sometimes i am embarrassed to admit it but i am such a fob. i have a way of finding myself in korean joints wherever i go, and vegas was no different. after a long night of being pushed and shoved in vegas "it" spots, my friend and i just wanted to be left alone and find a place where we can enjoy our drinks in peace.
we hopped in our car and off we drove through and out of the strip and found ourselves front of the large blue neon sign "zizzy."
zizzy is a typical ktown karaoke bar/cafe.
food: it was after 2am, and this girl's gotta watch her figure so food for me.
drinks: they also serve cocktails but i don't trust koreans with cocktails. soju ($13-14) and beer ($7/hite beer) cost about $1 more than typical places in la ktown. fruit juice, coffee, and tea (typical cafe drinks) are also available.
layout: there are about 6-7 tables with comfy chairs and a bar in the front. there are private karaoke rooms in the back.
atmosphere: dim lights... fobby kpop music... it should feel very familiar to you if you've been to ktown joints.
"service": service in a korean slang term here refers to free food or free alcohol served to keep the customers happy. they give dry salted peanuts as "service'
karaoke: the small room costs $25/hr. the music selection is once again very typical (mostly Korean songs, some Japanese and limited English songs), but the sound system is horrible.
now back to my story...
we sat at the lounge/bar section and ordered our drinks at first and then we decided to try the karaoke. two girls in a small karaoke room singing (it's more like yelling for me) our hearts out, dancing around the room, and shaking the tambourines for almost two hours... we definitely scared the waiters. as we were leaving, i saw their frightened eyes trailing us out the door.
i would give this place 4stars but the disco light in our room was out and they didn't do anything about it. we asked if we could change our room since it wasn't a busy night and seemed like they had other rooms available but they told us that they didn't have anymore small rooms left and they refused to do anything about.
karaoking without the disco light doesn't complete the real karaoke experience hence the minus one star.