Was invited to a birthday party here last night and have to say I was blown away. Way more fun than I'd expected.
The musicians are talented, friendly and keep the whole room alive with dirty jokes, call-and-response classics and just general good time shouting. The wait staff are likewise very friendly and attentive - this is at the tables anyway where we had reservations, I only stopped at the bar itself once to make some change for song buying.
The whole competitive nature of song bidding can get to be a little pricey, especially when you mix in beers and shots - but it was all in good fun. At least twice a friend and I decided we either MUST hear a song NOW (Lose Yourself by Eminem b/c I just had to see how a rock band setup would do it) or we HAD to stop a song from coming up (Africa by Toto - good song but our South African friend would have loved that it was bid for twice that night). :-)
All in all good fun with a friendly crowd. You want to go with a group and probably one that is celebrating a birthday, bachelor or bachelorette party (I counted no fewer that 4 of these going on last night) or some other occasion. The band will get your birthday boy on stage or bachelorette girl draped over the piano to embarrass them with a song or two and some good humored dirty jokes / songs at their expense. I lost count of how many brides to be were NOT going to be giving bj's anymore during an obligatory round of Going to the Chapel of Love. But it is all in good humor and they don't take cheap shots at people or get anyone angry. Really good vibes there all night.
Highly recommended from your pal Don. Check it out!