To start, I found the service from the bartenders and staff to be completely satisfactory. There wasn't a significant wait to be served and I was checked on while seated to see if I needed any additional service. It was quick and efficient.
I've noticed some of the other review saying the same thing, but I'll mention it just to be thorough. Smoking inside is kinda insane. This morning as I write this review I still have a cough and headache from the time I was there last night. I get that it's appealing to others, but as someone who is not a smoker, it was really difficult to breathe in the establishment. I'm very much so in the stance that, just because you can doesnt mean you should. But, I digress, what's appealing to others is not always appealing to all, that's life.
About last night, to start, I moved here like 2 weeks ago from California and I happen to be an avid karaoke goer. I enjoy it and am always willing to try new spots around Los Angeles, so my expectationwas to do the same here in Missouri. I've tried a few places thus far and found myself at Erin's Pub for karaoke with Heather last night. While I there was searching online to see if there were any spots nearby to check out. This is where I came across Waters Edge.
The resturant/bar itself was pretty large and had a cool vibe to it. I enjoyed the fact that there were so many bathrooms. I can't speak to the patrons being friendly or not because i was fighting for my like to breath due to the smoke. I will say that the only person I interacted with other than the bar staff was the KJ. He was very rude from the beginning, which was confusing to me. Considering that's the entire reason I decided to try Waters Edge in the first place.
When I arrived, I went up to the KJ booth and literally stood there while he blatantly ignored me. That should have been my first indicator for how the evening was going to go. When he finally did talk to me, I asked how long the wait would be. He told me about 20 minutes. I said, sure, and went to get a beer at the bar. That being said an hour later I still had not been able to sing. He had some people sing, including himself (go figure), but he was also playing multiple DJ'd songs between singers. DJ'ing horribly I might add, it's 2025, who the hell wanted to hear the Cha Cha Slide at the bar anymore. The song transitions were also harsh and made no sense.
As I said, I'd been waiting for about an hour or so. I went back up to the booth to see what the actual wait was going to be, and he told me 4 songs, then stopped and started counting on the screen and couldn't give me an actual number. I mentioned that had he given me a more accurate time a hour ago, I probably wouldn't have been sitting here inhaling smoke this entire time. He proceeded to say that it didn't matter what he did because he wasn't going to be able to please me. Which is so weird and unprofessional. I told him it isn't really hard to let me know a more accurate generalization of when I'd be able to sing. As 20 minutes and an hour are two very different things.
He got pretty rude and told me that he'd put me up next. I told him that wasn't the point, also that wearing sunglasses inside, in the dark was idiotic, and ended up leaving after that without singing. I had barely touched my beer, his attitude really was a turn off.
I'd maybe give it another try as long as he isn't the KJ for the evening. I had not issues with the establishment, other than the smoking. That being said,...
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