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Millbrae Karaoke House
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- Yes
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
64 reviews for Millbrae Karaoke House
Review Highlights
"There are plenty of English songs, and also some really..."
(in 11 reviews)
"we sang our hearts out for 3.5 hours."
(in 3 reviews)
"...of music, impressive equipment, and a little stage."
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64 reviews in English
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Review from Farrah F.
1/16/2012
I came here for my friend's birthday last year (December 30, so not really that long ago). This place gets extra bonus points for a couple things I haven't seen at the...uh, 3 other karaoke places I've been to.
#1: Light-up tambourines!
#2: Mini-stage!
#3: Disco ball lights!
This is the first place+time where anyone has ever serenaded my butt, so that in itself holds some super-fun memories. There's also extra space up front if you want back up dancers while you sang, so we definitely utilized that as well. :P
This may also be the first place I've ever been to that had "Before I Fall In Love," by Coco Lee, so I award even more brownie points. :D!
They use the book method and the crazy random video backgrounds here. The song selection is pretty diverse, and they have a pretty extensive Chinese selection (there's also Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino + Spanish, if I recall correctly). I'm not sure we ever figured out how to put in an entire list of songs, but it worked out.
The owner is super nice, and there is a bowl of candy at the front. :D -
Review from Philip T.
1/8/2012
They charge $25 hour, $3 beer, $1 water.
Decent song selection, they use the book system not computerized.
Street parking in front.
I'm surprised by the reviewer who said this area is ghetoo. C'mon, this is millbrae -
Review from Margaret R.
San Francisco, CA
Updated - 11/23/2011
They need more new songs!!!!!!!
2 Previous Reviews: Show all »
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1/16/2011
+ Updated songs list
+ Crazy lights that can give you a seizure
- Seem pretty strict about… Read more »
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Review from Jessica A.
San Francisco, CA
6/16/2011
A really fun place to hang out with friends! :)
Pricing is based on how big of a room you get. My friends & I try to squeeze as many people as we can in one room. Why not?..it's cheaper per person that way, haha ;) I like the bigger rooms with the little stage in the corner. Oh, & there's an extra tv on the wall too.
They have really good song choices. I was surprised to find really recent songs available to sing. The music videos that go along with the songs are sooooo random. But they're entertaining, I guess.
The tambourines are a great added touch.
Depending how big your room is, there's some sort of space for dancing. So much fun :)
It gets pretty hot in the room fairly easy. Maybe they should invest in some air conditioning, haha.
The lady who works there is nice. But sometimes she can be a bit anal. Idk. Just let us have some fun lady! :D
It's located on a busy street, but I've never had trouble finding parking there.
I've always had a great time with my friends here :) Maybe we'll have to do it again some time. -
Review from Angeline L.
Burlingame, CA
3/16/2011
Sing your hearts out!
Lots of songs in many different Asian languages along with English.
+I LOVE the random backgrounds that loop behind the lyrics, it adds to the song when large Samoan men come out stomping and dancing or a scene from Korean drama starts up!
+ Light up tambourines! It adds SO MUCH fun!
+ Swirling light effects, makes you feel like a star ;)
+ Mini stage, let your inner DIVA out
+ Dimmer lights, to create mood ;)
+ Space to dance around!
- walls/insulation- you can still be heard in the hall...and even the bathroom, depending on how hard you're belting out that Journey song!
- no backup voices on the track to help you out
- the music is not fully accompanied... therefore the tambourines are a must esp. for those fast songs! -
Review from Sarah Y.
5/9/2011 1 Check-in Here
Pros:
-Light up tambourines
-Only place near the airport (if you happen to be meeting up with an out of town friend without a car).... that's about the only thing this place has going for it
Cons:
-Dismal selection of Chinese songs.... most were prior to 2005 and were in Simplified (not Traditional)
-Old school style of song input (via big, disorganized binders, in which it's hard to find anything)... let's move to computerized song selection (a la Music Tunnel), please!
-Ghetto Area (I kept looking over my shoulder while walking to/from my car, since I was paranoid I was going to get mugged)
I had a decently fun time here thanks to great company, but I wouldn't recommend coming here unless you happen to be in the area (and there are no other options). -
Review from Lauren F.
Mountain View, CA
10/11/2011
I don't know WHY this place had 4 stars, I mean really. This place is expensive in comparison to other places I have been. The song selection is poor and the TV graphics are bad. Other places have way better songs/song organization and cheaper rates. I love singing along while the music video plays on the TV but this place just had random nature photos. Plus....why was there a space shuttle on the wall? Not to mention that the 'party lights' on the ceiling (colorful ones that spin around) made an annoying squeak noise the whole time. No thank you.
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Review from Allan M.
San Francisco, CA
Updated - 11/28/2010
Oh man...I feel horrible! My friends and I came here at 1:15am on a Saturday night...knowing they closed at 2:30am. By 2:30am, we still had not been kicked out yet. We decided to keep singing until the nice Korean woman told us to go home. By 3:15am, she STILL did not kick us out yet. I decided to go check on her...just to make sure she was okay.
I found her asleep in one of the other rooms. AH we felt horrible!! We assumed she was awake but allowed us to stay because she was making more money with us there since there was NO ONE there that night.
I give it 5 stars because...
-Owner is extremely friendly
-NEW SONGS! (Teenage Dream, Just the Way You Are, etc)
-She reorganized the music binders
-Easy parking and safe location...don't have to deal with the gangs in Japantown
-Tambourines in the room!
-Able to bring in our own food/drinks rather easily.
This is one of the better places to sing...please give it a try for the sake of the awesome owner!1 Previous Review: Show all »
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11/22/2009
This place has BOTH of Taylor Swift's hit singles...2 stars for that!
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Review from Rimi K.
Cupertino, CA
5/17/2011 1 Check-in Here
I went on a weekday with an out of town friend for her start up company party, it was a blast. They have several rooms and each room is decorated in some way or another. We started out with four people and showed up around 10pm or so. The service was pretty decent and the lady brought us a bowl of nuts as if we were her guest!
They have plenty of songs in English and other asian languages. Not totally up to date but at least up to the last 1.5 or 2 years. The videos are pretty random as they are in most karaoke places. The small room was very dark.
Later our group got bigger and they were very accommodating about getting us into a new room. This room was much larger with two screens and a tiny stage for one person! I would say this is where the real fun began :) The ambiance of the larger room was incredible and very fun with a decent number of friends.
There is no food but there are some drinks. The bathroom is really clean as well which is a total plus. Watch out for parking, it is mostly street parking and I had to park pretty far to walk at midnight for a small girl. Not a terrible looking neighborhood but can't be too safe!
Over all, fun times, great ambience, great service. If I am in the area again and in the mood for karaoke i know exactly where to go. -
Review from Hee Yeon K.
Millbrae, CA
FAMILY OWNED SPOTS are ALWAYS the best place to be. They're generous, giving, understanding, and always polite to customers.
However,... Under the business of alcohol, you must be aware (you high school students) they're very strict about outside beverages being brought into the rooms. They will catch you, they will report you. And those scary signs warning you about outside beverages, they're posted so that YOU won't get into any trouble. They're not out to get anybody.
However if you're at or over the legal age to drink, and that's not 'turning 20 in 3 months' you MUST clear it with the owner before bringing it in. So if you're looking for a karaoke bar, this is NOT the place. Try those ones in downtown San Francisco.
So this is how things work here:
1) Karaoke rooms have their own price depending it's persons capacity.
2) From there, you will be paying hourly.
Can't get any simpler than this, right?
Water is provided for you as your room is being prepared for you and your friends, and there will be extra charge for sodas, coffee, juices and etc.
YOU CAN make reservations :D
The remote control which helps you look up the song you're looking for either by the title or the name of the singer is KOREAN. I know I shouldn't nationalize objects.. But there IS a little sticker captioning what each button means, or you can always call for help or you can look up the song in the book and push the number in manually.
Songs are regularly updated, both Korean, Japanese, Chinese and American. If you are looking for foreign songs, they DO have a special catalog for that, so please ask about it.
The rooms are cleaned (tables polished, garbage cans emptied) after each use, so overall the surroundings are kept very clean and refreshing. -
Review from Robert H.
San Mateo, CA
4/6/2011
My reviews are a bit skewed considering 80% of the time I went here, I was not sober. But anyway, into the review:
I didn't really expect much from this place because 1, its in millbrae and 2, it didn't have that x-factor from the outside that would draw me in. But it did anyway because some friends wanted to go sing some karaoke. They had a surprising amount of decently new songs, and they still update it til this day, but among all of that it still didn't have very many selection (something like 20,000 songs or something like that. not very much considering I've been to a place with 100,000 songs)
But still, this play is JUST okay, and I would come back but it's nothing special. -
Review from Badri N.
7/29/2010 2 Check-ins Here
Came here late one evening after a BBQ event at fellow Yelper James G.'s house. Four of us, fellow Yelpers Cindy C., Dave K. and another friend were in the karaoke mood and decided to check this place out.
Easy to locate - it's right on El Camino Real and we were lucky to find parking right outside the establishment! Score!!! I'm not sure what other parking options other than on-street exist for this place.
As in most karaoke places, no alcohol is allowed here. They do sell beer here for $3 which is a great deal!! They also have a selection of soft drinks and some snacks for sale.
Rooms are clean, spacious and well ventilated. The TV screens are large and clear and the sound from the speakers is really good. Furniture is comfortable and there is ample space for sitting and also a large table for spreading out your goodies if you brought any.
A good selection of songs but I missed a listing by artist - maybe they did not have it in the room... The controller is in Korean (I think) - but the action buttons are marked in universal colors and pictograms so it's quite easy to figure it out.
I don't remember the rates but it was very reasonable for a fun evening belting out our favorite hits and enjoying ourselves for a good two or three hours.
~ 4 stars overall for a good, inexpensive, clean and fun way to spend an evening with friends while enjoying some good (yes, it was good!!) music :)
PS - This review was posted at 39,000 feet, from a Virgin America airplane, VX200, SFO-YYZ - now THAT's a dedicated Yelper for you :)
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Review from Stephanie M.
Burlingame, CA
11/5/2010
Used to come here all the time.
Stopped going about 2 years ago for some reason.
Huge song selection although it's alphabetized by song title which is a tad annoying.
The newer English songs are way in the back mixed and jumbled with all the other new music they just put into the system.
We usually get beers which come w/ snacks.
It's decently cheap, and probably one of the few things to do in Millbrae at night so it's definitely worth a shot if you want to go and have a little bit of fun.
Ratings for this place is based on the amount of fun you have with your friends. totally being honest. -
Review from Derrick H.
South San Francisco, CA
7/27/2010
Just about the only karaoke place in the area. Their selection is getting better and is being kept recent now-a-days.
The lady that works here may barge in to your room if she thinks you have alcohol are anything. Kinda rude and annoying.
This place is expensive for just karaoking and they put you in an expensive room even if your party can fit in a smaller (cheaper) one. -
Review from Sam T.
8/25/2008
My go to karaoke place whenever I'm around San Bruno.
The english music selection can be expanded but they have enough of my favorites to last me a couple of hours.
The sound systems work fine and the rooms are pretty comfortable. The music selections are in binders and they are a little disorganized. The "new" songs are placed at the back of the binder, as periodic updates.
They have the Thong Song, which I think is a standard in all karaoke houses.
Now you won't catch me singing the Thong Song anywhere else... besides at karaoke... or at the office. I would like to apologize to my co-workers in advance. -
Review from Dave K.
Sunnyvale, CA
3/7/2007 1 Check-in Here
Pretty much the only decent karaoke place in the area that I know of. The place is large, in a safe area with plenty of street parking, not filled with gangpae smokers, relatively clean, and rife with a wide selection of japanese, korean, chinese, and english songs.
Kind of in the middle of nowhere, but it was good thing when I lived in San Mateo.Listed in: Noraebang
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Review from Jim H.
Castro Valley, CA
5/8/2010
I really like the decor of the place, our room has leopard print seats with an outer space theme, while I saw cow print and zebra print seats in the other rooms. I also like how on the door of each room actually list the price of the room. Its also pretty cheap, $40/hour split between 8 of us equals $5 per hour.
It is also the only room-style karaoke place that serves beer in the bay area for those that need alcohol courage to help them sing.
However, there are some flaws too. For some reason, the songs are a lot slower here than we remember they are suppose to be. I am not sure if its just the song track or the machines. The rooms are not as sound proof as I would like, and the selection of musics are mainly korean, with decent amount of oldies english songs. But no chinese songs at all. Even DoReMi had couple pages of chinese songs. Then again, I guess I shouldn't expect having chinese songs everywhere.
I guess next time I come back it would be white friends that doesn't mind singing the oldies.Listed in: Singing Songs
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Review from Christine K.
Menlo Park, CA
7/17/2007
My first experience ever with karaoke was at this nifty little place in a strip mall on El Camino in Millbrae (yep, right across from the pancake house).
Miss V was turning 30 and so a bunch of people crammed into a room to endure public humiliation behind a microphone. It actually was pretty fun! Perhaps the alcohol helped?
The decor is pretty unusual. The walls are covered in hieroglyphics and the furniture is all animal print (our couch was zebra). Another yelper said we couldn't bring alcohol in but we stopped at Liquor Land anyway. They didn't appear to have a problem with it though, I even saw another room after the patrons had left and there were TONS of beer bottles left behind.
Lots of books of songs, color coded by language. So all the blue pages were English songs. Sadly, they were organized by song title, not artist, so you had to have a song in mind in order to look for it or just browse through the pages until you found something you could do. A sampling of the songs performed that night:
-Genie in a Bottle
-Ghostbusters
-Yellow Submarine
-California Dreamin'
-My Humps
-Paradise City
-Summer Lovin' (you'll always be my Danny Miss V!)
-I Will Survive
-some Mandy Moore song
-that one "don't you wish your girlfriend..." song
-Cherish
-Don't Stop Believing
Some of the lyrics were wrong but if you knew the song already it didn't matter. The oddest part is the stuff on the screen as the words are scrolling, strange footage of Korean concerts/talent shows, scenery from Vegas, little boys swimming, etc. Kind of distracting at points.
They brought us cold Cheez-it's without prompting, but when we asked for water, we got it.
Minus one star for somewhat limited song selection. I'd go back though! -
Review from Michelle B.
Concord, CA
10/9/2007
My friend pointed this Karaoke house back in 2003 - and we've been going here since. It's an addiction.
Song selection is somewhat limited - but good enough for drunken states. There's a little stage big enough for the lead singer along with 2 back up dancers (that's how we do) =)
They serve alcohol, but would rather bring your own. They really don't mind anyways (maybe because we leave big tips) Like Carleen said, the bathroom is pretty clean and fresh smelling (hahahha) -
Review from Kris Q.
Washington, DC
2/28/2009
This was my first karaoke experience...def. not my last. It was my friend's birthday, so were poppin bottles, if you know what I mean. I actually rather liked it - would like to find a place a bit closer to home, but this one seemed just right. There are plenty of English songs, and also some really obscure ones (I found Damien Rice, ya'll, like, really?). Bonus!
The place itself is a little "sketch", if ya feel me. I'm not familiar with Millbrae at all, so I didn't know exactly where we were. The room was sort of wanna-be swank, not like these new neon HK karaoke joints. Still, it's true that when you're belting your tunes with your friends it really doesn't matter. $60/hr got us a perfectly-sized room with 2 mics and tacky-but-cool LED tambourines for the seven of us.
After our time was up, we went outside. It's right next to a ghetto corner market, so some stoned-off-their-asses guys came up to us.
Guy 1: "Hey, do you guys know of any good bars around here!?"
Us: "Uh, no..."
Guy 2: "Dude, they're not even old enough to buy CIGARETTES."
Guy 3: "Man, you're stupid!"
Guy 4: "Canter!"
Guy 5: "Awwwww!"
Me: "Classy."
I guess we had a better night than them. -
Review from Jon P.
Fremont, CA
7/24/2008
Well, all I can say about this place is that I had a good time, a really really good. time. Though I'm pretty sure I was intoxicated at the time, and at that point my opinion is worth close to nil.
After some exhilarating rounds of Liar's Dice and Whiskey Sours at Finn McCools, a mere 0.9 miles up the block of El Camino, my friends and I tumbled our way into this quaint Korean Karaoke Shop... Store.. Whateva. A very nice, unassuming korean lady helped us out to a private room equipped with ... dun dun dun.. light up tamborines and a shiny Disco ball. ... disco.. disco.. uh nm.
Haha anyway, i digress, they had a small selection of bottled/canned beers, and they were decently priced. The variety of songs was Pretty Good all considering, covered all the basics... Build Me Up Buttercup, a few other rock classics, beegees, carpenters, haha the pop songs. Had a bit of trouble with the Korean Labelled equipment however, thank (fill in the blank) for Korean friends. All in all its a pretty cool place, they even let us stay after closing hours, though they shut off the A/C to move us out quicker, sly sly shop owners. -
Review from David D.
South San Francisco, CA
4/25/2009
Always a fun night when theres karaoke and a big group of friends involved!
songs are fairly up to date, but not all the radio hits will be there. cant go wrong with the classics
the workers here are extremely helpful and patient -
Review from Judi K.
San Francisco, CA
4/18/2008
My girls and I went there for Karaoke after a night of bowling months ago, but I remember having a blast! Maybe it's because they do sell beer and you can drink there.
Just 2 girls in a private room, singing our little hearts out! I can't remember how much we paid, but I'm sure it wasn't that bad. Every place would run about $30/hour after 7 p.m. I believe we went on a Sat.
Yep, place was clean and there was even a disco ball that spins on the ceiling.
This place a little out of the way for me, but when I'm over hanging with my friend Dee, we'd go back for sure! -
Review from Riko H.
San Francisco, CA
9/1/2008
I used to go all the way to Japan Town to get my Karaoke fix.
Like a supplier out of reach it had to be a constant trek down
Van-Ness/Geary St.
Plenty of rooms, almost no waiting time and the price is great. I love the rooms with its funky styles and the site is clean, and easy access from the freeway.
This establishment has found a new 'Regular' in its roster. -
Review from Jeremy W.
San Francisco, CA
8/29/2006
Across the El Camino from the Millbrae Pancake House is the Millbrae Karaoke House. There is no connection between the two houses that I'm aware of.
Really similar song selection to Do Re Mi in San Francisco, right down to the dozens of Korean Eminems you never knew of along with obscure 90s Metal bands like Helloween.
Where the MKH leaves SF karaoke lounges in the dust are the unscuzziness of its studios. Stages, relatively non-crusty sofas, even potentailly irritating amenities like tambourines are all standard features in the larger studios.
As mentioned in my MPH review, you get your late pancake brunch there, cross the street to the bottle shop to load up on the boozes, then book your studio next door at the MKH. You're already in Millbrae. What all else is there to do but eat pancakes, get drunk and karaoke?Listed in: Pass The Mic!
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Review from Randy W.
Alameda, CA
5/31/2010
We had a good time here. I have every intention of returning.
There are multiple rooms of various sizes. We had a group of 4 and paid $25/hour. The room was comfortable and had plenty of space for our group.
You could see the lyrics on screen easily from any location in the room. The sound system was good and loud, though this also meant you could hear sounds from other rooms if you didn't have any music playing.
The selection of music in English was adequate. The background music for the songs wasn't the best that I've heard, but it wasn't the worst either. It definitely doesn't sound as good as CD+Gs that you might buy yourself. Also, the songs were only listed by title. It would have been nice to have them cross-referenced by artist and genre.
They sell water, soft drinks, and beer at the front counter. It's reasonably priced - water is $1. There's no food.
The bathroom was clean.
You park on the street, so you might want to leave the big SUV at home. -
Review from Thuy-My O.
Daly City, CA
5/8/2011
smells like i walked into an ashtray.
random korean music videos as background for boys 2 men was entertaining...and got more and more hilarious as you drink more.
tambourine was hella fun to tap haha i felt like a three year old. -
Review from Lu E.
2/7/2009
This place is perfect for those people who love to karaoke in a social setting but fear the open bar/stage setting.
I haven't been there in a while, but there's never a lack of songs to sing. However, sometimes the words for the songs on the videos don't necessarily match up to the actual song lyrics.
When I come here I don't usually plan ahead but it's a fun time. I think they serve some drinks but it's a pretty limited selection, so if you are looking for this to be your only destination for the night, you might be disappointed. If nothing else you'll definitely have to buy food.
This place is open late so if you get the urge to karaoke in the wee hours, this might just be your spot. -
Review from Grace P.
Daly City, CA
12/14/2008
I felt like I was in Korea. Although I've never been there but I do watch enough Korea dramas to see what their Karaoke Houses look like.
This Karaoke house is not as fancy or up to date with the ones in Korea but it will do. There's enough English songs to last you a couple hours and I love how they throw in a Tambourine to accompany your vocals. -
Review from Nancy W.
Emeryville, CA
5/15/2008
This place was great! Randomly ended up here after a great night out, and the place was clean, we got English instructions, and on top of that they had a great variety of songs to choose from.
Had great sound system compared to some of the other ones we went to before. if we ever end up in the peninsula, we would prob hit this place up. Oh yeah, the flashing sing accessories are a super plus! -
Review from Jenny L.
1/12/2008
This is your standard Korean norebang karaoke place for late night hours of fun singing and drinking in the comforts of a private room. Each room has a rotating disco ball with cheetah-like cushioned booth seats. The Korean remote control can be confusing, but you'll be fine with the English translation stickers or if you ask the hostess. Although the music selection is biased towards Korean music, you can still find the standard classics and favorites by the names of your favorite artists and songs in English and Japanese.
The beverage selection is minimal, but it is sufficient. For a group of 7 to sing for 2 hours, it was about $70 or $10/person. Parking is tough on the street, but not impossible. -
Review from Shannon B.
San Carlos, CA
12/24/2009
After hearing great things about this place, and of course checking out the Yelp reviews- my friends and I couldn't wait to check it out. Our group diminished from 7 to 3 so we weren't sure what we were in for- BUT the private rooms will take away anyones butterflies.
They have all the latest hit songs and some classic favorites. The woman who works there was really nice and accommodating. We paid $25/hr.
Can't wait to go back with a bigger group to sing the night away! -
Review from ray r.
San Francisco, CA
11/16/2010
looking for a place to continue the celebration for my cousins birthday, we ended up here after one of my other cousins yelped "things to do in millbrae on a friday night at 10pm" so glad she picked this spot.
we got a nice big room for $60/hour where we sang the night away. good selection of songs and the 2 people running the place were nice and understanding and pretty much let us do our thing with minimal intervention!
we ended the night with the last song being don't stop believing by journey hehe
fun fun fun! -
Review from Andrew S.
San Jose, CA
1/26/2009
I think the dingy-ness of the place actually makes it a little better. When I first walked in, I thought I was going to get a massage, but alas, a light up tambourine and super-echo mics were sufficient.
had a good time, would go back, but just be prepared for an 'experience'. -
Review from Stephen D.
San Bruno, CA
6/4/2009
"WHOA! Music that's not all from Asia or the 70's!!"
Need I say more? Actually, wait, I should.
The rooms here are pretty big and can accommodate up to 15 people before it feels too cramped. There's a little stage, flashing lights, and 2 monitors for those who are into visual aesthetics. I enjoyed the LED lit tambourine that gave the viewers something to do besides laugh and sing along.
The only thing that my friends and I were confused with is their SUPER LARGE remote control that looks like 2 graphing calculators fused with a Nintendo DS and one of those large, old ipods. (That's about how big it is and how many buttons it has, anyway.) Nothing on the remote was in English, but the hostess quickly showed us before leaving which buttons we needed to know for the night. Although we had a lot of good listeners with us who were able to teach everyone else, it might be confusing for those who get distracted by the 100 other buttons on this monster.
Even though I'm not a big fan of Karaoke, I enjoyed Millbrae Karaoke House. A decent price, large room, and cool accessories made for an overall great experience. -
Review from tammy m.
San Francisco, CA
8/1/2009
All in all a good K night. The midsized rooms were about 60/hour but the owners knocked down $10/hr since my friends were pitifully staring through the windows. The room was pretty big and had a stage which was unexpected.
The songs were pretty up to date (top 40) and had a huge collection of k/c/j/american pop. As usual, random ass videos which is part of the excitement.
Only complaint : one of the workers kept staring into the room. Very unnerving when the room is dark and suddenly you see a pair of eyes at the doorway.
--------- good, solid place. Even, if not better than the places at Jtown in SF ------
Oh and if you park around the karaoke place, make sure you dont park in front of the corner store. That damn asshole might as well brought a shotgun and threatened us to move the car even though it was after 6. Somebody needs to put that hick in his place. -
Review from Amy D.
1/11/2006
Who doesn't love KTV/noraebang? If you have a bunch of friends, even the biggest room isn't enough room, but time and time again it seems like this is the place we come to for KTV. I'm sure part of it is because of it's convenient location on the peninsula.
If you want, you can bring alcohol and snacks into the room with you. The waitress still brings water bottles, too.
*It helps to have a korean speaker with you. The koreans get the hook up. -
Review from Cynthia C.
San Francisco, CA
7/11/2009
I actually would've given this place a 2.5 stars but since the staff were super nice, I'll kick it up .5 star and just make it a 3. :)
This is a Korean run karaoke place and they have lots of bootleg videos for English and Chinese music. I am definitely NOT a huge fan of singing along with a song I love but having weird scenary in the background. It kinda ruins my mood.
We went here a couple of weeks ago because we were going to XFY for hot pot and decided to stop by a close by karaoke to sing out our frustrations. None of us were Korean and the English songs were pretty limited.
We did, however, snuck in alcohol and after drinking - the singing got better. Another bonus is that there's a liquor store right next store and you can drink up before you embarrass yourself in front of others (most likely your friends since it's in a private room). They do sell drinks and beer so that's good. Also the rooms are pretty clean and the prices are ok.
I probably wouldn't come back here since there are so many other better places around. -
Review from Joe L.
8/19/2010
My go to place for when I'm sick of doing all the usual late night stuff. Fair priced, 3 dollar bottled beers, and a very nice/friendly lady owner. Prices depend on size of the room but you're better off going with a Korean speaking person to get some brownie points. You'll see. They're open pretty late, way past Millbrae curfew which is great, the Korean remote is labeled clearly for English readers, and decent selection of songs.
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Review from Lise T.
San Francisco, CA
12/28/2005
Great microphones and sound system. Song choice is okay - similar to other places. The people there are really nice...when your throat is parched from all of that singing...they come by with bottles of water (on the house). Yippie!
*ahem* *ahem* Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do
