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REVIEW: Music Tunnel KTV Cafe

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Another Karaoke joint and another good time. This one’s quite a hike from the city, but it was well worth it. Being in a strip mall in San Jose meant plenty of parking.

Music Tunnel had tons of rooms, excellent sound insulation, and a great sound system. It was clean and comfortable except for the small bathroom, just like seemingly every business around here. They had a cool touch-screen menu for picking songs which worked fine for the two of us, but would have been tricky with more people.

The quality of the music was really good, many also included the video from the original artist’s version of the song. The selection of English songs was good, not great. For example, they didn’t have much classic country (but I’m starting to get used to this). They had plenty of modern pop (which I can’t sing) and a good collection of oldies (Beatles, Elvis, Carpenters).

My friend was having fun with Chinese pop songs that had the actual videos. It was pretty neat.

This is my current favorite Karaoke place in the Bay Area. You should check it out.

REVIEW: Millbrae Karaoke House

Monday, May 31st, 2010

I went to the Millbrae Karaoke House for the first time last night. We had a good time there. I have every intention of returning.

There are multiple rooms of various sizes. We had a group of 4 and paid $25/hour. The room was comfortable and had plenty of space for our group.

You could see the lyrics on screen easily from any location in the room. The sound system was good and loud, though this also meant you could hear sounds from other rooms if you didn’t have any music playing.

The selection of music in English was adequate. The background music for the songs wasn’t the best that I’ve heard, but it wasn’t the worst either. It definitely doesn’t sound as good as CD+Gs that you might buy yourself. Also, the songs were only listed by title. It would have been nice to have them cross-referenced by artist and genre.

They sell water, soft drinks, and beer at the front counter. It’s reasonably priced – water is $1. There’s no food.

The bathroom was clean.

You park on the street, so you might want to leave the big SUV at home.