Second on Second Karaoke Bar / Lounge

In Short – The bar fills a quarter of the room, the remainder is filled with mostly booth seating. Patrons twist in their seats to see singers belt out "Sweet Caroline" and "Sweet Child of Mine" almost nightly. Visitors can choose from over 30,000 songs to live out their rock star dreams. An Asian fusion menu dishes up teriyaki and stir fry cuisine, and offers a choice of seafood and chicken salads.

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What to Drink:: A daily happy hour offers $3 beers, like Stella Artois and Hogarden on tap, and $2 off drinks from 5pm to 8pm.
Extras:: Idol wanna-bes can choose to a rent a private room. Rates range from $35 to $100 an hour. On Sundays through Thursdays, when you spend an equal amount on food or drinks, the room fee is waved.
Know Before You Go:: The nightly karaoke begins at 9pm with a live emcee at $1 per song.

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ambiance	100.0% positive	“But to my surprise, the food was great and the atmosphere was excellent.” “loved the ambience, the food, the service and the open mic karaoke!” “The restaurant part of this place is so cozy, the bar is so much fun, and the kareoke rooms are a blast.” “If you're out for a nice romantic, delicious meal with great service and a very affordable menu, go to Second on Second.” “This place has a great atmosphere, great bar and great waitstaff.” “The lounge can be fun if you don't mind the crowd.” “The ambiance was inviting.” “highly recommend this place, whether it be for a romantic dinner, social events, or just to have a great time.”
drinks	72.91999816894531% positive	“In short- if want to go to a bar with a nice vibe and watch friends of the DJ sing while you wait in vain for your name to come up- go to 2nd on 2nd.” “Just an awful experience and I would suggest that people think twice before going to this place and go to the Fat Black Pussycat or the Village Underground, they treat their customers, of all creeds, with respect and they have great food and drinks!” “The restaurant part of this place is so cozy, the bar is so much fun, and the kareoke rooms are a blast.” “food was great, drinks were reasonably priced.” “most of the songs i chose, did not go thru, the drinks were DECENT, the room was too tiny for my friends and i had the BIGEST and there was a big guy waiting for me to leave the room 5 minutes before my due time!” “The private room was dirty (the seats were sticky from beer), the service was rude, and the song list was really lacking.” “don't like typical bar food.” “ladies you will enjoy the bar next door.” “The crowd was 21- 30ish, the bathrooms were clean, the lite food menu was sufficient, drinks were on cheaper side.” “15 minutes before time was up the Asian lady came back in and told us that we needed to order our last drinks because time was almost up.” “This place has a great atmosphere, great bar and great waitstaff.” “The rooms inside weren't that great looking but after a few drinks and songs it didn't seem to matter.” “w/us. The drinks were good, service was fast and helpful.” “It has great Japanese food, well stock bar, private clean karaoke rooms!” “The 2 bartenders were very attentive and fast w/ drinks.” “friend wanted to celebrate part of his birthday weekend at Second on Second based on his experience there years ago in hopes of eating some decent finger foods, having a few drinks and singing karaoke.”
food quality	86.66999816894531% positive	“But to my surprise, the food was great and the atmosphere was excellent.” “loved the ambience, the food, the service and the open mic karaoke!” “The happy hour specials weren't very good and were actually pricey, the food was overpriced as well for the quality.” “The owner was quick to recommend favorite dishes and the happy hour specials are terriffic.” “Just an awful experience and I would suggest that people think twice before going to this place and go to the Fat Black Pussycat or the Village Underground, they treat their customers, of all creeds, with respect and they have great food and drinks!” “This place has a great sampler platter (8 bux or so, not bad) & the rice w/ chicken is kickass and will feed two people easily (8 bux or so - good deal).” “The food is excellent and the lychee martinis here are the best.” “It has great Japanese food, well stock bar, private clean karaoke rooms!” “don't like typical bar food.” “This is the best Japanese food I have ever ate!” “food was great, drinks were reasonably priced.” “The food was actually EXCELLENT(another pleasant suprise).” “The foods was good (not amazing of course) but for a karaoke place, the food was pretty good!” “2) Food/Drinks: Hands down the best food in any K-place I've ever had & it rivals some of the better Japenese/Thai restaurants, no joke.” “The food was great!” “One of my girl friends who worked in Japan said that this was the best sushi fare in Karaoke land that she had in a while.” “The sushi here IS excellent - and I've frequented the best places in town.” “This was, by far, the best sushi experience I have ever had.” “Come here for a great meal.” “If you're out for a nice romantic, delicious meal with great service and a very affordable menu, go to Second on Second.” “highly recommend the fries, chicken wings and papaya salad!” “Great food, excellent karaoke!” “wouldn't recommend another sushi restaurant in the city.” “The crowd was 21- 30ish, the bathrooms were clean, the lite food menu was sufficient, drinks were on cheaper side.” “The food was out of this world and the service was the best I have ever had.”
menu variety	100.0% positive	“The Karaoke rooms are also clean, neat + great song selection!” “The crowd was 21- 30ish, the bathrooms were clean, the lite food menu was sufficient, drinks were on cheaper side.” “If you're out for a nice romantic, delicious meal with great service and a very affordable menu, go to Second on Second.”
overall	100.0% positive	“The foods was good (not amazing of course) but for a karaoke place, the food was pretty good!”
return potential	100.0% positive	“will never ever ever ever come back or recommend this place to a friend.” “but in all, I loved the experience and the crowd and intend to come back.”
service	76.33999824523926% positive	“The food was out of this world and the service was the best I have ever had.” “the service was very friendly and quite attractive!” “In my opinion if you work in customer service you should be at least pleasant especially if your customers are being nice to you, she totally spoiled the birthday girls mood with her attitude.” “We had nowhere to stand, the bartender was a crazy powerpuff girl who served some weird tasting cosmo, I swear it's different than the ones I had in the room.” “If you're out for a nice romantic, delicious meal with great service and a very affordable menu, go to Second on Second.” “Good karaoke, but bad service” “This place smells like urine, the equipment doesn't work, and the staff is rude.” “bouncer checking for ID at the door lacked personality (but guess they have to be like that), bouncer inside was nice enough, hostess was nice I think her name was Shawnia and bartender Elvis was nice.” “w/us. The drinks were good, service was fast and helpful.” “The private room was dirty (the seats were sticky from beer), the service was rude, and the song list was really lacking.” “the waitress, ALISON (HI CUTIE), is a pretty, hot, sumoan (dont know how to spell it) and funny gal.” “At least I can say that the people I spoke to on the phone seem very nice and professional.” “The workers here are so friendly and are always coming around making sure you're okay.” “The staff was very accomidating to our party showing up 1 hr late and the service to the room was great.” “Just an awful experience and I would suggest that people think twice before going to this place and go to the Fat Black Pussycat or the Village Underground, they treat their customers, of all creeds, with respect and they have great food and drinks!” “the waitresses and bouncers were very friendly and efficient.” “The wait staff was professional and courteous.” “the rates here are very reasonable, and the staff was friendly and accomodating, making sure everything went smoothly.” “loved the ambience, the food, the service and the open mic karaoke!” “This place has a great sampler platter (8 bux or so, not bad) & the rice w/ chicken is kickass and will feed two people easily (8 bux or so - good deal).” “Our waitress was nice, though.” “The 2 bartenders were very attentive and fast w/ drinks.” “The best part was when we traded up from our ditzy waitress to a knowledgeable waiter who kept bringing in more stools.” “Attentive manager.” “Wait staff were nice when they came to the room for orders, don't remember the waitress's names though, we had like 2 of them.” “the service is horrible and i do not recommend it.” “The workers were really friendly and capable.” “The choice of songs were great and everyone had a good time, but our waitress was horrible.” “For thte ladies, my female friends thought the bartender and the dj were good eye candies!” “At the end of our night there we had an Asian waitress (long hair, no personality at all, well unless nasty attitude counts, if you care about customer service and need to bring clients or picky friends, I would strongly suggest not going to this place al” “Great waitress service!”
value	80.0% positive	“Great value!” “If you're out for a nice romantic, delicious meal with great service and a very affordable menu, go to Second on Second.” “The place gets PACKED & there's already a huge rotation by 10 PM.” “Huge portions!” “The happy hour specials weren't very good and were actually pricey, the food was overpriced as well for the quality.”
wait time	50.0% positive	“At the end of our night there we had an Asian waitress (long hair, no personality at all, well unless nasty attitude counts, if you care about customer service and need to bring clients or picky friends, I would strongly suggest not going to this place al” “most of the songs i chose, did not go thru, the drinks were DECENT, the room was too tiny for my friends and i had the BIGEST and there was a big guy waiting for me to leave the room 5 minutes before my due time!” “15 minutes before time was up the Asian lady came back in and told us that we needed to order our last drinks because time was almost up.” “The owner was quick to recommend favorite dishes and the happy hour specials are terriffic.”

05/20/12

Horrible Karoke Girl, Great Atmospere

by Jewel84

THE KARAOKE WOMAN WAS SOOOOOOO RUDE. She seemed to get annoyed that I could not hear her and even put her hand in my face. Had she noticed, I tried to tell her my hearing is not good but she was just to stank to even let me get a word in. . She was actually very rude from the start and I tried to still be nice figuring maybe it was a long day for her and she was just tired (which as a paying customer is not my job) My friends and I ended waiting for over an hour for a song that we had put in as she catered to many of her friends and staff, which I found odd that while my friend was waiting for her drink (for half an hour) the hostess was singing. Though I would not allow her to ruin my night she still was absolutely horrible. I find it disturbing that I am reading reviews where she is being described as rude and yet she still works there. If she is that miserable at her job, maybe its time for her to find a new one. And not to pull out the race card, but I saw how she was talking to other non minority clientele and it was very different and more polite then when she spoke to me (half black)

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03/14/10

Awful. Will never go again

by SZ1

We have been at Second on Second many times and every time we've been there within the past year, it gets worse and worse. We were there with a party of 15 and ready to spend upwards of $1,000 staying there all night. Final straw; none of us will ever go back. We left after about 2 hours passed of seeing the very unfriendly karaoke girl/dj only play her friends songs. Our group put in over 15 songs at around the same time and only one of us got to sing,,, after waiting another hour and no one else got to sing we bailed. this is the way it has been the last 3 or 4 times we've been there. The person in charge of the karaoke only lets their friends sing. And they have the nerve to charge you a dollar for it.

To make it worse, I asked the hostess if I could talk to the bar manager and she said we could take a card and talk to him tomorrow; that he wasn't there. When we were all leaving, the bouncer told me the OWNER of the bar was actually standing right next to me when I asked my question. Bad business.

Bottom line: frustrating for karaoke. the waitresses and bouncers were very friendly and efficient. there are other karaoke places in NYC with a lot more to offer and this place lost 15 repeat customers.

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01/07/10

Great Atmosphere, Horrible Service

by plastic blade

I recently decided to check out Second on Second Karaoke Bar to scout for a place to hold our corporate party. When I got there, it looked like the perfect place. It was spacious, chill, menu and drinks looked great, the hosting singer was sweet and accommodating. I sat at the bar anticipating to like this place, but the bartender ruined it. She was a very pretty girl with a russian accent, but she was less than charming. I couldn't get her attention away from her phone or her asian boyfriend she was with behind the bar. It was completely unprofessional. As I was trying to wave her down for a drink, she left the bar and I saw her smoking outside. When she decided to come back in I was finally able to wave her down for a drink. There were only a few people at the bar, but I soon realized that I was the only one who was giving her money for a drink, yet I was the only one she seemed to ignore. When I was finally able to get a drink from her, she was cold, rude, wouldn't look me in the eye and made me feel like I was an inconvenience to be sitting in her bar. I decided to leave early and take my business with me. I would have loved to have had our corporate event here, it was the perfect place. However, I can't take the risk of having my colleagues abused the way I was at this bar.

Pros: Great Karaoke selection, beautiful space, sweet host
Cons: bartender

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08/09/09

Just Pure Awful!

by AutumnB

A friend wanted to celebrate part of his birthday weekend at Second on Second based on his experience there years ago in hopes of eating some decent finger foods, having a few drinks and singing karaoke. We had a reservation for 8:30pm five of us decided to sing one song each and pass the rest of the time eating and enjoying each other's company. The karaoke host (Michelle or Melissa) seemed to be more interested in taking the mic for her own performances (as she may have been rejected by American Idol) and allow her friends to sing as many songs as they wanted despite the list of people, like my group, who had been waiting for a turn. When asked why it was taking so long for her to call any of my friends up to sing and more importantly, why at least five participants, who came well after we did were called up to sing more than once, she provided a lame excuse of there being special occasions for some of those participants and she was trying to accommodate them. Moreover, when we explained that we had been waiting since 8:30pm and it was already 11:00pm, she said she would try to help us out and we would have to wait for five more people to perform. We were paying for a $300 table and everyone who walked in off the street performed before us, needless to say we were all minorities! Just an awful experience and I would suggest that people think twice before going to this place and go to the Fat Black Pussycat or the Village Underground, they treat their customers, of all creeds, with respect and they have great food and drinks!

Pros: Nothing At All, Smells, Terrible Waitstaff
Cons: Slow Service, Rude Staff Members, Over & Under Cooked Food

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05/28/09

ALOT OF FUN!!!

by jessicakelly

A group of friends and I went to this bar together on a Sunday night. It was really crowded, which would have been alright but the people there were loud, too rowdy, and out of control. I had this drunk girl spill my drink and then fall down. The bouncer just sat there while the workers cleaned it up and didn't do anything to make the environment safe. I really felt like I needed a shield the whole time. The workers were really friendly and capable. I especially liked the DJ. She was really involved with the people up there. I even paid her to sing with me. Never had so much fun in a karaoke bar before. I just wish it wasn't so out of control with alcoholics.

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05/20/12

Horrible Karoke Girl, Great Atmospere

by Jewel84

03/14/10

Awful. Will never go again

by SZ1

01/07/10

Great Atmosphere, Horrible Service

by plastic blade

08/09/09

Just Pure Awful!

by AutumnB

05/28/09

ALOT OF FUN!!!

by jessicakelly

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