The Cobra Club — Restaurant in New York

I'm giving the bar itself 5 stars because it's legendary and great and I hope it lasts forever (plus I don't like bringing down a venue's rating for something they just host). The sound system in the back is fantastic. But the karaoke hosts (who run basically every karaoke in the neighborhood)...hm. I couldn't hear a word the female host was saying whenever she was on stage. And the way they run the show seems to be to put up the songs in order no matter what, so a bunch of regulars showed up super early and put in seemingly unlimited requests (also seemed to know the hosts so probably got priority) and then we all had to watch them each sing multiple times (I mean like 2-4 times while other people were still waiting to sing once-- they had great voices but there was a LOT of Lady Gaga). Most of our songs didn't come on for hours...the room almost totally emptied out and people were still waiting. Just doesn't seem like a great system? They also tell you you get bumped up by one slot for every dollar you tip which did not seem to be true...I wouldn't expect that to be the case and I'd tip anyway, but they did say it and then they didn't seem to be clocking which tip went with which song/person (and that just seems like it would make the system even more unfair). One super drunk/high person also tried to steal the mic and wouldn't leave the stage during my friend's performance -- it was physically uncomfortable to the point where my friend had to ask them to back off and towards the end just gave them the mic and fled the stage, and no one from the karaoke team stepped in to help or try to get...

I tried to come here but came too late as the bar was closing. I was sympathetic to that and completely understood I was not going to be able to do karaoke or get a drink and expressed that to the bouncer and all I wanted was some time to figure out my next move. I was not drunk or in any way disrespectful to the door person. Instead of allowing me and my friends to request an Uber inside and wait for them, while it was blizzarding, the bouncer was extremely rude and pushy and would not allow us to wait a measly 10 minutes inside while more than 50 patrons were already there to wait for our ride. I understood that we could not stay there for service and communicated that to him clearly. I just wanted to take shelter from the extreme weather. He was the furthest thing from sympathetic. The bouncer...

This venue did a disservice to a band I was supporting. The band I was paying for was suppose to start at 7pm but got pushed back to 10pm due to double booking and they allowed the 2nd to last band to play over their time slot causing a petty delay. On top of that they made an alternative poster cutting out the name of the band I was supporting. Further more, a manager yelled at the 2nd to last band for playing over the time slot, causing the crowd to walk out which made a bad turn out for the closing band. After the crowd walking out, the staff took the cash box an left the entrance unattended, adding to the bad turn out of the night. The supporters and I will not be coming back...