Shanghai'd Room — Restaurant in Huntington Beach

I only come here during the daily, karaoke nights and, soon, maybe you will too. Shanghai’d Room is a divebar thru and thru. But I can count on one hand how many bars I’ve been to where I felt welcomed on my first night. And this is the ONLY bar I ever made friends.

There’s usually one or two bartenders being very attentive — making sure glasses are full, singers are purchasing drinks, and new faces get a turn on the mic. each of them has their own charismatic charm and seductive appeal. I can’t help but call out MeowMeow as my fav tho because you cant help but get drawn to her personality (plus the music/mic balance is always on point all night). She was there my first night and the energy in the room was electric.

This is the only karaoke bar where you don’t have the pressure of singing in front of the crowd on stage because there isn’t one. If you’ve ever been in a private karaoke room with friends it’s like that but with 20+ people and ur own bar LOL. If ur flyin solo and like to sing with libations in hand: check em out, sing a song, compliment ur fav singers, and soon you’ll be makin plans to comeback and meetup.

Few tips and house rules to emphasize: no food served so you can byof, only one M & one F restroom, only patrons sing so if you don’t drink buy one for someone else (lol), try the WATER OF LIFE, respect every singer and ask them for permission before you grab the second mic, and FTLoveOG don’t pick multiple songs back to back. Even when a group changes singers with duets, singing 4+ songs looks like ur group is hogging the mic. Lets spread the love and...

First time I came to this karaoke bar. I spend 60$ on drinks, I was served by a nice lady (with long dark hair and glasses, don’t remember her name). After about 2 hours another bartender girl came in Jennifer , I guess she took over my tab because here is where the problem started. My friend game me her juul vape, she asked me to put it her bag not to lose it cos it’s dead. Jennifer the bartender who never introduced her self even, in a very rude and mean way started to YELL at me: I told you vape isn’t allowed in here. I wasn’t even vaping. I said, I’m sorry, you never told me this, and I even didn’t know she’s serving me. She started to yell at me: IM DONE, get out, I’m done I’m done! She started to yell at the security guy: Take her out! I work in beverage industry for over 7 years in a 5 star hotel. I’ve never experienced such a bad serving attitude and service. She wasn’t professional at all, she just started to scream and yell at me using very aggressive non-respectful words. Even if Jennifer is the owner’s gf and she act like she owns the place, with guests she has no experience to talk nicely and to be polite. Customer service from her was very very bad. I spoke with the manager about this incident, she apologized about this however she couldn’t do anything because Jennifer is the...

I've been to Shanghai'd many, many, many times and had a GREAT time each time I went. The drinks are strong, the staff are amazing, and how can ya beat karaoke every night (I think) at 8? One busy Friday night though the bartender made a mistake and gave my debit card to a different customer, and tried to give that customers card to me. That other customer was long gone by the time we realized the mistake had been made. I've got to give mad props to Jennifer (the owner). She was on top of the situation and did EVERYTHING within her power to help me get the card back. She also had to deal with an upset me, which, I've been told, can be a little trying 🤔. Thank you Jennifer for all your help and for going above and beyond any expectations I had to help rectify the situation. Also a sincere apology from the bottom of my heart for leaving that hasty, anger fueled, inaccurate one star review of my experiences in your bar. Shanghai'd IS my regular bar because of your dedication and pursuit of running the best darn little bar in Orange County. Kudos to you and the rest of the staff. You...