Comments on: The best karaoke bars in Toronto

By: japhet

japhet — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:34:06 +0000

@Sofie
Good question!

Some bars allow minors as long as they don’t drink. I’ll ask around.

By: japhet

japhet — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:33:08 +0000

@Bella
Sorry for the late reply..

I’d go to any of Jason Rolland’s nights or try Hoops at Yonge and Carlton. They have a new MC; he’s young and trying to be accommodating.

By: Sofie

Sofie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:17:49 +0000

Can anyone recommend a karaoke place for thursdays that 16 year olds can go to?
I know some karaoke bars are only for 19+ etc.

By: Bella

Bella — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:26:59 +0000

Hey thanks for this post I was looking for a recommenation from someone who actually knows the bars that host karaoke nights!
I want to party for my 30th birthday somewhere where my friends and I can get drunk, dance and sing horribly and laugh at eachother and everyone else doing karaoke. Somewhere with a happy, friendly atmosphere, with people around my age, not too crowded but not dead; where there the patrons don’t take the karaoke as serious as if they are trying out for a major league sports team and the MC doesn’t act like it’s communist karoke and decides what you will and wont sing.. We’re just lookin to be silly and have a good time.. Can you recommend somewhere for a Saturday night?

By: japhet

japhet — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:42:48 +0000

As of March 31st, the Groundhog Pub is closing.

On a side-note, I can’t really recommend Paradise anymore. I stopped going because the sound quality is so iffy and I began to find the sketchy patrons really annoying.

My current list of great karaoke places is as follows:

1. Hoops Sports Bar & Grill
2. Czehoski’s
3. Tequila Sunrise
4. Neutral
5. Baby Huey’s

By: japhet

japhet — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:28:03 +0000

I’m not a big fan of karaoke rooms because I find the drinks overpriced and I like having a random audience that consists of more than my friends. Anything goes at a bar…

By: Tbot

Tbot — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:28:09 +0000

Hello Japhet, thanks for this excellent blog post. What are your feelings on karaoke rooms? I went to B+ on Yonge this weekend and it was excellent.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:55:12 +0000

GroundHog Pub (Bloor at Sherbourne) has fantastic karaoke on Friday and Saturday. The MC is great, the song selection is vast (from Jonathon Coulton to Beyonce, and all points in between). If he doesn’t have something, you can make a request and he’ll try to get it for ya. The MC has a following, so if the Groundhog doesn’t suit, you can check out the Cornerstone (college at Euclid) on Wednesdays, or Mayday Malone’s (Bathurst, S of Dupont) on Thursday’s

By: japhet

japhet — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:39:39 +0000

Unfortunately, Hoops Sports Bar & Grill no longer carries Mill St. Tankhouse Ale.

It is a sad day indeed…

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