14 Karaoke Spots in Los Angeles

The anchor of Koreatown karaoke: 34 private rooms, a catalog north of 4,000 songs, and a full bar, the largest private-room house in the neighborhood, and it knows it. Big enough to absorb a birthday party or a bachelorette without a wait, polished enough to feel like a night out rather than a novelty.

A 1971 institution the LA Times once called arguably the city's best feel-good karaoke bar, and it still runs live karaoke every single night. This is the platonic KJ dive: a real stage, a sign-up list, a celebrity sighting now and then, and a whole room pulling for you. No cover, just drinks.

Enter through what looks like a service door behind the LINE Hotel and you're in a full 1980s fever dream, arcade machines, retro bottle service, and private rooms kitted out with old Atari and Simon games. It's the most theatrical private-room experience in town, and it fits a crew of up to about 20.

The best Japanese-style room house in the city, all private booths with a huge multilingual song list (Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, English and more). A daily happy hour makes an early-evening session genuinely affordable, and the Little Tokyo location is easy to pair with dinner.

The Westside's dive-bar karaoke institution since 1962, complete with a real dance floor, a request-taking host, stiff pours, and free popcorn (there's no kitchen. The popcorn is the menu). Unpretentious, a little rowdy, and beloved by regulars who've been singing here for decades.

A Sunset Strip sports bar with 20-odd TVs that flips into DJ-hosted karaoke on its karaoke nights. It's the rare Strip spot where you can catch a game, sing a song, and order a genuinely good Moscow Mule without a velvet-rope hassle. Loose, fun, and central.

A low-lit, Chinese-lantern-draped Chinatown hideaway with one of the best beer lists in the neighborhood, around two dozen rotating taps, and guest DJs. The intimate, dressed-down vibe makes it the sleeper date-night karaoke spot: moody enough to feel special, casual enough to actually relax.

A second-floor Japanese lounge above Little Tokyo with a deep sake and shochu list and a strict no-dancing, no-recording house rule, which is exactly the point. It's for a mellower, grown-up session where the singing stays in the room and the vibe stays smooth.

The foodie pick: an upscale, speakeasy-feeling subterranean spot that pairs genuinely good Korean plates with private karaoke rooms. Dinner and singing in the same booth means no scramble for a table after. You settle in, order, and stay all night.

A longtime K-town room house (formerly known to many as K-Pop Karaoke) that's especially strong on K-pop, J-pop, and Top 40. Each room comes with a doorstop-thick songbook, and the pricing is friendly. A solid, no-frills choice when Pharaoh is booked solid.

A proper tiki bar, rum drinks, fireplace patio, the works, that turns into karaoke a couple of nights a week. The tropical-dive atmosphere makes for one of the most fun rooms in the Valley, and food trucks park out front on Thursdays to keep you fed between songs.

A beloved NoHo dive with DJ-hosted public karaoke every day of the week, a drag-hosted Monday, and, for the truly committed, the LA Karaoke League on Wednesdays. No private rooms, just a great open-mic room and a crowd that actually wants you to nail it.

A friendly food-and-karaoke dive right across from Sony Pictures, with no cover and a genuinely warm crowd. The kind of neighborhood spot where the regulars know the KJ by name, and where the midnight quesadillas have earned their own small legend.

A dependable neighborhood tavern that runs karaoke every single night, with around 16 taps, a wall of TVs, and a daily happy hour. It's the Valley's steady eddy, never a scene, always a good time, and open to a spontaneous Tuesday-night set.