Koreana

This place is so weird.

It was like a karaoke party in your Asian parent's basement. There was linoleum tile floor, old light-colored leather couches, and a cheap formica coffee table in front of an old-school tv-karaoke setup.

We ordered a bottle of vodka for our party. The gist of it was, "well, this one's open, but it's all we got." So it was sort of odd.

It was a lot of fun, though.

This place may deserve 4 stars but honestly I am not sure how to rate it. We went for the karaoke room but as I always seem to have to try any food a place has, I did do that also. The lady that seemed to be the owner? provided great service, taking care of any requests we had. I had ordered the hot wings and pot stickers, not knowing how big of an order they were and they came out on large platters ($20 each). Everyone agreed the pot stickers were excellent and they in fact are probably the best I have ever had. The wings did not come with any sauce but upon our request for ranch or something to dip them in, she brought what we needed. The wings were also very good. The only drawback was that karaoke in the main room was ridiculously loud for anyone in the private rooms like we were, having to turn our music up louder that we would have liked. But, the couches were comfortable and clean and the system easy to operate and the rate of $40/h seems reasonable to me. Not a karaoke fan really, but would I go back? Not without these same friends.

If you're looking for noraebang in STL, there aren't a whole lot of options.

This place has a decent selection of English songs (albeit there are some...interesting translations of the lyrics), fairly cheap private rooms that you can smush into (prices range from $20-$40 per hour depending on how many people you have), and a seemingly lax policy on BYOB.

Singing in the bar area itself is a little terrifying if you are not Korean due to the slightly older Korean crowd (many of whom can actually sing pretty well). Although if you're willing, they'll put on an English song for you. No guarantees on the reception though.