Brazen Monkey

Oooh this place is fun!
My friends brought me here for a night of karaōke-​joy, and it was brilliant!
The room we had was huge, with plenty of space for dancing and being silly… drinks seemed to appear whenever we needed them (I have a feeling jäger bombs were involved… but to be honest I’m not sure, my memory is a bit hazy…)
However, it must be a truly awful place to come and eat, surely it’d be horrible to listen to the loud karaōke-​singers from downstairs? Our singing space was on the third floor, so there was a whole floor between us and the diners… but we were pretty loud. Oops.
***I have lots of amazing photos of this place, but I’m not going to post any of them because I have a feeling my friend’s would kill me! We all look like mad dancing idiots!!***

I had an awesome time at this place. I’m not a great singer, but I love singing. This makes it difficult to get up stage at a public karaōke bar without some support from my friends Jack, Jose or Jameson.
Fortunately, Brazen Monkey is room rental type of place, which means that along with allowing me to only embarrass myself in front of my friends, you also don’t have an hour long queue per song.
The food (pizza) was great, and the drinks were standard for a karaōke place (£5 pints if I remember rightly, and £4-​ish shots).
The staff was great and very friendly, and didn’t even make a big deal of us staying over our time limit by a bit.

Everyone has that friend who always wants to do karaōke. Well, ladies and gents, that friend is me, so it comes as no surprise that I suggested karaōke as a kickoff to a farewell/​birthday celebration.
You will have a good time here. While the song list may not measure up to the «million songs» claimed by Lucky Voice, every song that we wanted to sing was available. Freddie Mercury would be proud.
We were put in the top floor room, surely a space converted for karaōke use rather than built for it. We had more space than we knew what to do with and I will admit that I’ve never sang karaōke when it was light out (well maybe in the morning hours). But, there is a large room downstairs that I spotted en route to the toilet that had a group of 30 karoke kids belting out classics. Always a good sign.
Another point of interest — this is not purely a karaōke venue, but is a restaurant as well. On that point, I will say that I probably would steer clear of eating there. No, it’s not because the food is dodgy — in fact the pizza was quite good — but because you can still hear the karaōke. Despite being the biggest proponent of bad singing in karaōke, even I would feel like I was closing in on the nearest circle of hell if I sat down to eat and had to listen to a Britney Spears rendition that makes Rebecca Black sound good (feel the burn).
But we were there for karaōke, so no bones here. Sorry for partying.
I’d also like to add that drinks, while still expensive (£4.50 for a shot of Jameson — that’s all I remember) are not the worst karaōke drink prices around. It is also relatively cheap to rent rooms at £4 per person per hour (Sun-​Wed but a bit more on weekends). For best deal, bring 15+ people and everyone wang chung tonight.
I’d also like to put forth that the venue is 18+, unlike other popular venues that are 21+. I think this is a crucial point given that London, in general, is 18+.
Lastly, the staff are extremely friendly and abiding, which just makes the experience that much better. While we rented out the space for 2 hours, we were told that it was no big deal if we went a bit over since it was a light night. I like that. And I will go back because of it.
Anyone keen?