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    Waterwheel Lounge

    4.0 (165 reviews)
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    WATERWHEEL LOUNGE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Divey
    Juke Box
    Karaoke
    Very loud

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    My special chicken fried steak with eggs! :-)
    Robb M.

    I love this place! It is not fancy, in fact some may use the term "dive." However, they have good food, , drinks, and a tasty selection of beers. The tater tots are some of the best I have had, and when you pair them with the Waterwheel Burger, you have a killer combo. The chicken fried steak with smashed potatoes is also good, and I usually add a couple of fried eggs on top. (See the photo) Finally, Tess, the bartender is great!

    it's like, the light shining down...
    Daren D.

    It feels like an above-average dive. It's alright. I just hung out briefly with some buddies before leaving for a buddy's dinner. And wow, you want length? Come here. :P

    Rod C.

    If there was a negative star I would rate this karaoke bar a -10 So much potential with an engaging crowd. We are from Portland and was searching for a great karaoke spot in Seattle. This spot disappoints.... Great crowd but the sound system is so terrible. Great karaoke singers shouldn't be subjected to the worst sound system north of Oregon. KJ is checked out. We won't be back. Cheesy speaker system says it all...

    The bar looking to the left... (www.staytunedtheband.com/gallery)
    Will L.

    I'm going to try really really hard to write this review as if I accidentally walked in to the Waterwheel. I didn't, though, and I can't imagine there will be some bias here as the Waterwheel is now owned by my good friend Stu (who also plays drums in my band, Stay Tuned). Stu is one of those few people who discover an opportunity to pursue a lifelong dream and regardless of the amount of work, loss of sleep[, and lack of time to practice with the band,] he pursues it. He's a killer bartender and a savvy business man, and would love to make his professional life the Waterwheel [and hopefully the band, as he's an amazing drummer as well. Come see us some time, you'll agree.]. So, having never been to the Waterwheel, but hearing often about it during practice, me and a few friends headed down to check things out. Cue to the theme song from Cheers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8IZfR08S1o), seems like a place where the locals know each other's names. Stu has been raving about the Waterwheel's food, so we came hungry. We had the Cheeseburger dip (think like a French Dipped Sandwich, but with a cheeseburger), chicken fried steak, and a regular old burger. We also saw someone having the roasted chicken which looked fricken good. The food was like comfort food, tasty and heart-attack rendering. :) Fries were a bit crispy, but Stu mentioned that was on the list of things to deal with. We had pitchers and/or bottles of beer, and regardless of the place being reasonably full, we still got them pretty quickly. Service was friendly, decor was unique. And the jukebox... it's been a while since I paid attention to a jukebox. In fact... I don't think I ever have. My friends are music-philes and put $10 in, reserving about $4 for me. Selection was pretty good. Rare you can hear Steve Miller 'take the money and run' back to back with Curtis Mayfield's 'Freddy's Dead.'

    Sara holding up the menu for me to take a pix.

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    Special K is filthy. All the staff have super serving/singing abilities. I had a great Saturday night kickin at the waterwheel

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    Possibly the greatest karaoke spot in Seattle!! Very encouraging host, Special K makes this place my go to karaoke joint.

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    Does this place still have a ping pong table?

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