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Bar + Karaoke Lounge
- Hours:
Mon-Thu, Sun 5 pm - 3 am
Fri-Sat 3 pm - 3 am
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Music:
- Karaoke
- Best Nights:
- Mon, Fri, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
20 reviews for Bar + Karaoke Lounge
Review Highlights
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"Great song selection too with new hits added monthly and..." In 4 reviews -
"Bar Plus has private rooms, rented hourly, in three..." In 3 reviews -
"...cool place to spend the weekend singing your heart out." In 6 reviews
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20 reviews in English
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Review from Denise S.
Updated - 1/23/2012 5 Check-ins Here
I've been back here a number of times and discovered 2 more things that make this place the best karaoke bar in the T-dot:
- There is a free APP for your smartphone (just search "bar plus karaoke") so you can search for songs by title or artist right from your phone, which is way faster than flipping through binders. It also allows you to make a list of "favourites", so you don't have to find them again next time.
- For $15 you can buy a VIP membership for 1 year that gets you 50% off rooms on Monday-Thursday and on weekends you get discounts at the bar. There are also discounts for your birthday. Worth it if you come here often!
I like me a place that caters to the hardcore karaoke addicts:PListed in: Karaoke!
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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6/19/2011
Came here with a big group of friends for a party, and all I gotta say is: go big or go home:P We… Read more »
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Review from Sarah P.
Toronto, ON
3/1/2012
Oh mang. I hold Bar + solely responsible for one amazing, amazingly sloppy night on Family Day Eve.
Got a coupon for this place because my friends were always talking about doing karaoke. The private room set-up is awesome. Allows for uninhibited belting of horrible ballads. The prices are decent. We had some pre-Karaoke drinks and then got a bottle ($100) and some beers, and for about eight people, that was more than enough to give us the liquid courage to sing some real doozies such as, "Black Dog", "Love Hurts", "Bad Medicine", "Final Countdown", "If You're Lookin' at Me, You're Lookin' at Country", and a group rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" (a karaoke must) that would have brought a tear to my eye if I was sober enough to know what was happening.
In total, with our $50 off coupon, our tab for 2 hours of karaoke was around $30 (not including the bottle service, which was paid separately). Really not bad at all split amongst so many, and wouldn't be bad even at full price ($40/hr for our medium sized room).
The room was well appointed with three large black leather couches, a huge coffee table and flat-screen TV/Karaoke machine. The staff checked in on us regularly (but not TOO often), but we did get booted after a couple hours (they'll ask you how long you plan to stay when you reserve. If you've never been, add an extra half hour at least because you will unexpectedly have a blast, unless you are the biggest stick in the mud ever).
Complaints? The sound on the mic is loud but the backing music could be pretty low at times, which meant the voices were the focus. Maybe good if you're Adele. Not so much if you're me. A few songs didn't work, and not ALL had the cheesy Korean vids accompanying them, but I guess I can forgive that.
Extremely fun, extremely memorable night for all in attendance. Unfortunately for the staff and other patrons, we'll for sure be back. -
Review from Thomas M.
Toronto, ON
Updated - 1/6/2012
Went here again and I hate the fact that the rooms aren't really sound isolated to the point where you could easily hear from the outside. Its great to get drunk and sing but its bad enough to hear others sing and complain about it.
Also the karaoke machine in the room that we've been using has a mediocre sound quality to it as some songs increase the volume and sound terrible, prompting the idiotic manager/bartender to allegedly claim that we "touched" his precious setup.
For the song selection, its huge but there are songs that I really wanted to sing that isn't in their "catalogue" and half of the song selections are pretty terrible.
For a karaoke bar, they should really invest in better room with sound isolation and more staff..1 Previous Review: Show all »
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12/20/2011
The bartender didn't even know how to make a long island ice tea or a 7 on 7 though the song… Read more »
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Review from Juliana H.
Toronto, ON
11/3/2011
Hells yes!!! Not only am I down with the place for the beautiful decor (tee hee, but seriously, it beats the hell out of most karaoke places I've been to) BUT for its fantastic six beers and chicken tenders with fries deal. If you're already well on your way to inebriation, that's a discount way to enjoy more alcohol plus share the greasy splendor of this basket of eats. And when you cost it out, the food is pretty much free. Check the menu... you'll see I'm right.
Now down to more specifics. The people running Bar Plus have always been very accommodating. If we have issues with a certain room and or the equipment in said room, they move us no problem. If they aren't too busy, they've automatically given us a better room for no extra money. When we've booked a couple hours but decided to stay longer, even when they are busy, they have managed to grant our request. Also, we've never had a problem here with them overcharging when we'd agreed on a price. I can't say that for every karaoke place.
In regards to tune selection, it's pretty solid. I'll admit that I prefer searching my song selection on line on their website and jotting down the numbers for future use instead of routing through their songbooks and wasting precious singing time. This is something I would also recommend because not all songbooks are completely updated, and if you really have your heart set on a particular new hit, you may not find it in the books but it well may still be available if you check on line.
All in all, I have enjoyed each one of my adventures at Bar Plus and I'd recommend it to any other karaoke fan. -
Review from Lauren M.
This is the best karaoke place in Toronto and I have been to most of them!
A ten person room will cost you $40 an hour. The rooms are larger than usual and there is ample "stage" space at the front. Our room had 3 x 3 seater couches plus a few extra cushioned chairs if you are squeezing people in.
The sound system was awesome, very loud, my ears were still ringing the next day. Great song selection too with new hits added monthly and listed at the back.
What I love the most about these Asian karaoke places is the ridiculous video footage that accompanies many of the songs. I love watching Asian girls riding horses or 80s couples making out in a swimming pool whilst I'm belting out all my favourite tracks.
The front of house/bar staff were super attentive and were quick to bring rounds of shots into the room. The main reception area and bathrooms were both tastefully decorated.
You can sometimes here the room next door singing songs through the wall, but this is good really because it gives you song ideas of your own. (We totally stole Bohemian Rhapsody after hearing the room next to us singing it!) -
Review from Elisa L.
9/1/2011
I came here with some of my coworkers on a Friday night. It was a group of 10. We did not make reservations, but we still got a nice and spacious room.
First of all, this place is really classy, very nicely decorated. As the name suggests, it is a lounge. They have a waiting area with very nice couches, and several rooms available.
Their music selection is very large. I believe they are Chinese owned, they have a large selection of CJK music, along with a large selection of English music. They have a lot of oldies, and recent music, too. They update their list every month. However, there were a few songs that they surprisingly did not have, but if you're one for music, you'll never run out of songs to sing here.
In terms of sound quality - very good. It's adjustable to add/remove echo, add/remove voiceover, etc. Their system is also pretty straight forward to use. Although, when a video is being played, we were left to look at a tiny tiny monitor to skim through songs (most karaoke places use a TV). They provide 2 large song books sorted by song name. You can also go on their website via smartphone to look at their song list. You can search by song or artist name. Lots of people in our group found this method much easier and convenient. You can also use Bar+'s Wifi, although it's not that strong if you have a room farther from the Bar area.
They have a full bar. They don't serve drinks to you, you have to go up to buy the drinks yourself (which is smart, the bill is easier to figure out that way). They have a large variety of drinks, decently priced. There are also some standard snack foods (fries, nuggets, chicken wings). They also allow you to bring food from outside, due to their lack of variety.
The service was great. There's a service call button on the remote, and the guy at the bar took care of us nicely. We were there for about 4 hours, and enjoyed every bit of it.
Bar+ is very well maintained. The washrooms are in amazing condition, the rooms and bar area have a good atmosphere, the service is great, what a perfect place to do karaoke with friends. -
Review from Janna S.
6/15/2011 1 Check-in Here
This place is easily one of the most fun destinations downtown! I second Lauren's appreciation of the cheesy video montages that accompany the videos here; it's really half the fun of singing hits of yeasteryear.
I was really impressed by the condition and service of this place. Everything is sparkling clean and the bar selection is great. Service was very friendly and quick. I love that there is space to dance around whilst badly belting out tunes. Keep your friends distracted by your mad moves in cases where your voice fails!
I definitely need to come back here! I'm also praying for a Yelp event here....SOON. Hint...hint -
Review from Jen C.
4/8/2011 9 Check-ins Here
I think the walls need a little more sound-proofing between rooms, but other than that, this is an ideal karaoke box. Rooms are spacious, food is adequate, and the song list is expansive. Staff were helpful when making my reservation and prompt when we called for service.
Solid. Gold! -
Review from Vivek S.
9/16/2010 1 Check-in Here
We've had some good times at Bar Plus. Like the time we were asked to leave because we snuck in our own bottle of Grey Goose and got caught turning our doubles into triples. Or the time Brian K. took the microphone from our private room, ran to the stairwell and started singing Wonderwall like it would cure world hunger. On more than one occasion I have woken up with two thoughts 1) ouch, and 2) I think I forgot to close my tab at Karaoke last night.
Bar Plus has private rooms, rented hourly, in three different sizes for all of your Karaoke needs. The accommodations are swanky the staff is always on point. Even when they confiscated my vodka, they gave it back to me at the end of the night. How sweet.
Obligatory Title Pun: This BAR is double-PLUS good!
Menu Readability: They provide phone-book-thick song lists, sorted by artist and song title. In English and Korean.
Need to mention: You often have to call Wednesday to secure a booking for Friday night. As Wayne C. said, book ahead.
What this place teaches me about myself: That I cannot sing. -
Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
8/9/2010
As a Suburban Yelper which frequent Karaokes up NORTH predominantly, this experience at Bar+ has really opened my eyes to what I have been missing out. The entrance is this tiny doorway next to Swiss Chalet that leads you to the second floor where a nice lobby is present for your waiting pleasure for your friends.
The staff here are pretty accomodating and friendly as our GROUP probably asked them for a bigger room more than 5+ times from each individual Yelper, and they still didn't get pissed off. The space is pretty decent to look at. They provide BOOKS here which I've noticed some places have gone-away from, however it was either Korean or English. For other languages you'll have to select from the song system which is standard and pretty user friendly.
The one thing that surprised me MOST was that unlike the Karaokes up north where it's mostly Chinese customers, here the English Soundtracks actually have the right beats, timing and tones which makes singing more of a pleasure than an attempt to break glass.
The pricing STRUCTURE is pretty good too as there is an option of just paying for Room Rental so you can purchase drinks/snacks as an aside rather than being included in the all night fee at other places. I might be wrong, but if you're not a drink/snack consumer here you might have a lower bill in comparison.
The songs here are AMAZINGLY up-to-date as I look through the book and notice there was a couple pages dated with JULY 2010. I guess it's only surprising to me because I don't really do the Karaoke scene and secondly I do the Chinese songs up north mostly which only update Chinese songs and the songs aren't even that recent.
When I left around 12:30am, a bunch of young ones where at the doorway probably waiting for the NEXT available room. BOOK AHEAD! -
Review from Aviva S.
4/24/2011
It's funny how many times I disagree with the majority. It seems it happens mostly when I find the high ratings are overrated.
This is such the case.
It's an okay place, nothing special. Defintely NOT as amazing as everyone makes it out to be.
The decor outside the booth is pretty, the quotes inside the booths are cool, and prices are decent.
The service and staff are nothing special (if not a little bit cold), there is only two microphones (big big minus), and the rooms are nothing special. Oh and they have no reservations, which I think is ridiculous.
The pricing's a little bit above average but not bad overall.
The song selection is the biggest PLUS this place has. Very impressive selection of different singers, genres, and up to date new songs.
Overall average but satisfactory enough. -
Review from Graeham M.
Toronto, ON
12/11/2010 1 Check-in Here
Bar Plus is fantastic, if its karaoke in the grand ole tradition that karaoke is supposed to be enjoyed in than bar Plus is a must. With super friendly staff and unmatched cleanliness, not to mention a surprisingly thorough catalogues which can be searched by either artist or title, you will never run out of viable selections to belt out.
Whether its "Africa," by Toto, not the sub par remix by Karl Wolf Def Leppard ballad Bar Plus has you covered.
They also offer rooms varying in size from 4-30, so whether its an intimate setting you seek to torture your vocal chords or a larger setting more suited to intoxicated grand standing its Bar Plus! -
Review from Jannies L.
Brampton, ON
3/30/2011
I came here with my twin sister 2 years ago for our 23rd birthday, and we had Korean Grill house across the street before coming over YUM.
The rate was $50/hour for our room which was suppose to fit 10-20 people. We had about 12 all together. My sister didn't enjoy her birthday at all because she became "literally" dehydrated from the heat in that room. I asked the very nice people if they can do anything about it and they said because we had too many people in the room?!?!? We had only the minimum amount and none of my friends are big in size and takes up more air then one person should. So while trying to make my sister comfortable (she eventually left early because she was going to throw up :( and we had tried giving her water and it didn't work) We ended up paying almost $200 for 2 1/2 hours during which I sang 2 songs at most. Pictures from that night have all of us sweating :s
Shots were also pretty expensive for a non bar.
The songs were more current then other places I've been which is definitely a big plus. -
Review from Jenny T.
2/5/2010
This is a very nice place to do karaoke and get drunk in private rooms with your friends. I can't believe that no one has reviewed it yet!
You have to pay for a room, which I think is usually around $200. They have hourly rates: http://www.bar-plus.com They have 3 sized rooms: from small to large.
The drinks are pretty expensive for a karaoke place but the decor is nicer than all the other places I've seen. Their selections for songs are huge and they have Chinese, Korean and English... And probably other languages too.
This place is great for group events and birthdays! I've been to many birthdays here. -
Review from Onyee L.
Toronto, ON
10/1/2011
I came here with a small group of friends. The atmosphere of the place is great, definitely one of the nicest karaoke places I've gone to. However, they didn't have that many song choices as other places and many of the songs weren't actual MTV videos. But the price was very reasonable for a Friday night.
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Review from Tamar F.
8/28/2010
I can't sing to save my life. Actually, I put people's lives in danger when I sing. But that's why private karaoke rooms are fabulous. Because when I sing only in front of friends at least they'll love me despite my inability to carry a tune.
The rooms here are a tad pricy but are well furnished and quite large. We had the medium room which was $40/hour. Drinks were okay priced and you can bring any food you'd like in with you (and there's a Swiss Chalet downstairs if you sing better while eating rotisserie chicken).
The song catalog was tremendous. Not only did they have the karaoke standards, but they also had lots of really new songs. Want some Mylie Cyrus? Some Taylor Swift? Want to belt out Ke$ha? You can at Bar Plus! Ironically, of course. They also had some semi-awkward show tunes, songs made recently popular thanks to Glee, and random Disney ones. And I know this because my group's karaoke repertoire was quite random. The music videos ranged from poorly copied original videos (we got to watch the real "Spice Up Your Life") to some really awkward low-cost shots (Rent's "Seasons of Love" featured 5 minutes of a hobo walking around a city looking sad).
One thing I noticed was that they don't keep track of time for you, so if you really want to have a certain number of hours, then make sure to time yourself. Another group was having trouble because they overstayed their hour or two that they planned to be there for.
Overall, great place. Nice upgrade from XO karaoke and the song list is phenomenal (and gets updated monthly!) -
Review from April B.
Winnipeg, MB
3/7/2010
I love this place! After our graduation ceremony, a small group of us drunkenly walked into this place on a Monday night. The guys working were really friendly and the price split between the 6 of us was extremely reasonable for the 2-3 hours we spent there.
Other then that, I agree with everything Jenny T. mentioned about this place. Vast music selection, excellent equipment and expensive drinks (it's a good thing most of us were already hammered going in). -
Review from Li P.
North York, ON
7/5/2011
I went there with some friends who live in the area. The place is very populated by students, given its in Ryerson. I had a very good time there for it had nice interior design and reasonably good sound proofing. You can only hear other rooms when you go out into the corridors.
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Review from Sapna G.
Calgary, AB
5/5/2010
The gang went out karaokeing Saturday night and we came across Bar + Karaoke on Yonge street, right above the Swiss Chalet.
This place has a bar when you first walk in and a lounging area, and then there are a dozen or so rooms that people can book and have a karaokeing party.
There were 7 of us so we booked a medium room.
The rooms are VERY nice. I haven't seen a lot of super clean karaoke joints - a lot of them have been seriously shady, but this one was pristine! Their equipment was excellent, and they even had an electric fireplace in the room! They also had a 'service button' that you could push at anytime in case you needed anything.
You can order food and drinks and they'll bring them right to your room.
The prices for small and medium rooms are as follow:
Small room (up to 5 ppl) - $25/hour
Medium room (6-10 ppl) - $40/hour
It was a super fun night and it didn't cost us too too much.
A super cool place to spend the weekend singing your heart out :) -
Review from Avitania B.
Toronto, ON
Bar Plus has everything I want in a karaoke joint: nice rooms, a HUGE song selection, easy to use song selection UI, friendly service, reasonable prices, decent bar, and sleek decor. Location is convenient, too. Don't forget to make reservations, though -- rooms fill up pretty quickly.
