks are complimentary which is nice, and there is a call button in the room if you want to order cocktails or order food which other people in my party did. Servers were very kind and walked us through how to select the songs and do search for artists on their system. You can choose either to gave accompanied by the original artist or just do your own vocals, so whatever you prefer. We also took of their ability to hook up their system to YouTube so we could look for songs that might not be in their library, and so I for example was able to find and sing "Men in Tights" from the Mel Brooks' Robin Hood movie to wrap up our night. It was a really great time and definitely would go back to sing again. read more

Fun, nice ambiance, good karaoke! I enjoyed my time there and everyone was really into the singers. read more

I discovered Stage Karaoke a few months ago as a way to assuage my fear and clinical anxiety, including that of singing/speaking in public, and this place definitely has done that in spades. The open mic nights are especially great because it allows anyone and everyone to come in just for $10 to sing to your heart's content. You walk in, and just feel comfortable because everyone's in there doing the same thing you're doing. Which is singing, one of life's great joys once you feel comfortable with it. Extra props for the DJ over there, Wes, who seems to be a magician in knowing exactly what to play at the right time in between songs to keep everybody pumped up and ready for the next track to begin! If you're hesitating on checking it out, you shouldn't. The energy there is great , the music is loud, the DJ is spinning up a storm, and people are just singing their hearts out loud. GO - you won't be disappointed. read more

VIVA Allston - Karaoke Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

We had a great time with the girls. We rented a room for six of us. It was a lot of fun. They had all the songs we wanted. The atmosphere is cool. You can change the lights in the room. As well as they have a stage in the common area in case if people decide to sing there. They have a bar from where you can order cocktails or you can order them directly from your room. When you rent a room they ask for a deposit, and the minimum you can stay in the room is two hours. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. read more

43 minutes ago NEW *Update* to ONE STAR 04/14/2023: NOW a 1 star review, which would be a ZERO star if ZERO was an option. See list below for better alternative karaoke that FOLLOWS ORDER OF SONG REQUESTS without a $30 cover (paid to see numerous people sing who put in requests after you for over 3 hours ). Occured previous 2 times as well, but now way worse that DJ host Remington quit a week ago with no notice. 1) Club Cafe Wednesdays (FREE) 2) Kings in Backbay Friday and Saturday (FREE) 3) Alley Bar on Sunday (FREE) 4) Cathedral Tuesdays (FREE) 5) Hong Kong (1 in Cambridge, the other near Faneuil Hall in Financial District). ALSO FREE and delicious chicken teriyaki. 6) Dbar in Dorchester on Fridays So after above and a ***$30*** cover (more than MOST dance club covers) plus $108 tab to have 4 hours of people cutting the line and some repeatedly? Hard pass. And Thursdays were free until March ($10 cover now). And a Korean style karaoke lounge with no kpop / kballad options. ******************************************* PREVIOUS 5 star review from November 2022: "New regular spot for me! Trendy flashy modern look, great host when i go Thursdays (he is doing Tuesdays soon, too?) Karaoke free Tuesday and Thursday for the GENERAL floor (private rooms have a cost, and i heard wider selection of songs). I also heard Friday and Saturdays have a $20 cover, but haven't been on those nights." read more

I've only been here once, but it was such a good experience. I definitely recommend reserving a room with you and a couple of friends. It was definitely really nice to have food and drink service. The hospitality was amazing and they were very attentive and explained everything to us. Stage is definitely where you'd want to have a fun but lowkey birthday. There are a good amount of songs to choose from. The technology in this space was amazing and was very accommodating to my group of 10+. I loved their fried octopus along with their other snacks. They provide a good amount for the big quantity of people that I had in my group. Perfectly crispy and paired really nicely with the aioli sauce. Needless to say that I would definitely come back as it was a comfortable yet fun experience! read more

My go-to place when I can't think of anything to do at night - in the BEST way possible. The vibe here is always welcoming, and the space can definitely accommodate big parties. They also have a bar (which I wish was a bit bigger) that has some great cocktails. Honestly, I forgot what I got but it was really good. They have a very cool karaoke room that is soju themed so for first-comers, I definitely recommend trying. I posted pictures below. Service is great compared to what other reviews say. It's definitely intimidating at first glance but it's just precautions for an alcohol promoted karaoke place. From Tracy to Duc to Kentony to Lily, I was always welcomed with a happy smile and good vibezz. Definitely recommend, go get drunk(ish)!!! read more

One of the best hangout spots to go with friends! It's a tad pricey (especially if you get drinks there) but reserving a karaoke room is worth it if you can get a big group of friends to go for two or three hours. We tried once for an hour and it's too short. The service is great and you can order food and drinks if you want. The normal system has limited song selections but if you use the Korean pad system (and if someone can read Korean), there's a lot more updated songs and just more songs in general to sing from! read more

You will never get in even if you are there early. Bouncers are rude, would not recommend this place. HORRIBLE

A fun place with great staff. Fans of karaoke should check it out. Nice design and plenty of private rooms as well as a main stage.

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This place is disgusting. -I personally saw 3 cockroaches crawling on the benches. -the karaoke software didn't work and we only were able to sing 3 songs in an hour session. -they charged us for more drinks than we ordered. read more

My friends and I reserved a private studio for 10 people and it was fun! They have a good selection of songs; if you can't find what you're looking for you have the option to look up songs through YouTube. They are pretty strict about room capacity. We had one extra friend join our group last minute and the staff gave us a hard time and wouldn't let us all be in the room at once, which was inconvenient. But overall we had a good time here. read more

With the closure of Jin Karaoke in Allston, I am super excited to find another go to Karaoke spot! Atmosphere: - From the outdoor entrance, the place looks quite small but upon going up the stairs you enter a pretty large area with cool lighting and sculptures that reminded me of the Deadmau5 logo. Note, they are 21+ after 8PM on Thursday, Friday, Saturday. - There is a large room/table area with a stage you can perform on, or there are smaller rooms. I like how the rooms are priced per room (ie: $65 for small room/hr, 10 people or less) so if you go with the appropriate amount of people the price is very reasonable. - The room themselves are very nice and clean. It comes with complementary water, and you can order additional alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. The console to add songs to the queue is on the far side of the wall, and there is another console on the opposite end of the room with buttons for calling the staff, volume, lights, and whether you would like an accompanying vocal on the song. It could be a bit challenging to get to the wall at times depending on what part of the room you are at and depending on the number of people in the room. - It did take a bit of fiddling to figure out the karaoke console, as I believe the system is defaulted to Chinese. One tip is even if there is an English keyboard on the screen, you have to click the "English" option again to bring up English songs in the search results. If you don't click the second button, English songs will not show up on the search results. Service: - Everyone was extremely friendly. The waitress checked on us multiple times to make sure we had everything we needed. She also checked in on us 15 minutes before our session ended to see if we wanted to extend our booking. read more

VIVA Allston - Main table/stage area - Karaoke Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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If I could give less stars than one I would. A group of friends and I came to this place for the opening week. We were so excited to sing karaoke as we needed the credit because we go to Berklee College of Music. On their website it specifically says that no one under the age of 21 is allowed after 9 pm. HOWEVER, we went and they told us it is actually no minors after 8 pm. Mind you, we traveled 30 minutes on the T to come here. We decided to come the next night early so that we could have time to sing. They then tell us that we aren't allowed to enter because the "main room is 21+" however, their website says the exact opposite. We called and checked the website and there was no information about this. I think this business is unprofessional and I'm not sure if spending the money is worth it. A - The Boss read more

VIVA Allston - Entrance - Karaoke Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

This place is a good time! Has both private rooms & a public stage. The private rooms are spacious, and the food and drinks are pretty good. Huge selection of songs, although there are a few glitches with the search function. The private rooms have a button you can press for service, and the servers appear INSTANTLY! A few minor issues.... They let us into the private room a bit late (like 10-15 mins), and kicked us out a few minutes early. Also, it was my birthday; and 3 of my friends had brought bottles of wine as gifts. They left them down with the bouncer. We were only given 2 of them on the way out, and they insisted they only had 2 ‍ All in all though, very fun place for karaoke, one of the only ones in the area I think read more

WOW that was so fun! Booked 6pm on a Tuesday and had an absolute blast. The space and the technology in the rooms is so fun to use and there's 1 million options for sound, songs, and lighting. It was clean with covers for the microphones and the staff was really careful. There was every song we could think of and for two hours we thought this was an amazing party for our friends birthday. What a blast! read more

I don't usually leave reviews unless my experience is really something to remember, but this place was not fun at all. The employees were rude and were laughing at my friends and I on my birthday. We ended up leaving early because of this. Pretty upsetting experience... read more

My friends and I went for birthday celebration and had a blast. The private rooms were booked, so we went to the MainStage. We got there right when they were opening for the evening, so we had no trouble getting a table. The service was good. The food was surprisingly delicious. The drinks were on point too. The music selection had all our (millennial) faves. The crowd's energy was also awesome. We'll definitely go back. read more

Cover was $30, and for the most part, the place was dead. Karaoke is great when you can actually hear people sing, but in the case of Stage Karaoke, the back track was so loud you could barely even hear anyone on stage. There was a five minute intermission between every song, I think I spent more time on my phone than actually paying attention to the ambience. I'm sure their private rooms are a better deal, but if you're looking to people watch/sing in front of strangers, this is not the place. Drinks were good - not watered down, fair city pricing. They also had a bunch of snacks to order, I didn't try any because I had already spent $ to get in, but they looked good! Servers and other staff were nice - absolutely no problems there. read more

I have tried to come here three different times. Everytime, there has been a different issue as to why they can't let us in. On top of this, they charge $30 cover for a KARAOKE BAR on weeknights. GO TO HONG KONG IN BOSTON! NO COVER, CHEAPER DRINKS, BETTER VIBES ALL AROUND. I cannot stress enough how bad this place is! Biggest scam in allston! So many great places and diverse food and experiences to try and this should be at the bottom of your list :) If you are under 25 and have any concept on money, don't come here. read more

This place is always clean and the staff is always professional and kind. The bartenders make excellent drinks and the food is wonderful. The hosts always go above and beyond and I love coming here. dj johnny rules and Mike and Remington are also great. The atmosphere is always great. read more

patrick the manager is the best in custome service everything was amazing !!!!!!! A time was had great staff ,great energy overall its a 5

Are you interested in waiting in line on your birthday just to be told to wait 15 more minutes for over two hours?!? Cmon down to stage! Where the bouncers will gas light you for hours on end, refuse every attempt attempt at reason or recourse, and lead you on that you're just minutes from entry for hours. Notice the stars?^ hey owner, you're a bar in the burbs, stop pretending like you're filtering out b list celebs like you don't have a choice. read more

Bring back Patron's. Not a fan of the overpriced drinks/food, aggressive security and bad song choices. Cheap beer and pool tables, that's what Allston needs. Bring back Patron's. read more

if only there was an option for zero stars ..... i would give this place zero stars. from dirty bathrooms, rude service, horrible food, overcharge on everything... to broken mics.. it's just all around a mess. -this place definitely hired their staff by looks because not one of them know professional/good customer service. -you must make a rsvp before going but rooms are never ready on time and if they are... they charge you for the full hour even if you start 1/2hr in.. -make sure to check the receipts, sometimes they will add an item or gratuity charge even if you have a party less than 6. if they think you guys are cheaps and won't tip, it'll be added on there - don't say i didn't warn you! read more

Pros: eye-catching interior, cleanliness, high degree of customization in the karaoke rooms themselves (lights, audio, etc.), "complementary" water and soda (although we're effectively paying for it) Cons: - We arrived for our 8pm reservation 5 minutes ahead of time, but did not get to start using the room until 8:13. Despite this, we were still charged for the full hour, despite losing nearly a quarter of our time. - 1 of our mics ran out of battery. We waited for the staff to replace it, and then the mic they gave as a replacement also ran out of battery - The staff interrupted our session to give us multiple copies of our receipt for no apparent reason. - And the icing on the cake was that the lights came on and the machine shut off at 8:59 instead of 9. Seriously... read more

Came here for our friends birthday, the studio rooms are very hot. A/C should be able to go lower. The manager was extremely rude, he had an attitude with all of my friend group throughout the night even though we were trying to enjoy my friends birthday. They did bring out a cake which was super nice but the management/service needs to be worked on read more

Went here for my girl's Bday celebration on Saturday 4/23/22 and it we had a blast! We had a private room, about 15 of us, and sung our hearts out, well into closing time. The waitress was great (I'm sry I forget her name) but was so patient and awesome with all of our different drink orders & variety of very delicious food. I already love karaoke and love it even more when the place is cool looking, has great sound/mic + speakers, and makes strong drinks & food! It was definitely a vibe. Also this place is massive, there's an outer area with a stage and seating where ppl also do karaoke, aside from the private rooms. The only downside is the parking.. which is expected for the area. But I most definitely will be back! read more

KJ is different. One of my favorite bartenders in the city. I don't know how he does it but this guy is a savage behind that bar!!! I will be coming back because of his hospitality, attention to detail and overall his service. read more

The server was extremely rude! My boyfriend felt uncomfortable after drinking a bottle of soju, and we asked for a trash bin, just want to be cautious and prevent him vomit on the floor. Instead of asking us "what's going on" or "do you need any help", she just believed my boyfriend is drunk and kicked us off and she said "I am going to cut you off right now!". We tried to explain to her what's going on, but she refused to listen and threatened us that she will call the cops. Does the server treat all guests like this or just because we are a group of Asian? read more

I think I will only give less one star. It was my birthday yesterday. My reservation time is 8pm but I call the front fest adjust to 8:30. It should be end at 12:30, but the manager just ask us leave out at 12am and the security guard is waiting for us until we leave. It feel so uncomfortable and racism. My friends and I was waiting to 12am for celebration but they just ask us to leave. And when we go down stairs, we were wearing jacket it is cold in outside, but the front desk manager require us leave out the door. I just feel everyone who work on stage is so rude to Asian. I will never go stage anymore. More importantly, the Karaoke sounds is so bad and cheap, please never go there anymore. read more

The server was very rude. We booked 8 to 12pm and rescheduled 8:30 to 12:30. But they broke in at 12 and kicked us out of the room. We were having a birthday celebration at 12 and they refused to close the door and let us finish a quick ceremony. So we picked our stuff and out of the room. It was rain heavily outside and we wanna wear our coat at the stairs and the server asked us wear it in the rain. It was really rude and I don't think this could be happened at any other night club in Boston. If you wanna spend a wonderful night, don't come here!!!!!!!! read more

If I could give 0 stars I would. They overcharged my bill with a $31.82 tip for a 4 hour session when I was only there for 2 hours. They overcharged me and some Asian waitress messed up our bill TWICE! TWICE! You would think once is enough. Anyways, don't come here unless you want a dumb waitress to overcharge you for almost $100. I have the evidence and they do too. What a fraudulent place. read more

My new favorite spot in Boston!!! There is truly nothing else like it! Service was amazing, atmosphere was incredible!!! 5 stars does not do this place justice! Check it out for yourself! You will NOT be disappointed. read more

Karaoke there is fun, however the bouncers have made multiple girls in my friend group uncomfortable. Two of the bouncers have continuously hit on members of my friend group even after told that we weren't interested. A third bouncer told a member of our group that her singing was not very good. Overall a fun experience, but will likely not return. read more

bad vibes all around. aggressive security, very rude and self-important. they usher you in like cattle even with a reservation while legit screaming at you and talk about your party as if your not right in front of them. Chinatown karaoke spots are much chiller... and cheaper read more