Divas & Rockstars Karaoke Bar

Stayed with friends in Fargo and was shocked to hear that there was a Karaoke bar.  They have a song selection that is on-par with other places I have been, as well as nightly drink specials.  It was  a bit slow, but all in all a good time.

I had a blast there the other night.  Drinks are reasonable.  It was very packed in there but it kind of added to the fun atmosphere.  Everyone that was there was appearing to have a good time and the energy was very high.  I won't make it a point to be a regular there but I will be back.

My BFF and I were on a Karaoke in Fargo mission last Friday night. We tried one spot (a bowling alley w/a million bars within), but we had the wrong night. We decided to track down Rockstars and Divas, which is a strictly karaoke bar. Just what we wanted, Maximum Karaoke!!  We were a little weirded out to see that it was in a strip mall, but the thirst for singing kept us on track.  And so we entered...

I was horribly disapointed with this karaoke bar. This was a not-too-busy Friday night. We arrived at 11pm and were told by the bartender that they are open until 2am. I was happy to hear that, as it would leave us with 3 hours of singing time, so surely we would get a couple of songs in.  Not so!!  We both put in songs (I probably turned in around 5 or so) and a while after doing that, we put in one duet choice.  We were called up about an hour later to sing our duet and that was it. No other songs for 3 hours. No individual songs. Nada. One of the reasons for this is because they have a VIP system that allows people to pay extra money and get a "VIP Card" that allows their song choices to get moved up in the line.  I did not like this system, especially at a place that is strictly karaoke...seems like they should just go through the rotation since everyone is obviously there to sing.  In addition to that madness, people were taking the wireless microphones and singing songs from their tables.  Just sitting at the table, singing.  What's the point of going to a karaoke joint that has a stage and inflatable instruments and wireless microphones (all nice touches, I think) and then singing from your table?!  To top things off, they stopped the karaoke at 1:30am and did last call for booze at the same time.  I'm not sure how that calculates to being open until 2am. I get the last call part, but keep the singing going, man! Sheesh.

Needless to say, I was not impressed with this place.  I realize this is West Fargo and all, but c'mon. Poor example of a Karaoke Bar, in my opinion.   I will not be going back.