Ai Vy N.
Yelp
All good things must come to an end. I regretfully have to end my relationship with Family Karaoke as of this past weekend. It was a good run while it lasted, almost 10 years long with many fond memories... :(
Before coming here, we stopped by No.1 Plus Chicken across the street, with the intention of chowing down on some fried chicken THERE. Unfortunately, they only take to-go orders after 1:30am. We made it just in time to get some to go. We could have eaten it in their parking lot, but decided to go straight to Family Karaoke to put our name down (I called ahead to make reservation, but was told it's first come first serve), worrying it'd be too crowded since it was Saturday night after all.
To my surprise, the parking lot was near empty when we got there with only 5-6 cars altogether. We decided to just eat the chicken real quick outside knowing we would not be allowed to bring food inside. About 5mins after we took the box of chicken out, putting it on top of my car, and making sure to keep all the bones inside the box, someone who works there came out, started yelling at us about trashing the parking lot and how we were not supposed to eat in their parking lot. They must have had people eating and trashing the parking lot quite often, so it's understandable that they don't want to see that happen again. Maybe a big sign "No Eating Allowed in the Parking Lot" would help. We finished up in a hurry and threw all the trash back into my car, since we couldn't find a nearby trash can.
Walking inside to the counter to reserve a room, we were rudely told, along with a big bonus of attitude, they can't give us a room. Reasons? "You guys were eating and trashing the parking lot". Mind you, we made sure to collect all of our trash, didn't even spit out anything on the ground. Not only we were accused of littering, we were treated with unnecessary attitude.
We should have left right there and then, but it was getting late, and we were in the mood to sing our hearts out, so we stayed after we told them they could go outside and check to see that we didn't leave any trash. Weren't in such good mood anymore, we only stayed for merely an hour. Went to pay and found out we were put in a medium room for 4 of us (a small room can fit up to 5), when there were probably just 2 other rooms being occupied max.
I kept coming back to Family Karaoke for their nice sound quality and especially when I have many good memories here with friends. After that night, it's not worth it for me to put away my pride to come back here again, especially when there are other Korean karaoke places not far from here.