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Still being a Vegas newbie I have been finding a lot of places word of mouth. This is the classic example of that. Cue scene: Me singing and another venue and making new friends. We realize that getting on stage again isn't going to happen, and inevitably, someone will say, "Ellis". With nods, grins, and everyone quietly repeating "Eliis" in approval, I decided to follow everyone over there.
I loved how small the entire place was. What I loved even more was the pricing of the beer-- $1.75. The first time I was there I got the stout. It was alright. I'm very stout picky and prefer the imperial variety, but it wasn't bad. The next time I got the IPA. I haven't moved on. It's the one for me. If you ask for water, it's a bottle for $1. One night they hassled me about a minimum to use my card, and every other night it's been fine... so be aware of that.
The books are huge. They have ones by song title and ones by artist. There are also many other songs that aren't in the books, so you can always ask. Also, everyone is pretty friendly. You can always strike up a convo with people visiting or the regulars. My only issue is the queue. Most nights I have gone tended to be from 30 minutes to 90 minutes to sing. A lot of times I've seen people get up 5-6 times while others have gotten up 2 times even though they have songs in... and it's not like the it was a quality of singing issue. It actually upset some of the patrons so badly that they started complaining to me about it (like I could do anything) then the host. Maybe the 5-6 time people were big tippers? Maybe people were getting irritable because they had been there since 10 drinking and it was almost 3? I'm not entirely sure. Maybe I'm too easy going to care.
With all that said, it really is one of the best venues for karaoke. And as with all music and music venues, you can't really appease everyone.
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