08/29/09

Best bar in the entire city

by msblonde65

My boyfriend and I have been going to Planet Rose for almost 2 years now and we have yet to find a karaoke bar equal to it. We always bring our friends, have large parties here, and every time its a blast. The owners are wonderful people who take the time to get to know their "locals", but are still kind to new people. I have yet to experience them being "rude" to anyone and we've been going there forever! The sound equipment is great, so often microphones are horrible and you can never hear yourself in karaoke bars, but this bar has top notch equipment and about a million songs. We love the bartenders and go out to this bar every chance we can get. In addition, Artichoke pizza is nearby, so it is sure to be a fun night out!! I recommend Planet Rose for a date, group of friends, or party at anytime!

• Pros: Amazing bartenders, great location, excellent sound
• Cons: None

05/27/09

Cool bar, great staff

by haleypaul

Had a great night here with my girlfriends at a bachelorette party. The host Collin was super nice. Great drink prices and you can sing mutiple times. We had a blast and will definitely go back.

• Pros: Cool staff, fun times

12/28/08

This place is horrible!

by ShaneStalone

I paid $2. for a song, had 3 drinks, waited 2 hours and never got to sing. I saw people come in well after me sing before I got up. I saw several people sing 2 and 3 times. I eventually got my $2. back and left. I will never step foot in this dump again.

• Pros: They give you your money back when you leave in disgust.
• Cons: Everything else.

08/10/08

Smells like feet, Nasty karaoke DJ, one nice Bartender

by drjones1

When you walk in Planet Rose, don't be put off but the odd layout, leopard print carpet, or zebra couches. That's just the charm of Stuy-town, right?

WRONG. The carpet makes the whole front of the bar smell like wet feet or as one friend put it, "The bathroom at a public pool." It also makes you not want to ever touch the couches.

The layout is perplexing and getting a drink is much more difficult than it should be. Because the clientele is after-work suits and ties who drunkenly scream "All By Myself" into the microphone, you really have to get a lot closer to them than you probably should or would normally want to, just to get a drink.

Finally, the karaoke DJ, whatever his name is, does not manage songs well, and is rude to boot! We put songs in at 915 and by 1130 they hadn't played. He offered minimal excuse-- it was frustrating when you know that your song was bumped down for his friends or some inside event.

Bright spot- Sophia was a great bartender. If you go, get a seat at the bar, go early, and find some way to get in with the karaoke guy. Oh, and bring some noseplugs and Purel.

• Pros: One good bartender
• Cons: Bad karaoke, Awful post-work suits and ties, smells like feet

05/21/08

Awesome Place To Rock Out the Tunes

by ngret

Oh Yes! I will Karaoke here again for sure! This is the best spot in the village if not NYC, if not the WORLD!!! And I'm still drunk! But I speak the truth. Citysearch thanks for the searchin!

02/27/08

Good times!

by somebodysometime

Planet Rose is hands-down the funnest karaoke bar in the city, with superfriendly bartenders and regulars, and strong-ass drinks! The floating microphone makes it more comfortable to sing if you're on the shy side, and lets you work the room if you're not.

Sunday and weeknights are my favorite. If you go on a weekend night it's a good idea to try to get there and get your songs in early (cause do the math, there can only be 12 or so songs an hour); it's less crowded earlier, and during happy hour (when drinks are half-price), so you're the star of the show -- and songs are free.

I heart Planet Rose!

• Pros: Friendly, fun atmosphere; great hook-up spot; awesome karaoke song selection.
• Cons: None!

11/17/07

Same experience with ridiculous wait for songs to come up

by exaltron

I used to love this place, but the last few times, I've noticed the same thing that other reviewers here did, that for some reason the song programmer was reshuffling the order of the songs. At one point I saw that I was #15. When I checked again 10 songs later, I was at #11!!! How does that happen. Watch him, you will see him put brand new requests halfway in the cue, instead of at the end. What's ironic is that my friends and I might have stayed well into the wee hours if our songs had come up in the order they were requested. But we got frustrated, took our money back and left, having only bought a few drinks.

Whatever the business consideration is for this bizarre practice, what's certain is that neither I nor any of my friends are ever going back there.

• Pros: Great atmosphere, song selection, decent soundsystem and the bartender/drinks are pretty good
• Cons: As described, you will grow old and die before your song comes up

10/21/07

Planet Rose = Karaoke Good Times

by victor101

There's no way you can not have a good time at Planet Rose. The bar staff and owners are extremely friendly and accomodating. The official KJ is friendly and responsive and ultimately fair. The karaoke starts as early as you want it to start with big crowds after 10 PM. Yes, you will wait a little while to sing during peak time -- but this is New York people. There's a lot of people here for a reason -- it's a fun laid-back place. If you hate crowds so much, stay home and sing in your apartment.

Ohh yeah, and the sound is really good too!

• Pros: bar staff, drinks, karaoke
• Cons: if you hate fun crowds, dont come here lol

10/16/07

TWO DOLLARS PER SONG?? LOL !!

by cpaz100

I came to Planet Rose by myself a couple of weekends ago. The ambience is nice and dark, funky, laid-back, and the drinks weren't badly priced for NYC standards. The bartender was an adorable petite girl with black hair (beautiful) and this had the makings of a wonderful evening.

Then I handed the KJ my song slip and you know what he said? "That's two dollars.". LOL!!! I swear to god, I thought this was a scene from Better off Dead. TWO DOLLARS!!

So let me get this straight: you charge 4+ dollars for a bottle of domestic beer, much more for shots, and yet the owner can not afford to pay the KJ so you have to charge two dollars per song? And you have to wait an eternity to sing? Even Second on Second, a true venue for karaoke, charges "only" $1.00 per song. I'll never go to either again.

I didn't say anything. I just said I'd get it out of my jacket, paid my tab, said goodbye to the adorable bartender, and left.

TWO DOLLARS.. absolutely hysterical.

• Pros: gorgeous black haired bartender
• Cons: two dollars per song to sing -- LOLLLLLL

09/27/07

The Best Bartenders! A Great Night Out! Cool Vibe and Crowd!

by criggerlothringer

This is not your regular karaoke bar. This place Rocks! It's like one big party. The crowd is friendly and the bartenders sing along with you. Whatever you sing, however you sing it, it all good. They even have buy one get one free happy hour with ping pong! How cool is that?

• Pros: Bartenders, drinks, price, crowd, location, EVERYTHING.