When searching for a place for fun, drunken singing, and cheap drinks Akikos is a decent choice.
You can rent out the place pretty cheap for a few hours before they open to the general public. Great option for private singing/only your friends judging your talents. They have a gigantic song book with old and current radio hits, and if you're lucky enough the DJ will do a duet with you. Our performance consisted of Macklemore's "Thrift Shop". I, of course, was Macklemore with the DJ doing a fantastic Ryan Lewis impersonation.
This place is more on the dive bar side, with the karaoke room being a blackout room with no windows. Â But if you've had a couple drinks and always wondered what the Kenney Chesney song "Big Star" song, minus Banana Joe's Bar, was all about then head to Akikos for non-stop laughs and legendary performance.
As a karaoke fiend I checked this place out. Â I came early on a Friday night and there were only a few people and it stunk of cleaning fluid like the usual dive bar where some dude just threw up on the floor. Â Not impressed, but after a few drinks elsewhere I returned and the place was packed! Â And packed with hot women. Â I thought I saw the most beautiful woman and then another, and another, and another. Â It was like a sorority in there. Â There's a bar and pool table in the front room and karaoke stage and tables in back. Â It was an interesting mix of people but that night mostly hot young women. Â So naturally I decided to go back Saturday night, and although there were a few hotties, not as many and coming in late it took too long to get my song up so I left. Â I guess a hit-or-miss place, but seriously, when it rains it pours.
Review Source:Oh, Akikos. Â We have a love/hate relationship. Â I love karaoke and you being pretty much the only karaoke bar in Louisville means you get my patronage. Â I feel like we have been pretty good together until recently.
The fact that you have to buy overpriced drinks to get paper to request songs isn't cool. Â People want to have a good time, they want to drink and they want to sing. Â You make customers happy, they will drink more & not care how much it costs. Â You piss them off as soon as they walk in the door by telling them they have to buy a drink in order to sing - not cool. Â Some people don't drink, some people are pregnant, some people just get a natural high from singing badly in front of others. Â They all should be able to request songs without buying a drink. Â
Secondly, your new DJ isn't very nice. Â He lets his favorites go first. Â Now, I realize that on a Friday or Saturday night, it gets pretty crowded and it's only normal for there to be a bit of a wait to sing. Â Everyone comes prepared for this. Â But to wait 2 and a half hours? Â When more than one person got to sing at least twice in that time span? Â Again, not cool. Â Bring back the other DJ - the one who wore all black! Â He's the bomb.
I love that the dance floor is often lively and you can play pool if you aren't into listening to people belt out Celine Dion but really, I feel like our time together has ended. Â Next time, I think I'll have my own party, rent a karaoke machine & buy my own booze.
I LOVE karaoke. But I won't be back here again. And it's mostly because of personal preference and not anyone being a total buttholio while we were there.
First, my man (who could barely stay awake on the drive to Akiko's) was told not to bring his coffee drink in. It's pretty usual that you can't bring outside drinks in... but he felt that the guy was a wee bit more rude than he needed to be about it.
Whatevs.
In order to get slips of paper to write your songs on for the karaoke DJ guy you need to buy a drink. But I am pregnant and I wanted nothing that night. They do have water to buy, but I generally don't buy water at bars.... so thankfully I had a friend who wasn't singing and she gave me her tickets. At least that worked out. It sucked for the first hour and a half 'cause I had to wait for my friends to show up and share some tickets with me.
Oh well.
We arrived pretty early (9:30 pm-ish) and we only sang one song by midnight. The rotation was all funked-up.
Grrrr....
Overall, the place ain't too shabby. It just didn't work for me on this night, I suppose.
I guess it was more of a letdown because we drove an hour to meet people there.
And the whole not getting slips of paper without drinking a lot thing was too silly for me.
The crowd was fun, though.
Want to have a few cocktails elsewhere, and then get up the nerve to finally polish up that ballad you've been saving for the audience in American Idol?
Sounds like most of the regulars at this place.
Strange and otherworldly black lights surround, and Pabst Blue Ribbon is served in bottles. Yes, it's really that wild. You'll hardly be able to contain yourself.
Interesting dive karaoke bar open til 4 am with cheap drinks ($3 a beer - yay for Anchor Steam). Hasn't been renovated in a long time, but they lends to the authentic ambiance. They had a full array of songs and a super mixed clientele, including butch lesbians singing Salt N' Pepa and former sorority sisters at a bachelorette party wearing matching shirts that say "Ho Patrol". You can dance here too. You should go. Don't worry, you won't get beat up.
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