Ding Dong Dang

Very slow service. My wife and I went to this place for dinner on Sunday night. We ordered food and waited, waited and waited for more than 40 minutes for foods that don’t even take that long to cook. It was just our table and one other table in the restaurant. After all the waiting, the waitress came by our table and told us we have to wait more. We are never coming back here ever again.

My wife and I had a nice meal here. We’ve had better Korean food but overall it was affordable and pleasant.

Idk what all the bad reviews are about. I almost didn’t go after reading the bad reviews, but I’m glad I went. My experience was fine :)
I just went here with my mom for a party with my dad and his soccer buddies. They throw parties here a couple times a year.
The food was really good, but how can you go wrong with kbbq? We had unlimited chadol and samgyupsal with some beer and soju. The banchan was ok, nothing special. Kimchi was perfect. Super fermented, just how I like it. The little salad that comes with the kbbq was really good! I actually prefer it over the ones I’ve tried at other restaurants. The service was quick too considering the amount of people they were serving at the same time.
I didn’t stay long enough to try the fried rice at the end or the karaōke. Maybe next time.

I went here for the first time yesterday and did Norebang (Korean Karaōke). I give it 4 stars for the song selection. We also had a bigger room which had a lot space to move around. We had a disco ball as well so really helped with the fun atmosphere. You also get tambourines. We had a blast. The reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is for the price. For about an hour it was $ 33 dollars. It would’ve been five stars had it been cheaper. Over all I would go back again.

They hate credit card. Waitress will ask you to pay $.50 for using credit card. They will give you mean look.

I’ve been here for both the karaōke and the restaurant. First of all, it’s BYOB, so that’s pretty awesome for karaōke singers all around. The Korean BBQ at the restaurant is pretty good too! They make the fried rice at the end, which is red spicy gold.

Went here on ⁹⁄₂₅ and Dang the group I went with and I had a horrible experience. First off the place hard to find cause it didn’t say Ding Dong Dang in the front so after making 2 laps around the strip mall I found it. The food took over 2 hours to arrive and we constantly had to ask and remind the waitress about our missing drinks and food. Food was alright, but not the best. Later on they ended up forgetting at least 2 dishes and said the chef went home. The waitress barely spoke English, the place looked run down, and the food was pricey. Only good thing is the karaōke room.

Had a terrible experience here. We had a table of 15 and they couldn’t handle it. They forgot 3 of our dishes and we waited 2. 5 hours for them. Never checked on us to see if we needed help or anything. Had to ask for simple things over 6 times like soy sauce, white rice, even water. One of our guests had to go into the kitchen himself to find water. Sauces and side dishes where out last. Not sure how they wanted us to eat the meat we cooked by itself. When we asked where the food was that was missing they said sorry and the kitchen was closed so they couldn’t make it. They also said they where understaffed and only had 1 person cooking f or the the whole restaurant. The karaōke section was nice but some of the controllers don’t work. Seems extremely pricey for the experience that you get. As expected there is a strong language barrier and they had hard time communicating with us in English which we could work around but this time it was pretty bad. Also there is a sur charge for your byob per bottle. 1 dollar per beer 3 dollar per wine.

I went here one time with my family while we were on vacation in Chicago. As we are Korean, it was not our first time going to a noraebang.
We started in the restaurant area. It was positively empty. Not exaggerating.
The waiter was helpful, spoke Korean and English fluently, so good for my parents and my sister and I.
The menu was not very impressive, and while my parents had no problem ordering, my sister and I found only one thing we actually cared for (can’t remember exactly. Some kind of chicken?) And it wasn’t all that great. So the food was simply soso. But the owners brought out some watermelon after, probably because they didn’t have anything else to do. But hey, not complaining. It was a nice gesture.
Afterwards, we went to the karaōke area. Because there were no other customers, they gave us one of the bigger rooms. Which was nice, especially since there were only four of us. We had a nice time singing. The owners let us stay longer without extra cost, so that was nice.
All in all, it was a fun experience. Although I am unsure if it was the place itself or everything the owners were doing for us. Also seemed a little strange that throughout the entire evening, there were no other customers. I would hesitantly recommend this place and plan on returning next time I’m in Schaumburg.

I love this place. It is a ton of fun. Private rooms with great music choices. I don’t know what else to compare it to but honestly it is a blast with the right group. Don’t over think it. Just do it and have fun. Let loose!

Each room consists of 2 mics and adjustable sound levels. The food is expensive and I have never ordered because of that. You can usually get a free hour on Monday-​Wednesday especially at 4pm when it first opens and business is slowest. They updated their Japanese music and you can ask for the Japanese karaōke machine and song books. Great Place and the price is somewhat high, but the place is nice. (Creepy bathroom urinals for men are too close to each other and the sink. and they are in front of mirrors– TRAP) creepy!

Update time as some has changed since my review 3 years ago. First things first, if you don’t know about Korean karaōke now you know. In Korean it’s called Nohraebang — Nohrae meaning Singing and Bang meaning Room. Unlike American style karaōke, you get to be in your own private little room screaming at the top of your lungs, as to not offend others with your angelic singing voice… or in my case, offend people with my dropping lyrics like Eminem.
Ding Dong Dang is BYOB now!!! Which makes me love it even more. They do charge a corkage fee, but have someone ask them nicely in Korean to waive it and they will. They are super nice about bringing out glasses and water and just going the whole nine yards with the BYOB situation.
Ding Dong Dang is the only nohraebang (karaōke rooms) in the ‘burbs in the Schaumburg area and has been a staple for at least the last 15 years. Sure they don’t have all the amazing songs as the city spots — although better than the Niles nohraebangs — and sure the rooms may not be as fancy as the city spots, but they got what you need. A mic is really all you need. Extra bonus points for the disco ball lighting spinning around.
Any time there is any type of issue with the sound, they are always quick to come in and fix it. More often than not, they apply some kind of discount for us since we spend hours singing our hearts out.
Plus they have food for a fee courtesy of the adjoining restaurant!
I would be lying if I said I didn’t close this place down at 3am many times over the past 15 years. Get a group of friends, some drinks and party like a rockstar.

This isn’t my first NRB, so I might be a little harsh.
Negs: BYOB, and small surcharge for bringing stuff in. Hope you bring some nice things.
A little pricey, but you know what, we’re in the burbs so they don’t have too much competition.
Postive: Nice staff, equipment is good. Good sound system.
Have a good time here guys!

I’ve only been to one other private room karaōke place — Lincoln Karaōke. Which, after going to Ding Dong Dang, I definitely prefer (even though we used a groupon at DDD). Here’s why my Ding Dong experience did not live up to my expectations:
–The staff was not very friendly or helpful. They didn’t even offer an explanation of how to use the karaōke system until we asked. And we had to go back a couple times with follow-​up questions since their explanations were not very clear or thorough.
–The remote control buttons were in Korean… Wouldn’t have been an issue if the staff was more helpful!
–Only 2 microphones, and one remote. I was expecting more since we were in a larger room!
–Spotty song selection — There were quite a few songs they didnt have.
–Even though there is a restaurant attached to it, we couldnt bring in drinks from the bar! It was BYOB only, which was not advertised anywhere… a sign outside would have helped! :/​
–They gave us a two minute warning before our time was up, to the minute. Stingy! esp since they didnt have anyone waiting for the room.
Even with all the criticism, we still had a good time. But next time, I’ll be ready to BMOB, ask lots of questions to figure out all the features of the karaōke system, and have a list of backup songs ready in case they don’t have my faves! :)

Good food, byob so good value, also have nice karaōke. Very fun place.

I truly love the concept of karaōke bars where you can belt your heart out to your favorite songs in the privacy of just you and your closest friends. ((Look up noraebang on Wikipedia)) However, Ding Dong Dang just didn’t deliver like I had hoped it would.
First off, this little noraebang is not the easiest to find. It’s in a strip mall that doesn’t face Golf Road. Not to mention, the name is written in Korean with the words «karaōke restaurant» underneath in much smaller letters.
After countless drives up and down Golf Road, we finally found Ding Dong Dang. The actual sign «Ding Dong Dang» was inside which doesn’t make sense. But, it was my friend’s birthday and I was just wanted to celebrate and bring out my inner rock star. My previous experiences in a karaōke bar like this, were more than a good time to say the least, so I was hoping for the same. I guess things started off on the wrong foot with the birthday girl, since the previous reservation ran over and our reservation was pushed back 45 minutes. I suppose I question what the purpose of the reservation was for then.
Anyhow on to the nitty gritty — the good and the bad…
Good:
+ Variety of room sizes ((We had the largest, comfortably seating 15 – 20))
+ Average prices/​/​packages available
+ There’s a snack menu with both Korean and American dishes ((the wings and potstickers were decent))
+ Songs are available in multiple languages
+ Shades for privacy
+ Full bar
+ Comfy, plush couches/​benches in the rooms
Bad:
— Weak song selection — unless you’re all about pop music ((Britney Spears and the Back Street Boys gets old after a while…))
— Terrible videos playing in the background of the lyrics, most of which were depressing
— Disco ball and neon lights didn’t work. We were told the bulbs «burned out». Ummm… why not replace them?
— The remote is somewhat confusing. Actually, a lot confusing.
— Difficult to find ((Please see above))
— Needs some serious remodeling. It was fairly decrepit
— The staff spoke little English, so be prepared
— Prices were inconsistent. A pitcher of Sujo for one person was 15 bucks. Thirty minutes later it somehow went up to 18…
I didn’t stay until the end of the party ((which was 2am)) but apparently there was was some sort of mishap, and the staff attempted to charge the group an extra 90 bucks without any warning or notification that we went over the allotted time ((even though our party started late)). Kinda shady.
So, is it super exciting to have an awesome noraebang in the middle of the burbs? You’re damn right it is. It’s just too bad Ding Dang Dong isn’t awesome.
I think I’ll pass and head back to the city next time.

I love Korean food and this is one of my favorite place now. Ding Dong Dang is known as karaōke place but also there is a Korean restaurant right next door. I guess half is karaōke and half is a restaurant. We had beef brisket (chadol baki). It was good and not too expensive. You get the side dishes and a soup with it. And plenty of meat for two. If you want some white rice, you will need to ask. By the way, you will have to cook your own meat.
After you are done cooking and eating the meat, then waitress makes you a kimchi fried rice on the same stone grill. Yum! You should try it. And make sure to ask if they don’t.
This place was pretty empty when I got there around 5:30 on Sunday and around 6:00 it was packed! Place is small.
You should try this place and have some good Korean food! Yum!

I found a great deal through Groupon for Ding Dong Dang. So my cousins and I packed up and drove to Arlington Heights.
If you do not know Korean characters nor have a GPS beware, this was a tad tricky to find because the sign does not say Ding Dong Dang. It just has characters.
The place is half restaurant and half karaōke place. There’s a guy at the front that escorts you to your room.
Here are my quicktakes about the karaoking experience
*They provide disposable microphone covers. I love this because when I really get into a song, my lips are all over the mike. So this made me feel a little better about slobbering over it
* Big and Small rooms have one large plasma screen.
* The five of us got the small room and two microphones. Good for duets not good for group sing-​a-​longs. :-\
* The remote controls work! I’ve been to places where they don’t and then you end up with Michael Bolton instead of Bieber.
* The song selection is pretty good. They have a lot of up to date songs. It’s March of 2012 and they had Rihanna — We Found Love, Coldplay — Paradise, Jessie J — Domino. They also had some good classics like What’s going on — Four Non Blondes, Cranberries, Some Adele, N Sync, Beatles, Michael Buble so quite a variety.
* The room is comfortable but not the cleanest room I’ve ever been in. Seats a little sticky.
* The rooms have windows where you could pull drapes down. I stress this because there are little cracks where people can see you belting out some Bohemian Rhapsody. So just be prepared.
* The groupon came with fried wings and cocktails. The cocktails were strong but the fried wings were mediocre, too much breading and not very much flavor.
I went on a Sunday night and the cost without the groupon would have been $ 25 an hour. I don’t think the price was too shabby. I would come back here to sing some Katy Perry the next time I’m in Arlington heights la la laaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

We never actually got to Karaōke. We were a bit late for our reservation so they gave it away. The guy at the desk told us to give him a cell phone number to reach us at and he would call when a room opened up, but it would be at least an hour. We figured that was fine it was our own fault for getting sidetracked at the last bar and arriving late. We were going to hang out in the bar at Din Dong Dang, but it was dead empty… we felt awkward hanging out there. So, we left to check out the other places in the strip mall.
We settled on Sake and a quick bite to eat at Nari before or upcoming debut as karaōke stars. We checked the phone that we gave the number to and realized that no longer than 30 minutes after we left Ding Dong Dang they had called. We called the number back immediately (about 5 minutes after the missed call) and they said that we once again missed our room. They said it would be another hour or so until we could get a room again. We said okay and put the ringer on higher. This time Ding Dong Dang never called us back. We left sad.
I understand that we were late and it was our fault too but, I think they should have stuck to the time they gave us and called us back the second time. Also, the employees could have been a bit friendlier.
Oh, and the inside is a bit run down and dated looking.

This is the first Chicago area karaōke joint I’ve hit up, but it seemed like a larger version of the ones I’m used to
We took one of the large rooms which was great, tons of seating… except for the one seat in the corner which collapsed when my friend sat down.
Decent selection of music, my friends all raved about how they had everything they wanted, but I didn’t have the same luck. No «Your Love» by The Outfield? No «Amie» by Pure Prairie League? For shame.
We also had some issues with the remotes, in that we had to enter each song about five times before it began to play.
However, you don’t go to a place like that expecting perfection; as long as you have a good group of friends and a few stupid-​cliché songs to sing (I’m looking at you, Bohemian Rhapsody), you won’t even notice that you fell right through the seat cushion.