We have a Swedish-Japanese karaoke bar. We have a private booth tucked beneath a Taiwanese noodle shop. We have euphoric, mass singalong nights accompanied by a live organ. But just when you thought London’s karaoke scene already had it all…
…BAM. Along comes this place.
After years of providing glamorously raucous nights out in Paris, Madrid and Bordeaux, BAM Karaoke Box has shipped its glittering concoction of music, booze and jaw-dropping design to English shores.
BAM (short for ‘boîte à musique‘) is the biggest karaoke venue not just in London, but the whole of Europe, with 22 privately bookable rooms, a cocktail bar that you’ll actually want to hang out in either side of your karaoke slot, a stage for live music, and an open-air terrace where you can cool off between over-enthusiastic renditions of Livin’ On A Prayer.
Set behind a graffiti-plastered facade, all 10,000 sq foot of BAM’s Victoria townhouse is dressed head-to-toe in wildly lavish decor inspired by Nell Gwynn’s 17th century house parties. Designed by the interiors team behind other such low-key London establishments as Bob Bob Ricard and The Maine in Mayfair, each private booth has its own decor & theming, while the rest of the venue is dressed with deconstructed chandeliers, jungle prints and OTT textiles. Essentially, if Big Mamma did karaoke, it would look something like this.
BAM’s been designed as an all-night destination, so the food & drink here is comfortably a cut above your usual karaoke joint. They’ve drafted in Masterchef’s Sabrina Gidda to craft a menu of Modern European dishes like steak tartare croustade and Exmoor caviar flatbreads, plus snacks like fried chicken with hot honey mustard which you can summon directly to your booth. And that sprawling 10ft bar isn’t just taking up space – this is where they put together some inventive signature cocktails like the Victoreador (mingling tequila, apricot brandy, Espelette liqueur, Champagne & soda) alongside a menu of luxury shooters.
Three-year tequila añejo slammers all round.
NOTE: BAM Karaoke Box is open now. You can find out more about the venue and book HERE.
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BAM Karaoke Box London | 74 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ
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