I have to update this review, as far as redemption game arcades this is as good as it gets, it cannot get any better. You simply will not find a better value on arcade game play in this area. If you haven't been on a Wed trust me you absolutely have to go on a Wed!!! The staff is super friendly and willing to help with any problems, the prizes are awesome and the games pay out a reasonable amount of tickets for prizes. I am actually going to go out on a limb here and call the staff at this location at least for the arcade part of things here amazing, they have been so helpful and friendly that its amazing and refreshing to see a place that gives such good customer service in this day and age. The games are well maintained, I rarely see a broken game. Again I don't eat the food there so I cannot comment on that. You don't have to eat here, there are plenty of other places to eat in the mall and in the mall food court.
To have the optimal experience here I would first recommend to never go here without a coupon. They give them out all the time and send them to your email. The coupon is usually buy $20 in game credits get $20 free. Sign up with their rewards program before going if you can. Wednesdays are half price game days, so I recommend charging your card through the mobile app then going on a Wednesday. If that doesn't work for you, you will have to stop by on another day and buy credits then go on a Wednesday for half price games. A lot of people just swipe a credit card at the kiosk but with a tiny amount of planning you can get double the credits by downloading the mobile app and charging your card via credit card that way. They don't allow coupons to be used in the store on Wednesday's or with any other offer.
I have done the math on their points system. If you use the $20 coupon and go on a non-wed the credits come out to 10 cents per point. Games are usually between 5-15 points each. On Wed. that gets cut in half so some games like ice ball and cyclone are only like 1.5 credits, that is 15 cents!!! That is an amazing value! So the most expensive game is $1.50, a (on a non wed) and that is usually only the big simulators like Dream Raiders or Star Wars Battle Pod. That's pretty cheap considering the selection of games offered. These games would be 75 cents each on Wed. If you don't use a coupon it will cost double what I just mentioned, aka you are overpaying. If you are using a coupon its probably a better value than any other arcade out there.
You can switch from paper tickets to e-tickets or vice versa by swiping your card at the kiosks.
They have wi-fi but you have to get the password from the redemption counter.
The winner's circle does have better prizes than any other arcade I have been to. I have been to arcades that cost just as much money as D&B (or possibly even more expensive) but you get 2-5 tickets per game played and the prizes you get aren't even worth 10 cents.. I have seen a lot of these arcades recently, and I have been to a lot of arcades over the time I have been alive and the prizes D&B has just blow every other arcade out of the water. I went to an arcade recently where a package of fun dip was 400 tickets (and believe me the games only paid out a few tickets each so you would have to spend mega bucks to get a small prize) but at D&B you can get good prizes for your tickets. I got a ghostbusters plush, a nice licensed plush for 600 tickets this week and I thought that was an awesome prize for the ticket value. D&B at least has modern, good prizes, they do have candy and some of the usual arcade junk but its all modern and clean and there are plenty of things you can pick that you might actually take home and use instead of something you would throw away after 5 min.
This is a modern redemption arcade, if that is not your thing then you will not like this place. Yes its loud, and yes there will be a lot of kids running around, its an arcade so you have to expect that. Its very similar to a Chuck E Cheese but again its clean, its not dirty and they don't have a ball pit or anything like that. I am a germaphobe and I don't even feel like my hands get dirty after playing games here. They do not have any classic machines or pinball machines. Take it for what it is, and for what it is its very good. I can't help you if you aren't using the coupons that are super easy to get and saying its overpriced because compared to other arcades it is certainly NOT overpriced. I can say that this place does not at all deserve the negative reviews it has been getting on here at least for the arcade part of it. read more