Limelight Stage and Studios
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 423-0785
11/26/2007 Posted by adam78
Went here for a 30th birthday party and had nothing but problems from the minute we walked in. We reserved the large room by the stage and after we got settled we tried to sing - but of the three microphones, 2 didn't work at all and the other kept cutting in and out plus if you moved the monitor in the middle of the room to choose a song it would lose power. Staff came in 3 times to fix it but never got it quite right and we were stuck with 1 barely working microphone and a monitor that we had to baby all night. Also the set up in this room is pretty bad because if you face the TV to read the words when you sing you have to have your back to the rest of the people in the room. Kinda hard to get in to it when you can't see anyone else. The worst part though was the manager's reaction when we tried to tell her about all the problems we had - despite her personally coming in to fix the technical issues she kept telling us that it wasn't a big deal and we should have moved if we didn't like it. When we asked for a refund for the time the equipment didn't work she started saying that we were already getting an hour free (we used their buy 2 hours, get 1 free promotion). Eventually after 30+ minutes of negotiations she ended up giving us 1/2 hour off our bill but only after saying she "never wanted to see us or our friends in there again". Then she literally wouldn't let us leave until we left a cash tip for the waitress (which we were going to do anyways) - she actually stood over us until we collected money from everyone in our party for a tip! Besides all that there was no one else in the club (maybe 10 people around the main stage) and the atmosphere was pretty stale (on a Sat. night). There's better karoke places around. ps - there is a reason they give away the free shots of "sake" (if you give them your email address)... its awful! don't bother with any drinks actually, they only serve well drinks and they're pretty watered down
Pros: large song selection, lots of private rooms
Cons: equipment didn't work, room set up is bad, drinks are watered down, management is bad
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