My wife and I visited Cincinnati for the first time for a little NYE getaway and stayed downtown, a few blocks from Tokyo Kitty. Our first night we just had to visit and see how karaoke is done here. This is a great little place -- there is an open area in the front with a bar, stage, DJ, and televisions for videos and lyrics. And there are private rooms that you can book (in advance on their website) and have drinks delivered to you via a robotic device that crawls along the ceiling and descends into one's room. We couldn't book a private room, as they were totally booked, so we just drank beer and sang loudly in the open area. Fun times with laid back staff and other patrons. Probably worth a visit. read more

This is one of the best things to do in Cincinnati. There is an open karaoke stage. The people there are a lot of fun, we ended up getting a bunch of girls to sing Fergalicious with us. Drinks are good and well priced for a downtown bar. Best thing about Tokyo kitty that you don't find often: private karaoke rooms. For $60-$200 an hour (6-13 people) you get a private room with unlimited songs that you control with an iPad. And you can order drinks through the iPad, which are delivered by a "robot" through a device in the ceiling. read more

Always a lit time here. Bring everybody. Large groups of people make the experience better. You drink you sing and you laugh, and other people laugh with you! If you don't know every word to your song choice it's ok... cause everybody will sing along with you. It's private rooms for the shy groups but the common area is still a trip. Oh... *whispers* even Disney songs are favorites at this karaoke bar. PICK A SONG! ANY SONG! YOU PICK A SONG! YOU PICK A SONG! EVERYBODY GETS A SOOOOOOONG!! *oprah yell* Sooooo many songs to choose from like the song selection book is encyclopedic thick (but still not thicker than me owww) It's 21+ because it is a bar but.... I brought my conservative aunt and my outspoken mother and we all had a blasty blast. read more

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Price is absurd and you're only paying for ambiance. Room reservations are placed online and don't tell you an estimated total. That lead to some misunderstandings with my booking. It's $50 per hour for a small room, not $50 for the maximum booking of 2 hours. They only mention that once and it's in the wrong spot. I make $9 an hour so that was a punch in the face. I booked 30 mins before and there's a cancelation fee of $50. We were the only ones there - I'm not paying that. There's technically a cleaning fee, they factor in 15 minutes of time on your dollar for the room. I didn't eat or drink in my room - let me sing for those 15 minutes I paid for. THEN there's a 20% gratuity fee. The guy that brought me to my room wasn't that nice. Why would I practically tip him for walking me 20 feet forward? Bartender was just okay. They're friendly, but all bartenders are friendly. I also got one drink and my final total from the whole stay was $84. How's that acceptable? Seriously I will never be back or recommend to anyone. That's more than kings island or ANYTHING else to do around cincinnati honestly. It was the worst birthday ever and less than 2 hours of my time. read more

Tokyo Kitty - "Pricing per hour" is only shown once. It does not tell you again anywhere else. - Karaoke Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

We put in our songs and she never let us sing. She's drunk and she sung her songs half the time. Terrible time.

Very disappointed in this business. Only means of communication is via email. No one has still reached out regarding my cancellation other than charging me another $50. Communication is part of customer service. read more

If you're anything that resembles a straight white male, they're going to make you feel not welcome. The bouncers brigaded me while I was smoking a cigarette outside. This bar tries way too hard to different and niche that they forgot what a bar actually does. But if you're a weeb who enjoys brain dead banter about anime, this is the place for you I guess read more

I've never been to a karaoke bar so don't have much to compare it to, but I had an ok time here. I'm not a club person, but the majority of this place had a very club vibe. Everyone looked like they were having a great time! There's the main bar/club area in front, or you can book a room for you and your friends. We reserved a karaoke room; small room with personal service and a dumb-waiter type contraption that serves drinks out of the ceiling! (I was told we would be served by robots, not quite correct.) Still cool though. Good song selection, everything we wanted was available, and the tablet is easy to use. Only complaint is that the wait staff kept popping in and out of our room to check on us almost every 5 minutes which was distracting when we're trying to jam out. Would return. read more

I think that the vibe of this place is really dependent on the people you go with. Me and my friends had a private room and sang and got drinks. Overall, the experience was fun because I was with my friends and not because of Tokyo Kitty. The room felt tacky. The Karaoke was fun. Drinks were overpriced and I never feel the need to return. Staff was ok but felt distant during my whole experience. read more

This place is very cool--I went here a couple weeks ago with friends and I didn't realize it would be so fun--We went inside and got our IDs checked at the desk. You walk in and there is a legit dance floor with a DJ & bar--Had no idea this existed! We didn't get to get a room for Karaoke but you best believe we will next time. read more

This is my new go to spot in downtown Cincinnati! There are so many great things about it: the karaoke, the craft cocktails, the Japanese imported beer, the decor, the music, the overall vibe.. I just love it. If you're looking to do something different on a Friday night, book a room for you and your friends for a private karaoke room. The rates are reasonable and they've recently upgraded their system so there are more song options to choose from. So much more fun than just sitting around drinking at a bar. B.Bot is also awesome- you can order your drinks and pizza from next door via your phone, and a "robot" come down from the ceiling and delivers your drinks/food directly to your room. It's a bit gimmicky, but hey, it works and it's fun! Also be sure to try some of their signature cocktails. Also- be sure to book a room for at least three hours. One is definitely not enough, and at two you're just getting started! read more

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If you like to sing and belt out tunes in public, or do it privately in a paid room, this is the place for you! Businesses solely dedicated to this hobby I have witnessed closed down due to enough patrons however, there is a bar inside you can drink if you do not want to sing. I was on travel and wanted to find a place to eat and stumbled upon this. When I went in, there was maybe 3 people there drinking and no one singing?! Guess what, I proceeded to request song after song after song and got to sing to my heart's content. After a good 45 minutes, I was running out of songs and my voice started to slip so I kindly tipped the KJ and headed back. It may have been more fun if there were some Vietnamese songs and a person or two who would take turns but no biggie! Had a great time and what a fun way to reduce stress and end the night. I will return next time and hopefully with a few buddies :). read more

Tokyo Kitty - Stage! - Karaoke Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Newest Cincinnati Bar! All I can say is WOW! This bar gives you a very urban feel with neon lights and loud music. When you walk in, you find yourself at an "airport terminal". This is where you can wait to get in, if there is a long line. Once you are ready to go in, you go into a mirrored room which was created for all the selfie lovers! Once you make your way into the main bar, there is a large karaoke stage for the people who want to sing the night away. If no one is singing they keep the music going to ensure the party continues. They have a large bar, with speciality cocktail drinks ranging from $6-$9. Which is quite impressive for a downtown custom drink! You can also rent rooms, where you can sing the night away. Each room has a different decor to ensure that each room has a fun atmosphere. Rooms are different sizes accommodating small parties and large parties. In the rooms, they have an iPad so you can choose whichever song you want. Also, there is a robotic system that delivers drinks to your room as you order them from your mobile device. Bathrooms are unisex and individual, so everyone is welcome! Treat yourself to a night out downtown, this is the place to be. Great atmosphere, great drinks, great music and great people. WOW! read more

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My friends and I have been long time customers of this bar and have always had a good experience renting their private rooms, however, this time they cut us off halfway through our allotted time and didn't even tell us why. after we asked why it's because we put trash in the drink receptacle even though there is no trash can in the room or anywhere to discard trash. Communication would have been very much appreciated with our group to let us know what went wrong and to not do in the future however we were treated disrespectfully by staff and by management. We have had a lot of good times here but due to the most recent interaction we will not be back. read more

Tokyo Kitty is a bit odd, which I think is exactly what they are trying to go for. The room you enter looks like a Japanese travel agency. The next room you go into is dark and full of mirrors. Then you finally enter into the main bar, which includes American style karaoke. You can also rent private rooms, where your drinks will be served by a "robot," which is more or less a tray that gets lowered down from a hole in the ceiling. Renting out a room for a party can be real fun with the right crowd. It is nice because you can bring in your own food or cake if the situation calls for it. You can enter in your song choices by smart phone, which nice because you don't have to fight over who gets to look at the song list. There is a mouse you can use to control the main thing screen, but ours did not work well. You also order drinks from the phone. The orders seemed to come reasonably fast, but you need to make sure not to stand where the tray drops down. If you don't want to use online payment, you'll have to go to the bar. The energy in the main room seemed good while I was there, but oddly the lyrics for the crowd to read are on the opposite side of the room from the singer. This is disappointing for people who really ham up their karaoke acts because it causes everybody to look away from the stage. I didn't stay late enough, but I heard at some point the main room stops karaoke and just because a normal dance club. This is disappointing to us late night karaoke fans. read more

Tokyo Kitty - Where are the small glasses to go with the big bottle? - Karaoke Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

If you love karaoking, this is the place to be. Definitely go online and book a room because they are busy. Especially on the weekend! I believe the rate is $50/hour. But if you have a big group, the split isn't bad! In the private room, they have a robot bar! The drinks is deliver by a robot! Super cool! read more

Tokyo Kitty - Karaoke Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Amazing place for karaoke. Love the vibe and energy in this place. Fun place to hangout with friends.

We stumbled in late on a Wednesday as a group from a work conference and it was exactly what we were hoping for. Great DJ, great crowd, great atmosphere. I made the mistake of ordering the Tiger Blood, and would recommend against unless you like Kool Aid flavored alcohol, but besides that we really liked the place. read more

Update on my November review I do not recommend this place because the drinks are expensive the servers were rude also slow to understand their drink menu and despite getting an answer back from the owner of this business saying he wants to make up for it by giving me something. I have yet to receive anything despite the bad service me and my family have reseved during our trip on the 26th I will not be back with my family or friends and recommend to others spend you money else where..... read more

Had a great time on a Friday evening celebrating a friend's boyfriend's birthday. We reserved a private room were greeted right away, walked back to the room, explained how to order drinks either online or through service and then started karaoke. Note the one hour in the room flies by, when you have a group come prepared with some songs you want to do, so you can be more efficient with your time. There was a delay in the karaoke system between songs which we felt was taking up some time in the room. Definitely a great time in downtown Cincinnati to celebrate a friends birthday, have a team building event and will come back soon. read more

So me and my lady have been exploring bars for 10 years. We have never been kicked out of a bar until we arrived at Tokyo kitty. We are the most responsible people you will ever meet. My lady watched you guys on tik tok for months showing that you guys provide karaoke. We were very excited to see your place . We walked in and immediately walked into to a room to enjoy your karaoke services. We immediately seen it was $70 to do it and we was trying to find a place to make payment until an employee walked in saying we're not welcome here. We apologize we wasn't aware we wasn't welcome into the room. So we walked out and began ordering drinks. Before we got our drinks the staff advised us 10 mins later that we wasn't welcome there and we needed to leave. Again we apologized and they didn't care. This honestly offends me because we wasn't aware and they shouldn't have acted out the way that they did. Considering we have been in 15 bars in the last 2 days and no issues we can reinforce the fact that we're nice people. Do not go to this bar ! read more

I love this place. I love the art on the walls, the public karaoke area, the design of the private karaoke rooms, the drinks, and the little robot that brings me my drink, and the online booking system. I hope if I ever open a bar where I live it's like Tokyo Kitty. read more

I finallyyyyy went to Tokyo Kitty for the first time this weekend. It is such a cool place To have in Cincinnati. I assumed everyone had to have private rooms, but when you walk in, you have the option of singing right in front of everyone there. If you're not shy and you want a less private experience with the crowd joining in, I would highly suggest this. If you want to have a good time just with those you came with, getting a private room will be for you! Not only do you have a private waitress that will come in and see if you need drinks, you also can order drinks off of your phone. These drinks will come down through the ceiling, which is superrrr cool! It sometimes gets backed up which means you'll wait a little longer, but it's worth it! read more

Tokyo Kitty - Karaoke Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

I went to Tokyo Kitty for the second time a few weeks ago for a friends birthday. We rented a room for the first time (we tried to walk in and get a room the first time but none were available) which was such a cool, unique experience. I gave Tokyo Kitty a 4 for their rented karaoke rooms, not for the actual karaoke bar (I'd rate that less..). *Oh, also a suggestion- the karaoke systems in the room aren't necessarily very helpful for choosing what songs to sing. We all agreed afterward that next time we will come in prepared with a list of song ideas to sing so we don't waste our limited time trying to think of and then search for songs. PROS -Order drinks conveniently through app -Drink speed -You can bring cake into rented karaoke room -Unique experience -Karaoke rented room had good acoustics -The "line" to do karaoke in the large bar area did not seem to have a very long wait -Had two microphones in rented room CONS -someone checked on us like twice during our karaoke room -Seems as if you must book a room ahead (vs walking in) -Not allowed to hang any party decorations, banners, etc in karaoke room -Although convenient to order drinks online, this seemed to complicate things if you wanted to pay with cash/a server versus on your card -Disappointed in karaoke song selection/set up. It seemed like they had a karaoke system like you could buy at home and play -Almost nowhere to sit in main open area where karaoke bar is (most people stand) read more

The only reason I'm doing 2 stars is due to the lack of lack of karaoke. My family planned a night out for a special occasion and one of our plans was to go sing karaoke so we thought Tokyo Kitty would be perfect. Our dreams of karaoke were crushed by them telling us that it was a several hour wait. I guess we should have booked ahead, but we just didn't know. The main area was a night club, which was fun, but not really what we were in the mood for when expecting karaoke. IDK, it just seems like 2 different atmospheres in one here... read more

Great time with Friends and Family for a night on the town. Great environment and great DJ

Rude staff. Treated my family as if we were a nuisance for being there. One guy spoke to my mother like she was an idiot. Not going back.

This is the most fun I've had out "clubbing". Pros: - Love the privacy - waitress was VERY attentive and quick to take drink orders - robot drink delivery was awesome and fast - song selection was awesome and intuitive - outside "public" karaoke/dance floor was super fun for a wind down or a warm up while waiting for a private room - atmosphere and decor reminiscent of Japan traditional Karaoke bars Cons: - pricing a bit high - (no) food selection/service - no free parking downtown - limitations on people in private room read more

Our room still had people in it when we got there, so we had to wait in the hall as they kicked them out and cleaned the room. Drinks were not very good. Biggest part of the 2 stars is the customer service. I was overcharged for our booking, so I went online to get their phone number, and they don't have one to call. It says to email them, which I did. Got a single response which asked for the last 4 digits of my credit card and never heard from them again. I've sent follow up emails, still nothing. read more

Very fun and laid back! Come as you are and make a complete fool of yourself singing karaoke. Had a great time here with a bunch of friends. The sake jello drink is unique and fun! Should definitely try that out if you come here read more

We reserved a room and they kicked us out before our room was up. Really bad service.

Was visiting for a conference and can honestly say I was impressed from the minute we walked in. Brynn was incredible and Sev made sure we were taken care of the entire night. Honestly, best experience of my life!!! read more

They (lots of people) say you only live once. Well, vive tu mejor vida! For real. This is the BEST KARAOKE BAR i have ever been to in my life. I had a feeling about this place from a couple of times before when I was visiting friends in Cincy and walked past Tokyo Kitty. I wanted to go inside right then but it was around 10 or 11 in the morning and not open. I had no idea what it was from the looks of the outside and the few things that I made eye contact with from the sidewalk. Like, I think I mostly thought it was a really hip currency exchange place with a fetish for Hello Kitty and other cute Japanese shit. Little did I know that I would soon be walking inside of this place and feeling like I had fallen into a treasure chest. Yes, seriously. The drinks are so reasonably priced. The karaoke dj is nice and they have a massive selection of songs to choose from. Wireless mics that allow you to walk all around the front part of this bar really make the experience even better than you could imagine. They have the words scrolling across the bottom of a huge projection screen that also shows a video at the same time. As if this place could get any better...they have private karaoke party rooms, ya'll! 5 or so uniquely themed rooms ready to help you sing, dance, and drink the night away. Complete with wigs (I swear I saw a room with several waiting to be worn). Oh, and they respect your privacy so much that they deliver your drinks via a robot that goes from the bar to you! The vibe here is everything! Tokyo Kitty was full of a wide range of humans who are all nice and ready to have a good time. You're welcome for talking you into a premium choice to spend your evening. P.S. So do they also have a currency exchange counter? This mystery will stay with me until my next adventure in karaoke heaven. read more

What a funky fun place for something different to do in downtown Cincy! We came here later on a Saturday night so unfortunately were not able to get one of the private rooms. I have to say despite that, we still had a blast! I am by no means a club person, but the main room here was one of the best vibes I have experienced anywhere around here in a long time. There was a DJ who was spinning versions of 90s songs all night, even Wonderwall! Every last person in the place was dancing and having a great time! Several times break dancing broke out, and a dance circle formed. Everyone was cheering each other on whether they knew one another or not. The draft beers were pretty good, decent selection. Coming here is like taking a mini vacation outside of Cincinnati, check it out! read more

I love his place Tokyo Kitty karaoke ?the people are very nice there and treated me and my friends with love and respect and professional on the job. I love to sing karaoke it's a awesome place to have a good time. Karaoke is fun things to do for a lot of people all ages. Karaoke Rocks. read more

Love this place! Wish the DJ played more Taylor Swift! Cool vibes and good drinks! The karaoke rooms are booked for the next month on the weekends, so plan in advance! read more

Everyone should go at least once. I went on a Friday night, if you plan to sing, get there early. Karaoke ends at 11 and then it's just a dance club. Atmosphere seemed to die down a bit after karaoke was over. I would definitely return with tons of friends next time ready to hit the stage. read more

This place is always fun no matter who we go with. They have a great song selection, great cocktails, and endless dancing! read more

Tokyo Kitty - Having so so so much fun at Tokyo Kitty! - Karaoke Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

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Prepare to be transported to Japan when you step inside Tokyo Kitty (as you would expect from the owners and creators of other themed area bars like Video Archive and Overlook Lodge). Peaking through the windows doesn't give away much because the only thing visible from the outside is the "waiting room" which looks like an airport terminal complete with signs for the "currency exchange" (i.e. money for a drink) and security regulations (i.e. showing a valid ID), as well as those terribly uncomfortable airport chairs that we all know and love. Once you make it through to the main bar, you begin to get a feel for the Japanese culture. Through some previous research, I had heard that the private rooms were the way to go - especially if you were looking to karaoke (they don't have karaoke in the main room on weekend nights) - so I reserved a space for us about two weeks in advance.There was limited availability when I looked, so definitely make sure you plan ahead! The cost panned out to about $5 per person, which ended up being worth every penny. We were a little skeptical about how much fun it would be to karaoke with a small group of friends for just an hour, but all our qualms went away when we got into our room - the 'Star Room'. Each room is themed differently where private parties are randomly assigned (i.e. you are not allowed to select which room you want, adding to the surprise!) Ours had very limited decor aside from the shelf of pink wigs (the boys had a hay-day with those), but others have Godzilla or Lost in Translation themes - ensuring every visit is unique. The song selection is controlled by an iPad... as is the ordering of drinks. GUYS, THE DRINKS DESCEND FROM THE CEILING. Hands down the most futuristic thing I had ever seen. The drinks were moderately priced ($8-10 for a specialty cocktail) and super delicious. You can also order pizza from MidiCi, which is right next door. The whole evening made us forget we were even in Cincinnati, and was the perfect escape for the night. I can't wait to come back and see what the other rooms have to offer! read more

Planned a birthday night around a private room for our group of 9. Called three times to confirm. Had a text confirmation. Showed up and they had overbooked the rooms. Manager had terrible problem solving abilities. We literally saw empty rooms for groups who had not showed up. They didn't offer to bump another group or find a solution. Terrible design and atmosphere as well. Zero stars. read more