The place is beautiful.,! I love the acoustics in the karaoke room.. My gal pals and I had a ball..! Would definitely return.. read more

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Came here randomly with a group of friends on a Friday night. They had multiple rooms available. We were able to get a room right away, I heard they serve food and drinks but we didn't order any so can't comment on that. Service was fine and the place is clean and updated. I just cannot imagine that in the year 2026, they have no way of playing YouTube karaoke on their screen. We were told we can play YouTube but it will just have the music playing on the speakers and the lyrics will be on the phone only. No screen mirroring capability or any way to connect it to the big TV. Which was really a disappointment because their song selections are limited, they did not have an extensive library. The sound system also was not the best. I have a JBL karaoke at home which would have performed better. Anyways we still made the most of it and had a good time. I really hope they can improve the sound system and find some way to connect to YouTube, otherwise I can't see myself going back. Which is a shame because this place has so much potential. read more

Had a great time, they employees are great drinks are well priced. I personally like my drinks very strong and dont mind paying for that they were on on the weal site for me. Nice ambiance, the patrons seemed nice as well, a star off because it's a smoking facility, haven't been in one in over 4 years it was bit of an adjustment.. another is because I got poked by a freaking chair, I would say to NOT use the ones with cushion... I would go back if I could handle the smoking, it's not fancy you can go eat and relax. read more

Is this a good place to bring my 13 year-old daughter with her friends? I want some more where they can be comfortable to sing their hearts out! read more

The reviews of this place aren't great, and the website is an absolute joke, so I came here with very low expectations. That being said, the experience was better than I was expecting, but still a bit disappointing in some regards. The plus: The room was clean. They provided disposable covers for the microphones. Staff was friendly. Love that they serve food and have a bar on site. Didn't try the food so can't comment on that. The negatives: Quite limited song choices. We had multiple instances and looking up a song only to find it wasn't in their catalog. Also, drinks were $$$$. Super pricey. All in all, a great time if you and your friends want a place to hang out and do karaoke. I recommend pre gaming! read more

We had fun, we reserved the medium room which accommodates upto 8 people. They allowed us to bring pizza but charged $10 each pizza. We brought Costco pizzas. This pitcher of soda was around $20 Pitcher of water -free. They charged cleaning fee of 18% It was pricey but it was worth it because the area is safe and the place was clean. It was easy to operate their sound system, Walter the staff taught us. You have to prepare the songs you want to sing to enter to the karaoke sound system. Lots of parking and restaurants around the place. We didn't order food so I don't know about their food, but they only have snacks. read more

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Gotta be honest, I tried this place with my fiancée and friends and it was a really lackluster experience. Super expensive with terrible drinks that tasted nothing like how they normally should. Service was unbelievably slow, unprofessional, and it took two guys with nothing to do to make three unbelievably overpriced drinks in incredibly cheap plastic cups with ice that tasted like wood chips. While the ambiance and atmosphere of this place is pretty good, that's where it stops for the most part. The music selection system is not intuitive at all and god help you if you drink enough to enjoy yourself because you WILL NOT understand the system after a while. In good faith I can't rate this place very well and that's a shame because it does have the potential to be really cool; the biggest hurdle is the terrible device and assistance. If they put as much effort into the staff/service as they do the room layout and high drink prices it would be so much better. Because of how weird the staff vibe was my friends kept making jokes that this place must be made for money laundering lmao EDIT: HOLY SHIT down to one star from two; the final fees were insane. Not only did the staff purposely not notify us about going over time, but they charged additionally by the minute. $109 for less than two hours and that doesn't even include the $50 for the three absolutely terrible drinks. Even checkout was bad as the two staff kept looking at us like we're trying to steal something or leave without paying the bill. The entire vibe was awful on our way out as the staff mumbled at us and refused to make eye contact. Legitimately terrible at the end. read more

3.5 I have gone here multiple times as it is the closest karaoke place near me that stays open late. Their service is not the best and the prices for food and drinks are high, but the place is always clean, they are accurate with pricing, and majority of the times the rooms we want are available. Ranges from $50-70 per hour and they do charge by the minute as well. read more

Do not come here if you do not want to be ripped off. We were supposed to pay $120 for the room, but paid $220 instead, which was funny because they added the extra 30 minutes we were talking about all the charges they gave us. We also paid almost $500 for two bottles. It was fine until my friend threw up in the bathroom, and they tried to charge us an extra $120 to clean it up. I stood there and talked to the guy, asking him to please explain how that worked, and he said it was because the toilet was clogged. So I went into the bathroom, and it flushed just fine. He then said, " Okay, fine, it'll be $80 because we still have to pay the cleaning people to clean it up". I asked, "Do they not clean up the bathrooms unless someone throws up?" He just looked at me. I was confused. He said it was just policy. I asked to see the policy, and he said, "Oh, we don't have a physical policy to show you; it's just the manager's policy. Either way, they will continue to rack up your bill. I get it, throw up is gross, but it happens. I was sad because this place was close to us and looked nice. I also had a lot of people asking me to share my experience because they have been wanting to go. I will definitely let everyone know how it went, so they don't get ripped off. read more

The ambiance was nice. They have a good selection of music and options for different languages. The food is not great, at all. It seemed like food that was purchased in the frozen food section at the local grocery store. The service was not great either, maybe due to a language barrier. I don't think I'd return to be honest. read more

My daughter wanted to rent a karaoke room for her birthday. She and her friends were very happy that it was clean and that the song collection presented a good variety of different genres for them to select. It was nice to see that there were disposable microphone covers for us to use to keep us clean. The karaoke room that we had also had an air purifier which was a nice touch to keep circulating the air. If you love karaoke, this is the best place to visit in the area. read more

They never answer there phone. Do I have to drive all the way down there just to reserve and talk to them? Well I did drive over to them and it was closed during the hours they say they're open for. I guess they shut down whenever they want. read more

We spent a little over two hours in the big room and had an order of fries, mozzarella sticks, popcorn chicken, 2 pots of hot tea and a bottle of apple soju, and our bill came to over $300 plus tip. It was a fun experience but there so many reasons why we will not be back. - strobe lights in the room but none working - very annoying song selection pad since you have to constantly stand and select songs (we prefer the remote control or prefer selecting songs using our phones) - VERY LIMITED SONGS/SINGERS (no tagalog songs ) - the attendants are all busy playing on their devices - website says with a push of a button you can get food and services without leaving the room but we were told otherwise (we have to go to the front for any request or orders) - cleaning fee not transparent how much before you come in. $45! Cant remember if that included tax read more

Served drinks with no alcohol, beer was flat, microphone not working, few songs, usb is broken. Will not return !!!

Rooms are nice, software is mediocre, but I don't think these people know how to speak English. It took take about 15 minutes to order 7 shots, 3 chilled vodka and 4 Jameson. We ordered coca cola backs, which were $1 a piece, and the coca cola i got (like 2oz) was flat like it was from a bottle from 3 days ago.... It took about 15 minutes to order the cocktail that was first on their menu. Fine place to sing karaoke, terrible place to drink. You need to be able to speak Cantonese here, and you need to make sure they don't screw you on some shifty stuff. read more

Not too shabby of a place. Tons of fun with friends. Wish there was a bigger menu of music (although there are tons to choose from). We went all out and got the SVIP room for $119/hour, even though there were only 8 of us haha. There is a decent menu of alcohol, although prepare yourself for the downtown SF pricing structure here. At these prices, I really wish they served us our shots in proper glasses instead of them flimsy plastic cups that you get when you have to take your meds in an insane asylum. Would remove some of the sting from the $12/shot of Jack. Next time, we'll probably just do bottle service since it adds up pretty quick. But yeah, tons of fun, will be back. read more

My friends and I honestly had such a fantastic time at Heartbeat KTV. The inside of the establishment was so colorful. I liked how we could have a private room to select the songs of our choice. We stayed for a total of three hours, singing and rapping our hearts out to karaoke. I highly recommend this place for a great outing with friends! read more

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Really crazy vibes here. They really went crazy with the lighting and the volume capabilities of the music. One mic kept going in and out but no problem, so did we. They were nice enough but they didn't give us the VIP room for free even though we asked nicely?? (We did not pay for it, they are so justified for not giving us the VIP room). Would hate to get stuck alone in one of those rooms tho. Anyway if I lived here I'd come back. read more

Had my daughter's 16th birthday party there. The employees are all really nice and accommodating, and the room (we got a Large) was perfect for the group of 12 girls. Because you can't reserve the large room, we were told to go promptly at 6 to secure it, and it was fine. When the lights dimmed, the room's was beautiful and classy, and the girls had a great time. Highly recommended for groups. You can bring your own cake, but they charge a surcharge of $10 per pizza, which isn't bad. However, we didn't realize when we booked that there's going to be a $50 cleaning fee. It wasn't pointed out to us until we went to pay at the end. It's printed on the price sheet but only in very small prints at the bottom, so I'm not sure under what condition it was applied. I suggest that you ask about it before booking. I'm giving them 4 star instead of 5 because of that cleaning fee. read more

In a nutshell: A fairly good place to sing your heart out ______________ For my birthday bash my friends and I decided to head out for karaoke, and I'd heard some good things about Heartbeat KTV, so we were fully hyped to sing our hearts out. While the room assistant helped set up my group of six in one of the small rooms, he appeared glum and neglected to show us how the karaoke machine worked, so it took us some toggling and experimenting with the mechanics before we started singing. Eventually, we were able to find and pull up all the songs we wanted. My group's room, equipped with two microphones and an extended seat against one wall, made for a fun experience for our ongoing antics, especially when my friends played around by amping up the pitch or distorting the instrumentals on the karaoke screen. The karaoke room itself, though, was less impressive, awash in a lurid magenta and often penetrated by the raucous singing from surrounding rooms, which made for a more garish atmosphere. However, when you're with the right people, that all becomes moot. The room gives off an infectiously energetic vibe that all the people inside naturally build off of, and anyone coming with their best friends is bound to have a good time. read more

Pricey. Small space. Friend and I got a Mini room on a Sunday afternoon, which was tiny. There was another occupied room. We left no trash so our room required zero cleaning. However, we were charged a mandatory 15% cleaning fee (which we were not informed about before). Mini room 2.6 hrs ($29/hr) + cleaning fee + tax = $86 for 2 people. It's definitely way too expensive for karaoke Tip: 1) Happy Hour Monday to Friday 3-7PM 2) Water is FREE :p read more

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Nice ambiance with the lights. Great song selection and love the intuitive touch screen feature (no remote controls in other languages or punching in numbers, flipping through books). They also have food, tea, beer, wine, and sake available. Rates are pretty reasonable. For a group of four people, ended up spending around $30 per person for 3 hours of karaoke, and that included the 15% cleaning fee. Website is clean looking, easy to navigate, and up to date. My only misgiving was that when I tried to make a reservation, they told me the place was walk in first come first serve only, even though the website states to call to make a reservation. Makes me wonder how they manage a big parties. Overall, had a great time with a lovely group of ladies just singing our hearts out. I'm already planning my next karaoke gig. Until then! read more

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Ambiance, ambiance and ambiance! Safe location and tons of restaurants to "pregame" at prior to your performance. We had a blast for hours! read more

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I'm not sure why the ratings here are so low! I had hella fun. My old college roomies and friends came to town to celebrate my birthday last year. After a bit of pre-gaming at home, we made our way to KTV and sang our little hearts out from 10:30pm until 2am on a Friday night. I didn't have to make any reservations, we got a room super fast for 9 people, and also shared a few sake bombs. The song selection had almost every bop you could think to sing along to while trashed. The bill turned out to be $$$, but divided among 9 people ended up relatively cheap. Nothing but good memories here. Great place for being in the burbs! read more

I took my daughter and six of her friends there to celebrate her 17th birthday. Tried to pull open the door and it was locked. Finally the young man open the door. Ok, that was a little weird. So the he asked for my ID and advise $50 a hr. Handed us two microphones and said room 7. So teenagers take off and I'm standing there. A minute or two goes by. I realize he playing video games and not giving me back my ID. So I asked for my ID and he like I need it for the deposit. So I had him give it back and let him hold a credit card. The girls order food and it didn't come until the end. There was no one else there. Room was nice. However won't go back due to poor service. read more

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Expensive!! Fun but a bit unorganized. The machine was kind of difficult to use and the music selection wasn't great. It was hard to search for music we wanted. It wasn't easy. The room we had was beautiful and the other rooms were nice too. Sneak in your own drinks!! Save money! Drinks are PRICEY! read more

While the place is good and has good variety of song selection. I feel like they charge us a ridiculous amount of money. I rented a small room for my group of friends for $55/hr. I've been at other ktvs thats cheaper but I think this place being at $55 is reasonable for 6 people. However, we got water thinking it was free bc its WATER. When we got it, they didnt even tell us they would charge us for water. Our bill turned out to be almost $300 for 3 hrs with water being charged on top of required 18% cleaning fee. If we didnt order water, there would be nothing needed to be cleaned. We even cleaned the place ourselves and brought the pitcher outside, leaving the room exactly as it was before. We also ordered snacks but it wasnt made in time (40 mins) and we still had to wait for it after we were done checking out. read more

My friends and I got in very spontaneously one night and it was super fun. Love how they have different sized rooms for any group size - only thing I will say is be careful because the rooms are not soundproof and they can hear all that ugly singing from the check in counter... read more

Everything was okay not sure if I would go back. They were quite unorganized when we walked in but it was busy so understandable. I don't trust them though, they black out the prices in hopes to overprice people and take advantage. I would be careful!! read more

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We showed up at 12am just to be told that they are "closing early" due to "cleaning". I asked the staff to clarify why they are closing early and if this is a normal occurrence and the employee at the front desk told me, "sorry bro, we are closing early tonight". We have come here before and stayed late into the night and had a great time... if you are going to close at 12am that's fine.. just update the website ... Also, the front door sign says " Friday nights close at 2am"... It's Friday night and me and my friend want to come spend money here but we're sadly turned downed... read more

I'm pretty upset with this place. They didn't inform my party to our understanding ahead of time that we'd be getting a small room versus a mini room or explain the difference, meaning that we'd be charged a whole lot more than my party thought we would per hour. This karaoke spot is not cheap at all, so I would avoid going here and buying food or drinks, if possible, unless you are pregaming ahead of time. They tried charging us for extra fries that we didn't order which was pretty shady too. My friends are supposedly chill with the workers there so without putting much thought into what room they were putting us in as well as what they were charging us, we felt we could trust the business, but my opinion has changed so much, which is very disappointing... For 3 people, the cost ended up being over $400. Never would we have gone here if we knew we'd have to pay over $135 per person. Tried speaking to Daniel about the issue and the upset on the matter for my party, but he brushed everything off since he was tired and trying to go home. This is a nice karaoke spot, but this experience ended up being such a rip off, and I'm so disappointed. read more

Planned a rockin' karaoke birthday party recently at Heartbeat KTV recently with my friends. Located at Ulferts Center aka the "asian mall" that we frequent, which has likeable places like my favorite Chinese bakery, a dum sum place, boba, and more. THE SHORT: Rented the biggest VIP room for a celebration, the fancy stage microphone was not working, sadly & ridiculously lacking customer service or friendliness or any smiles at all, you have to chase someone down to get help & you're lucky to get any level of "help." So lame to have EQUIPMENT (STAGE MIC) NOT WORKING IN VIP ROOM, which is the focal point of the room! And didn't provide any discount for a defective room. Sigh. Save your money and go somewhere else, k? Ms. Cristina has schooled you 'cause I'm an honest Yelper like that. THE STORY We rented the biggest, baddest most awesome VIP ROOM in the house! Holds about 25 people. Previously went here a few weeks prior in person to reserve the room and pay the deposit. The place itself presents well & looks amazing. You walk in and are immediately struck by the neon cool glow of the place. It is impressive & def has that "nightclub" vibe where you want to sing the night away. But I must be honest with you, the downfall of this place is the... ABYSMAL MILLENIAL CUSTOMER SERVICE. That's right, I said it. We worked mostly with Vincent, a young kid, too cool for school. No smiles, barely any communication when we reserved the room with him. I thought, OK, maybe this kid is tired or has a hangover or something. I hoped they would step it up on the actual Saturday night of my party. Nope. Had to ask for help pm how to do the touch screen controls, which is a normal question since it was our first time there and we needed a primer on how to do things. Really didn't get much help or guidance or service at all. What is the kicker? The highlight of the room..the GLITTERY STAGE WITH THE FANCY MICROPHONE UNDERNEATH THE DISCO BALL WAS NOT WORKING!! Did they care. No. Did they try to fix it? No. Vincent just walked out of the room & barely mumbled something back to me when I was asking him questions. Great. So we had BARELY TWO WORKING MICS. The other lame backup mic (since the fabulous stage microphone was broken) didn't even work that well. Man, I wanted to rock that standing mic on the stage with friends. The lamest part of all was that there was NO DISCOUNT OR ANYTHING PROVIDED FOR A ROOM THAT WASN'T FULLY EQUIPPED FOR A VIP PARTY. HAD A FULL ROOM OF ABOUT 20 FRIENDS THERE. Lame lame lame lame x 1,000. This is no way to do business, folks. You know, we made do. Me & my friends sang for our reserved hours. Crooned our hearts out. Danced. Played around with the dimmable lighting. WE FIGURED OUT THE TOUCH SCREEN MONITORS OURSELVES. Did the best we could for my awesome celebration, which was great because of the people there. But I couldn't help but think and feel that this was like renting a convertible car of which the roof does not retract. DIDN'T GET WHAT WE PAID FOR WHICH WAS THE "VIP" ROOM...it was JUST A ROOM. I am sighing even as I type this. And the BOBA DRINKS WERE WATERY. So as shiny & neon-y & inviting as this place looks, think of it like a really attractive boyfriend who has has nothing good to say & isn't smart...it's basically useless. Please save your money and go somewhere else. Go to a place that actually cares about customers. Go somewhere with working equipment. Go somewhere where the employees talk to you and answer questions and not just mumble gibberish and walk away. Go somewhere that offers professional service where you feel like you are getting what you paid for. I AM KEEPING IT REAL WITH YOU ALL, so you don't have have a crappy, disappointing experience. TO HEARTBEAT KTV: Become an establishment that respects its customers & provides a quality room with working equipment. Employ staff that actually want to help people & are friendly. I see a competitor opportunity here. Hmm...I NEED TO START MY OWN KICK-AS$ KARAOKE PLACE where service is stellar! I think I may just do that... ~C read more

Heartbeat KTV - Party @ the VIP Room! Sadly, STAGE MIC DID NOT WORK! Stage lights didn't work well either. Very Disappointing for the "best" room. Nov. 2018 - Bars Near Me - Dublin, California

Our experience at Heartbeat KTV was both terrible and great, and here's why... Reservations: Yes, Heartbeat KTV takes reservations however it is an extremely difficult process and quite frankly, annoying. First, no one responds to email. I had a couple of questions about the rooms and reached out via email (taken from their website) multiple times. Not one single response. Ummm.... Why do you have an email address posted on your website? Second, a $50 deposit is required to book a reservation and you can only pay for the deposit in person. Total inconvenience. But that's neither here nor there. The upside to having to pay the deposit in person, is that you can check out the karaoke room first. Karaoke Lounge Room: We booked Room # 8 for our party as we had a few birthdays to celebrate. The room is great! There was plenty of room for us and the entire sound system / karaoke machine was user friendly, and there were many songs to choose from. We had a fantastic time! Unfortunately, this was the only positive at Heartbeat KTV. Customer Service: NON-EXISTENT. I repeat NON-EXISTENT. Upon arrival, we checked in for our reservation and luckily, that went smooth. We ordered a bottle of sake to start the night.... One of the three young men brought out the bottle and two sake glasses. We were a group of 12 so I asked for 10 more. I was given the most dramatic eye-roll ever! We poured out the sake and one of the employees accidentally knocked one over, spilling all over the counter. No apologies, nothing. He simply returned to whatever game he was playing on his phone. I asked for paper towels.... Anything....and I was given a box Kleenex. Ummmm, okay? Well, as long as it wiped up the spill, right? The rest of the evening was miss...miss...miss. Anytime we needed anything, we had to say "excuse me" really loud to them as all three guys were quite engrossed into whatever they were doing on their phones. Payment: Ha! What a joke. As many Yelpers stated, there is a 15% cleaning fee. We were okay with that....but to be honest, our room wasn't cleaned up when our hour started.... So do they really clean up the room after each reservation? But here's the kicker! I received our final bill, looked it over, saw the space for a tip, I ignored it, wrote down the total, signed the merchant copy, and returned it to the employee. He promptly gave me back my receipt, pointed to the blank tip, and refused to accept my signed receipt until I agreed to leave a tip! Unbelievable! Why do they feel a tip is necessary when they truly do NOTHING for their customers. Sadly, we won't be returning to this establishment. read more

I strongly do not recommend this place. We were there for 3 hours and they charged us 650$. Bill Gates can have a good time here. Everyone else: steer clear. The person at this place told us that they were charging us per hour for four hours, but they charged us per hour for two hours, charged us per minute for another hour, and gave us an insane bill at the end. If you do come to this place (which you shouldn't) be very, very careful with how long you spend here. They won't warn you when your time is up, they will absolutely take advantage of you, and charge you as much as they can read more

Arriving her a 3:00PM on Christmas Eve because on yelp it says it's opened at 3....No one was there. So we ended up going to a boba spot and we gave this place a call at about 330....and someone picked up the phone and said they're opened till 2AM.... Okay.. So we drive back there and asked for a small room. There is a 15% service room fee which is at all of the KTV spots so i guess that's a bit normal. When we were brought into the room, it was super nice but none of the systems have been turned on yet. We ended up staying there for 2 hours, and the total came up to be $64. $25 per hour (special happy hour rates for small room) and then tax plus that 15% service charge. It is a bit weird for them to charge a service charge and ask for tip on the reicept. But that's how its at all of the KTV places so i guess you either have to get use to it...or don't go. This is definielty recommended place to go because it's really nice and modern. But there is one bad thing, it smells horribly like smoke when the guys smoke outside. But that can't be changed either. read more

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We went here for a work event, and the staff is really nice and friendly. They helped a lot with drinks and instructing us how the karaoke machine works. Only thing is the food took a while for our experience, and the drinks and very expensive compared to most other karaoke places. Other than that, the place is clean, and the bathroom is nice and well-kept. They don't allow outside drink which forces you to pay for the expensive drinks, which is a bummer. Overall, had a decent experience. read more

Celebrated my daughter's 21st birthday here last weekend. I took advantage of the happy hour pricing and got a great deal on the medium sized room (up to 15 guests), which felt just right for our group size but also left room for any last minute additions. Walking up to & into the this spot was a fun part of the overall experience. Very cool party vibes. I was a little unsure about participation (only one in our group had been to a karaoke lounge), but to my surprise EVERYONE (even the most shy & quiet person) in our group let loose! I had to extend our reservations twice, each time by a half hour. It turned out to be a perfect combo/"something different" experience. I figured if the karaoke wasn't a hit, we'd at least have our own private party room with dining/drink service. If you want to avoid crowds I recommend their happy hour. We were there on a Saturday from 4:00-6:30 -- when we arrived there was hardly anyone there, and by the time we left the place was pretty packed. Another bonus was the location and other nearby options for entertainment (coin-op arcade, live mermaid lounge, historic movie theater). Heartbeat is a great place to start a night on the strip! read more

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Please be aware!! Me and 3 friends went here for 2 hours, 7 hours later we all had severe eye problems- fuzziness/blurriness, sensitivity to light, severe pain, and extreme watering . When I say I was scared for my life! I could not see.. look at my phone or anything! 2 of us had to be taken to the ER. My eye Dr. Said we were exposed to some type of chemical bacteria. Over the next few days we experienced skin peeling, & vision changes. It looks like In another review someone else had the same experience. Its not worth the trauma, or medical bills accumulated! read more

We've been here multiple times with not many complaints but this visit was different. We got placed in a really small room for the amount of people we had and when asked to upgrade the guy said $189!! An hr for the bigger room . We had gotten that room before and it was about $80 an hr . Their website prices are not up to date they have a piece of paper on the counter for the prices . Might have to look somewhere else to sing . Also their catalog seems to targeted to a certain audience. Very little Spanish songs , lots of missing popular American artists . read more

This karaoke place is just adequate. I decided to come here randomly with my friend after passing by it so often and it seemed to have a decent overall rating. We came on a Saturday evening at around dinner time, 6 pm. It wasn't very crowded here at all, as it was very quick for us to get a room, however, for just 2 people, they only had the 'small' room available for us, which is a size up from the 'mini' room. For $39/hour in a small room with only 2 people, it was pricey, and in my opinion I think having happy hour extend until 7 pm even on a Saturday would not be a bad idea. I saw that happy hour pricing would be $19/hour. On top of that, when I read their contract/waiver that they have you sign, I thought I had seen there is a 15% charge on the price of your time there for cleaning, and I thought this cleaning charge was applied regardless of whether you were caught bringing outside food/beverages into the establishment or not. We later found out it wasn't applied to our room, but perhaps this is an anomaly since many other reviewers mentioned being charged this fee. Anyway, before our karaoke experience, I thought it was pretty stingy of them to note our start time as the literal time that they whipped out that contract/waiver to the dot, rather than give us a 5 minute grace period for reading and signing it, then taking out our ID, walking us over to our room, and explaining how to use the screen/controls (if needed). Had they explained how to use the controls, that would take up another minute or two. We already wasted 3-4 minutes of our singing time by having completed these administrative-sort tasks, and even left a minute early from our room to make sure we didn't go over by a minute by the time they checked their watches/clocks, checked us out of the room and rang us up. That is how stingy this place came off as, and placed a little damper on the mood to belt our hearts out. I have been to another karaoke place in Oakland where they gave us that grace period, and I wasn't able to fully appreciate that until today when at Heartbeat KTV. Another thing that ate away from our singing time was having to take my microphone out of the two that were in the room, to the front desk because it kept dying on me when I turned it on. They had to change the batteries. This itself took away 2-3 minutes of me walking out and back from my room and them finding new batteries to swap out. From setting up and having to deal with the staff alone, just to sing, took at least 5-7 minutes out of that 1 hour we paid for. Yes, that's not a lot of time in the grand scheme of things, but when you pay a premium for time, that is expensive and pretty annoying to have to deal with. Again, had happy hour pricing been in effect during this time or had a small grace period of some sort been offered, I would not be writing too much about having wasted a lot of time NOT singing. Aside from that stingy feel, the service was just enough to get by, like the bare minimum. I'd also note that when my friend and I walked in, the two guys at the front were more confused by why we were there rather than being welcoming, and I had to ask them what their rates where for a karaoke room and if we could book one. They had menus they took with them and placed on the table in our room, but they didn't even try to sell their food to us. If I didn't see them bringing those menus into the room, it's almost as if the menus never existed to me. Not sure if I would want to buy the food or drinks there anyway since the karaoke rate is pretty steep. You could probably eat before hand or hold off to eat in the nearby restaurants in that plaza anyway. The place itself is modern-looking, and the walls are very sparkly and colorful. Upon walking into our 'small' room, it seemed very clean. I guess the second best thing about this place to your company would be the facilities then. The room itself could probably comfortably accommodate ~5 people seated and calmly singing. Maybe ~3 dancing and singing people. There was no clock in the room from what I could remember, so set a timer for yourself if you're on a budget. The karaoke screen was pretty simple to use, and you could change the language to Chinese or English to navigate. There is a large selection of Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc) and English songs to choose from. The songs are pretty up-to-date. The quality on some of the songs were a bit funky (like In the End by Linkin Park had only text, and a lot of songs seemed like they were ripped off YouTube). Overall, our experience here was unfortunately tainted by the prices considering how much time was wasted on, again, NOT singing. I'm sure having a larger group or going during their designated happy hour (Monday-Friday before 7 pm) would offset the cost, but it's still bothersome that our time was being eaten up a bit left and right. So unless I'm going with a large group or going to happy hour, I don't think I'll be returning anytime soon. read more