Chinoe Pub

Reviews

• Heather P.

  star star star star star 14 June 2026

  My boyfriend and I LOVE Chinoe Pub! We live in the neighborhood and discovered this lovely hole in the wall about 2-3 years ago and we go often. Wide range of age groups that go here and always a good time! We are in our late 20s and we love it! The karaoke is most definitely the best part and quite often some super talented people sing there. Oh, and cheap drinks, and as of recent we have discovered their food is absolutely delicious and super affordable. I had their Texas Grilled Cheese with their chili recently and it was so so good. Their sourdough melt [burger] is delicious, too. We've been to eat there quite often, twice last week. ‍
  
  Oh yeah, and their service is fantastic just to top it off. Nothing bad to say about this place. It's a true hidden little gem.

• Nikki B.

  star star star star star_border 6 June 2026

  This place is recommended for groups to have a great karaoke time. Minus the guy whom I heard say, "fresh meat" when my friends and I walked in, but it's a bar. We settled in and grabbed our drinks and had a great time singing along and dancing. We will come back to this bar again.

• Chris B.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 5 June 2026

  Racist. The owner decides who he likes and runs people out. He will even follow you out and bring a big a big guy with him. Casey is awesome but her brother is a piece of shit.

• Heather R.

  star star star star star_border 22 May 2026

  Chinoe Pub is our favorite place to visit in Lexington for a casual atmosphere, affordable drinks, and karaoke! My girlfriends and I make an annual trip to Lexington every year, and stumbled upon this place several years ago. The people we believe to be the owners are very kind, but our last visit caused hesitation to return because of the woman they had running the karaoke. We arrived around 9:30 pm on a Saturday evening and karaoke had not started because the UK football game was on, which was fine. We put in our request to sing before the game ended but didn't get called for more than an hour, and noticed that the local regulars were called multiple times before we were. Not wanting to read too much into the situation, we continued to enjoy the drinks and conversation. It wasn't until a large group who walked in about an hour after we did, had their names called to karaoke before us. When we asked about the delay, the woman scowled, and acted annoyed. At that point we put our names in again, but were only able to participate 1 time in the 3 hours that we were there. It would have been fine if it wasn't obvious that other people were getting called multiple times. We were seated by the front door, so we knew we should have been ahead of the majority. At one point, someone didn't go up when their name was called, so my girlfriend asked if she could take their spot, since we had waited forever, and the woman at the booth rudely dismissed her.
  As I know this may seem trivial, and none of us believe we are going to be discovered for a record deal at the Chinoe Pub, it was the principle that left all of us with a bad taste in our mouth. Our group visits once, maybe twice a year, and always look forward to the evening when we can escape reality in a place where no one knows us, and laugh about it on the ride home. We all left very disappointed when the blatant attitude of the karaoke facilitator dampened our fun like a wet blanket.

• Kayti M.

  star star star star star 18 May 2026

  I've been here twice since moving to the neighborhood, and I can say without a doubt that they have some of the cheapest bar prices in town. Both times I've gone, we've participated in karaoke...which happens every night starting around 9:30pm. I think one of the regulars told me the BIG night for it is on Thursdays.
  Chinoe Pub is truly a melting pot of people from all backgrounds and ages. And everyone there is ready to welcome you in to their "Cheers"esque haunt.