Trader Todd's

The inside is really kitschy and cute and I love the vibe of karaoke, but the two tables next to us did get into a turf for over his several letters and had to be separated so you gotta be up for that vibe i guess.

Trader Todd's is a fun little karaoke bar! I enjoy going with my friends every once in awhile. Fun place for friend get-togethers and late night drinks. I do need to add that one time my real ID was rejected by the bouncer, which as a 22 year old is odd especially since I've been there several times before. The bouncer didn't even look at my ID and told me "nope" which was so bizarre considering I've heard that plenty of fake carriers get in no problem, but my real ID at legal drinking age wasn't okay.. Anyway, fun time and good service!

We came in on a Wednesday night for happy hour and thought the place was charming! Cici was our bartender and she was the BEST! She remembered our drink orders, was attentive and had great banter. Tried the $1 pepperoni pizza slice not expecting much and I was VERY surprised, in a great way. I will be recommending this place for happy hour to any of my friends looking for a fun, chill hang out with some YUM tiki drinks and good pizza. Will be back (thanks to Cici!)

This place is great! The staff is fantastic, drinks are solid, and the crowd is always a good time. DJ dude is super nice, and he does a great job balancing vibes & song request order. Get here early if you want a table! It gets packed quickly.

went in for the vibes and stayed for the food!! the nachos and fried pickles were delicious, drinks were reasonable in price, and staff was friendly. our bartender joanna made it a great experience for my first time. i will definitely be back!

READ IF YOUR A HUMAN WITH A HEART !!!! Me and friends thought this would be a great place to hang out for my friends birthday it's was 5+ of us we bought drinks and food. We were waiting for our song request for about two- 3hours and when we signaled to the guy that we would still like to go waved it off he after some short time passed he began to play "WADE IN THE WATER" which is a Negro spiritual song. ( we were the only ones there that were black). Besides few other alternative black folk. Even the mixed people were weirded out about it and came to our table and said "what the hell" I was already skeptical about wanting to play an r&b song because the place was already filled with whites (which is fine!!!) we're in Chicago !!!! Usually this doesn't happen in Chicago or so I thought. We wanted to get our moneys worth so we stayed for a bit longer and still didn't get called to the stage After buying 2-3 rounds of shots for 5+ ppl and food for our guest. We just thought to head out without causing a scene because we're legit disturbed and uncomfortable. I don't like pulling the Race card but please do better with being more diverse at this location ! The crowd was nice and waiter was amazing food was great !!! That weird guy who controls the mic and music needs to do better tho. Don't fire him we don't need him working any where else !

When i recently went, we were greeted at the bar by Joanna, she was so nice and had great energy!! She helped me pick out a great drink and when i asked her about what food I should get she told me so many recommendations! I ended up getting the Nachos with Pork and OMG they were sooo good and it was a ton of food that I was able to have a late night snack after i left that night! Can't wait to come back and try the pizza

Fantastic karaoke atmosphere! Come one come all talent and all. But you know the best thing about this place? David the door man! He’s down to earth, real as it gets, and he watches out for the peeps there. He’s a great guy and deserves a raise!!! Thank you David for making these girls feel safe! You’re an amazing human! ~Love Texas

We stopped by Trader Todd's after dinner one night and had a super fun time! We showed up with a group of 4 around 9:15pm on a Friday and still managed to get a table. I was surprised by how good the drinks are, and with great presentation. Karaoke is always fun, the smaller floor stage makes it less intimidating for those who aren't the biggest karaoke performers. Everyone was supportive and cheering each other on so it was great. The highlight of our visit was our server D (Dee?)! He was the BEST, our group's biggest cheerleader and he deserves all the praise. He really made our experience great and I would solely go back to have him as a server again. Only note for newcomers is that there is a cover after 9pm!

Our group of early 20's young women was viciously berated and yelled at by the bouncer. We were waiting for our song and one of my friends was laying her head on the wall, and the bouncer came up and started accusing us of passing our, yelled at us and threatened to call the cops on us. We are a group of young small framed women being yelled at and threatened by your large adult male bouncer over nothing other than finding us seemingly easy targets to take his frustration out on. He was wearing a grey sweatshirt. If you are employing a man who feels comfortable yelling at and calling the cops on a group of quiet, mild-mannered young women (who were not acting crazy at all), you are definitely putting your customers at risk. Will not be coming back here.

Terrible place. It's filled with underage people. The bartenders are rude. There are 17 year olds walking around. Definitely do not recommend. The cops need to take their license away for allowing so many underage people.

Favorite karaoke spot! Trader Todd's is a fun neighborhood bar; there is usually a $5 cover on weekends. The atmosphere is fun and there are two rooms with karaoke so I have found there is plenty of space! Usually it takes a long time to get through the list of queued songs (you can pay extra to have your song moved up the list) and sometimes the queue is up to over an hour.

UPDATE: shortly after this was posted, Aidan called us out for the bad review. Our request finally came on, and he turned off our mics so we couldn't sing!! Not only that, he was taking selfies of us while on stage and said "if you take pics of me, I can take pics of you too". Being understandably frustrated, we walked off stage mid song. He then approached us and said "I only get paid $10 an hour, I'm going to get you kicked out (for what?), etc etc". The manager came up to us and was kind enough to hear our side. We mentioned we did not want issues but were being treated poorly. Not only us, all the others surrounding even came up to us to stay how rude he has been. I will post the video of us singing with the mics turned off, and you can see him taking a picture of us. This was seriously unreal and caused huge frustration for the remainder of the night as our entire friend group had to rearrange plans for the evening. I truly hope the manager spoke to Aidan. This place is unreal in the worst way.... Specifically, Aidan the dj. We came in before the crowd and put our song in. Initially, we requested a song to which he said "I don't want to play that, it's been played 3 times already" (as if that is relevant?). We put in another song instead to accommodate, and he continued to give attitude. After an hour, we asked "how long until we are up" to which he said "I have too much going on right now, but if you give me a tip I'll play you next"... and the list was up on his screen. After another half an hour, our request was not played as others who came after us went up to sing. This is my first time here, and despite bad reviews, I wanted to give it a chance. But, I will never ever come here again. Why work in the service industry is you don't want to be kind to others? I was so excited to come, and it was ruined by the horrible service. Not to mention, the discrimination here.

This MC was horrible. Literally skipped over males for singing crowd favorites (Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears) but let "cute young women" sing the same song three times over. Must be dwelling in his own misery and trying to get some female attention. Might also be the only way he gets any female attention.Haters gonna hate. BFL.

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. Every time I have come here to have a fun time and do karaoke I get treated like absolute shit by the DJ. Look, karaoke is supposed to be fun! What's NOT fun is having mics turned off mid song and being told to "stop screaming in the fucking mic". The DJ is an absolute asshole. Even requesting a song feels like I'm doing something wrong. Terrible terrible vibes. Thanks for always ruining karaoke AL. Maybe try picking a different job if you hate being around people trying to have a good time. I have been to plenty of karaoke bars and have never been treated this way. It blows my mind.

Back room DJ asked me to "step outside" multiple times after him telling me "I'm making less than minimum wage, you're fucking with my money." After refusing to get into a physical altercation but still explaining he was being rude, he felt compelled to have me kicked out. Have never been kicked out of a bar for refusing to get in a fight, but will not be going back to Trader Todds or their inexplicably rude service.

Always a fun time here, even if the guys running karaoke seem to not be having that much fun themselves! Go early enough to get a table and get your songs in because the wait for your turn can stretch into 2+ hours on a busy night! The host guy with a ponytail seems to really hate it- why does he do this job then? Really puts a damper on other people having fun when the KARAOKE host gives attitude or makes you feel dumb for *checks notes* requesting a karaoke song...?

11-2024 READ IF YOUR A HUMAN WITH A HEART !!!! Me and friends thought this would be a great place to hang out for my friends birthday it's was 5+ of us we bought drinks and food. We were waiting for our song request for about two- 3hours and when we signaled to the guy that we would still like to go waved it off he after some short time passed he began to play "WADE IN THE WATER" which is a Negro spiritual song. ( we were the only ones there that were black). Besides few other alternative black folk. Even the mixed people were weirded out about it and came to our table and said "what the hell" I was already skeptical about wanting to play an r&b song because the place was already filled with whites (which is fine!!!) we're in Chicago !!!! Usually this doesn't happen in Chicago or so I thought. We wanted to get our moneys worth so we stayed for a bit longer and still didn't get called to the stage After buying 2-3 rounds of shots for 5+ ppl and food for our guest. We just thought to head out without causing a scene because we're legit disturbed and uncomfortable. I don't like pulling the Race card but please do better with being more diverse at this location ! The crowd was nice and waiter was amazing food was great !!! That weird guy who controls the mic and music needs to do better tho. Don't fire him we don't need him working any where else !

Vibes are cool. But they don't have We Are the World (song by USA for Africa) on the list.... Big L

I got denied and I'm 25 years old with 3 forms of government identification. The bartender was extremely rude and kicked me out :,(

I've come here pretty regularly for 3-4 years, and have never had an experience like i had tonight. Aiden, the MC, told me it would be an hour long wait when i signed up for a song. I respectfully told him thank you and tipped $5. After about 2 hours of sitting at the table second from the front of the stage with plenty of friends (i.e. i wouldn't have missed my song), i approached Aiden. I asked him at this point where i was in line, given that two of my friends who showed up after me had already sang their karaoke songs. He said to me, and I quote "I MUST HAVE LIKED EVERYONE ELSE BETTER THAN YOU". So unprofessional and uncalled for. I tipped him and was respectful in the thirty second interaction we had. I'd stick to Harrigans a few blocks south if you want to sing karaoke, Aiden makes this place unbearable.

David is a professional, and respectful bouncer that always is incredibly welcoming and funny. Always a pleasure every Friday night! Couldn't imagine a better person to keep Todd's safe! Inside the establishment, Maddie is the best bartender at any location, she is always very friendly, and efficient. Makes a mean margarita!!!

One of the finest Painkillers I've ever had, Karaoke, and beer specials... how could you go wrong. Also, the staff here is super fun. Thanks Cici and Jessica!

If I could give this place zero stars I would. Me and a group of friends went to Trader Todd's for my good friends birthday. I went to the back side of the bar to put my name in for a song. The first song I requested was not "on the playlist." The dj working the booth was giving me so much attitude for simply trying to ask for a song. So I gave him another song and even tipped him. When he asked for my name I said put it in under my last name since I knew there would be another Eric in the bar. He proceeded to tell me, "no I'm putting it in as Eric." So like everyone else I waited my turn. I finally hear the dj call Eric so I figured it has to be my turn. When my friends and I tooo the stage the dj kicked us off and told me how I was "making his job hard." If he would have listened and put in my last name, this confusion would not have happened. I went to find a manager to tell him what had happened and his response was, "that doesn't sound like something he would do." Manager had zero sympathy for a paying customer. This place felt RACIST! As I was walking out the bouncer yelled at me saying "you're lucky we let you in here." Again, I did nothing wrong and got treated horribly. It is safe to say that I will NEVER step foot again in trader Todd's. If you are a person of color, I do not recommend coming into this establishment. It was honestly just embarrassing and disgusting.

We stopped in on a Saturday evening and there was karaoke going on in the front and the back, which was pretty fun! There was a $5 cover for everyone to enter. The drinks were pretty basic but the $5 pizza slices hit the spot. There was a lot of dancing and upbeat vibes going on everywhere in the bar. The outdoor section is a great place to hang out as well when the weather is nice. You can still hear the music; but it isn't overwhelming out there. Service was surprisingly fast since I only saw 1 waitress coming out to get drink orders for the couple tables they have in the front. She was on top of it though!

We came here recently to celebrate a birthday of our dear friend and I can say we had a blast! This was my first time at any karaoke bar and it is so interesting! Whoever wants can go, choose a song and sing! Sometimes it can be funny, sometimes you can hear some great singers! Anyway, if if you are not confident and make some mistakes, other people support you with applause so you can feel better and not ashamed. Server was excellent, so friendly and nice! Unfortunately I forgot her name. I had a virgin mojito (it was good) and veggie pizza (the best veggie pizza in my life, spicy). Didn't try the food that others ordered, but they said it was good! The bar was full, and the atmosphere was wonderful! Great place to celebrate something or just have fun with friends!

Unfortunately a bad time. Karaoke DJ was super aggressive for tips. Really wanted to love it but overall weird vibe.

Service was terrible! Karaoke bar was so much so but as soon I left my drink the server BILLY accused me of stealing a drink when I was looking for the beer that I left on the table before I started my song but whatever. If you go by yourself you will be accused of stealing drinks, and be threatened to be kicked out because of It! Insane! I bet that doesn't happen to all the white people who go there! That's all I'm saying! The dj already feels unsafe but it's insured how unsafe it is by the workers like Billy! The workers of color were really hopeful though! Didn't accuse me of stealing and called me dumb!

The absolute rudest karaoke DJ I have ever encountered, on multiple occasions now. Al (I believe it said on the tip sheet??) grows exponentially angrier if there aren't any new tips in his bucket, which I as a service worker understand however continuing to be rude to people who are only just now approaching and haven't even gotten the chance to tip yet is not the way to fix that. The bouncer needs to calm down as well. I promise it is not that deep, this is a casual karaoke bar. There are so many better places to go to for karaoke where you won't be ridiculed or snapped at for simply requesting a song.

the balding bartender with the glasses refused to replace a beer on tap that had gone bad/sour/something was wrong with it. i would not recommend ordering beer on tap as the beers had a distinctly bad taste. we politely explained this to the male bartender and requested he replace it with a bottle because something was CLEARLY wrong. he rudely told us we could buy a bottle and that was all. seriously gross drink and man

Service was fast and the wait staff were so nice and entertaining. Shout out to Kellie and Teara (might have spelled those wrong).

We did not have the best experience with our to go order. Would not recommend the sliders however the tenders and the fries were okay.

Went last night and we waited in front of the bar for about 10 minutes and finally the bar tender asked what we wanted. When I told her she rolled her eyes at me. Didn't smile once.

Neighborhood bar near a train station so very convenient. No need to drive we went on a wed evening and they had a goood karaoke set up and good crowd of locals and young crowd. No frills bar with a front patio and the back patio and 2nd floor were closed though cause of the rain or smaller crowd. Cheap drinks.

Nothing has changed except for the fact that charge a fee to get in now, and lied and said they've always charged one. And I have had poor experiences on both sides of the bar at this point. I thought maybe it'd be better since I hadn't been in a long time. NOPE. Still have their "favorites" based on... Song genre, and OTHER things. (Read that as you will). They still have the same people singing almost back to back, while others don't get to sing at all, even with tipping. We walked out. I used to love this place but over the years the lack of equity in the treatment of customers will ensure it's my last visit.

The guys running the karaoke machine are kind of assholes. Seems like they don't want to be there. But don't let that take away from the incredible vibe of this place. Grab a drink and enjoy the many characters who go on stage and sing. Might as well sing a song yourself too! This place is a ton of fun. Billy was an incredible server when I went. 10/10

Obsessed with the bartender Cece! Me and my friends are definitely coming back for ya on Mondays!!

Oh Trader Todd's! How you never disappoint. We have seriously missed coming here for a lovely get away from the city life. There are beers, tropical cocktails, shots, karaoke, and more shots! Not a lot of seating with the Covid restrictions but still enough for enjoyment and to feel safe. Staff has on masks and gloves, food is served in disposable containers, same with the shots. :) mozzarella sticks were great, fried pickles are chips, not as great but love the tropical cocktails. Staff is so happy to have you back and boy do we love being back. Keep up the good work!

Loved the places vibe however I tipped the dj per the waitresses suggestion to get to the top of the list to sing karaoke. He ended up closing the back and taking our money. We weren't able to sing the song we paid for. The dj was rude and unprofessional . The next dj at the front didn't give a crap and shut us down when we asked if we could go next. Super annoying.

Trader Todd's is where you think you should go for a good time but in actuality, sucks your soul right out. Now to be clear, the vibes, clientele, drinks, and waiters are not the problem, it's the Karaoke host. Me and my friends love going to karaoke to unwind and have fun. Anyway, we can only put in ONE song an hour, which is annoying because there wasn't that many people there. Second, you can't put in requests for your friends, even if you asked them to do so because you didn't want to get up. And lastly, the song selections suck a whole lot. They didn't have Psycho Killer by Talking Heads or Come and get your love(how do you not have those?). The guy obviously does not want to be there. I understand that it gets tiring hearing pitchy drunk versions of Taylor Swift songs, but you don't have to be a jerk to people trying to have fun. The dudes stares you down like you owe him money and takes the fun out of the whole vibe of the place. Trader Todd's is lucky because there are very few karaoke bars around the city, but if more open up, they will be out of business in no time if they don't improve the way they are running this gold mine

We went to celebrate my daughter's birthday and had a. Amazing time until Steve picked up my son and threw him out of the bar accusing us of not paying our tab which we had opened at the bar for the entire night I am a professional in my late fifties and can easily afford the tab. I paid my bill and tried to ask Steve why he manhandled my son . He said leave now you're out. I have never been treated in such a rude, disrespectful manner really for no reason. Be careful if your thinking of going to this establishment.

I know it's been awhile but an update is WELL DESERVED. The new Karaoke DJs are awesome. I was trying to look for other adjectives for awesome and we have: "amazing, wondrous, spectacular, majestic, etc...". Either way, thank you Trader Todd's for once again becoming my favorite bar in Chicago. Shout out to Noah at the back karaoke bar. He had such great energy and was kind and encouraging to all who sang. (Also his DJing in between songs was dope too). Anyways! Disregard my previous review. All of the bouncers and DJs were rockstars tonight.

I have never experienced racial profiling like this in my life. I went out with two of my friends (they are black and I am brown) and we decided to go to Trader todds for karaoke. When we got in line there were two people in front of us, who happened to be white, and we watched the bouncer let them in. When we got up to the front with IDs in hand and SOBER we were told that they weren't letting people in anymore. We were sad but we understood and stepped away from the line. There was another white group behind us, so while we started to call our uber, I decided to see if they were gonna let them in, and they did. I was a little confused so I asked why they could go in. he bouncer just looked at me and didn't say anything. My friends and I were then oking as said "oh you don't want to let us in because we are POC", to which he replied "actually, yes that is the reason" and was being dead serious. For about the next 20 minutes we were out there trying to figure out why they were being so aggressively racist, the bouncer would look us in the eye every single time a white group came and was like "watch how I'm going to let them in because they are white and you are not". More than 15 people were let in. At that point we didn't even want to get inside anymore we just felt so disrespected that we wanted an apology. I then see a white bouncer come stand by the door, listen to us for five minutes, and then walk back in. At this point, we were still arguing with the first bouncer, who said that he would let us in if we paid him. This whole time, while we felt disrespected, we did not get aggressive, yell, or cuss. A group of white girls came up again, three were brunette, one was blonde. As the blonde was going in the bouncer said "see she really belongs in here, you guys don't" WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?? It was giving Hitler. We just started laughing because they were trying really hard to be as racist as they could be. The bouncer then proceeded to say that he felt threatened by us and that we were getting aggressive so he wanted to call the cops on us. We just stood there, on the sidewalk not even on their property, and I wanted them to call the cops so we could run the tapes back. Then another white bouncer came out, who claimed he was the manager and told us to leave. Hoping to get some kind of apology I explained what was happening to us and he said he doesn't know us, but he knows the bouncer and he wouldn't do that. I told him that he could run the tapes to see, to which he responded okay in a sarcastic manner. I then said "you're not going to look at them are you" and he said "no". We got no apology and were disrespected and belittled by every person who came out. The extreme and blatant racism is insane, we didn't do anything to be treated that way.

Would be a great bar except the bouncer doesn't let in black people! On multiple occasions he specifically told my group and other groups they couldn't go in because they were black. Won't be going back I guess!

STAY AWAY FROM KARAOKE KEITH Okay, so... I actually had an amazing time here last night. Our waitress was great: fun, attentive, cool. I met an amazing group of people, and very much danced the night away singing my favorite throwbacks. Love! HOWEVER (and here we go) there is one super problematic and worrisome issue about TT's that has led me to write this review (which I have never done). THE KARAOKE MANS KEITH NEEDS TO GO. Upon arrival, my friend quickly put in his request to sing the classic Phantom Planet's "California" (made popular in the early 2000's as the intro to the show we all know and love The OC) and I was more than happy to be his biggest fan and sing along in the front row with him (in case he got nervous, duh). Matter of fact, I was everyone's biggest fan that night. (TT's just felt like that type of place where you could befriend anyone, and I did just that). Very quickly I had made lots of new friends, young and old, all around the joint and finally mustered enough courage to put in a karaoke request of Alanis Morissettes' "You Oughta Know" because, well, feminism. One by one, people came, put in requests, got called up, sang their hearts out and left, as I, a self-proclaimed patient person, put my need to be seen in the backseat and cheered everyone else on. Because, hey, it's just karaoke. And friendship. At about 35 minutes after I had put in my request, I approached the karaoke booth and jokingly asked Keith if he wasn't picking me on purpose. He told me he didn't make the order and then pointed to my name on the screen showing I would be next. Okay. Next. I could do that. I was not next. I wasn't even next after the next persons next. For some reason, Keith did not call my name for over an HOUR after I put my request in. I got my new girl gang together and told them how peeved I was about not being able to sing karaoke. They also couldn't understand why I hadn't been called up yet. After Vinny, (SHOUTOUT VINNY I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR UNTOUCHABLE RENDITION OF "I WANT IT THAT WAY" by Backstreet Boys. Truly remarkable. So raw, so real, so vulnerable. Brought the house down. Chills thinking about it. Vinny I will see you at the Bob's Discount Furniture in Skokie for all my ottoman needs very soon). Wait.. where was I? OH! After my new friends learned of this wrongdoing they started to chant my name! "ALEXIS! ALEXIS! ALEXIS!" This was nice. I never knew just how held I could feel post name chant by a group of total strangers. Highly recommend. Unlike Keith. I do not highly recommend him. One of my new friends went up to Keith's perceived throne and inquired about my turn. Suddenly, he informs her that I would not be performing that night because he had been threatened and he felt unsafe. "Maybe another night." he said. ANOTHER NIGHT? For WHY? For WHERE? For WHO? I was going to chop it up to just thinking that he needed to take away my joy more than I needed to sing Alanis Morissette. I was going to let it go. My new friends would not. Hells yeah they would not. They quickly talked to the manager (Don't know the name, never got to meet them) and before you know Keith sat at his thrown and sang into the mic, "AleXiSSs is UP!" Despite how upset I was that I was unreasonably targeted to have my karaoke dreams stolen, I still went up on stage.... because well, feminism. I sang "You Oughta Know" with more passion and pride with this newly found fire in my veins for Keith than I ever would have channeling my first romantic betrayal by my first college boyfriend who cheated on me with his ex. (But that's another Yelp review) *Side note: Why don't we have Yelp reviews for people? Cut to: me singing to Keith's back which was fun. All in good fun. Because KARAOKE IS FUN. KARAOKE IS THERAPY. KARAOKE IS TRUTH. KARAOKE IS LIFE. Keith couldn't help but turn off my mic?? He simply couldn't help himself. Whatever. I have an Acting degree. I know how to project *especially with technical difficulties* I still rocked it. *Hire me* As the song ended and he told me there were no speeches (LOL) I playfully knocked his cowboy hat off of his head while he was turned around. I admit, yes, it was immature. But I did it. Sue me. I walked off the stage with my beverage and felt an arm ATTEMPT TO KNOCK MY DRINK OUT OF MY HAND. YES, KEITH FOLLOWED ME OFF THE STAGE AT HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, RAN TOWARD ME, SWUNG HIS MEATY ARM AT ME TO IN AN ATTEMPT TO KNOCK MY DRINK ON TO THE GROUND. Everyone was horrified and no one (OTHER THAN THE CUSTOMERS) did anything about it. Keith needs to GO. AND/OR at the VERY LEAST go see someone for his clear anger issues. I guarantee you I was not the first bright eyed and bushy tailed woman to go into Trader Todd's after a Cubs sweep wanting to live her best life. Mr. Todd, what are you going to do to make this right? Having an employee assault your customers? This is completely unacceptable. Please let me know how you are going to make this right.

Went here for my fiancé's birthday, and I had a feeling it wasn't a good idea but wanted to give it a go since my friend had her bachelorette here (rented out the back part of the bar) and it was a lot of fun. We arrived and they charged us a $5 cover, which i thought was valid at first however when we walked in we didn't have the room to make it to the front to request a song. The bigger issue is that I left my jacket and called immediately the next day to check if it was still there. The guy on the phone did not even try to look in the lost and found section - he just said "I just cleaned the front and back from a kids party and it's not here". I asked if I could leave my contact info in case he sees it anywhere and he insisted it wasn't there. I called again on Thursday - the guy on the phone this time said he did have the jacket. I even gave a description of the jacket (very specific sherpa with "ABKD" on it) and he knew exactly what I was talking about and said he has it. We showed up that weekend and the guy at the bar did not know what we were talking about and said they do not have the jacket and it might have been "thrown out". How can something be thrown out after just a WEEK, but really THREE days. We made the drive to go back to pick it up just to be told it's not there. So confusing and never come back here.

Fantastic time for a party with a drink and food package. We sang, laughed and sang some more.

Horrible experience. Bouncer was extremely rude. He was irritated about something and stamped my hand so hard he left a mark. We paid $5 cover charge and left immediately. Not impressed.

This is a super fun bar with very chill vibes and great drinks. Savannah makes a great drink and is lovely overall!

"DJ" KEITH CAVANAUGH = DISASTER SUNDAY AUGUST 28TH 2022 - I really wish I took the time to read the reviews before coming here. Yelp isn't the first place I go to vent frustrations but when I went on Yelp looking at all the other reviews I saw a common theme. Keith was rude, gave an awkward vibe and really ruined the karaoke experience for his claim of "Chicago's Best Karaoke." I will have to say the service was great. Our server, Katie, was attentive, took care of my table and was pleasant. She is the reason why I didn't rate 1 star because food / service was great. So thank you Katie! But when you come to a karaoke bar and the karaoke is the worst part about the experience it only makes sense. When you go to Keith to ask for a song and he doesn't agree it's a song for you... he won't let you sing it or questions why you are choosing that song. Karaoke shouldn't be a place where you feel uncomfortable singing a song. It's not a Grammy performance... it's about having a good time singing regardless of how good you are. Not sure who Marissa is but man at least that girl can sing because at least hearing her made listening to "DJ" Keith bearable. I would leave her a tip before I leave Keith one since he was practically begging for one. Thanks Keith for making fun of the homeless, "What does the homeless guy say to the girl he is dating. Your place or your place?" Really?

Drink service was A-ok. Got to say the Karaoke MC only allowed his regulars on stage to sing. Either tip this dude big time to get in the queue or forget about ever showcasing your talent. My advice is to avoid this place.

The girl working the bar was very friendly and sociable. I went there on a Saturday and it was busy but I felt welcome there. Her name was P or B I think

What a great environment and ambiance! The only thing better than getting to sing songs with your besties is the service here. Payton went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of! Super personable and great energy and caters to you personally even when the bar is busy. We will definitely come back

I love it here. This is my first time back since Covid began and I don't really remember that time but I do remember this time. I think I remember the karaoke being legendary and there's a sign that says Chicago's best karaoke. Who am I to disagree? The staff has been super nice and accommodating and whatever playlist they're playing is crushing it. It's just a solid environment to hang with friends after work. I haven't eaten yet but my friends devoured their food so that's a good sign. I'll probably add this to my regular Happy Hour rotation. I might even come back tomorrow.

Awful service. Denied entry because of racial profiling at the door and was told "Move your black ass back" by the bouncer. We were sober and calmly waiting to enter. Very disappointing.

Wow, I couldn't believe how much fun I had here! Seriously, my expectations weren't super high, as I had walked by this place numerous times and only really was able to experience the door guy. A tiki bar kind of atmosphere, some decently strong cocktails, and karaoke - this bar is where good decisions come to die. We found our way down here after a Cubs game and after some Rey Largo Pina Coladas, some early 90's rap and a solid plate of nachos we might have discovered our new go to bar. I will say, the food menu isn't amazing, but for bar food, there seemed to be decent choices. Service was awesome and again, the drinks were strong. There was a fun little treat, we showed our server our game tickets and we each got 2 free wings!

I used to really like this establishment as we would go here post our kickball league. I am appalled at how the bouncers at this establishment treat young women. I encountered several young women being carried in too intoxicated to stand being let in while completely sober, kind women were turned away. The bouncers were verbally abusive towards these young women, yelling and using profanity at them. Also, their covid precautions are horrible. Would not recommend this place. Go to Brando's instead for karaoke. Signed, A concerned healthcare provider