The best karaoke bars in San Francisco

karaoke seven nights a week, regulars who can actually sing

piano bar with show tunes, encyclopedic-knowledge pianist takes requests

North Beach soccer pub (home of the SF Blues / Man City), Guinness and walls of screens

in a historic 1912 building on Grant Ave, southern comfort food alongside cocktails and beer

small queer-friendly TL dive, karaoke regularly

smoke-friendly patio, RuPaul Drag Race watch parties

a local bar-meets-club venue, house DJs across all genres

free karaoke upstairs, a copper-topped bar and TVs

in the former Hemlock Tavern space, two levels: open karaoke bar upstairs, DJ dance floor in the basement

private themed karaoke rooms, half-off rooms Monday & Tuesday

the Chug Tower — a 3-liter tower of beer, weekly beer specials

a gritty Inner Richmond Irish pub, an extensive whiskey selection

opened 2011 in a space that's been a bar since at least The Cherokee era — preceded by Alfonso's (1987-90) and Skip's Tavern (1990-2011), big horseshoe-shaped bar in the middle that points everyone at each other

karaoke every night with a brand-new machine, cheap drinks and dice games at the bar

a newer Clement Street izakaya bar, creative drinks + late-night bites

bright Ingleside neighborhood pub, a deep local craft-beer list

a low-key Japantown karaoke bar, free songs (no per-song fee)

private karaoke rooms in Japantown, deep Japanese songbook

Japantown dive with public karaoke, reasonably priced drinks