Happy Does Bar

I was in town for a conference and hosted an evening event here for about 150 – 200 people. We bought out the game side of the restaurant and my attendees had a blast. They had plenty of space and there were lots of games options for them to engage in if they chose to do so. Lots of seating for people to gather and chat. The food was good as were the drinks. They were very easy to work with when planning our event and we had a dedicated person onsite the day of the event who continually checked in to make sure that we had everything we needed. I would definitely use this venue again to host an event.

The drinks and vibe were really nice in the game and entrance area.

I wanted to leave a review about the conduct of the Karaoke stage. People were placing song requests, but the DJ was playing songs between each stage performance. This doubled the length of time people needed to wait for their turn to sing. The DJ would also take lengthy breaks between songs, and even sang a song herself, also dragging out the process. As well, there were two guys that I saw rotated in twice before other patrons. Perhaps they paid the $50 skip to the front of the line fee, which, I guess, money talks. It felt as though the whole thing was dragged out to encourage patrons to drop $50 to skip ahead of the line. I waited for an hour and a half, and my and my friend’s song request never came up. I just walked out. So yes, I’m biased, but I feel this review justified all the same.

It would have been a much better karaoke experience if people sang their songs, one after another, not split by random songs and music videos. Don’t have a “pay to skip the line” deal. Don’t have one person sing two songs before another, please place them in a repeatable queue. Karaoke is communal, and meant to be a shared experience for fun by all. Please don’t favor one patron over another. If these things would be done, the experience would be so much better, and the customers would have a lot more fun.