CityWalk's Rising Star, Orlando FL

The one star is for the waitress and waiter! I love this place, but I don't like the attitude, Tom, Madison, and Teresa, especially Tom, watched us as we walked in and was seated. They never, all three came to our table and asked if we wanted to order, but we wanted them take orders all around us, I refused to stop either of them, because I would have to give them a tip.which that wasn't going to happen. I have never experienced this type of behavior.

I love this place!

My best friend and I have Universal APs and typically come here once a week. The backup singers/dancers are great as well as the hosts.

My only complaint is that there is no speaker set up for us singers to hear how we sound. This, it’s hard to know if you’re on key or not. At no fault to Rising Star, it closes too early to get much out of it on nights when City Walk is not open late. I’ve been there multiple nights with a crowd that’s not ready to go home yet. Otherwise, it’s a really cool experience with a fun stage and good backup singers and music. Just be prepared to not hear how you’re sounding when you’re singing. Personally, I feel totally naked and unprepared lol. Also, the food selection is good too since it comes from the nearby restaurants.

I'm a florida resident and visited city walk many times, but never went to rising star. Had a blast. Only thing I did not like is that once you drop your name and song pick in the bucket you not made know the song has already been sung before you even entered the building. You should have a display somewhere showing the songs that were already sung so a person could choose wisely. My date had two song choices and we sat for 2 hours enjoying the karoke talent and he never got on the stage to display and show off his talent. Otherwise great night.we be back soon, hopefully a chance to be on stage.

I wanted to share my experience at Rising Star last night. I was supremely hurt and disappointed, which is a genuine first for me as an Annual Passholder.

I came in around 9: 00 - 9: 30 with 3 other people. We weren't very vocal about it, but this was a going away party for one of the members of the group. I immediately put my name into rotation because we had tried coming a few nights before, and didn't get called (that was fine with me as we had come in late that night.) A little bit later, I saw my name show up in rotation (pictured below), and was incredibly excited to go up. There was an over sight, and it turns out there was another Melissa there who also put in the same song as me, but she was with her bridal group. Mistakes happen, I understood. I went up to the host, Zach, and explained what happened. He apologized and said he'll get me in as soon as possible. Great, I thought, problem solved. So I waited. After about a half hour, I put in a second card, not knowing if they still had my first card. I assumed since they thought I was the same person, they probably threw it away. I went back to my seat, and then waited another hour. I still wasn't called.

I had to go and find the manager on duty to explain to him what happened. I had to then fill out a third card on the spot, and just tried to remember what I put. The manager made sure I was put next, but I felt so incredibly unwelcome when I went up there. It felt like, "oh my god, okay, come sing! Are you happy now? "

This was my first time back to Rising Star and participating since the pandemic, and I felt bullied, quite honestly.

Our server was great. The manager did his due diligence and made sure that I was able to sing. But this whole experience was absolutely awful.

I don't expect anything from this post, but I just wanted to share this so that perhaps this can be prevented from happening again to someone else.

This whole experience tainted Rising Star for me, and I'm not sure I want to go back, which is heartbreaking, as it was my favorite karaoke spot.

My friends and I had a group of nearly 20. We were “VIP”, had a reservation to celebrate a birthday, and spent about $900 total. Yes, $900. None of us who put our names in were called up to preform. If there’s a group of 20 people paying nearly a thousand dollars, you couldn’t make note of that and make sure at least one of us could go up? I enjoyed the other performers and did have a fun time with my friends, but that just felt like a rip off. We were doing a karaoke activity to celebrate a birthday and literally none of us got to do the activity. Also, we asked for water and instead of bringing us glasses they brought us $5 bottles without asking if this was okay first. If you want to do a karaoke night out with friends this is not the place to go. It’s rare to be able to get to do the karaoke. You’ll be able to watch other people do karaoke and sing along with friends, which can be still fun! But I personally would not recommend for a karaoke night out! I think they should use a less randomized system when deciding who gets to do the karaoke.

Best karaoke in city-walk. No kitchen so whatever order is from restaurant next door. It came out fresh and fast so pretty good nothing bad. Perfect chance to sing on the stage with whole band which is great opportunity. Perfect. This girl is on fire! “ i like big butt and i cant lie” made the night for everyone.

Very disappointed. The bartenders that worked Sunday was very disrespectful. I never felt so embarrassed in my life. She took my drink from me because I was taking to long to get my money out. I didn't want to pay with my card because I was from other state It would be declined so I was getting cash out. She said she have other people to serve. PLEASE DO BETTER.

The Karioke was great. No food to speak of unless you want pizza that is small and over priced. So you go to drink. And make sure you don't forget your wallet. I personally felt it was way over priced.

Nice place, but should let people know that they don't serve any food from their own kitchen. All of the food comes from Bob Marley's. The venue itself is over the top!

Really cool experience. Got on the stage and sang infront of 40 stranger and my family. It was cool to have the lights on me with back up singers. Something I will never forget for sure.

This used to be a really fun experience. Live band and everything. Now it’s only background singers and a stage. It really went down hill. I’m very disappointed

People united through music. Great positive vibe. Food is good. I suggest the jerk chicken wings. Drink suggestion rum punch or mai thai. Other drinks way too much ice. Service was slow and we had to ask for everything. The server had a huge area, probably due to staffing. Plates, napkins, water. Definitely worth a visit or two. Reservation suggested. Capacity is altered for Covid. They offer VIP bottle service. Give yourself an additional 20 mins at least for parking.

Great place to spend some time at and listen to some great voices. You must try the salsa and chips they were delicious.