Planet Rose

I was visiting from Seattle and am a big fan of public karaoke ... and this was fantastic. A fun, funky crowd each night I was there. Busy but not too crazy as far as karaoke can be. Good song selection and the bartenders, KJs, and security guy were all very nice. Definitely will be back.

Best karaoke bar in NYC. Great staff and unlike most karaoke bars, this place has a neighborhood bar vibe, where strangers engage in conversation, become friends and wind up singing songs together...though not necessarily in that order.

Went to AC for the weekend and was in the mood for some karaoke so we went here, this is the first time I’ve ever paid to enter a karaoke spot, the fee was $10, upon entering we realized you have to pay to sing, YES! it’s $2 per song! Not so bad? but factor in the waiting list on a Friday night which was about 1 hour and a half 🤯, you can skip the line but THATS A FEE AS WELL ! $20, to skip 10 people, $30 to go next 😱never again! The energy was decent, especially with the expensive drinks rolling, not a lot of POC when we went, so expect to hear pretty much the same type of music.

This place rocks!!!. It’s chaotic and loud and crowded and when you make your way to the back it’s total sensory overload but wow, the staff runs a tight ship. Everybody in our party felt very taken care of. Booking the private room was SO easy, texting with the owner she was very responsive. We got the standard party package and it was 100% worth it, especially if your friends come thirsty like mine do lol. Staff was super helpful the whole night and the private room had a great vibe with plenty of seating for everyone. Maybe the technology is a little dated, but it adds to the charm for sure. Will be recommending to anyone looking to get a large group together for karaoke! Thank you Planet Rose for a great night!

Staff is extremely rude. Sound system is awful. Very hot and extremely stuffy inside. No ventilation and it was smelly by the end of the night. Trash and gum on the seats and floors. There are much higher quality karaoke bars and bars in the area and in the city.

Putrid vibes - rude and borderline evil bartenders, the bathrooms are always revolting, and the vibe is hostile and unwelcoming. Drinks were fine I guess but it’s hard to mess up a vodka soda.

Super fun Karaoke Bar in the Village. Nice back room for private parties!!

The bar is not the problem, it’s the poeple singing. If your looking for bangers that you lose your voice on, probably go somewhere else. If you’re looking for songs to get to sleep, this might be your place. Also the bar is very slow.

place was rocking always a great time drinks were priced right met a celebrity who was celebrating her birthday here.. a must go spot

Karaoke and karaoke only is what got me in there, lol. Its very dive bar-y so its not my usual spot, but I had a great time none the less. The song signup gets long AF spretty fast o its best to pay for all your songs at once. Just wished the host had a better system of queuing people up. I dont remember if there was food so that must mean there wasn't (or it wasnt any good). I wouldnt oppose going back and finding out just to make sure.

3 of my friends that attended got Covid from the lounge. We all live in different boro's and decided to meet and enjoy each other's company. So all of sudden seeing them get sick all at the same time and the only thing we have in common is the lounge . The bar at one point was crowded and we believe they neglected to sanitize the mics between ppl and my friends paid a huge price for your lounges mistake.

Came here for the karaoke around midnight on a friday and it was packed, def needed to wait like 45 minutes before our song even came on but it's a total vibe watching people karaoke (you can't hear their voice THAT well which is a good thing) and you're all drunkenly singing along. There's a big room with seating so if you're lucky you might be able to sit there. There's a photo booth which doesn't really seem to work as far as payment but you can take pictures just fine. There's two bathrooms. The drinks were just OK - it's not that kind of place - just get drunk and sing. It can get very crowded, if you can come earlier on a weekday you might find a more intimate group. If you want to just get lost in the crowd, come later when everyone's drunk and can't see you haha.

Great place and ambiance, but careful with the count of drinks you have, I was charged for one more beer than I had

Took a trip to NYC, was looking for a place to sing karaoke. First of all this place smelled AWFUL. It smelled like sweat and body odor and the smell was very strong and impossible to avoid. Then, the performers singing did not have a stage to perform on. People just sit at the bar or wherever while they sing their songs and no one really pays attention. The bartender was not polite or welcoming. It was not good vibes overall. We decided to go to Iggy's instead which was a 15 minute Uber ride - definitely recommend that place if you're looking for good karaoke in NYC. 0/10 would not recommend Planet Rose it smells terrible and has weird atmosphere

great "always" karaoke bar. feels quirky and fun, from another era, not slick. great vibes

I love coming here late at night with a few friends!! Would recommend coming during the week if you want to make sure you can sing!

Very rude and aggressive servers. Drinks taste like water. Asked us to leave because we are not their regulars and we looked "too different" for their vibe.

The vibes at this place are IMMACULATE. There's plenty of seating, the drinks are super reasonably priced, and the karaoke selection is excellent. The decor is the kind of gaudy that lets you know you're gonna have a good time. The whole bar sang along for the big bangers and it was a perfect night out.

I had one of my best nights in New York here last saturday night. The vibes were great, the staff were extremely nice, and i know i will be bringing my friends back for another great night. I would really like to thank the Blonde bartender who was wearing a blue shirt (i forgot her name ) because of how welcoming she was to me and my friends. As many NYC people probably know, theres a LOT of power tripping in bars/clubs by bouncers and bartenders who are just straight up a**holes. I rarely experience the kind of customer service i received from the Planet Rose staff and i would like to thank all of them for making saturday one of the best nights i have ever had in nyc! I cant wait to go back. Thank you once again Ms. Blonde blue shirt lady whose name i can't remember. It was really nice to be treated with respect for a change :).

I visited Planet Rose twice while in town for a little solo trip to New York from DC. Missy (owner) and Tania were extremely welcoming and the crowd was generally friendly and fun. The place felt pretty spacious but still had a divey feel (in the best way!) and the karaoke queue actually was pretty efficient considering the list size. Reasonable drink prices and great energy, will definitely be back next time I'm in town!

I've been going to karaoke bars all over the country (and some other countries) for over 20 years, and this is hands down my favorite one of all time. It's also my favorite bar in the East Village. Very few other places around here have managed to retain that gritty yet communal island of misfit toys vibe over the years that first made me fall in love with this neighborhood. I hope PR remains a bastion of that piece of lower Manhattan, forever. The cross cultural diversity and 'be yourself, everyone's welcome so long as they're not a d*ick' attitude exuded by both the staff and the other patrons represents everything that drew me to the city. Every time I go in there, not only is the karaoke itself a good time, but I also get to chat with super interesting folx in the kind of hyped up atmosphere that can only be created by a bunch of people all in a great f*cking mood because they're somewhere they love doing something they love to do. I've met artists, actors, entrepreneurs, local R&B powerhouses, retired ministers, career gutterpunks, Mexican lgbtqia TikTok celebs, music theater goths, rap sensations, corporate phishheads, and woo girl bachelorettes with cold feet and a crush on their maid of honor. I could go on forever... Despite the super eclectic crowd, I never feel judged for what I pick to sing. Everyone's there to have a good time. No one's there to yuck your yum. If they don't like your selection or your voice is off that night, they don't give a sh*t. In fact, a lot of them will still sing along, clap and cheer at the end, knowing when it's time for them to grab the mic, they'll get the same kind of support while they let their own freak flag fly. That kind of an environment doesn't just 'happen.' This tone is actively set, led, and fostered by the fantastic owner and staff (and a small troupe of rotating regulars who've obviously been going there for years and love helping new people feel welcome in their home away from home). I feel so weird calling them the "owner and staff," like it's f*cking upstairs / downstairs at Downton Abbey or some sh*it, but I can't just call out just one person or two, because they are ALL f*cking rad and they ALL create this environment. It's so entertaining to read the negative reviews of PR, because I've been there and watched people come in who write those types of reviews. They barge in with nasty or standoffish attitudes and treat the staff and other patrons like they're beneath them. They argue about showing ID, like entitled children. Sure, Chad, the bar should definitely risk their license to break the law for *you.* They expect to be served right away, just because there's no visible "line." So sorry, bro, this staff is experienced and tuned in enough that they remember who ordered what drink and in what order, so no one has to anxiously hover by them while they make anything like you have to do at the amateur hour places you frequent. They assume that just because there are 'only 20 people' in there that night, they're somehow magically going to be 5th to sing. Nope. While you were off elsewhere, these 20 people have been here for four hours buying drinks and supporting the bar. They have multiple song requests in and are patiently awaiting their upcoming turns. Again, the vibe is 'everyone's welcome so long as they're not a d*ick.' If you don't feel welcome, and all the other *obviously separate and very diverse* groups of people having a blast look like one giant 'clique' to you, then maybe you're the problem, Chad. Go find a place that will treat you like the special, special flower you are.

This was my first time and I had the most magical night. The people were beautiful and the energy was electric.

The karaoke space is nice but they need to update their song catalog. Healsonic is the app they have the customers use to choose their songs. Any song numbered higher than 12700's, they don't have. This is essentially any song released after 2015 and even some much older ones.

FIRE YOUR NASTY EMPLOYEE WHO HARASSES CUSTOMERS!!!! 5 STARS FOR THE BAR, -5 STARS FOR ONE (AND ONLY ONE) OF YOUR DESPICABLE EMPLOYEES!!!!!!!!!!! Planet rose is my favorite karaoke bar in the city, and as a fellow bartender I hate to write this review but I was so horrified by how I was treated tonight by a staff member I have to say something. This woman should legitimately be fired. A woman that works there (mid 40's, curly brown hair, stank face and attitude) has a husband who was singing "New York, New York", he was a fantastic singer and got the entire place excited (post pandemic NY! Great choice!) the ENTIRE place was filming this gentleman and cheering. I took one quick video of the room to post to Instagram saying "i love my city" - it was mostly of the crowd, not of this woman's husband. She immediately rushes up to me and ONLY me and demands I delete "the video of her husband". The vitriol in her voice and face - I legit thought she was going to beat me up. She proceeds to loudly talk about me and argue with her husband about me, as if I have personally done something wrong. This hateful woman continues to stare me down the entire night while loudly speaking rudely about me. My night was literally ruined and I left before singing because this woman made me so unbelievably uncomfortable. For the record, I am a lesbian and was there with my GIRLFRIEND! I understand I'm more attractive than her but, really? I don't care about your husband!!!! This woman literally should not be in customer service, particularly at such a fabulous location that I believe is 5 star worthy. Again, I'm a 10 year NYC bartender. This woman needs to go. She ruined my first night back to karaoke from the pandemic. I was so happy to be there only to be s*** on by this hateful creature. I was so disappointed. Sorry your relationship sucks, don't project it on other people and don't bring your drama to your job. God I'm fuming.

Pros: 1. Karaoke. It's the kind of place where karaoke is available for laughs and entertainment, but the mics aren't turned up all the way so you can still have a great time when someone with a hideous voice* is singing. 2. Johnny. He's the man, and if you don't have fun when he's bartending, you're the problem. He also knows the number of my wife's favorite karaoke song off the top of his head, which is pretty impressive. Johnny makes Planet Rose feel like home, but with singing. 3. The other patrons. This place attracts a shockingly diverse clientele, from woo girls to sad drunks* to neighborhood characters to talented artists that walked right off the Broadway stage. Cons: As far as I can tell, there's only one: It smells terrible in one small section of the bar. I think something awful happened there in the 90s.* ____________ *I'm talking about me.

This place is the best. Retro dive bar feel with the coolest zebra print couches. Drinks are as you'd expect and Felix the bartender runs the show here. He's a great time.

If you're here for the karaoke, here's a few things you need to know: You have to download an app to get the list of all the songs. And after 9 pm, they charge you $2 per song you request.

Planet Rose isn't perfect but I didn't have a bad night here, though after reading some of the reviews it seems like the crazy long time it took for my ONE song to play maybe had to do with me not being a regular. Also not thrilled to see some of the newer reviews. It doesn't effect my experience but seeing a consensus start to emerge about the unfriendliness of the place makes me think I just got lucky. I was there for three hours and only got to sing one song (it wasn't crowded). I didn't really care, I was waiting for someone and wanted to kill some time, so I figured I'd focus on singing instead of drinking. I made friends with a random group, which was easy to do, people were friendly. Maybe making friends was the reason I got to sing! My main issue was with the mics. I can belt out one or two pretty good, but the mic I got was not working, everyone who got it knew it and people were jockeying for the good one. After one song I scraped my vocal cords dry trying to scream into the damn thing. Couldn't have made a night of it had I stayed. What's the point in going to a karaoke bar if every aspect of singing is so messed up it prevents you from singing lol? I love the decor. Gaudy kitsch, animal prints and cheap velvet with Christmas lights. But I basically just sat there and existed while other people sang, so I probably won't be coming back for that.

Quick tip: If you have an Android phone you can use the "healsonic" app by healsonic. (Yes same company name). I successfully used it all night. I found some connection between Karaoke Champ (which runs KJTouchR) by some deep internet digging. Have had many a great time here but if you can get here on a quiet night it's pretty awesome

This is a work event! A colleague of mine and I met up for a drink in Chinatown and he told me we had to make a quick work-related stop at 6pm before heading to Brooklyn to lose in a shuffleboard tournament. We entered this Karaoke lounge, he laughed, bought me a shot and we each sang two songs to an empty room. It was glorious. I came back later that night, a couple of dinners and many drinks later and the place was full. I sang two more songs, somehow better than earlier that evening. This karaoke lounge is cheap, cheerful and a perfect blend of drunk people having fun and people who can truly belt out a tune. Don't be shy, zoom by Planet Rose.

Good vibes and good drinks all around. But please keep in mind one thing before you give your hopes up: their healsonic app does not have any songs that are code 12700 or above, nor do they have any other language track except English. If you're alright with that, you're gonna have a good time here

Hard not to compare this to one of my longtime favorites, Baby Grand. I would say that this place has almost the same sense of intimacy and community as Baby Grand with a slightly more spacious area. and perhaps this place takes itself just a little less seriously. They're the same in terms of not having taps for beer, they only sell bottles. I would say a space the size of Planet Rose has less of an excuse not to have at least 1 or 2 taps available. Unlike Baby Grand, there is no stage. You just sort of stand or sit wherever you happen to be, or you can hover awkwardly in the middle with the wireless mic. If you like your karaoke to be a performance, this may not be great for you. In addition, the volume of the backing track can be inaudible at times. It would be really nice if there was an impromptu stage where the backing track is played a little louder if you're on it. That would go a long, long way. Also unlike Baby Grand, karaoke doesn't cost money per song, so that's great. That tends to add up over time at BG. On the whole, on my very first and only visit, Planet Rose instantly became one of my favorite karaoke dives in NYC. It's that great mix of casual, embracing community combined with a space that doesn't take itself too seriously. I'll certainly be back.

Came here on NYE so the place was a little crowded but not too bad. Really cool looking place - zebra print couches, string lights on the ceiling, and they even had some Christmas decorations up. The bartenders were very nice but the drinks were only okay. For example, one of the drinks I got was a vodka cranberry and I didn't even pay attention to which vodka was used but regardless, I didn't even taste cranberry. The drink was actually strong! Which is great, but the vodka was pretty shitty so that made for a crap drink. The karaoke here made for a fun time with friends and even if you don't wanna go up there and do a solo, you can always sing along and just have a good time. One thing I will say, is the drinks are pretty cheap which is a huge plus being in the city! Vibe was overall pretty chill and I had a good time.

Good prices, friendly crowd and barkeeps, and fun Karaoke with nearby places to grab a bite which can be brought to the bar.

Holy ish, this place and its patrons take karaoke seriously. Lots of talent belting out tunes up in here. $3 vodka sodas, crazy decor, tatts on everyone...love it. You best believe I took home a pocket fulla free condoms. Bar crawl status: 1 hour complete, 5 more hours to go.

I love this place! Where else will you find a neighborhood spot with zebra furniture and down af people?! Here! Made a few new friends here and enjoyed the vibes.

Last night was my 2nd visit to Planet Rose with a group of friends and for the 2nd time, everyone had a great time!! The song choices are enormous, something for every taste and the staff manages the song queue very well, so there was never too long a wait for your song. Happy hour pricing was good for both beers and mixed drinks and free songs during was nice. Not crazy about the $2 per song charge outside of happy hour, but everything else about the place makes up for it. Staff is friendly and attentive. Will definitely be back!

4.5 stars, even. About 18 of us raged a friend's Bachelorette with a private room here and had a super awesome time. For $45 each, we got a big private room for 2 hours with unlimited karaoke, (WAY too many ridiculously insanely large) platters of food, and unlimited drinks. Seriously, they gave us so much food it was insane. We ate our faces off yet it looked like we barely made a dent in these army-sized platters of sushi and sashimi (all fresh and good), gyoza, spring rolls, edamame, probably a few other things, and heaps of curly fries which was funny and weird but - admit it - you'd be psyched about curly fries too, especially while drinking enough varying kinds of unlimited adult beverages to get up on a table and belt out Miley Cyrus even though you couldn't sing your way out of a paper bag. Yeah. It's possible that they treat roomfuls of attractive drunk girls extra well, but we really did get unlimited drinks. Service was great; we had a steady and consistent flow of beer, mixers, ice and water, and decanters - literally decanters - full of hot AND cold sake, red and white wine, and at least 4 kinds of liquor. We got drunk. We stood on furniture. We group-sang our hearts out to Madonna and Lady Gaga for two loud awesome hours (with some ballads and Africa thrown in). All in all, a very successful Bachelorette. For a private karaoke party, Planet Rose rocks.

A great karaoke bar in the E. Village. Keeping it classy with zebra-print suede couches and some pink strobe lights, it's a legit karaoke spot guaranteed for good times. A group of 10 of us came here this past Saturday night after dining @ Nai Tapas for a girl friend's birthday. Birthday girl looooves karaoke! So we ventured here for some singing tunes. We arrived at around 9pm on a Saturday night - and I highly recommend coming at this time if you want to guarantee some couch space. The place started filling up quickly afterwards. The bar has several rooms so numerous groups could come in and enjoy their own space. This karaoke bar is so interactive - which is so cool. Because there is no stage for singing, it felt like one huge sing-a-long at times!!! Each song request is $2; you select your song of choice from a hefty book of songs and you write your selection on a classy sticky-note. Love it! You hand it to the karaoke jams-manager and he calls your name and puts the song on the wide screen tv's in each of the bar rooms when it's your turn. Because there is no stage, you can sing from any part of the karaoke bar - sitting, standing, whatevs - and if you choose a popular tune that's guaranteed to be known by the crowd, you better believe everyone will be singing along with you!! When the song selection came on for "Hey-Ya" by Outkast, every person in the room was singing! Pretty cool thing to see :) Beers were fairly priced - I ordered a few Blue Moon bottles for $6 / each. Bartenders were nice and very attentive, and laid back. Great experience for karaoke singing in NYC! Perhaps not a place you stay at all night, but definitely fun times for groups :)

It's definitely a fun place to go to with a group of friends. I went there on a Friday evening around 9pm and it was still quiet. Put 2 songs down and within 2h got to sing both. Very lovely atmosphere with everyone just having fun. You do have to pay $2 (cash only)per song just be aware although that's apparently mainly on Friday and Saturday after 8pm. I loved it how people went for classics rather than new tunes! Inexpensive drinks- they do take card payments for that and funky zebra sofas.

I'm not a big drinker, but any place with $4 mix drink happy hours is a place for me! Came here recently when a friend of a friend invited me to a gathering. Said friend wasn't there, so I sat at the bar. A true introvert, I decided to get a drink to wind down...and what, free songs until 10? Hand me the book. The biggest test of how great a karaoke bar is is based on how good their song books are. I must say they had my favorites and then some. I love that you can sing at the bar or sing on the wraparound couches just around the corner. There are screens everywhere and you don't have to stand if you don't want to. As the night progressed (and got hazy) the place filled up, so it was like one big party full of karoake loving people. I'll be back, especially knowing that this is across the street from Fat Buddah, my other haunt!

Planet Rose is my faaaavorite!!!!! Thy have a HUUUGE selection of songs, their staff is always great, the couches are comfy, and the drinks are always a-flowin'! It's just such a great atmosphere, and even people who are scared to sing in front of people rock this karaoke place because it's just got such a great vibe! ;)

Can I just say that I love Karaoke and this place just made me love it even more! My co-workers and I came here last Thursday for a Secret Santa gift exchange. When I first walked in, the lights were dimmed. The bartender was cool and got our drinks to us pretty quickly. We took the party room in the back since there were so many of us. That party room almost made me feel like I was in outer space. There were little specks of light dancing everywhere. As soon as the drinks took effect, we began choosing songs and requesting them by the bar. The song book is IMMENSE! They have almost all the hit songs you can think of from the 80s to now. I heard they even make special requests if they don't have the songs you want. I didn't have to wait too long to sing and everyone was having a blast. When we left, our voices were hoarse. That's how much fun we had. Lol. I can't wait to go back.

Went here on a Saturday night and it got packed pretty quick. We had a group of 15+ and it took TWO HOURS before we finally got our hands on a mic. Even though the decor is cool, I didn't like how we were separated by the back room. Couldn't see a damn thing going on up there by the big TV! This is my first and last experience karaoke'ing in the city. You all need to come out to L.A. and see how it's REALLY done. (i.e. the Brass Monkey) ;P

Planet Rose is an off beat karaoke bar, sporting zebra print seats, dark ambiance, and nice bartenders. Waking into Planet Rose you get a sense that it's a small place. There is a couch in front but it's not really going to help a large party. Keep waking past the bar though and you'll see a nice common room with larger couches and plenty of space to get your diva on. Beers are moderately priced at $6 dollars but all they have are bottles, no taps. That's a bummer. The bartenders are very nice though. Karaoke is free. There are some places you'll have to drink to get a karaoke ticket, but here the two aren't tied to each other. If you're in the area and looking to karaoke def stop in. If you're priority is the drinking, look elsewhere.

Went here on Saturday night. What a fun time! Loved the fact that there were plenty of seats and music was loud enough to get the singing party started. Fun crowd. Only thing was we had to wait long for our sons to come on. Obviously this place is popular. I don't drink so can't say anything about quality of drinks, but judging from my friends spunkiness, they were pretty good. We might come earlier then 10pm next time so won't have to wait as long to sing.

OK, I don't sing at all. At least not yet. But I have gone to this place a small handful of times with friends so they can work out their vocals.. The place is very homey. It's like a living room where all the action goes down. They even have dot lights or whatever you call them (lasers) floating over the room and furniture, which is sort of zebra-ish. Very friendly people. I guess people who can sing think they can talk your ear off too while in between gigs, lol. There's even a photo booth. But be warned, don't use your credit card if you're under the influence. There's lots of options to have stuff added for an additional charge at the end. I liked it, and the staff was nice. Once I learn how to sing you'll see me here all the time!

I don't want to come across mean. Let's just get that out the way. Okay. Good. Now. My review is only about karaoke night. I've been to karaoke at other bars, specifically one bar in particular that leaves this place looking pale by comparison. For starter/, they charge you to sing a song. $2 at that. I've never heard of charging someone to sing before but this is apparently standard Saturday practice here. So already strike against it. Then, let's factor in the fact that the entire places smells like the inside of the bathroom. Well, it's just ending well. Oh, and on the topic of the bathroom, understand that no matter how long the line is, the bartender will skip you should he need to go before you can finally get close. Then add in the fact that my friend got me a drink that I really didn't want. Not to mention, wasn't very good. I tried to give it back and they wanted to charge me. The bartender seemed baffled that no one wanted his very bad drink. Eventually I was able to trade off with someone else but it just seemed totally unnecessary in the face of all of that. Which is essentially my problem with this bar overall. There are better places than this. Hell, mostly ever Thursday or Friday, you can find much better places anywhere else. Literally anywhere.

This is the place to go for karaoke in the Northeast states. They have a large song book, casual easygoing crowd, and a DJ who knows every song revs up the crowd and is hilarious

INCREDIBLE place. Solid vibes. I've never had so much fun in my life. Wow. Drinks were stiff. I love my life. Please come here in you're in the area. 10/10 would recommend.

Wow. This is the worst experience I've ever had. I brought my out of town friends to a "karaoke bar" that was somewhat highly rated in the city. We showed up and found that it was clearly cliquey, difficult for us three women to vibe with the crowd. We gave it the benefit of the doubt and submitted our karaoke songs. Clearly there was preferencial treatment to the "regulars." Tonight, mind you was my first karaoke performance ever. So when I got up to sing with my friend the "regular" crowd began yelling obscenities, derogatory terms, video taped us, and bullied us into stopping mid song. It was mortifying. The bar staff never stepped in. Don't expect anything more from these people.

I like!! I came in because bar across the street was SCARY. Zebra print funky, karaoke make me feel at home. Girl sang Alanis Morrisette! Very fun. I like.

This is such a fun karaoke venue. It's like a mix between room karaoke and stage karaoke. Most of the space is open, though there is one private room if singing with strangers isn't your thing. It's furnished with plush zebra-striped couches. It wasn't too crowded when I was there (Sunday afternoon), so we never had to wait long for a song. The drinks are cheap-- pairs very well with karaoke. The only downside is the karaoke system. They have an app that allows you to search for songs without flipping through the book, which is awesome. However, most of the songs that I found through the app were not found in the system. I think this may be a temporary problem as the bartender said they had just added a bunch of songs and were waiting on something or other for them to be put in.

My friends aren't gonna believe this. Riegelman's writing a review of Planet Rose?! What's the world coming to? See, I don't sing. I don't dance either. No, I'm not a deaf mute. I'm just not a Karaoke'r. But that hasn't stopped me from dropping by on occasion to say hi to my buddy Steve aka 'Durango' who works at the place. He's a true East Villager, growing up and living there far before it became cool. He's a big film 35mm film buff. I challenge you to stump him on any questions from 70s or 80s cinema. He knows his stuff, and even runs a group called Mondo Culto on Meetup. Oh, and he has a monthly public access cable show on MNN that's, well, 'interesting'... But enough about Durango. Back to the Rose. Many if not most of the crazy kats my girlfriend and I hang out with usually end up at some point during the night hanging at Planet Rose. It's like a second home to them. That's the feel of the place. Very cozy and friendly, it welcomes old friends and makes it easy to make new ones too, even if you're voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard. I like the zebra-print suede couches and pink strobe lights, definitely my kinda decor! I've heard that one of the bartenders, Missy, has a signature 'flaming shot' she likes to make called 'Missy Likes to Set Things on Fire' that's pretty hot, although I haven't yet had the pleasure. As a non-singer I've actually been in several different karaoke bars (go figure), and Planet Rose by far is the friendliest and most laid back place I've been to. I think it's free to sing before 8:00pm and that they charge $2 per song afterwards, but I might be wrong. Either way it's a lot cheaper to get your groove on than other places. It's also in the heart of the East Village, less than a 10 minute walk from the L. They have a daily 2-for-1 happy hour and even if you miss it the drinks are pretty reasonable. If you're a singer, or even if you're not, you'll enjoy checking out this fun spot. Tell'em Riegelman sent you!

I have never reviewed before, but my experience was so ridiculous here. It's a karaoke bar, so it took 4 songs for me to be served and I had to have a flirty girl order for me. The bartenders are awful. They only respond to regulars and could give a crap if anyone else is around. They would rather eat Mc Donald's or drink and dance with other people than close out checks or even serve drinks. I have never had this awful of service in NY. I am in the service industry and this is very unprofessional and just ridiculous. Such a disappointment. Never again.

Had an amazing time there with a group of friends. Came early. Stayed late. Drinks were reasonably priced. Fantastic selection of songs. Incredible staff. I loved the fact besides the book, I could download an app with the list and bookmark which ones I wanted to do. Saves time looking through books and trying to pry them from people. Only complaint is they charge for songs at a certain time. As a former KJ and an avid karaoke goer, I always found the bar did better when people were up and singing. Was kind of turned off by them. Maybe they can institute something that if you stay from happy hour on, you are exempt? Just an idea.

Okay, I have only been here once but it was so much fun that it deserves a review. I am not nor have I ever been one to agree to a karaoke bar that doesn't have a private room for me to plop myself down in and belt out Total Eclipse of the Heart. But there i was, at Planet Rose, doing just that with my friends and a bunch of people that I don't know- but they were my BFFs 4EVA right then and there. AND THERE IS A PHOTO BOOTH. All caps are totally necessary on that one. Because of the size it is a more intimate experience than you would expect. There was a point where I was dancing around with a total stranger and pretending to know the words but really just opening my mouth and closing it again like a giant carp (while surreptitiously trying to peek at the screen and still failing magnificently at not pulling off whatever song it was that I was carping to). Does it get any more fun than that? Nope. Thank you Yanill for introducing me to Planet Rose! I'm going back, you're going back, we're all going back. Sooner rather than later.