32 Karaoke

Impromptu karaoke night means trying new places! Hooray for the customer service at 32 Karaoke. After a call to see if they had availability at 9:30 pm on a Friday, they were kind enough to hold a large room for us without a reservation and to call back and confirm with my party.

My group went in blind as to the room quality, song selection, and pricing, and we were pleasantly surprised. Once you get past the sketchy, 5 person capacity elevator (or the six flights of stairs), you're greeted with lots of LED lights, friendly staff, and a well stocked snack and drink bar. They opened up a huge 15 person private room, with plenty of seats and more LED strobe lighting (which we turned off because it was a bit too much).

Pricing is $7 per person per hour when you have 8+ people, which is a good deal. Drinks and snacks are extra, but they are happy to let you bring food or drinks in. The rooms are not the newest or most modern, but they get the job done. I'm guessing, but I think they have around 10 private rooms in varying sizes.

Song selection is good if you're singing in English and you're okay with a few month lag on your Billboard top 100. There are no songs in Chinese, but they do have Korean. Most videos are lyrics only, no video, unless you're singing very recent songs which may have the actual music video. The most notable thing about song selection is that they have provided an online database you can access via your phone, which is your best source for the most recent additions. Its faster to sort through than the binders, which end up adding all the new songs in the back by the date they added them. The cell phone reception is good in the room we had, so this made things way easier.

The sound system is strong but you have to balance levels on your own. Its also a bit older, but intuitive to use. They have mike covers if you're a germaphobe.

Free water and lollipops at the counter!

Best karaoke experience I had in Ktown, and I've went to a couple!

This place in particular was BYOB. You can make reservations online, and they will send you clear instructions and info through email. The person running the place that day was chill and nice. The price is $9 person per hour for more than 5 people. If you pay in cash, there's a discount, and they also accept Venmo for the discount!

The place felt like a dingy motel, but I kind of like it. It still had pretty soundproof rooms, and the bathroom was clean with even amenities!

The sound system was also easy to use, which is so rare! There's a Korean and an English system. The English system's device actually responds to our finger presses well! There's even a website where you can search up any songs you like on your phone, in addition to the traditional books. There was also a good amount of songs available! There were some cases where songs skipped, but it wasn't a lot for it to be a bummer.

They also offer a polaroid photo with your group, which adds a personal touch to the walls. I'd definitely recommend 32 whenever we need a karaoke spot in Ktown.

It was such a great time. I made a reservation for a group of 5 a few hours prior to arriving.

When we arrived, the owner was extremely welcoming and showed us to the room. There's so many songs and the remote was very simple to work with. Even though it's BYOB, the owner provided us with cups, shot glasses, tissues, and water for free.

Make sure to bring cash because there's a 15% discount paying with cash.

My friends and I will definitely come here again!!

If you're just looking to sing and have a good time with your friends, this is a great spot! It's really affordable, spacious and allows byob/f. There's a lot of food spots to order from as well. I came here twice on Friday nights and had a great time. If you don't have your own bottles, they also sell soju, wine and beer at reasonable prices. The staff is super friendly and accommodating. I highly recommend.

Best karaoke I've been to in NYC, and I've been to a lot. Celebrated my birthday here and the team was extremely accommodating, gave me the biggest room, and was really helpful when we wanted to extend the room because we were truly having such a blast. Great selection of songs, and I love that this place is BYOB (and also including letting you bring your own food). Super easy to schedule in advance with them via texting. Really grateful for you making my birthday amazing!

Easily the best karaoke spot in k-town. It's BYOB (likely it's biggest pro, they even have cups, ice, and straws for free), has cheap beers ($4 a beer, $20 for a 6pack), and has a solid song lineup. They use the singsongmedia website (google it) for their song lineup, so you can check if they have songs that you want. The decor is shabby, the bathrooms are janky, the rooms aren't too pretty, but the value is immense.

For a party of 7, we paid around ~$170 for 2 hours. Totally worth it (if you can get a reservation)

32 Karaoke made my 27th birthday a time to REMEMBER!!! It was easy to reserve my room and the room was big enough for my 21 guests. I was able to bring food and everyone was able to bring their own liquor. I felt like I was being annoying at one point because I was only meant to have 16 guests & kept asking if I can pay for more people but the staff at 32 karaoke accommodated me with no problem. I'm so grateful for them and can't wait to go back. Would recommend!!!

(i also wanted to throw in that It's decorated with crazy lights, colors and shapes-- i guess that doesn't matter but it was hard to match theme with my birthday because of the atmosphere but with such a great location, staff & accommodation... all of that didn't matter)

Seunghwan was incredibly helpful in setting my group and I up for a large reservation. Reasonably-priced and BYOB/food which is awesome. The room itself was spacious and had great sound and the service was great throughout. My group and I had an amazing time and it was in large part due to this awesome venue. We will be back!

This place has a great song selection and the mics work really well. They also provide ice and you can bring your own beers and snacks. I've done karaoke a bunch of times at their sister location, Gagopa.

However, I was extremely frustrated by a number of things.
1) They don't give any warnings for when your time is up. They just let the clock keep running and literally charge by the minute so it's really on you to make sure that you keep an eye on the clock.
2) In addition, if you're not fully certain that your entire group will come out, put down a smaller reservation group. I put down a reservation for a party of 8 but only 6 people could make it and was charged for 8 people, meaning that I paid an additional $18 per hour which doesn't include the running clock, tax, and mandatory tip. They were straightforward at the beginning and did mention that they would be charging me for 8 people even though only 6 showed.
3) They also have a mandatory 24% tip on top of everything else. While you can pay 10% less if you pay in cash, it still feels like they're just a place there to take all of your money.
4) Their ventilation system needs major improvements. For most of the night, we could smell cigarette smoke inside the room. I don't know if another one of the rooms was smoking but it's pretty irritating to inhale used cigarette smoke. Not just that but it's also illegal in NYC.

definitely not the most upscale thing place in ktown but 10/10 for our purposes. GREAT song selection (songs for my dad, my friends and even my emo ass), byob + food allowed, they have the sweetest cat in the front who greeted us as we were leaving. person who led us to our rooms and checked in on us was lovely, only came in a couple times and mostly left us to our own devices, karaoke system was relatively easy to use (there were books but they were sorted by artist and there was a searchable online catalogue as well), reasonable prices, nice room with two karaoke screens, wireless mics. it was a great experience. i think we will almost certainly be coming back :)

Came here for a friends birthday so can't tell you what the prices are. The staff led us to our room and gave us complimentary snacks and water to enjoy while singing. The have vast music selection and they also update their music selection with current song choices that are added to the back of the binder. I would definitely go again. You can bring your own food and drinks to the karaoke hall if you do not want to buy the refreshments from the karaoke hall.