Night of the Living Sorostitutes!
Just for the record, I love karaoke. Â There's nothing more fun than getting up on stage and doing my best Rick Astley impression. Â I even like bad karaoke! Â The thought of drunken, tone deaf people destroying the popular songs of our time brings great joy to my heart. Â However, Double D Lounge Inc does what it can to suck the life out of karaoke.
More than anything, Double D's clientele ruin the whole experience. Â Do you like hanging around aging frat boys and sorority girls? Â Welcome to Double D! Â These fools flock to this bar and crowd the hell out of it. Â They are rude, obnoxious, and strong in numbers! Â If I can move around without being bumped by somebody or given the stank eye by drunk girls covered in spray tan and skank, then I have an okay time. Â However, weekend nights don't tend to go well.
As for the karaoke guy, he caters to these people. Â Therefore, if you have an independent thought on music, don't bother submitting a song to perform. Â I have a bad tendency to dig deep into the catalog, choosing songs to perform that may not have appeared in the Top 40, and it usually gets thrown aside. Â Regulars certainly get favoritism, and on a crazy night, the wait can be painful.
Guilty by association, the barstaff is forced to be jerks because they are constantly dealing with their terrible patrons. Â If I had to deal with rude people, I probably wouldn't crack a smile either. Â If anything, the staff becomes faceless and robotic because they are constantly running. Â Only the aggressive customers get any real attention from the workers.
My wife and I tried to meet some friends there Saturday night, and we arrived around eleven, only to find a velvet rope coralling about twenty-five or thirty people waiting to get inside. Â Really? Â Are you that desperate to ruin "Billy Jean" in front of two hundred strangers? Â I looked at the line as a blessing, and we went down to the Schlafly Bottleworks for good beer and music.
Find somewhere else to spend your money. Â Surely, there's gotta be somewhere better for karaoke!
Went to Double D's Lounge on a Thursday night recently. Seemed OK at first until I ordered a drink. Johnny Walker Black, with 3 ice cubes. I was served it in a plastic cup. I'm not a whiskey snob, but it just didn't taste right drinking it our of a Solo cup. I ordered another after I finished, and requested a glass to drink it out of. The bartender agreed to my request, and my Johnny Walker Black tasted much better.... Until I got the check. I WAS CHARGED FOR 6 ICE CUBES!!! They literally charged me $1.00 for rocks, every time I ordered a whiskey! It was itemized on my bill, 2 rocks @ $1.00. Â I've never seen that before. Â What a scam. I guess I was lucky they didn't charge me for requesting a glass! I will not return here at my own will.
Review Source:We met a group for a "going away" party. This is a Karaoke bar, and boy-howdy is that true.
I ordered the Bloody Mary, that's one of my favorite tester drinks to see how the bartender holds his own. It was delicious, spicy and STRONG! Three of these put me in a good place.
I ordered a pizza for dinner. The pizza was a standard "TJ's" style bar pizza, but from a local company instead. It was average price, and was a pretty good thin "cracker pizza". They also serve free popcorn, but it is so salty it makes you want another drink. Can you say CLEVER! Salt up your drinkers and make them drink more.
Karaoke was amazing, these were not your typical guys and gals. These were the most hardcore and dedicated Karaoke-ers ever! One guy went up there and went all out, splits and all. It was quite a show!
It's not a bad place for a social gathering, make sure to stay away from the popcorn, unless you want to be so thirsty you could drink urinal water. Hahaha!
A friend and I visited Double D's on a whim a few months ago after a late dinner, primarily for the karaoke that we had heard so much about. Note to self: tell your whims to shut the hell up.
I honestly don't understand all the fuss about this place. It was super crowded on a weeknight; in fact, we stood to the side of the main room for the entire hour we were there. The patrons mainly were an odd mix between cougars and frat guys/first-job-out-of-college guys, with a few other stereotypes in between. The karaoke setup with the sparkly light rig and front-of-house stage and whatnot was nice, but there were just too many "Let's sing as a group!" performers (Maybe this isn't the norm?). Additionally, there were way too many lights on in the whole bar. I hate singing in such a bright place. It takes away the musical seduction and makes me feel like I'm performing in Schnucks, you know?
On the plus side: Double D's is smokefree and close to a bus stop and Metrolink station.
In short, our senses were confused; it just didn't feel like a real bar. That's an hour we won't get back.
Where else can you hear Johnny Cash and Snoop Dog play in the span of 10 minutes than at a karaoke bar!
Double D's is our go-to spot for Karaoke. All karaoke, all the time up in this place. The drinks are fairly good, readily available and they usually have some sort of pizza/pitcher of beer combo deal on the weekends.
Cons:
1. I agree with Jenny P on the potty situation. Gross stalls and there's only 2! WTF?
2. Not enough dance space! I need to show off my Charleston, man!
3. They allow stupid slow songs and death metal. I mean, I guess this is a karaoke bar con for ALL karaoke bars. If the song lyrics include: tears, crying, death, killing puppies, stabbing fairies, DON'T SING IT!!
a friend of mine told me about this place and invited me to come along with her fiance and a few friends. I never heard of this place but i decided to go and be sociable. I had a blast! The atmosphere is friendly and the staff is very very nice. Â They have a great selection of songs to sing, from each decade. One guy sang backstreet boys song wihch as hilarious and i sang a tom petty and a led zepplin song. Â Didnt have a drink but i think the jello shots a friend bought were cheap. Al lis all great place and cant wait to go back. I parked across the street where the strip mall is for parking since there is no street parking.
Review Source:Any bar wherein a pipe and drum band marches through, kilts and all, gets at least three stars. Â Yes, it was St. Patrick's Day, but I think many a watering hole could be improved by pipes and drums. Â On the flip side, service was a little hard to realize. Â And despite the atmosphere of general mirth, the persons occupying the karaoke stage were, in a word, atrocious. Â But that's not the bar's fault of course. Â I might go back, just not on karaoke night.
Review Source:They actually do have good beer, but they don't take good care of it. They serve Schlafly Pale Ale on tap. I'm a fan of Schlafly, but this bar either has dirty equipment or contaminated lines. Loud, crowded, Twenty-somethings kinda bar. Tons of AB product. Commercialized pub atmosphere. Not very good. Bad parking.
Review Source:Went here last night with some friends for the first time, and it was PACKED! Â We were lucky to get there early enough to get a table and the waitress was doing her best to come around to everyone. Â She did a great job of remembering if someone from your table got up and sang, or what you drank last, so that was good. Â Pretty sure her name was Donna, so props to her.
  Karaoke isn't my thing so I'm not going to judge that.  All in all its an OK bar with nothing really special, drinks were average priced (8 dollar pitcher, 4.50 for most mixed drinks).  They have some propane heating lamps outside for us smokers, and the crowd was pretty friendly.  Couldn't really wrap my head around what kind of crowd it was, and we were laughing about that at the table.  We decided on young professional, or maybe graduate students?  If you come up on a Friday night though be prepared to wait outside, because after about 10:30 I saw some people getting held back at the door since it was at capacity.
This bar is casual and friendly and the family-owned vibe means helpful and happy staff.  The owners are so amazing and drove us home last night so we wouldn't have to call a cab!  Who does that anymore? or ever?  They have dollar jello shots and great pitcher specials so you can drink  more for less!  The karaoke is kind of intimidating because there are a few regulars who are going to sing a minimum of three songs each and will do their songs very well.  I like karaoke a little more when it's kind of drunk and hilarious.  But because the bar is so laid back when my friends and I got up to "sing" our song people still got up to dance which was surprising because we were terrible.  Tanner the bartender loved it though because he is a huge Miley Cyrus fan, so be sure to sing Party in the USA and dedicate it to him : )  DD's will always be our New Year's tradition as long as it's there because it feels like you are at a big house party with a bunch of nice people with excellent staff.  Make reservations at least one month in advance  for New Years or you will be standing out in the cold or sitting in the back by the buffett :),  but hey then you will be close to the food.
Review Source:This bar is serious karoke. Â Not the kind where everyone's participating and dancing. Â The kind where you go up on a small stage and actually try and impress someone. Â The space is big, but cramped. Â 3 separate rooms all lined with bar stools and tables makes the location tough to navigate. Â Really if you're not there to sing, or to watch other people sing, then the options for fun are very limited. Â In a neighborhood with plenty to do this was not my favorite location.
Review Source:Oh Double D's, how I'm going to miss you... Well not really you, but the memories I have because of you.
This is the go-to spot during the holidays for STL people to meet up with old college buddies and high school friends. Have you tried coming here on Christmas eve? Crazy packed!
Last night wasn't so bad, but a lot of people had to work today or their flights weren't coming in until this evening, so it was probably more of a typical night. Saw quite a few characters going for it on the karaoke stage, including a man in drag! Good stuff.
And as always, the drinks are cheap and the staff is nice, which makes the Double D's experience quite nice. My only complaint is that they still allow smoking inside. But that's what comes with the territory at a dive like this.
One less item on the bucket list!
I have been hearing about Double D's for years and never made it by until over the weekend. I guess everyone built it up for so long that I was let down...
First off, the people who karaoked on the Saturday night I was there took it really seriously. Lame song choices and boring!!! My idea of a good karaoke bar is a place with fun music and people just being silly and dancing to the songs they never wanted to admit they loved. Unfortunately I did not get that vibe from Double D's the night I was there.
The place was packed when we got there at 10:00 and we snagged some bar stools along the wall. Not only was there no dancing music, but there was no room to dance if someone were to choose a party song. The bathrooms are also way to small for the large crowds that come here. Only 2 stalls in the ladies room.
On the positive, they do have a pool table and some bar games in the room to the side of the stage. I will give Double D's another shot, but right now I am disappointed in them. I was hoping to make them my new hangout when I moved to Brentwood, but right now it's overrated on my list.
I had been to the original Double D's years ago and decided to check out the new location. Much less smokey (bigger space, more ventilation) and a nicer atmosphere. We got there early and it was pretty quiet (except the live music), then it got busy shortly after karaoke started. Our bartender, Tanner, was awesome- very friendly and fast. The drinks were reasonably priced. The crowd was diverse- some 20 somethings, a bachelorette party, and some middle aged folks all having fun together. And some of the karaoke singers were pretty impressive, even causing a few dance parties.
Tips: park in the lot not adjacent to the building, but behind it.
They still have $1 jello shots and pitchers of jello shots for $12.
Put your name in early for karaoke- it is really popular!
They have happy hour til 7pm with cheap draft beers.
Karaoke is every night at 9pm.
Completely different than bars in Clayton and Brentwood, which I guess is a good thing. You can never have enough dive bars, I guess.
Decent prices for a bar in that area, and the bartender I had was very prompt in serving me and ringing up my drink. The beer on tap I had tasted watered and the jello shots barely tasted like they had any alcohol in them. Usually after 2-3 jello shots I feel a bit buzzed but even after 4 and a beer I felt perfectly fine. The blind lady serving them was really sweet though.
The karaoke is interesting. Not the best singers, but who cares when everyone else is plastered and happily singing along? A nice place to just hang out and not worry about who you are.
This place was completely made into the greatest thing since sliced bread.... well it's kinda stale bread to me. Â Things that are pretty good about this place. Â 1. A low smoke factor compared to the original. Â It definitely is much tolerable. Â 2. Â They still have $1 jello shots. Â 3. Â Cougars, cougars, and more cougars. Â 4. Â There are some really shitty singers.
Things I don't like about the place. Â 1. Drink special of the night $3 domestic bottles. Â What's special about that? Â 2. Â Where's the blind woman? Â I was crushed. Â 3. Â There are some really shitty singers. Â 4. Â There is always a line out the door after 10:30 and sometimes I think they do it for the affect.
And as standard, you never know what you'll find any given night at Double D's. Â This go around we got treated to 125 Santa Clauses for an hour on a bar crawl. Â Pure comedy ensued.
Gosh, with a name like 'Double D Lounge', I wasn't sure whether to expect an extension of Hooter's or a seedy cocktail lounge with a selectively-functioning marquee. Nope, neither-- Double D actually sits squarely between dive and corner bar. Karaoke was not on the menu the night we were here, but still, plenty a patron was singing along to jukebox tunes. Ah, karaoke 'light'.
About five beers on tap-- Blue Moon is as fancy as it gets. Tables abound and secondhand smoke is also plentiful, but that's life sans ban. More challenging is not having a good time here. From neighborhood button-downs to post-collegiate coed sports teams, you'll find 'em all here.
A parking lot exists, just be careful as it sits at the bottom of a steep hill. Not a walk for the well-heeled... wear your sneaks!
The only bar in Brentwood where you'll see people wearing Flannel! If you are looking for a no nonsense nitty gritty bar- Double D's is it. A place where you could wear a cocktail dress or your pajamas and no one would care. The same couple has owned it for 25+ plus years, and I don't think they have changed a thing.
Karaoke is a big draw. And it is the kind of place where anybody and everybody can feel comfortable singing. Although if you want to have a turn I would suggest getting there before 10 PM. Around 11:30- midnight they start carding at the door as all the Clayton bar patrons start trickling in.
I have many fond memories at Double D's Lounge!
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