The karaoke was fun and it seems that they have a good selection. Nicole, our bartender, was wonderfully attentive, nice, welcoming, and a reason to return
Megan Fu
TL;DR - My friend was told to vacate his seat despite being on crutches, and the owner (?) was rude and did not offer another option. Bad business practice and possibly illegal.
My friends and I went to this bar for karaoke. We were sitting at the tables as we waited for our turn in the queue. Many of my friends were also buying drinks during our wait - we were paying customers.
Later into the night, the owner (?) lady came by and told us we had to leave our seats because we weren't buying any more drinks. I asked if my friend (who was in crutches) could get an exception and stay in a seat because it was difficult for him to stand for long periods of time. Owner (?) lady refused. My friend felt it was too tiring to stand on the side, felt disheartened, and decided he had to leave. This was completely unfair and most likely illegal under the ADA act. It left a sour taste in my mouth despite the otherwise fun karaoke session.
Mind you - I totally understand that you're a business, and I don't think it's unreasonable to want to make more money. If the expectation that we had to continue to buy drinks to stay in our seats was told to us beforehand, we would not have batted an eye. However, there were no signs and no communication between the establishment and my group that paying for karaoke was not enough to earn us a space in the business, especially since it appeared another couple (who also had a table and was doing karaoke) was not asked to move. Additionally, the way the information was communicated felt rude.
Some constructive feedback - just be clear about your expectations beforehand. If you are struggling to make money, which we all understand because SF rent is not cheap, then change your policies so that drinks are required to perform or have a seat. One part of being a good business is retaining customers, and you have most likely lost some tonight because of the way you made us feel.
Shout-out to the guy running the karaoke station though for being gracious about refunding our song requests. He should get a promotion.
Brandon Stys
Saw this place on bar rescue
Katy Stuckey
not it. weird vibes and you have to pay to sing. $3 for one song $5 for two, but if you do the latter they bump your second song to the bottom. bartenders were super shady when I asked for water even after ordering drinks. sour energy
Айгерим Абдрахманова
A cool little place with great people who come to sing and support each other. But it’s annoying that you have to pay for songs—feels like the future hasn’t reached them yet!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Louis S
Great bartender, bring cash for karaoke, good selection of songs
Service: 5
Sam McGinnis
Super fun!! Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
liz I
Always a good time
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
G E
I wanted to like this place for a karaoke stage setting alone. But between the $20 credit/debit minimum for drinks, no ATM in the vicinity, having to pay cash for a karaoke spot and then watching the same KJ not bother to make it less blatantly obvious they were favoring people over others (could go an hour+ between song requests where others will go multiple times in that same period) I'm gonna hard pass on recommending this as an ideal karaoke bar.
Getting up on the stage is fun, but not worth all the bs to get there.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
Jacob
Fun but they overcharge every time if you're not careful they told my friend 2 shots were on the house and next thing we knew a few Sapporos and 2 shots each they charge him $200
this place often has as many women as men... mostly older office ladies (30's and 40's) but clearly single and available women open to having a guy buy her a drink and maybe get chatted up (though, the women come in groups and attractive men tend to come here so you still need to nagivate the social environment mindfully).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Will Smith
Karaoke broke and took 1.5hours to fix on a Wednesday. One of the bartenders was so rude and complaining we weren't drinking enough since we had round of waters (after buying shots and beers) and when we asked a different bartender what their problem was it turns out IT WAS THE OWNER. I don't care how poorly your business might be doing that's a whack way to treat customers right in front of them.
We still got another round even though the owner continued to be in a bad mood/rude. Save that attitude for somewhere else please!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
The Last Entwife
We were in town to see a band and randomly came here after the show. The owners were so warm and welcoming. The bartender was funny and sweet. We sang new order and pulp for karaoke and had a blast trying the international spirits. If we lived here, we'd be there every Monday. Thanks for the memories! -Jess&
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily Wang
1-hour+ wait for karaoke song queue on a Friday night!
Yihun Kim
A place where I enjoyed drinking comfortably late at night for the first time in a long time.
The karaoke was fun and it seems that they have a good selection. Nicole, our bartender, was wonderfully attentive, nice, welcoming, and a reason to return
TL;DR - My friend was told to vacate his seat despite being on crutches, and the owner (?) was rude and did not offer another option. Bad business practice and possibly illegal.
My friends and I went to this bar for karaoke. We were sitting at the tables as we waited for our turn in the queue. Many of my friends were also buying drinks during our wait - we were paying customers.
Later into the night, the owner (?) lady came by and told us we had to leave our seats because we weren't buying any more drinks. I asked if my friend (who was in crutches) could get an exception and stay in a seat because it was difficult for him to stand for long periods of time. Owner (?) lady refused. My friend felt it was too tiring to stand on the side, felt disheartened, and decided he had to leave. This was completely unfair and most likely illegal under the ADA act. It left a sour taste in my mouth despite the otherwise fun karaoke session.
Mind you - I totally understand that you're a business, and I don't think it's unreasonable to want to make more money. If the expectation that we had to continue to buy drinks to stay in our seats was told to us beforehand, we would not have batted an eye. However, there were no signs and no communication between the establishment and my group that paying for karaoke was not enough to earn us a space in the business, especially since it appeared another couple (who also had a table and was doing karaoke) was not asked to move. Additionally, the way the information was communicated felt rude.
Some constructive feedback - just be clear about your expectations beforehand. If you are struggling to make money, which we all understand because SF rent is not cheap, then change your policies so that drinks are required to perform or have a seat. One part of being a good business is retaining customers, and you have most likely lost some tonight because of the way you made us feel.
Shout-out to the guy running the karaoke station though for being gracious about refunding our song requests. He should get a promotion.
Saw this place on bar rescue
not it. weird vibes and you have to pay to sing. $3 for one song $5 for two, but if you do the latter they bump your second song to the bottom. bartenders were super shady when I asked for water even after ordering drinks. sour energy
A cool little place with great people who come to sing and support each other.
But it’s annoying that you have to pay for songs—feels like the future hasn’t reached them yet!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great bartender, bring cash for karaoke, good selection of songs
Service: 5
Super fun!! Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Always a good time
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
I wanted to like this place for a karaoke stage setting alone. But between the $20 credit/debit minimum for drinks, no ATM in the vicinity, having to pay cash for a karaoke spot and then watching the same KJ not bother to make it less blatantly obvious they were favoring people over others (could go an hour+ between song requests where others will go multiple times in that same period) I'm gonna hard pass on recommending this as an ideal karaoke bar.
Getting up on the stage is fun, but not worth all the bs to get there.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
Fun but they overcharge every time if you're not careful they told my friend 2 shots were on the house and next thing we knew a few Sapporos and 2 shots each they charge him $200
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this place often has as many women as men... mostly older office ladies (30's and 40's) but clearly single and available women open to having a guy buy her a drink and maybe get chatted up (though, the women come in groups and attractive men tend to come here so you still need to nagivate the social environment mindfully).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Karaoke broke and took 1.5hours to fix on a Wednesday. One of the bartenders was so rude and complaining we weren't drinking enough since we had round of waters (after buying shots and beers) and when we asked a different bartender what their problem was it turns out IT WAS THE OWNER. I don't care how poorly your business might be doing that's a whack way to treat customers right in front of them.
We still got another round even though the owner continued to be in a bad mood/rude. Save that attitude for somewhere else please!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
We were in town to see a band and randomly came here after the show. The owners were so warm and welcoming. The bartender was funny and sweet. We sang new order and pulp for karaoke and had a blast trying the international spirits. If we lived here, we'd be there every Monday. Thanks for the memories! -Jess&
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
1-hour+ wait for karaoke song queue on a Friday night!
A place where I enjoyed drinking comfortably late at night for the first time in a long time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
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