Everything about this place was okay. Â The song list was okay, the quality of the songs were okay, the beer list was poor, the mics were poor only because they were not wireless, but the rooms were nice. Â I feel they should sound proof the rooms better because at times I could hear other room's music, over mine. Â Would I go back? Â Yes. Â Would I care if I never went back? Â No.
Review Source:This place rocks. Â Plenty of street parking, easy to find and they sell beer. Â $40 an hour made our group happy as we were rocking out with the glow in the dark tambourines that light up when you shake them. Â Service is friendly and efficient and this place was fun and perfect for the night since we were at Korean BBQ down the street for dinner.
Living in SF I can appreciate that this place has parking and doesn't gouge you on beer or charge taxes or random service fees like the SF karaoke houses like Pandora.
Fun. Â Simple. Â Pseudo Ghetto Karaoke House.
Excellent selection of songs.
The song selection system can be unresponsive, which results in a truncated song number aka random Chinese/Japanese/Korean song playing. Â Always funny.
I'd def go back. Â Seems safer to go with larger groups.
"Who's down for Karaoke?"
"Millbrae Karaoke House?"
" You know it!"
Every. Single. Time.
Millbrae Karaoke House is the only place my friends and I go to get our Karaoke fix. Not only do they have a huge selection of songs, they also have reasonable prices and great customer service.
MKH has a Korean owned establishment and has English, Korean, and Japanese songs. Their list of songs are in alphabetical order by song title, not artist. So it was a little time consuming figuring out what songs were available. It would have been a lot easier by artist, but no worries. Each room has long couches you can sit on, a table for your food and beer, a huge flat screen tv, tambourines and a disco ball for JAMMING. awwyee ;).
The last time we came here was probably in December, after our group's "goodbye-seeyoulater" dinner. It was around 10 PM at the time. We had about six people and were looking to sing in a medium size room. Unfortunately, all the medium rooms were taken. Instead of having to wait 30 minutes to an hour for a medium room, the Korean owner gave us the large room while the medium rooms were occupied. She was planning on switching us when a medium room was open. We ended up singing for about two hours, uninterrupted. Our bill came up to be around 60 dollars. Owner gave us the large room and charged us medium room price. Score! Â I also love the fact that the prices (by the hour) are clearly marked on each door.
ALSO. Neighborhood is also very safe. Â &Had no trouble finding parking nearby.
Never had any bad surprises with MKH. :')
4.5/5.0 Rounding up.
I like this karaoke place over many others. Flat screen tvs (two in the large room so you can look at the screen while facing your friends!) sturdy furniture and a mini stage---WHAT. I usually get stuck in rooms with ikea tables that collapse when one of my friends decide to dance on top. Mics that WORK? & it doesn't really smell that much of cigarettes. 9/10 would come again.
Review Source:The owner is really nice. Their prices are really reasonable! Their rooms are clean. Tiger-print sofas. Disco lights and light-up tambourines.
The only thing lacking is their song selection. Not sure if we were missing a book, but I didn't find any Korean songs. I'm sure they have it... We must not have looked Korean enough LOL. They don't have the latest English songs either. For instance, they have "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "Last Friday Night", but no "Call Me Maybe."
Do Re Mi and Fillmore Karaoke at Japantown have more songs, but this place is cheaper with better equipment/rooms. Good choice if you are in the Peninsula.
Psst.... the code for Gangnam Style is 35608 ;).
A bunch of us came here on my 40th birthday and we had a BLAST! The rooms are private and cosy and there's a huge selection of English songs to choose from. Friendly service and clean. You can also take food in, not sure about drinks. I think the rooms are a little pricey but if you go with a bunch of people and split the cost, then it's a no brainer. A WHOLE LOTTA FUN!! Â Can't wait to go back.
Review Source:Karaoke is a Japanese phenomenon, with Kara (empty) and the Jinglish Okesutura (orchestra) combining to make Karaoke, or empty orchestra.
In Japan, this is pronounced like "Car ah Okay" or like "dude, my ride is uh, fine dude, chill out dude!". In America, it is commonly pronounced like you are giving an Okiahoman a ride, i.e. an Okie from Muskogee a lift, or "Carry Okie"
This is perhaps because Americans had heard the term Carioca, the Brazilian-Portuguese term for a resident of Rio de Janiero, and popularized by a dance similar to the Samba, a couple of decades before the Japanese brought Walkmans, Sushi, and Karaoke machines to the US. Â
In Japan, there is a long tradition going back to the Samurai days, of entertainment after dinner gatherings, to blow off steam and create social harmony. Â A Japanese entertainer named Inoue in the 1960's from Kobe, near where I was born, invented Karaoke, using cassette tapes with no voice to a background of music. Almost concurrently, a Filipino from Manila named Del Rosario also invented a karaoke like system, and we all know Filipinos love to sing!
This became Karaoke machines, which first became popular in Japanese Bars, when businessmen would go out with clients and sing to create a personal bond through entertainment. I remember interviewing for a Japanese company decades ago that I knew beforehand, and the President invited me to sing Karaoke, to create a comfort level between us. How you handled singing in front of others was a measuring stick of your character. Â Are you shy? Do you have gusto? Do you have skills? Attention to detail? Are you socially deft and polite? Karaoke could indicate some of this.
Karaoke bars became popular in the US, and then later died down, and morphed into what had become popular in Asia, the "Karaoke Box", which instead of singing in front of everyone in the bar, you could rent a room and sing and have fun with your friends, in private.
Millbrae Karaoke is a Karaoke Box establishment, with several private rooms. It is Korean owned, and has songs in English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Tagalog, etc. Their song books are sort by language and title, not by artist.
A group of us came here after a Japanese Sake-filled birthday dinner, perfect  prep for Karaoke. We had a larger room with a small stage platform, and a wrap around leopard print couch. There were 2 large TV monitors, 2 mics, and disco twinkle lights.
We came here about 1am, and they are open until 2am, but may cheat a little longer for good guests. Â The large room was $60 an hour.
Korean owned Karaoke place in Millbrae! This  place has been here for a while now. I don't come here too often because this place offers no Chinese songs whatsoever. They do have songs ranges from popular mainstream songs ( the ones you hear on the radio), some oldies that everyone will know...than there is Korean, Thai, and a small selection of songs in Tagalog.
Small place. I think it has around 6-7 rooms. Rooms rates are based on the room itself. The bigger room, the more you pay. Â I think the cheapest one is $35/hr? I could be wrong! But the prices are clearly stated on each door. So no surprise there!
The owner lady is very nice. Once you walk in, just indicate how many people and she'll quickly bring you to an appropriate room. Usually there is no wait. Week nights are very quiet, only 2-3 rooms will be occupied. She sets up the stereo and everything for you. Gives you instruction as to how to input the songs in, since the device is in korean.
Some of the things I really enjoy here :
- Awesome speakers!
- Updated songs in English
- Rooms are pretty sound proof, you cant hear the room next to you
- Look for songs from a book! Each room comes with 2 books so you can easily look up songs while your friend is singing.
My friends and I spent about 2+hours singing on a weeknight and it came to a total of $55? Not too bad if you go with a couple others!
P.S. Dont expect the real music videos in the background here. It's all bugs and scenery.
P.P.S. - you may buy water or alcohol in their fridge up front
We had our friends over on a Thursday night for an authentic Korean meat party: tabletop grill pan, veggies, stew and various meats to boot! Â After stuffing ourselves thoroughly, we wanted to go somewhere that would let us keep our Korean charisma pumping. Â C called to ask if they had any Korean songs and was answered with a very matter-of-fact: "Uhh... YES."
So we rolled over and arrived at 10 pm for a thoroughly exhausting time of songs, dances, laughs and memories. They sell drinks on-site, including some refreshing Diet Cokes! Woot! Alcohol is also sold: soju and beer. Â Appreciated that we could adjust the music and mic volumes ourselves. Â Good selection of new & old songs in both Korean and English. Â Will definitely be back to end a genuinely Korean evening with friends.
Mad props to the Korean lady working late at night so young'uns like us can have a good time. Â Thank you!
I wanted to do something fun and different with some friends... And karaoke seemed like the right choice. I looked around at different places on here and this one stood out to me because you can bring in your own food. We had a decent sized group and ended up getting the BIG room for $70 an hour.
I had never done the private karaoke room situation but seriously... I don't know if I could ever go back to "regular" karaoke at like a sports pub or something. Their song choice was pretty good. They were missing some popular songs that I was hoping to sing but they had Radiohead and Weezer and Kris Kros...
As far as drink selection they have water, soda and beer. I think a few juices too.
The place was older and the rooms don't have AC. Makes me wish I would have brought a small fan from home to plug in or SOMETHINGGG. The machine is also all in Korean so sometimes we didn't know what we were doing. But for the most part green/go, red/stop, yellow/queue up next song. After three hours, the bill was split nine ways, and came out to about 22 dollars each.
I don't know if I would get the large room again with the mini stage. It was just in the corner of the room and not anything special.
A really great place to go to with a group of friends!
I've been here a couple of times and this place doesn't disappoint. What I love is that there's plenty of street parking in front and you're not circling Japantown looking for free parking.
Pros:
Small stage up in front for that "star performer" in you
Can bring your own snacks. You can also order food that comes from the restaurant next door
Great "k-pop" type videos playing in the background while you're singing your songs
Large space for dancing/getting down with your friends (guess it depends on what room you have)
Light up tambourines
Cons:
Only 1 bathroom
Can't bring your own alcohol
Their drink selection isn't that big
Not that big of a deal, but wished they had arranged their songs by artist as well- not just by song title (might have made song selecting a little bit easier.)
I would say this place is similar to Do Re Mi in Japantown. The rooms are very clean, a bit darker and the couches are comfy. Tvs are a decent size and I can undestand because there aren't any movies going on mainly just words.
Typical KTV.
They are neat and they enforce the no drinking policy very strongly. Strict super strict.
I came here for my friend's birthday last year (December 30, so not really that long ago). This place gets extra bonus points for a couple things I haven't seen at the...uh, 3 other karaoke places I've been to.
#1: Light-up tambourines!
#2: Mini-stage!
#3: Disco ball lights!
This is the first place+time where anyone has ever serenaded my butt, so that in itself holds some super-fun memories. There's also extra space up front if you want back up dancers while you sang, so we definitely utilized that as well. :P
This may also be the first place I've ever been to that had "Before I Fall In Love," by Coco Lee, so I award even more brownie points. :D!
They use the book method and the crazy random video backgrounds here. The song selection is pretty diverse, and they have a pretty extensive Chinese selection (there's also Japanese, Indonesian, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino + Spanish, if I recall correctly). I'm not sure we ever figured out how to put in an entire list of songs, but it worked out.
The owner is super nice, and there is a bowl of candy at the front. :D
A really fun place to hang out with friends! :)
Pricing is based on how big of a room you get. My friends & I try to squeeze as many people as we can in one room. Why not?..it's cheaper per person that way, haha ;) I like the bigger rooms with the little stage in the corner. Oh, & there's an extra tv on the wall too.
They have really good song choices. I was surprised to find really recent songs available to sing. The music videos that go along with the songs are sooooo random. But they're entertaining, I guess.
The tambourines are a great added touch.
Depending how big your room is, there's some sort of space for dancing. So much fun :)
It gets pretty hot in the room fairly easy. Maybe they should invest in some air conditioning, haha.
The lady who works there is nice. But sometimes she can be a bit anal. Idk. Just let us have some fun lady! :D
It's located on a busy street, but I've never had trouble finding parking there.
I've always had a great time with my friends here :) Maybe we'll have to do it again some time.
Pros:
-Light up tambourines
-Only place near the airport (if you happen to be meeting up with an out of town friend without a car).... that's about the only thing this place has going for it
Cons:
-Dismal selection of Chinese songs.... most were prior to 2005 and were in Simplified (not Traditional)
-Old school style of song input (via big, disorganized binders, in which it's hard to find anything)... let's move to computerized song selection (a la Music Tunnel), please!
-Ghetto Area (I kept looking over my shoulder while walking to/from my car, since I was paranoid I was going to get mugged)
I had a decently fun time here thanks to great company, but I wouldn't recommend coming here unless you happen to be in the area (and there are no other options).
Sing your hearts out!
Lots of songs in many different Asian languages along with English.
+I LOVE the random backgrounds that loop behind the lyrics, it adds to the song when large Samoan men come out stomping and dancing or a scene from Korean drama starts up!
+ Light up tambourines! It adds SO MUCH fun!
+ Swirling light effects, makes you feel like a star ;)
+ Mini stage, let your inner DIVA out
+ Dimmer lights, to create mood ;)
+ Space to dance around!
- walls/insulation- you can still be heard in the hall...and even the bathroom, depending on how hard you're belting out that Journey song!
- no backup voices on the track to help you out
- the music is not fully accompanied... therefore the tambourines are a must esp. for those fast songs!
Oh man...I feel horrible! My friends and I came here at 1:15am on a Saturday night...knowing they closed at 2:30am. By 2:30am, we still had not been kicked out yet. We decided to keep singing until the nice Korean woman told us to go home. By 3:15am, she STILL did not kick us out yet. I decided to go check on her...just to make sure she was okay.
I found her asleep in one of the other rooms. AH we felt horrible!! We assumed she was awake but allowed us to stay because she was making more money with us there since there was NO ONE there that night.
I give it 5 stars because...
-Owner is extremely friendly
-NEW SONGS! (Teenage Dream, Just the Way You Are, etc)
-She reorganized the music binders
-Easy parking and safe location...don't have to deal with the gangs in Japantown
-Tambourines in the room!
-Able to bring in our own food/drinks rather easily.
This is one of the better places to sing...please give it a try for the sake of the awesome owner!
Used to come here all the time.
Stopped going about 2 years ago for some reason.
Huge song selection although it's alphabetized by song title which is a tad annoying.
The newer English songs are way in the back mixed and jumbled with all the other new music they just put into the system.
We usually get beers which come w/ snacks.
It's decently cheap, and probably one of the few things to do in Millbrae at night so it's definitely worth a shot if you want to go and have a little bit of fun.
Ratings for this place is based on the amount of fun you have with your friends. totally being honest.
FAMILY OWNED SPOTS are ALWAYS the best place to be. Â They're generous, giving, understanding, and always polite to customers. Â
However,... Â Under the business of alcohol, you must be aware (you high school students) they're very strict about outside beverages being brought into the rooms. Â They will catch you, they will report you. Â And those scary signs warning you about outside beverages, they're posted so that YOU won't get into any trouble. Â They're not out to get anybody. Â
However if you're at or over the legal age to drink, and that's not 'turning 20 in 3 months' you MUST clear it with the owner before bringing it in. Â So if you're looking for a karaoke bar, this is NOT the place. Â Try those ones in downtown San Francisco.
So this is how things work here:
 1) Karaoke rooms have their own price depending it's persons capacity.
 2) From there, you will be paying hourly.
Can't get any simpler than this, right?
Water is provided for you as your room is being prepared for you and your friends, and there will be extra charge for sodas, coffee, juices and etc.
YOU CAN make reservations :D
The remote control which helps you look up the song you're looking for either by the title or the name of the singer is KOREAN. Â I know I shouldn't nationalize objects.. Â But there IS a little sticker captioning what each button means, or you can always call for help or you can look up the song in the book and push the number in manually.
Songs are regularly updated, both Korean, Japanese, Chinese and American. Â If you are looking for foreign songs, they DO have a special catalog for that, so please ask about it.
The rooms are cleaned (tables polished, garbage cans emptied) after each use, so overall the surroundings are kept very clean and refreshing.
Came here late one evening after a BBQ event at fellow Yelper James G.'s house. Â Four of us, fellow Yelpers Cindy C., Dave K. and another friend were in the karaoke mood and decided to check this place out.
Easy to locate - it's right on El Camino Real and we were lucky to find parking right outside the establishment! Â Score!!! Â I'm not sure what other parking options other than on-street exist for this place. Â
As in most karaoke places, no alcohol is allowed here. Â They do sell beer here for $3 which is a great deal!! Â They also have a selection of soft drinks and some snacks for sale.
Rooms are clean, spacious and well ventilated. Â The TV screens are large and clear and the sound from the speakers is really good. Â Furniture is comfortable and there is ample space for sitting and also a large table for spreading out your goodies if you brought any.
A good selection of songs but I missed a listing by artist - maybe they did not have it in the room... Â The controller is in Korean (I think) - but the action buttons are marked in universal colors and pictograms so it's quite easy to figure it out.
I don't remember the rates but it was very reasonable for a fun evening belting out our favorite hits and enjoying ourselves for a good two or three hours.
~ 4 stars overall for a good, inexpensive, clean and fun way to spend an evening with friends while enjoying some good (yes, it was good!!) music :)
PS - This review was posted at 39,000 feet, Â from a Virgin America airplane, VX200, SFO-YYZ - now THAT's a dedicated Yelper for you :)
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Just about the only karaoke place in the area. Their selection is getting better and is being kept recent now-a-days.
The lady that works here may barge in to your room if she thinks you have alcohol are anything. Kinda rude and annoying.
This place is expensive for just karaoking and they put you in an expensive room even if your party can fit in a smaller (cheaper) one.
I really like the decor of the place, our room has leopard print seats with an outer space theme, while I saw cow print and zebra print seats in the other rooms. Â I also like how on the door of each room actually list the price of the room. Â Its also pretty cheap, $40/hour split between 8 of us equals $5 per hour.
It is also the only room-style karaoke place that serves beer in the bay area for those that need alcohol courage to help them sing.
However, there are some flaws too. Â For some reason, the songs are a lot slower here than we remember they are suppose to be. Â I am not sure if its just the song track or the machines. Â The rooms are not as sound proof as I would like, and the selection of musics are mainly korean, with decent amount of oldies english songs. Â But no chinese songs at all. Â Even DoReMi had couple pages of chinese songs. Â Then again, I guess I shouldn't expect having chinese songs everywhere. Â
I guess next time I come back it would be white friends that doesn't mind singing the oldies.
After hearing great things about this place, and of course checking out the Yelp reviews- my friends and I couldn't wait to check it out. Â Our group diminished from 7 to 3 so we weren't sure what we were in for- BUT the private rooms will take away anyones butterflies.
They have all the latest hit songs and some classic favorites. Â The woman who works there was really nice and accommodating. Â We paid $25/hr.
Can't wait to go back with a bigger group to sing the night away!
This was my first karaoke experience...def. not my last. It was my friend's birthday, so were poppin bottles, if you know what I mean. I actually rather liked it - would like to find a place a bit closer to home, but this one seemed just right. There are plenty of English songs, and also some really obscure ones (I found Damien Rice, ya'll, like, really?). Bonus!
The place itself is a little "sketch", if ya feel me. I'm not familiar with Millbrae at all, so I didn't know exactly where we were. The room was sort of wanna-be swank, not like these new neon HK karaoke joints. Still, it's true that when you're belting your tunes with your friends it really doesn't matter. $60/hr got us a perfectly-sized room with 2 mics and tacky-but-cool LED tambourines for the seven of us.
After our time was up, we went outside. It's right next to a ghetto corner market, so some stoned-off-their-asses guys came up to us.
Guy 1: "Hey, do you guys know of any good bars around here!?"
Us: "Uh, no..."
Guy 2: "Dude, they're not even old enough to buy CIGARETTES."
Guy 3: "Man, you're stupid!"
Guy 4: "Canter!"
Guy 5: "Awwwww!"
Me: "Classy."
I guess we had a better night than them.
This place is perfect for those people who love to karaoke in a social setting but fear the open bar/stage setting.
I haven't been there in a while, but there's never a lack of songs to sing. Â However, sometimes the words for the songs on the videos don't necessarily match up to the actual song lyrics.
When I come here I don't usually plan ahead but it's a fun time. Â I think they serve some drinks but it's a pretty limited selection, so if you are looking for this to be your only destination for the night, you might be disappointed. Â If nothing else you'll definitely have to buy food. Â
This place is open late so if you get the urge to karaoke in the wee hours, this might just be your spot.
I felt like I was in Korea. Although I've never been there but I do watch enough Korea dramas to see what their Karaoke Houses look like.
This Karaoke house is not as fancy or up to date with the ones in Korea but it will do. There's enough English songs to last you a couple hours and I love how they throw in a Tambourine to accompany your vocals.
I used to go all the way to Japan Town to get my Karaoke fix.
Like a supplier out of reach it had to be a constant trek down
Van-Ness/Geary St.
Plenty of rooms, almost no waiting time and the price is great. Â I love the rooms with its funky styles and the site is clean, and easy access from the freeway.
This establishment has found a new 'Regular' in its roster.
My go to karaoke place whenever I'm around San Bruno.
The english music selection can be expanded but they have enough of my favorites to last me a couple of hours.
The sound systems work fine and the rooms are pretty comfortable. The music selections are in binders and they are a little disorganized. The "new" songs are placed at the back of the binder, as periodic updates.
They have the Thong Song, which I think is a standard in all karaoke houses.
Now you won't catch me singing the Thong Song anywhere else... besides at karaoke... or at the office. Â I would like to apologize to my co-workers in advance.
Well, all I can say about this place is that I had a good time, a really really good. time. Though I'm pretty sure I was intoxicated at the time, and at that point my opinion is worth close to nil.
After some exhilarating rounds of Liar's Dice and Whiskey Sours at Finn McCools, a mere 0.9 miles up the block of El Camino, my friends and I tumbled our way into this quaint Korean Karaoke Shop... Store.. Whateva. A very nice, unassuming korean lady helped us out to a private room equipped with ... dun dun dun.. light up tamborines and a shiny Disco ball. ... disco.. disco.. uh nm.
Haha anyway, i digress, they had a small selection of bottled/canned beers, and they were decently priced. The variety of songs was Pretty Good all considering, covered all the basics... Build Me Up Buttercup, a few other rock classics, beegees, carpenters, haha the pop songs. Had a bit of trouble with the Korean Labelled equipment however, thank (fill in the blank) for Korean friends. All in all its a pretty cool place, they even let us stay after closing hours, though they shut off the A/C to move us out quicker, sly sly shop owners.
This place was great! Randomly ended up here after a great night out, and the place was clean, we got English instructions, and on top of that they had a great variety of songs to choose from.
Had great sound system compared to some of the other ones we went to before. if we ever end up in the peninsula, we would prob hit this place up. Â Oh yeah, the flashing sing accessories are a super plus!
My girls and I went there for Karaoke after a night of bowling months ago, but I remember having a blast! Maybe it's because they do sell beer and you can drink there.
Just 2 girls in a private room, singing our little hearts out! I can't remember how much we paid, but I'm sure it wasn't that bad. Every place would run about $30/hour after 7 p.m. Â I believe we went on a Sat.
Yep, place was clean and there was even a disco ball that spins on the ceiling.
This place a little out of the way for me, but when I'm over hanging with my friend Dee, we'd go back for sure!
This is your standard Korean norebang karaoke place for late night hours of fun singing and drinking in the comforts of a private room. Â Each room has a rotating disco ball with cheetah-like cushioned booth seats. Â The Korean remote control can be confusing, but you'll be fine with the English translation stickers or if you ask the hostess. Â Although the music selection is biased towards Korean music, you can still find the standard classics and favorites by the names of your favorite artists and songs in English and Japanese. Â
The beverage selection is minimal, but it is sufficient. Â For a group of 7 to sing for 2 hours, it was about $70 or $10/person. Â Parking is tough on the street, but not impossible.
My friend pointed this Karaoke house back in 2003 - and we've been going here since. It's an addiction.
Song selection is somewhat limited - but good enough for drunken states. There's a little stage big enough for the lead singer along with 2 back up dancers (that's how we do) =)
They serve alcohol, but would rather bring your own. They really don't mind anyways (maybe because we leave big tips) Like Carleen said, the bathroom is pretty clean and fresh smelling (hahahha)
My first experience ever with karaoke was at this nifty little place in a strip mall on El Camino in Millbrae (yep, right across from the pancake house).
Miss V was turning 30 and so a bunch of people crammed into a room to endure public humiliation behind a microphone. It actually was pretty fun! Perhaps the alcohol helped?
The decor is pretty unusual. The walls are covered in hieroglyphics and the furniture is all animal print (our couch was zebra). Another yelper said we couldn't bring alcohol in but we stopped at Liquor Land anyway. They didn't appear to have a problem with it though, I even saw another room after the patrons had left and there were TONS of beer bottles left behind.
Lots of books of songs, color coded by language. So all the blue pages were English songs. Sadly, they were organized by song title, not artist, so you had to have a song in mind in order to look for it or just browse through the pages until you found something you could do. A sampling of the songs performed that night:
-Genie in a Bottle
-Ghostbusters
-Yellow Submarine
-California Dreamin'
-My Humps
-Paradise City
-Summer Lovin' (you'll always be my Danny Miss V!)
-I Will Survive
-some Mandy Moore song
-that one "don't you wish your girlfriend..." song
-Cherish
-Don't Stop Believing
Some of the lyrics were wrong but if you knew the song already it didn't matter. The oddest part is the stuff on the screen as the words are scrolling, strange footage of Korean concerts/talent shows, scenery from Vegas, little boys swimming, etc. Kind of distracting at points.
They brought us cold Cheez-it's without prompting, but when we asked for water, we got it.
Minus one star for somewhat limited song selection. I'd go back though!
Pretty much the only decent karaoke place in the area that I know of. Â The place is large, in a safe area with plenty of street parking, not filled with gangpae smokers, relatively clean, and rife with a wide selection of japanese, korean, chinese, and english songs.
Kind of in the middle of nowhere, but it was good thing when I lived in San Mateo.
Across the El Camino from the Millbrae Pancake House is the Millbrae Karaoke House. There is no connection between the two houses that I'm aware of.
Really similar song selection to Do Re Mi in San Francisco, right down to the dozens of Korean Eminems you never knew of along with obscure 90s Metal bands like Helloween.
Where the MKH leaves SF karaoke lounges in the dust are the unscuzziness of its studios. Stages, relatively non-crusty sofas, even potentailly irritating amenities like tambourines are all standard features in the larger studios.
As mentioned in my MPH review, you get your late pancake brunch there, cross the street to the bottle shop to load up on the boozes, then book your studio next door at the MKH. You're already in Millbrae. What all else is there to do but eat pancakes, get drunk and karaoke?