Havana Bar & Kitchen

Great karaoke venue, always feel super safe here. The bartenders are great, esp. the women behind the bar. Always feel welcome, best karaoke venue in Bris.

Blutes is a very fun and also very popular karaoke bar - and for good reason! The karaoke song selection is done through CrowdDJ, which means there’s a really wide array of songs to choose from, and a diversity of tracks people perform. People tend to pool near the karaoke stage to dance for and with the performers, and I’ve never seen anyone be boo’d or heckled while on stage before - the place tends to attract friendly party people who foster the same environment! I go to the Valley often and it’s definitely one of the more fun bars to hang out at. Judging from other reviews, I think people forget that of course a really popular bar that queues karaoke has a long waitlist, particularly on Fridays and Saturdays. However, every time I’ve been recently, the karaoke host on duty has reminded everyone in the room that they should come let the host know if they’ve been waiting to sing for a while so the song can potentially be bumped up. A lot of songs get queued and then potentially get claimed by people who didn’t queue them, or by people and groups who queued several songs at once, so each friend in that group is going around taking turns singing. There’s no real way for the host to police this, particularly when the bar is crowded and people are constantly coming and going, but I’ve found that when I’ve been waiting a while because of song backup, letting the host know how long I’ve been waiting to sing can help give them the reason to bump you up. I’ve always found the karaoke hosts really nice even though it is really busy and loud sometimes! The bartenders at Blutes have always been really sweet, albeit sometimes really busy while also having to navigate a pretty crowded narrow room. I haven’t had to wait any longer at Blutes for a drink than I have at any other crowded club or bar in Brunswick Street Mall. I’ve seen some reviews here disparaging some of the bartenders and I’ve genuinely never had a bad experience with any of them. They’ve never been rude or particularly slow to make a drink, and they’ve always tried to help people as quickly as they reasonably can from what I’ve seen. Once again, no worse than any other place in the Valley. Anyways, best place in Brisbane to sing crowd pleasers and enjoy the talents and charismas of strangers, catch me there singing Come On Eileen.

Blutes is a great place to sing karaoke in front of a crowd and your mates while having a chilled bev in the valley. The staff are cool, special shout out to Anika who was friendly and welcoming.