Japas 55

08/31/08

Shady Management

by artny27 at Citysearch

We've been a few times and generally have a good time but the last few times, the manager insist we take an empty room knowing damn well that one of the speakers were not working. He spoke in Japanese to his staff and told them that we wouldn't know the difference. Fortunately, after double majoring in Japanese, I heard everything. I would avoid this place for there are far better places in Manhattan where the management are not as nasty toward non-japaneses.

• Pros: Descent pricing by the hour
• Cons: Shady management and bad service

07/15/08

Extremely rude and nasty.

by focuspuller at Citysearch

I don't know where to begin. The place is well located and the rooms are ok. But the staff are truly horrible! My wife put together a birthday party for me in one of the rooms. Even though she booked 3 hours days in advance we were told that room was needed after two hours. I didn't have a problem with that. But we had a large party and spent a lot of money on food and drink. After we left the room we went to the bar. While ordering yet more drinks my wife was eating a cup cake that she had brought with her for the party. The female bartender yelled (and I mean yelled) at her telling to stop eating it or leave. I was in shock. But that wasn't the only time they were rude. They just aren't nice. They try and rush the orders and even after you spend lot of money they're still nasty. The whole thing left a bad taste to the point that I wanted to write about it here. The word is that The mid-town Japas (I think it's called Japas 27) is much better. I will try that but as for this place, I'm never coming back. I hope you all do the same.

• Pros: good location
• Cons: rude and very nasty bartenders

06/25/08

Best karoake

by DIVA6817 at Citysearch

This place is good but Japas 38 is better..the rooms are awesome the staff is super nice and the song selection is the really extensive.

My friends and I are karoake junkies so we def know where the best places are.