Love this place. So many other places have a poor English song selection. Not Max-- tons of songs. They also use an app (healsonic) that makes finding and choosing songs a lot easier and more convenient than other places (no Korean menus to navigate lol). Their equipment is a little old, but to me its all about the music selection, which this place excels at.

This place have the easiest way to pick and select your music. There’s an app we download and literally you can pick which language to pick and also by song or artist. ALSOOOOO BETO from this place is the best guy ever. Literally a GOAT, nice service and didn’t kick us out 37 min after they close. We didn’t even know! Super chill, we are definitely coming back.

Max Karaoke Studio has been my go to karaoke lounge because of their affordable prices and convenience. Parking in LA is always difficult, but if you sing your heart out here, they will validate your ticket for 3 hours!I admit they aren’t the most high end Karaoke lounge out there, and the rooms are very basic. But with prices under $10 a person (tax not included) with no drink minimum, I think it’s a great location for those looking to have a fun night out with a couple, or a lot of friends.They have the regular rooms that are more affordable but also a bit more grungy, with beat up cushions. Or the VIP Rooms, which come with a strobe light and nicer furniture. They don’t have the option to link your phone to the internet and stream YouTube videos, but you can download the healsonic app to connect to their system and get an idea of what songs they have available. You can even set up your playlist ahead of time so that you can get right to singing!Nice to see that they survived the rona!

This place is incredibly sketchy. The staff was super rude and unwelcoming. Ive never felt so bullied as a customer in my life. We were basically the only guests in the building and they tried to charge us $30 extra for going 3 minutes over our time and for bringing in outside beverages. Our group had come in with some trash to throw away from a bar we had just left - and the host didnt say anything to us before we went in about that being an issue. In fact, he quoted us what our price would be saying verbatim $45 for an hour plus tax which would make it $53 when youre done. Then he tried to make us pay $80, which were successfully able to argue back down to $53, but he yelled at us and tried to make us feel like we were in the wrong.Afterwards this same staff member said that he messed up the credit card payment and needed me to send him the money personally because he was too afraid to tell his boss. He called me for three days straight and on the 4th of July! Incredibly unprofessional and sketchy AF. It seems like the management is toxic which creates a hostile environment for both customers & employees. 10/10 would NOT recommend.

I really liked coming here. It was clean and really organized. The music selection was okay, but regardless it is a fun place to do karaoke.

Amazing, friendly staff, and clean rooms. Great vives. Definitely recommend 👌

I liked how close the parking is and I like the packages they offer

This place is awesome and the service was great!

Great way to spend time with friends. Large selection of song choices, adequate private rooms. Fun time!

What are you waiting for! Seriously so kind!!

Its one of my favorite spots to go hang out with friends. Friendly staff, great rooms and low prices before 8pm !

This place reminds me of ktv back in the days. It is decent, but the song system can use some update.

Okay look, I really want to put 5 stars after my first go, but the mic was a bit busted and the room was BEAT (holes in the ceiling, yall?) That said, the song selection is HUGE, the price is perfect ($5/per person between 1-8pm), and the front desk staff was friendly and awesome. Ill definitely be back!

Very fun! We enjoyed happy hour. It was great to find a place to take my teenager with me. It was an affordable evening of fun. Customer service was great. Song selection was fantastic and the system/Healsonic was easy to use and familiar since our favorite karaoke joint back home uses it too. Next time were visiting LA area, well be back.

The place is a little dirty and rundown, but spacious and has a good selection of songs. The trick is to download the healsonic app and use that to queue music. Otherwise you have to search through books that may not have the latest hits. I could find every song I wanted, both English and Japanese, and queuing was super easy. Located conveniently by some great restaurants too.

Its really fun and spacious. I just wish they had more current songs. But it was still pretty fun!

Have been to this place quite a few times and love it! Every time has been a blast. The guy in the front is always super cool when we head over for a few hours and actually quite nice once you get him chatting with ya. Such a large selection of songs and songs are up to date. Highly recommended if you want a good karaoke place.

Great location. Guranteed fun. You can bring your own food and drinks for an additional $1 per person. Despite the three stars I come here all the time. Always packed. Long wait times. Customer service not their forte. Staff are strict on time and will definitely CHARGE you if you are a minute late.

Did not get to go but did talk to manager. They were very polite and helpful. They did inform me that none of the Max locations were byob any longer.

Horrible customer service!!!

My go-to place for karaoke. The guy is pretty cool too. Unfortunately hes not very clear on his prices but its still a lot cheaper than any other karaoke in the area. The restroom always smells strongly like urine but it looks clean. They have a wide selection of songs in English, Japanese, and some Spanish, and the guy is polite. I would still keep going lol

Three stars because I have not visited the place but I have to mark stars. I didnt go because I called ahead of going there - They no longer do recordings. This location coming up in a Google search is in error - they used to do recordings but no longer. Bummer. I was told that it had been a great place for it.

They finally added one of my favorite songs. Dreaming by Blondie. I go there once a month now ima go once a week.

This place is great for a hangout with a couple of friends. It allows you to rent a room with a specific amount of people on an hourly basis (better deals on weekdays and with more people, and choose to sing over a thousand songs. They allow you to bring food and alcohol from outside as long as none of their property gets damaged.

Worked well as a karaoke place, although the place wasnt terribly nice. Large pieces of paint missing from the walls and ceiling, but the equipment was very functional. Not bad, but just needs some work done.

Great selection of new and old music to sing your heart out. Rooms are nice an cozy great for small parties. The service is great! Located in the heart of J-Town. Great way to start or end a weeknight.

What I liked:• The karaoke studio is conveniently located in a mall where there is an array of Japanese restaurants, dessert places, shops and a supermarket.• One of the best karaoke places in LA in terms of price as prices are surprinsingly cheap compared to others.• They update their song lists regularly (yay!) And they have songs of different languages from english, chinese, japanese, cantonese, etc.• Sound quality is great.What could be improved:• Video quality of the TVs and the karaoke videos could be better.• Ambience could be improved as some couches were torn, the interior of the place is plain, etc.Overall, this is an ideal and great place for a fun time with friends if youre looking for a relatively cheap karaoke place.

If you are looking for a private room Karaoke joint with awesome music selection, Max is the only real option. The setting is serviceable. They arent trying to attract any group of people other than the kind that enjoy to belt out some tunes. Byob is an option at a minimal cost.If you plan on dropping by on a weekend, be sure to call ahead to reserve a spot. It gets busy so reserve more time than you think you will want, because wont be able to add time at the end as they will probably already have a booking following your time slot. Great Spanish music selection, extensive and constantly updated English music selection and of course plenty of Japanese tunes .

Our room was able a good size for the party of 8. They had a good selection of songs. You might want to call way in advance if you want to book a bigger room, but the guys there were really cool about the size of the group for the room we got.

Great service, clean, and a fun time. This is a good way to spend an evening with friends. If you are going on a weekend, make sure that you make a reservation in advance. The later it gets, the longer the wait without one.

Employee working there lost our reservation, then claimed that the person who took down our reservation over the phone ahead of time was the manager. As a result he then explained that this created a poor communication within their business. I still give them 2 stars because they didnt overcharge us after seating even though we didnt stay for the time we had originally scheduled. However, it was a very frustrating ordeal. Had they never lost our reservation it would have been a fun night especially since they allow you to bring in your own drinks, with proof of ID of course.

I have been going here for almost 15 years. Great english, Japanese and spanish selection. The staff is very friendly

Legit Karaoke! This little Karaoke studio is nestled in the corner of the Little Tokyo mall and is more of a traditional booth experience than the awful bar-karaoke alternative. Their library is pretty up to date and Ive never had any problems here. Always a great time.

I give it four stars because it feels like your going into a dark alley, and then paying the guy a fee to sing your heart out (not to mention the newest and greatest selection) , and smuggling your food in a brown bag inside (byof). Restroom is definitely sketchy, one for men n women. Parking is validated up front. Their selections of songs are so up to date but they dont have background videos just lyrics which makes me think its oddly weird. Overall, a great place to get the karaoke itch out of you.

Great service, and big fun. You can even bring your own food and beverages! The only thing missing is AC or a fan.

I wish I could give this company less stars. They are thieves. We were a group of 9, we were there for only 2 hours, they were incredibly rude the entire time and then charged us $412. The guy was super sketchy when it came to check out time and never gave me a receipt. I only realized this when I checked my bank statement. Absolutely ridiculous. Our bill should have been less than half of that. Absolute garbage. DO NOT GO HERE.

Very good middle of the road karaoke bar. People are friendly, rooms are clean and music is up to date. But just know that it’s full of drunk people who are dressed like they bout to go clubbing so the ambiance is a bit hectic, and security while nice is short with you because of the type of people it attracts.

A small joint, but an awesome collection of songs in there library. Great for a quick hour or so to rock the wind pipes with friends.

Came here for my friends bday. They charged us 160 dollars for 12 people. The cashier, a Latino male, made it seem like he was doing us a favor by not charging us because supposedly we had brought it in alcohol. A friend of mine left early and gave him 50 dollars since she brought 4 people. She had told the cashier guy to deduct it from my total charge. The cashier never deducted the 50 dollars. My friend came back after we called her, keep in my mind that she was already at the parking lot about to leave. She was furious that this unprofessional cashier at the front desk denied the 50 dollars she gave him. All he could say was “ what 50 dollars?”, with bad attitude toward us. The original bill was only supposed to be about 100-110. Essentially the man stole 100 dollars from us. I’m pretty sure he scammed us by making it seem like we weren’t aware of what he was doing. DO NOT COME HERE! They’ll just overcharge you for any little thing and then make it seem they’re doing you a favor by not charging you the “full amount”. I’m almost certain they kept the extra money and declared it as Tips amongst themselves ( their coworkers).

This was my first time at Karaoke ever in Los Angeles and it was great. Was there for a friends birthday and everyone had a good time.They dont serve beer or liquor but do sell sodas and ice. A little expensive and they have a minimum you need to spend to use a credit card, which I think is illegal. They should just charge a fee. I had to spend $10 to buy $2.50 worth of ice.

Best place to come sing your heart out. I mean we have fun every time we come here. I love it

This is my first time ever going karaoke had a great time I would really recommend going here

BEST PLACE IN LA FOR KARAOKE.Just please dont tell everyone! I need to be able to get a room! Best song selection, best employees, best karaoke nights ever.

Max is our go-to karaoke joint. Always call to make a rez just in case.PARKING: Plaza lot - free with validation. You can also get additional validated hours from the supermarket on the first floor.SERVICE: The guys up front are super casual and clearly do not care what you are doing inside the room. You pay an extra fee to BYOB which is great for those who are a bit mic shy - thankfully I am not one of those people. Song selection is decent, but the technology is still punch in numbers to queue up- no iPads here.MISC:-Check out their happy hour option if you can get here early afternoon!-BYOB: Supermarket in the plaza has a good selection if you forgot to pick some up.-Fills up fast on weekend nights. Definitely make a reservation.

Great happy hour. Pay per person instead of room so its good to go practice there with you and a friend.

AWESOME place to go with friends if you love singing and know they do too. Large variety of songs and comfy couches in the private rooms.

Ok. Old building. Not the best equipment. Old furniture. Semi private room. But when you need your sing off tune..with a machine that is off rhythm. Then max studio is the place to go. Add 1 dollar for bring in drinks and food. Though they state no alcohol. So not sure about that policy but we drank before we got there. Which is quite sad when I said to my friend that the other sound horrible. She agreed. 😂

I just dont get the fun in a small group of friends booking a small room to sing to each other. If thats your thing, youd probably like it here. Felt too small for me to really relax and enjoy terrible renditions of the Spice Girls.

Nice place to hang out and singThe prices arent badThe service is nice aswell

The staff was kind of rude, and Standoffish. The Karaoke itself is interesting. The songs range from great karaoke versions of songs, to songs in the style of popular songs and artists. Not the worst, but certainly not the best.

Good parking. Okay stereo system. Okay ambience.

Bad mics, not even noticeable sounds being emitted. System difficult to use. Attendant rude while communicating rules and service was bad. Also only mentioned it was happy hour (lower price than usual) after noticing our group on the fence about the listed price.

Happy hour is great, 1pm to 8pm weekly. Monday-Thursday $5 per person/per hour. Friday-Sunday $6 per person/per hour. $1 extra for each person if drinks (alcohol or regular) or food are brought in. A little dated with the equipment, but when youre having a good time, you dont care. Really fun place, located in the 2nd floor of the plaza. After 8pm it gets pricey and packed, so call to make a reservation. Great selection of songs as well!

Best karaoke place in the city. Nice and clean, good selection and well maintained equipment.

I really wanted to give this place a higher score but the acoustics are a little lacking-- hard to hear yourself if volume isnt just right. Too easy to hear your neighbors; I could hear everybody from the restroom and... wasnt always a good sound haha. Plus the fact that they dont serve drinks or food is a little off-putting too. Prices for happy-hour are great though! Song lists are pretty current but felt like the music (If you know the song) didnt sync up perfectly with the lyrics. Felt a little fast, but that couldve been us singing too slow lol.

Is there a happy hour? There wasnt when we went, and price hourly is a big steep if you want to do a long session. Audio was alright. Song selection not bad but not super up to date unless its the more popular stuff. Service was average (friendly but slow and sparse due to understaffing).

Good happy hour prices $4~5.Bad machines, laggy, hard to find songs, some with weird tunes to avoid copyright.Microphones unsanitary.Still had a good time.

For a pure karaoke place this is the spot.. its BYOB so bring a cooler of beer and go nuts... awesome music selection ...youre going to have a great time

Awesome place-there karaoke happy hour is $5 per person per hour... however the drink prices are little high $2 for can soda

Really great song selection but they took out BYOB due to liquor license issues. They are working on it though!

Karaoke boxes dont need to be super swank - its more a place to be with your friends and once you cut loose, no ones thinking about the room. I guess thats my way of say Max isnt very nice, the wear and tear is becoming more apparent over time, but Ive never really faulted a k-box for not being that nice.Song selection is super, $1/pp food/drink fee is very reasonable, but the cost was a little high for a small group, especially on a weeknight with no one else there. Central location to meet if you have people coming in from around LA/SGV.

I love coming with my siblings since they have private rooms.

Private rooms make it fun for those like my wife who would never karaoke in public.

Place is extremely busy. Unless you have a reservation you will be waiting for hours. But once inside decent place.

Love this place, but there hasnt been any new songs as of late.

Fun expect they dont serve alcohol and you cant bring your own in. spring for the alcohol license because it would make the experience that much more enjoyable.

They let you drink bring your own drinks and food.

Dry venue :( decent selection of music.

Super fun and very friendly staff. Amazing song selection

Thank you Max Karaoke Studio This wonderful place is my favorite spot to sing my heart out. I havent visit it lately and I miss it. A huge thanks to all the employees because they are the reason for a wonderful service and attention. Hi yuka!! oh!!! Please if you visit Max for the first time I personally ask you please respect musical equipment they are very expensive.Viva la Musica!

This was my first time going to a karaoke. it was a lot of fun but it was a little pricy. I went with a party of eleven so maybe thats the reason but after splitting the bill we all paid a little over $30 each. As i said idk if thats pricy but it seemed it was. We were able to bring drinks in there was just a one dollar charge per person for that. Other than that this was a great night was a lot of fun.

Fun place to come with friends, nice rooms, with a wide variety of song selections.

Not BYOB, and they only have nonachoholic beverages there. The host was very rude. When. We walked in they said it wasnt the kareokee place (even though his shirt said otherwise). Tried to call ahead and the auto answer phone didnt tell me anything.

If your into late night karaoke and byob then this is the spot! Very affordable . they even sell instant shen black noodles if you are hungry!

It is a very good place, clean and good price

Why does this Karaoke place get 5 stars? BYOB. Youre welcome!

Theres no bar here. Rooms need better ventilation

Great place to hang out and sing karaoke

Karaoke is just super fun and they have great selection of music here. They have everything that just came out and then some ha

I visited MAX Karaoke studio around 2:00 pm and an employees service and attitudes were very unpleasant. When we entered the studio, he ignored us and continued calling another for about two minutes. Furthermore, when we could not hear his voice due to the noisy surroundings, he glared at us annoyed which can never be appropriate to customers. Also, he only provided us one choice of English songs, and Im curious why he did it. I would never want to visit here again.

A little pricey at night and I wouldnt go with a big group but its cool

One of the coolest places I have been to

Went to this place at 1/7/16. Okay, I went here with my friends to CELEBRATE an early birthday. The attendant or rude man at the front desk, was asking for IDs (State IDs) which none of us had because we were younger than 18. Slowly started to give attitude, when we didnt have a credit or debit card either. Because we were all planning to pay with CASH. He then took us to the last room, where I might add wasnt the greatest room in the world. The walls were ripped (in some parts), the couch looked dirty, the number pad for the Karaoke machine was old, and the ceilings had uneven coloring due to a hole patched up (looking like a sore thumb in a sea of blue). I was in a horrible mood, because this rude attendant wasnt very polite or professional to the group of 5 I was in. Yes, we had money. We had shopped at Daiso, The marketplace, and went to the Aracade in the same galleria that the Karaoke place was. The selection of songs were not the greatest. The song selection is quite outdated and the new songs are only quite a few. Why I chose this Karaoke place, was because of its vast song selections. My friend and I were very excited to sing Kpop songs which they HAD on their website. And, while look through the 3 books of songs, sadly there was none. Half way through our 2 hours in that small room, my friend decided to go ask if there was a way to play Kpop songs. He responded by saying theres another machine for that, and left it at that. When 2 hours came, he knocked on our window signaling for us to leave. When we went out, we saw a group of 3 who were probably in their 20s paying with CASH. And he smiled brightly at them giving them the attention and kindness he didnt show us. When we came, he told us our total was $55. We paid him the cash and looked at me in the eye and said, Can you get the mics from the room. After that I was glad to get out of there and head to the Village Plaza, to eat at Kula Sushi (I recommend that place, kind staff) and shop at Anime Jungle. SO LESSON OF THE DAY, Highschoolers and young adults. Do NOT go to this place to have fun, because with rude staff members like him, I wont be surprised if you threw a mic at his face. Anyways, i HIGHLY do not recommend. (Quite, knowledgeable when it comes to Little Tokyo, because Ive been there many times to eat and shop. Never in my many times of going have I met an rude and grumpy staff member like him.

The citys best BYOB karaoke. Book ahead for prime weekend hours.

Rooms leave a lot to be desired, karaoke machines are dated and the experience is kinda underwhelming. Nothing specific, but every time friends suggest karaoke places, we make a point to avoid this place.

No fuss and much easier to use when you have the app. We had an issue with our controller, and the guy came in to resolve it immediately.

Okay so i go to this Max Karaoke all the time. the workers are very nice and helpful. There are a bunch of different songs. they even have Kpop and Jpop. And their prices are very reasonable XD although they get very packed on weekends, but totally worth it. A TERRIFIC WAY TO SPEND THE DAY!

Fun place for friends and to practice your Karaoke skills😆

Byob, great sound system. Great price, whats not to love!

Great song selections and place is clean

If you like singing Japanese songs, you cannot beat it. Switching back and forth between Japanese and English is a bit of a nuisance.

Such a good time and in a fun part of town!

BYOB and very reasonable rates (plus prorating).

It used to be a BYOB but now you cant have any alcohol. They have applied for the license so hopefully it will go back to BYOB soon.

No better place to have fun with friends

The place was ok but no liquor liscence.

I didnt like it because the room was very weary, and the prices were high, the employees switch between hours so the new employees dont know that u were in happy hour for an hour and another hour in not happy hour. they charge more than they need to.

Great karaoke and a really chill vibe.

Fun karaoke spot with updated sing list. Byob!!

Kool place