LeShea B.
Yelp
Cross posted
July 2023
8-10 pm
Sunday night
Booking: through the website, you can find menu/ booking information and be directed to RESY to book your karaoke room. You have to put a card on file.
Parking : there is parking across the street from the area where the restaurants are located. It's paid parking. No valet available. I believe my friend stated she had to get the max parking time (less than $7).
Find the code for parking on the sign, and use your park app to pay. I believe it was the park mobile app. Street parking was an option, but it was full. Please allow yourself 10 min for finding parking if you want street parking to make sure you're not late for your reservation.
Location:
After parking, we went down some steps and crossed the street and up some decorative stairs and through an open bar lounge like area (photo op for sure). Casablanca is on the right.
Staff: All were friendly. My room was NOT ready at 8:00, but around 8:05-8:07 it was. They worked quickly to clean it up for my reservation. It worked out because others were late, finding parking. Our Waiter, Darnell, was a vibe at the end (while still working) caught a small vibe with us when we were acapella on the mic. You have a server for your room. I believe he may have worked the bar area(where we initially met him) and the rooms, so be patient and know your order upfront while the server is available.
Confusion with my reservation: There was some confusion with the hosts per manager Paloma. She wanted to push the time back to 8:30, but let me keep 8:00 after I asked for extra time accommodations. Call and check and double check your reservations.
Splitting the tab: I didn't ask about this, but another review says they could split it a few ways (possibly 3? 4?) but everyone cannot have an individual tab. Please ask beforehand. I just had everyone Cashapp me for their drink AND PART OF GRATUITY to cover the bill.
Rooms: you can get the small (up to 8) or large (up to 15) room. Personally, 15 people in that large room would be too much. Unless people sat on the floor, or you had two singing at a time. My party of 8 was very comfortable in the large room, and I could do maybe 12.... But maxing out that room -- especially since it was HOT in there, I wouldn't advise. Note larger rooms cost more by the hour. And more on busy weekend days.
Equipment / set up :
The server walks you through what to do before you start. But there's a QR code on the screen that leads you to the karaoke options. https://www.karafun.com/ is the website, but you have to be in close proximity of course to make actionable steps. You can look through the songs available. Once in the room, you sign up with your name, and that's presented on the screen when it's your turn to sing. While others sing, you can put your song choice in queue and it'll automatically play when the other song goes off. There is a tablet on the side of the tV where you can view upcoming songs. There are two microphones. One can stretch out to the couch. The other, not so much. Two tables are in the big room to sit your drinks. Couch wraps all around the room. Bar cart on the side by the door. Disco lights are on. At the end when your time is up, it'll let you know on the tablet and you won't be able to play songs. But the microphone is still on. We sung a couple songs acapella to make up for the time at the beginning when the room wasn't ready lol.
Costssssss
Drinks: we didn't order food. There are cokes available for $4 if you need to chase your liquor. Also a self serve water pitcher, glasses, and straws. The Lemon drop was good. I had a couple of them $12 each if including the "cocktail charge" on the receipt. Specialty shots were $10 each. It was a lemon drop shot. My friend had 3. Drinks were good and kept the vibe flowing. We didn't order food because it didn't sound appetizing, and it would be brought out on a platter, party style.
Auto gratuity: it's 20%. (Tax was around $16 for our bill)
I initially booked one hour. That was NOT enough time. I recommend 2 at minimum (time for people to show up. Time to flip through songs and select them, etc). We didn't get started singing good until 8:20ish. Towards the end I extended the room another hour through my server. I remembered what an employee said about "flexibility" on Sundays. Since there was no party after me, I got my extra hour.
$120 was for two hours for the room only. And I would do it again. Wednesdays and Sundays the rooms are cheaper than Fridays and Saturdays. Check website for current pricing.
I had SO MUCH FUN. $256.49 for everything. I plan to return because it was one of my favorite experiences in the DFW area.