Local Night Clubs

How does the Red Box place at TriNoma, Quezon City work?

I’m coming home from the US and my friends (we’re all mid-teens) asked me if I wanted to chill with them somewhere near my old school (their current school). we’re still very close to each other even though our only means of communications are through Friendster and YM.

Anyway, one of them suggested Red Box. I asked a question about a good hang out here recently but I looked up Red Box and I found their site. So my questions are:

-How do they charge? by hour?
-are teens allowed in? Considering the fact that Red Box is a karaoke bar.
-I saw on their site that they offer a good deal on students with IDs. I think it will seem awkward of me to ask my friends to bring in their IDs, but can I use mine? it’s Simsbury High School…do you think they’ll accept it?
-How’s the food? How much do they cost???

I’m on a tight budget but I don’t wanna seem like a complete cheapskate.

Red Box is not a karaoke bar per se, where people go onstage and take turns with the mic while the whole “bar” is watching and drinking beer.

They have individual rooms where people can sing and have fun privately with their friends and family (wholesome fun, of course). The room size varies, and they give out rooms depending on the number of people in a group.

They have specific schedules, and schedules have different rates. They let people in by batches (e.g. 3pm-7pm batch, then 7pm – 12 midnight batch). If you and you’re friends choose to go in the afternoon, it would be cheaper than if you were to go in the evening (i.e. happy hour). They charge per person. The last time my friends and I were there (January 2009), we chose to avail of the 3pm-7pm schedule, and we paid around 200-250 pesos (I forgot, sorry). So it’ll cost you $5, more or less (if you choose the 3pm-7pm time frame). You’ll get 2 drinks each, and you can choose among the local beers (for people aged 18 and up), iced tea, or dalandan juice. Food is separately ordered, and costs around 100-200 per dish. I think for one of the batches/time frame, instead of 2 drinks, there’s an eat all you can promo (this is around lunch time, i think). It’ll be better if you check the place yourself.

Inside the rooms, there are usually 2 screens (one for the sing along and one for choosing the songs so you can reserve songs even if someone else is singing), the box that controls the karaoke, the remote that controls the box, and 2 mics.

Red Box is pretty okay. Even families go there.

Hope this helps.

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