Had a great time. Sound was clear, room was clean and food was good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
XoLuv
Went on a Friday night & it was a ghost town. Very odd that they had one side of the restaurant lit & the other not. Def not a welcoming atmosphere to play pool, which is a pretty wicked thing to have at a karaoke place. Next, I was so excited to try the food & I was so disappointed. It was as if everything came from the freezer section & didn’t feel the authenticity. In addition, tip is already added to your bill at the end, when the server took so long to come and serve us and teach us how to work the karaoke machine. To continue, the karaoke machine is outdated & is catered to the Asian community, which is beautiful, however difficult for us who only know English. There’s def a lot of improvements needed, and to modernize this place. It has so much potential. Overall, I was just extremely sticker shocked at the end for the bad food & service.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Ali Pilster
We went here late on a Tuesday night. We reserved a karaoke room to celebrate my friends birthday. We were definitely the only customers in the building and it was so nice for them to stay open late for us! We had a great time. The medium size room was a good size for our party 7 or 8. Maggie took great care of us. The drinks were good. We all had such a fun time and we will definitely be back! Thanks Maggie!!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Kasaundra Shackelford
Great private room karoake joint. The room service was pretty fast and the music selection was pretty good .The only con is the karoake machine is in Korean, so makes it hard to navigate. We were able to figure it out though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
emily faith
The food was below average for bar food, the drinks were ok, song selection was ok.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Caitlin L
My friends rented a large room on New Year's Eve, it was a blast. The service is excellent and so friendly. Once we got the hang of the computer system for searching songs, it went smoothly, and the staff was very helpful with that. All around, great night.
Daniel N.
Me and my group of friends had an amazing time doing karaoke, the staff were fantastic, accommodating, and helpful. I personally didn't order food but someone in my group did, and when it was brought in it smelled delicious and looked incredible. Will definitely be coming back here.
Ada
I’ve been a regular customer for this place. I really enjoy the dining experience and they food is exceptional. Please note they serve Chinese bbq in authentic northern style.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adam Soderdahl
Friendly staff and nice karaoke rooms. The food was a little disappointing but still good.
Eric S.
LOST IN TRANSLATION Karaoke would've been a lot more fun.... if we actually had some English songs to pick from. My wife's birthday request was to do some singing, and with the demise of Punch Bowl Social in Schaumburg (R.I.P), I needed a backup. Eventually I came across this place in Yorkshire Plaza, a strip mall that's right across the street from Fox Valley Mall in Aurora. We were the only customers at 6pm, but I thought nothing of it at the time, assuming the rowdiness would filter in later. Levee Karaoke & BBQ is much bigger on the inside with nine private karaoke rooms, a billiards table, and a bar. It's $48 per room per hour on Friday nights and weekends. Searching through their database of songs was challenging. In order to find a multi-word song, you had to type in its initials ("I Believe In A Thing Called Love" becomes "IBIATCL") which was very hit-or-miss. For instance, we saw one song by Linkin Park, but nothing else from them. We noticed a TON of Chinese songs (nearly 75% of the catalog) with very few American artists represented apart from Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Beyonce. Truthfully, we struggled to find any popular rock songs in English. Even mainstays like "Don't Stop Believing" were nowhere to be found. I wasn't impressed with the fried appetizer sampler ($15): a handful of fries, 4 onion rings, 3 mac 'n' cheese bites, 2 chicken wings and a sad pair of mozzarella sticks. Plus, the dipping sauces they gave us came in the smallest cups that are commercially available. It all looked like something a college roommate threw together in a rush. On the other hand, we enjoyed the BBQ skewer combo ($19). They gave us two each of cumin lamb, ribeye, pork, grilled cauliflower, and grilled brussel sprouts. We liked the dry seasoning on the veggies, and my wife loved the ribeye. The mini steamed buns (10 for $12) were fine, nothing too special but at least they were filling. The staff were very nice. Our server was responsive any time we pressed the in-room service button. A 12oz can of diet Coke was $2.50 (damn y'all!), which is steep considering a tall Sapporo draft was only $6. Yet another reason to drink beer, folks. At checkout, I briefly thought they comped us an hour of karaoke. Turns out, the "-$48" on our receipt was just the deposit being taken off the final bill; they did not in fact, give us anything for free. Expensive karaoke on top of a confusing Chinese-based system adds up to a tough, tough sell. * TL;DR * My wife and I had a decent amount of fun but nowhere near "$50 an hour" worth of fun. Regardless of where you are or what services you offer, that pricing is insane. Compare this to Punch Bowl Social ($40/hr), Lincoln Karaoke downtown ($30/hr), or Round One ($17/hr) which is quite literally across the street. Charging this much has to be how Levee stays in business, because it was a ghost town on a Friday night (where was everyone??) Had I'd known we'd spend half an hour sifting through the cumbersome catalog trying to find something familiar to Western audiences, I would have gone elsewhere instead. When we did karaoke in Osaka, Japan - over 6,000 miles away - their song selection was ten times better than here, in suburban Illinois. That's whack. All told, two hours with food and drinks ran me just shy of $200. I'm not spending that kind of money again pretending to "sing" Ariana Grande because my only other choices are songs in Mandarin.... which I do not speak. It's gonna be a 'no' from me, dawg.
Our waitress was gone for 2 of the 5 hours we were there.
No one showed us how to use the equipment.
The room was set at 75 and we asked repeatedly for them to turn the ac down…the room stayed at 75 the whole time. It was so uncomfortably hot!!!
Krystal Trump
First time here last night for (surprise birthday) dinner and karaoke for 8 people. They were SO accommodating with incredible service and assistance. Large menu with options for everyone. Our night couldn't have gone smoother - highly recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Caitlyn Pehlke
the staff is absolutely amazing! Thanks for taking such good care of us.
Ahjumming
Food was great! We ordered a lot and we loved all of them. I think the YouTube option to find songs was the better one. No time wasted in looking for the songs.
Katrina Fajardo
Had my birthday at Levee and had a good time. Yes it is hard to look for music on the system, but from experience at other karaoke places, it's also hard there. Made us feel very special! You can order their food for snacks and if it's a birthday you can bring in a cake/sweets. Reasonably priced also to rent a room.
Had a great time. Sound was clear, room was clean and food was good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went on a Friday night & it was a ghost town. Very odd that they had one side of the restaurant lit & the other not. Def not a welcoming atmosphere to play pool, which is a pretty wicked thing to have at a karaoke place. Next, I was so excited to try the food & I was so disappointed. It was as if everything came from the freezer section & didn’t feel the authenticity. In addition, tip is already added to your bill at the end, when the server took so long to come and serve us and teach us how to work the karaoke machine. To continue, the karaoke machine is outdated & is catered to the Asian community, which is beautiful, however difficult for us who only know English. There’s def a lot of improvements needed, and to modernize this place. It has so much potential. Overall, I was just extremely sticker shocked at the end for the bad food & service.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
We went here late on a Tuesday night. We reserved a karaoke room to celebrate my friends birthday. We were definitely the only customers in the building and it was so nice for them to stay open late for us! We had a great time. The medium size room was a good size for our party 7 or 8. Maggie took great care of us. The drinks were good. We all had such a fun time and we will definitely be back! Thanks Maggie!!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great private room karoake joint. The room service was pretty fast and the music selection was pretty good .The only con is the karoake machine is in Korean, so makes it hard to navigate. We were able to figure it out though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
The food was below average for bar food, the drinks were ok, song selection was ok.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
My friends rented a large room on New Year's Eve, it was a blast. The service is excellent and so friendly. Once we got the hang of the computer system for searching songs, it went smoothly, and the staff was very helpful with that. All around, great night.
Me and my group of friends had an amazing time doing karaoke, the staff were fantastic, accommodating, and helpful. I personally didn't order food but someone in my group did, and when it was brought in it smelled delicious and looked incredible. Will definitely be coming back here.
I’ve been a regular customer for this place. I really enjoy the dining experience and they food is exceptional. Please note they serve Chinese bbq in authentic northern style.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Friendly staff and nice karaoke rooms. The food was a little disappointing but still good.
LOST IN TRANSLATION Karaoke would've been a lot more fun.... if we actually had some English songs to pick from. My wife's birthday request was to do some singing, and with the demise of Punch Bowl Social in Schaumburg (R.I.P), I needed a backup. Eventually I came across this place in Yorkshire Plaza, a strip mall that's right across the street from Fox Valley Mall in Aurora. We were the only customers at 6pm, but I thought nothing of it at the time, assuming the rowdiness would filter in later. Levee Karaoke & BBQ is much bigger on the inside with nine private karaoke rooms, a billiards table, and a bar. It's $48 per room per hour on Friday nights and weekends. Searching through their database of songs was challenging. In order to find a multi-word song, you had to type in its initials ("I Believe In A Thing Called Love" becomes "IBIATCL") which was very hit-or-miss. For instance, we saw one song by Linkin Park, but nothing else from them. We noticed a TON of Chinese songs (nearly 75% of the catalog) with very few American artists represented apart from Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Beyonce. Truthfully, we struggled to find any popular rock songs in English. Even mainstays like "Don't Stop Believing" were nowhere to be found. I wasn't impressed with the fried appetizer sampler ($15): a handful of fries, 4 onion rings, 3 mac 'n' cheese bites, 2 chicken wings and a sad pair of mozzarella sticks. Plus, the dipping sauces they gave us came in the smallest cups that are commercially available. It all looked like something a college roommate threw together in a rush. On the other hand, we enjoyed the BBQ skewer combo ($19). They gave us two each of cumin lamb, ribeye, pork, grilled cauliflower, and grilled brussel sprouts. We liked the dry seasoning on the veggies, and my wife loved the ribeye. The mini steamed buns (10 for $12) were fine, nothing too special but at least they were filling. The staff were very nice. Our server was responsive any time we pressed the in-room service button. A 12oz can of diet Coke was $2.50 (damn y'all!), which is steep considering a tall Sapporo draft was only $6. Yet another reason to drink beer, folks. At checkout, I briefly thought they comped us an hour of karaoke. Turns out, the "-$48" on our receipt was just the deposit being taken off the final bill; they did not in fact, give us anything for free. Expensive karaoke on top of a confusing Chinese-based system adds up to a tough, tough sell. * TL;DR * My wife and I had a decent amount of fun but nowhere near "$50 an hour" worth of fun. Regardless of where you are or what services you offer, that pricing is insane. Compare this to Punch Bowl Social ($40/hr), Lincoln Karaoke downtown ($30/hr), or Round One ($17/hr) which is quite literally across the street. Charging this much has to be how Levee stays in business, because it was a ghost town on a Friday night (where was everyone??) Had I'd known we'd spend half an hour sifting through the cumbersome catalog trying to find something familiar to Western audiences, I would have gone elsewhere instead. When we did karaoke in Osaka, Japan - over 6,000 miles away - their song selection was ten times better than here, in suburban Illinois. That's whack. All told, two hours with food and drinks ran me just shy of $200. I'm not spending that kind of money again pretending to "sing" Ariana Grande because my only other choices are songs in Mandarin.... which I do not speak. It's gonna be a 'no' from me, dawg.
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Our waitress was gone for 2 of the 5 hours we were there. No one showed us how to use the equipment. The room was set at 75 and we asked repeatedly for them to turn the ac down…the room stayed at 75 the whole time. It was so uncomfortably hot!!!
First time here last night for (surprise birthday) dinner and karaoke for 8 people. They were SO accommodating with incredible service and assistance. Large menu with options for everyone. Our night couldn't have gone smoother - highly recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
the staff is absolutely amazing! Thanks for taking such good care of us.
Food was great! We ordered a lot and we loved all of them. I think the YouTube option to find songs was the better one. No time wasted in looking for the songs.
Had my birthday at Levee and had a good time. Yes it is hard to look for music on the system, but from experience at other karaoke places, it's also hard there. Made us feel very special! You can order their food for snacks and if it's a birthday you can bring in a cake/sweets. Reasonably priced also to rent a room.