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| - I'm torn with how many stars I should give this place. The karaoke bar is a 0 out of 5, the rest of the casino and the restaurant are 5 out of 5.
We've been going to this place for years, namely for the $1 pints (I think they're $1.50 now, which is still super cheap). They brew their own beer. The Amber is my favorite...the light beer is not all that great. Tons of gaming machines and a blackjack table. Cocktail servers are usually pretty quick. Also, they have a restaurant and a Metro Pizza in the casino. Both are awesome. The restaurant always has cheap specials, and the food is good considering the price range. Metro Pizza always has slices ready to go, perfect after a ton of beer.
Now, on to the karaoke bar. I've been to A LOT of karaoke shows in Vegas, and this is by far THE WORST. Somehow it gets voted "best of las vegas" by the RJ every year. They are the only place I know of that has karaoke every night of the week, and I think that's their big selling point. The sound quality is absolutely ridiculous. The KJ never touches anything to adjust volumes or mic settings (by the looks of it, they don't even have the equipment to do so). This ends up in not being able to hear some people, while the really loud ones (especially drunk screaming girls) are just so overpowering that it's annoying. They have probably the smallest karaoke song selection I've ever seen. There's no instrumentals or bumper music in between the singers, so it goes from super loud shitty quality sound to dead silence while waiting for the next singer to get up. I was there 3 hours and sang 2 songs. By the way, tipping the KJ does nothing at all. No matter the offer, she won't bump you up in rotation even a few spots, or stay past the end time whatsoever. "November Rain" by GNR somehow got cut from 8 1/2 minutes to 4 1/2. Then during "Sad But True" by Metallica, I replaced one of othe lyrics with the f-bomb, and you would have thought I was a terrorist or something. Security came up to me and said "sir, did you see that lyric on the screen? No, then you need to leave". So, good luck if you want to sing songs like Cee-Lo's F-you, Tenacious D's F-Her Gently, Lonely Island's I'm On a Boat, or any of the adult parodies like Summer Nights or With Legs Wide Open. I would understand if it were a family environment, but you have to be 21 to even get in the karaoke bar. And it's shut off from the rest of the casino in such a way that you can only hear the karaoke from inside the karaoke bar area.
I'd much rather take my business to one of the PT's Pubs karaoke nights, where the hosts are upbeat and they actually enjoy being there. Also, the sound equipment is professional with a full mixer board for the music & mics. And the song selection is literally 10X what Ellis Island has. Sahara/Decatur on Saturdays is one of my favorites. In short, go to Ellis Island if you want cheap drinks , gambling, and good food, but STAY AWAY if you're looking for karaoke!!
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