Karaoke Bar Sablon — Restaurant in Brussels

Well, how shall I put it..? It IS a nice location with lots of potential, but... If you are not a regular, I recommend being there at 21.00 sharp and throw in as many songs as possible. Because once the regulars have arrived, you're just a spectator. Your songs hardly ever come on and you have to listen to a lot of sad French songs about failed relationships sung by people who are not necessarily bad but who don't know their range (except for Vanessa, who was brilliant). The DJ will favour them over you and if you are lucky, you'll get to sing two songs by midnight. The atmosphere is amazing - I'll give them that. But it could be WAY more transparent. Everything is organised via 'karafun.fr' but you don't get to see the queue. People (regulars) who came an hour AFTER you had uploaded five titles, get to yowl at least four of their songs while you are waiting for your third pick. Don't be a dick - let the occasional guest sing. One guy told me he was coming three or four times a week. Let one-time-visitors sing!!! Your regulars have enough opportunities to perform and bore each other to death by singing the same songs over and over again. It could be a magical place where outsiders are welcomed just for one night. Go have your parties and screech your chansons all you like from Monday to Thursday. Letting others take the stage just for two nights won't hurt. 3/5 stars because they could be a lot better... but they just don't wanna be. Service was really...

We were having a great time here - put in our songs, sang a few, we were respectful when others were singing and applauded them, we even bought the bar staff beers. We spent a lot of money here, yet the bar staff/owners were very rude. They also pushed our song requests back and back. Owner said that the tables were on rotation but we could clearly count how many requests one table before us. We chose lively, familiar songs that the patrons would enjoy, unlike other people. We made the bar lively.

One song my friend requested had started wrong - it seemed like 2 tracks were played with a 5 sec delay or so. And the staff wouldn't bother their arses resetting the song. A few songs later, one local wasn't ready for the start of the song and restarted it immediately!

It seems the bar staff just want locals there - if so, why don't they make it into a private club instead of a public bar? They obviously don't...

Je me permets de partager ma mésaventure dans ce bar afin de ne pas laisser de mauvaise note sans justification.

Un samedi soir, nous arrivons avec quelques amis pour terminer notre soirée. Quand vient mon tour de commander la tournée de shots, le barman prend la bouteille de vodka et adresse un geste à connotation sexuelle avant de me servir les shots. Plusieurs personnes autour en rigolent, mais pas moi. Je fais la remarque au barman que je ne trouve pas cela respectueux, il me clarifie que le geste ne m’était pas adressé, ce que j’entendais. Mais je n’étais pas convaincue que cela soit approprié dans ce contexte-ci malgré tout. Tout se passe calmement jusque-là, je n’insiste pas et m’en vais avec mes shots et mon seum rejoindre mes amis. Quand je les retrouve, je leur propose de boire les shots et de nous en aller après. Pour expliquer, je leur raconte ce qu’il s’est passé au bar. Quand soudain, un gérant du bar surgit dans notre cercle en me hurlant dessus que :

1. Je devais me calmer.
2. Le geste n’était pas tourné vers moi.
3. Je n’avais pas à aller raconter à mes amis ce qu’il s’était passé.
4. Ce qui n’était vraiment pas sympa, c’est d’aller remplir nos bouteilles d’eau aux toilettes. (Je précise que vu notre consommation en alcool dans ce bar, càd au moins 4 tournées de 6 shots et au moins 5 bières en +- 1h30 sur place, soit autour de 100€, nous nous sommes permis de remplir deux bouteilles d'eau au robinet pour rester hydratés.)

J’essaie de demander au gérant de se calmer car personnellement, je n’ai ni élevé le ton ni manquer de respect envers personne et ai juste communiqué mon ressenti. Il ne me laissait pas parler et continuait à me hurler dessus.

En considérant donc que ce lieu est tenu par des personnes qui traitent la clientèle en s’énervant de la sorte et qui ne souhaitent pas fournir d’eau à des clients qui consomment considérablement, je pense que cet endroit n’est pas du tout...