Hmc Karaoke - Aiea

Booked a work gathering here for a Saturday night and it was a hit! So great for team building! Our room (no. 8) was clean with comfy chairs and couches, able to accommodate up to 25 but I'd say it fits 20 comfortably. We booked for 6:30 9:30pm and were having so much fun we extended another hour you can do that if there's no other group booked after you. We were allowed to come in and set up at 6pm. Total for the four hours ended up at about $550 before tip. Things to know: You will be asked when booking whether you're 40 or older. This family owned business has been around for decades and they've learned what works best for them. You can have guests of any age but whoever books should be 40 years+. 50% deposit required to book. They have different rooms for small and large parties You bring your own food and drinks, including alcohol, and they provide coolers and ice. They do sell some drinks like water and sodas but not in great quantities. Select as many songs as you want no charge per song. There are binders of songs arranged by artist and title (mostly older songs), one for Hawaiian and International, and one for songs from 2020 and up so don't miss that one! They have slips of paper and pens on the coffee tables (forms are color coded to each room). You write down the song code (if there's more than 1 option, choose the second or third, we found the first ones to be funky) and part of the song title, then bring the paper to the front counter. Ample parking in the front and back.

Not very friendly. Not very nice. Not very good karaoke. The parking situation is good and there is security outside so it feels safe to park your car here. It's byob karaoke and the crowds can get a little aggressive. Had a few people get confrontational just for walking by their rooms on the way to our own room. But alas. It's a byob karaoke in Pearl city

Went here with a big party. The room was dusty to where some of us would sing one song and end up with scratchy throats. Here, you bring your own food and drinks. Tables are provided and lots of seating. Song selection was plentiful.

So I've been here twice and love it. Yes, it looks dingy from the outside. Yes, it is very old school where it appears they still use CD's and laser discs to load the songs. You have to actually look up songs in a binder and take it out to the guy at the counter on a piece of paper in order for him to load the songs for you. It may seem cumbersome but I didn't mind it at all. It is sort of nostalgic to go to this place... I remember going to karaoke when I was a lot younger and it brings back so many memories. The videos played on the screen is hilarious... they're from the 80's and 90's and some love songs played looked like it was trying to be old school porn. But it's funny! If you come here with an attitude thinking it's behind in it's times, you won't enjoy it. The room was spacious enough for us to enjoy singing, dancing, eating and drinking! What more could you ask for? I thought the price was reasonable, too. Mics worked great, sound system was fine, air conditioner was on full blast and we had no issues with having the songs keep flowing. If you want to end a song for whatever reason, you just holler at the guy at the counter. There's a huge selection of songs. The best part about this place? BYOB! Bring your food, too! No restrictions, just bring it all and they supply you with a cooler full of ice. They also have a big table available depending on what type of room for your food and goodies. Just note that the guy at the counter is not the friendliest... but hey, you won't deal with him so much. We had a blast and will definitely be back again.

Our first time at HMC Karaoke and it was so fun!! The reason for 4 stars is because we have to keep delivering our song request papers but honestly it 's not too bad haha, and the songs were kinda hard to find. (We like oldies so a lot of the songs we had in mind were missing or maybe we didn 't look hard enough hahaha. Some binders were assorted by title and some were by artists so it was a hunt for good songs for sure. Our room was spacious and could fit a good amount of people, there was just 4 of us so we had a lot of fun in the room. We meant to stay for an hour but ended up staying from 7:45pm closing (10pm . We had a good time because the vibes in the room were great! The lights and the mic stands really gave us our main character moment. It was $25/hour so not bad when you split it. The waters there are less than $1 so that was nice too. The guy who helped us out was nice. Thank you HMC Karaoke, we 'll be back!