My husband, sister, brother-in-law, and I recently visited Up-Down Pizza Arcade in Birmingham, and…read morewe had a great experience. We ordered a large buffalo chicken pizza, and it was absolutely delicious, fresh, flavorful, and perfectly cooked. The atmosphere was lively and fun, even though we felt a little out of place since it was packed with college students. Still, it added to the energy of the place. It was very busy, but the service was fast and efficient. The staff was friendly, welcoming, and took the time to explain how everything worked, which we really appreciated. I loved seeing all the classic arcade games from back in the day, it brought back so many memories. We would have enjoyed sitting outside, but it was too cold during our visit. Overall, this is a fun spot with great food, great service, and a great vibe. I'll definitely be back when the weather warms up!

So we came here on a Saturday afternoon. I decided to look at my bank statement and I was charged…read moretwice here. One of the charges I see was for the tab plus tip, but I have a pending charge extra. I tried calling the number associated with Birmingham up down and was told that I had to email or contact them on social media. I definitely wasn't contacting them on social media so I sent an email about the additional charge to my account so please rethink using your card and or checking your bank statement before you visit here. I'm still waiting on a response.

Hooligans is a gem of an arcade! $15 for unlimited play. Tons of machines -- think pinball, DDR,…read morecar racing, air hockey and so much more! It's definitely a great bargain. I took my 8 year old son to meet up with friends and they had a blast! We stayed for 3 hours and could have easily enjoyed playing for longer but it was already well past their bedtimes. I got to meet the owner (Ryan) and inquired about the character mural on the wall -- turns out he and a friend designed and painted it themselves! How cool! I didn't snap photos of the snack bar but there is one! Chips, cookies, fountain drinks, canned beers & ciders all for sale.

Friendly staff, clean facility, great bar for adults. They do allow birthday parties but we're just…read morehaving a fun day.

Our work group did a team building event at Activate. We had a ball!…read more This venue is located in Park South Plaza on Highway 31 in Vestavia Hills, next to Taziki's. Our manager paid for us to play 60 minutes. Before we went, we had to complete a waiver online and choose our game name. There were restrooms inside where you could change clothes (cause I heard if you are competitive, you would sweat a lot). They also have lockers - activated by a wrist key fob - so you could put your purse and keys somewhere safe. It's a dark area full of arcade rooms (maybe about 10 or 12 rooms in total). Each room has several games from which you can choose to play. Our group of 12 people were split into 3 teams of 4. The front desk attendant gave us all a wrist fob that we had to activate with our game account. The attendant explained how to play. Choose the game, all players scan their fob, then wait until the current team playing in the room exits before you go in. Scores are based on how well you do. If there is no one waiting outside the room after the game completes, you can move to the next level and continue playing. My team's first couple of games went so wrong and we questioned ourselves and our lives many times while playing. However, we got the hang of it and enjoyed ourselves so much! My favorite game was in the "Grid" room, where they called a color and the team had 5 seconds to get to a space with that color. So fun! If you are looking for a fun place to "be a kid again", this is the place to go!

Activate was so much fun and completely exceeded my expectations. Every room felt like stepping…read moreinto a real-life video game, and the challenges were the perfect mix of physical and mental. The staff was friendly, the place was super clean, and the whole experience was smooth from start to finish. If you're looking for a unique date night or group activity in Birmingham, this is absolutely worth it. I'm already planning my next visit!

Very chill bar and nicely decorated. Definitely looks like a mom's basement so the theme was…read moreexecuted perfectly lol. Drinks are regular price but surprisingly high for the atmosphere? Spent $25 on two drinks. They have a $5 cash ($7 for card) Photo Booth that gives you literally no warning before taking your pictures and shining VERY bright lights before each pic. Came out horrible but love a Photo Booth lol. Service was good and they have free pool tables. Nice to try out a new place!

I attended the Chicken parade here recently on 02/14/26. I was distraught bc they didn't start on…read moretime. I'm rarely early or on time so this sent me into a tizzy! Literally. The parade didn't have many participants this year but I can't speak for in the past.. The JO band was the highlight of the parade for me. I had a few Jell-O shots and accumulated a lot of Mardi Gras beards throughout the night. I guess you can say my first chicken parade was a success!

DONOT COME HERE, Jeanette was the rudest lane attendant I have ever had , was constantly on the…read morephone , outside smoking , & talking to her "buddies" She was basically being paid to socialize when I paid an arm and a leg to even bowl , I wish I would have gone to Bowlero the lanes are so much better and so is the service , owner if you would call him that was rude as heck to !!! DONOT RECCOMEND

Visited today. Called before and was not told they had league until 5 pm. VIP was only open lanes…read moreso we decided to do the golf then bowl. By the time we were done golfing they said VIP had reservations. They could have informed us to bowl THEN golf. Games in arcade are overpriced and absolutely empty shelves for game redemption. Very disappointed. Won't be back.

Had a great night with the family! The hosts bartenders and managers were great! April was super…read moreattentive, will definitely be back!

This is by far the WORST dining experience I've ever had. And I mean that wholeheartedly. I've…read morenever experienced anything like it. Management is non existent when it comes to helping servers. We waited 30 minutes for a table, which was clearly because they were short staffed. Okay fine, no problem. If we have to wait so she can get caught up and we can get good service, that was fine. But it wasn't. The server was so overwhelmed because she was in charge of every single table in the establishment. At one time, she had 14 different tables going on. At no point did the manager think to hop in and start taking drink orders, food orders, anything. Which is SHOCKING to me. You're there to help your team when there are issues. Get your hands dirty or find another line of work. Half of our group ordered, and then our server went to check on other tables (clearly our mistake telling her to check on her other tables - because we could see she was overwhelmed and we were a group of 15). It was a true 30 minutes before food came out and the other half of our group was then able to begin ordering their meals. The food came out for the second round of orders (which should have all been done together), but we were still missing 2 meals from the first group. We waited 90 minutes from the time of ordering to get the final 2 meals. I truly wish I was joking. The manager came over the THIRD TIME after telling us the food was coming to say "when I put those orders in, there was like 20 tickets ahead of it, that's why it's taking so long." As someone that's worked in restaurant my entire life, ON THE FLY MEANS ON THE FLY. Not after you finish the other tickets. She took zero responsibility for the situation, lied and gave our group the compete run around for 30 minutes. To be clear, the missing orders were a QUESADILLA and a PHILLY CHEESESTEAK. Not some outrageous order. The server somehow didn't ring them in to begin with (which is so weird because they literally have tablets on them for placing orders). But the manager assured us on TWO different occasions that they were coming. It was only on the third visit, we were met with this excuse. Our server began crying at the POS system after another (I think?) manager came over to her telling her we'd been waiting for our checks for 20 minutes. A dad from our group just went over and paid for the entire check on his own because we had been seated since 7:00pm and it was now 10:00pm. We were sat for 3 hours and felt held hostage to try and just leave. I still can't wrap my head around it. This is so clearly an absolute failure in management. If you're short staffed, you pick up and help. There was zero apology, just a few "power up" cards passed to us and a comp on the two 90 minute wait food dishes (uh, yeah, duh). As if we'd have any interest in spending another second there. I kept joking that if there ever was a time for someone to come in and do an undercover boss episode, this is the location. To do it so you can see how hard your business is failing. Your management is the worst I've ever seen. I oversee 15 restaurants throughout the state of Florida and I can absolutely assure you, if this was happening in one of my stores, it would be an immediate termination from my management. She never once showed sorrow for what was happening. She was defensive and argumentative when met with any type of frustration from us. This is hands down the worst experience I've ever had. If you go to Dave & Busters, whatever you do, DO NOT SIT DOWN AND ORDER FOOD. Just grab a drink at the bar and play some games. No need to to reply to this publicly and try to save face, I'll be sharing my experience on every other review site and reaching out to corporate about this. Take your L on this one, learn from it, and do better. Because this was horrid, and as a business you should be so embarrassed at the entire guest experience.

I had Living Social deals that I used on my most recent visit. They were a GREAT deal and if you…read morecan catch them, I highly recommend, as you basically double your money with it. We went for my birthday and it was a lot of fun. It was a weeknight and we had most of the games to ourselves. Most of the games worked, and the best one was the TMNT game, as 4 people can play together and it was tons of fun to play. Definitely a fun evening out together!

This place in my opinion, is one of the coolest business inside the Galleria. What not to love…read moreabout BumperNets since they have more than just arcade games and I believe they host tournaments and birthday parties as well. It's good to still be able to play games without having to purchasing anything from customer service. You don't necessarily have to come inside the Galleria just to come to BumperNets since they have there own entrance by Sears. The arcade games are never down and they always seem to be working fine with no problem.

A great place to bowl.It has a full bar and seating.I didn't check the menu but our group had…read morepizza.We brought a class so no drinks for us.It has a state of the art arcade and lazer tag.It is great for a couple or a group.Something stood out to me was how clean it was all throughout the building and grounds.I will returning another and leaving another,The Working Man Review.

We love to come here to go bowling. They have special during the summer time and throughout the…read moreweek, so make sure you check the website for deals. The food is mediocre. It's ok for bowling alley food. They do have an escape room as well as laser tag inside.