Sid Gold's Request Room — Restaurant in New York

The bar was great. The pianist, though :/ . I have been to other Sid gold’s location e.g in Detroit and had a great time. The pianist last seemed to had favored one group over others. Our group’s song request were skipped over and were sparsed in between. I personally waited more than an hour before I get to sing another song, while a few people have sang twice by this time, and a particular group who appreared to be friends of the pianist have had multiple people singing multiple times. I have had friends who came and left without singing, which was a disappointing experience. I understand that the pianist wants to go through as many people as possible and I applaud that. But there was clearly one group with a 2-3 people who had sang 2-3 times while I have to wait more than an hour before my second song and a couple of people from our group didn’t get called up at all despite putting in their song request more than an hour before closing time. It felt Iike we were crashing their parties and the pianist just didn’t like us (although I’m sure it’s not true). As a cherry on top, before we close, the pianist said we only have time for 2 more songs, said sorry that he cannot go through everyone and called a girl that have sang 3 times (guess from which group ;) )! I understand that the pianist wants everyone to had a go but choosing song/singer arbitrarily instead of following the request lists and only skipping over people who clearly been going up too many times, just makes his life unnecessarily difficult and left guests felt unfairly treated. Especially when one group is clearly favored. Overall we had fun but it’s somewhat disappointing. I’m sure he was trying his best and mean no harm. But our...

DONT GO HERE!!! They freaking serve watered down drinks. I ordered an old fashioned and it was literally (not exaggerating), only water. And it didn't happen with only one drink - to name a few, stawberry fields and always on my mind.

The service was also a little slow as well, just saying.

The piano karaoke is cool, though, only if you get drunk somewhere else before.

FYI, this place doesn't serve food, that's why the one star is for food. All they have is peanuts and popcorn.

I wouldn't recommend this place at all for any occasion or person. There are way better bars around here. I might have given less than one star if I could.

Order unopened beer here to be safe.

Learn from my mistakes and run to a better one. Peace ✌️☮️

Update- Response to the owner's comment: Yeah, I did order 5 drinks between 3 people. As I mentioned earlier, 3 of our 5 drinks were watered down that's more than half of our drinks. Also, I did tell your server about the watered down drinks, which she took back. She brought back drinks that were a tad less watered down, then disappeared for the rest of the night. So, as the owner I'd recommend for you to look into what happened with the direct service staff with my experience instead of detailing the success of you private event. Unless of course you feel you were successful enough for the night that a reduction for in quality for a few clientele is insignificant. Also, I'd recommend you also look into consumer behavior more, as most consumers tend to not lean towards not openly complaining and simply not returning. If you have time after looking into your quality...

Here's the thing that makes a piano karaoke bar the best thing ever... the crazy supportive atmosphere. From the pianist to the audience, if you start floundering they will save you. The best songs are the ones where everyone gets to join in on the chorus. There's zero pressure to perform, but if you do... High fives abound! The skill level is a great mix. And what you don't have in skill, you can easily make up with alcohol. The pours have gotten better, thank God, so my brokeass can still make a night of if for well under 50 bucks.

But don't forget to bring cash to fill up the jar! The microphone may not smell like a beer, but if you sit at the bar, put bread in the jar and say, "Man, what are you doin' here?" I'm stealing Julian's schtick, but I'm sure the King of Banter doesn't mind. I usually come for Julian Velard's session on Wednesdays 9pm - 1am, but I need to start coming more than once a week. There are other pianists and performers in rotation and Joe McGinty's playlist is turning into the Magna Carta.

I would never judge you for practicing before hand. Just don't listen to Aretha Franklin's version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water". Don't do it to yourself. That's just cruel. Of course Billy Joel is on the playlist, but so are Wham! and Madonna. If you can manage Borderline, you're my hero.

I have never failed to have a great time here. Never. Piano...