Barcode Karaoke Box & Lounge

The only true karaōke place left in Edmonton!
Not a bad place — went the other week (after hotpot next door at King’s, totally awesome) with a group of white friends. The English song selection is a bit weird (like one song from a well known artist that somehow made the playlist but you never heard of it) and some of the codes screw up and play songs you don’t want. The place could use a good cleaning (spill stains all over the walls — ick — but it is Chinatown) but the rooms are in not bad shape, there’s flat screen TVs, the sound is pretty good and the rooms have air conditioning. The mics did screw up sometimes, and the attendant had to come and reset the system once.
Drinks are not bad, not unreasonably priced, OK selection, and the attendant was very nice. We went on a Friday night and the place was not busy. Plenty of parking out front, well lit which is nice because the neighbourhood is a bit dodgy.
$ 25/​hour for a medium room, which was a good size for our group of 6 people.
I would go again! One thing though — they have no ABBA songs! What’s karaōke without ABBA? Oh well. Everyone had a good time, and were of the opinion that the English song selection was not bad all things considered.

I’m not a huge karaōke fan, but I found Barcode to be a good venue. For one thing, it’s fully devoted to karaōke, unlike some places which are just pubs that happen to have a few bad karaōke singers once a week.
They have a huge selection of songs, including many Asian-​language songs (mostly various Chinese dialects, but I think some are Korean). Just about every genre of music is covered, though a few karaōke staples were noticeably absent from the song list.
There are also private rooms that you can book, if you want to get a few friends and just go nuts. I don’t believe that the private rooms actually cost extra, but I may be wrong about that. It wasn’t too clear from the conversation that we had with the bartender. Having said that, the main lounge is small enough that you’ll be sure to get many chances at the microphone even without booking a private room.
There are some downsides to Barcode, though: the drinks are overpriced and the kitchen seems to be constantly out of whatever food you want to order. The last time I was there the only thing they weren’t sold out of was spicy peanuts (though, miraculously, a few plates of wings eventually turned up later in the evening, despite our having been previously told that they were out of wings).
Overall, Barcode is a pretty decent karaōke bar. They could certainly do better but, from what I know of karaōke in Edmonton, Barcode is probably in the top five karaōke bars in the city.

First time at a karaōke bar and I wasn’t to big of a fan. It was funny watching people break it down to some of their favourite songs. The night was actually pretty fun but it’s not exactly my thing.
They had a good selection of music and they had them in different languages which was cool. They have private rooms which is fun if you have a good group and just want to get crazy.
Although it wasn’t exactly my thing, if you like Karaōke I would suggest this place for sure.

Barcode isn’t too bad for the karaōke lounges in Edmonton. I might even say it’s one of the better ones here. They have private rooms and bar service, which is always what I look for. The rooms are pretty cramped though, so you might not like it if you’re claustrophobic.
They have a wide music selection, including songs in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Korean. You can choose your songs by remote control, rather than penciling in every song you want to sing, which is really annoying.
I don’t remember how much the bill came to, but that’s a good thing because I only tend to remember the overpriced things anyway. I’ll probably come back here for some major crooning, since my friends and I love karaōke so much it’s lame. And I won’t be going for the small rooms, but for the up-​to-​date selection in songs, and the remote selection system.