I miss video stores owned by people who just really like movies. I miss stores that feature "staff…read morepicks" that show the personality of the various workers. I miss video stores that tailor their inventory to the customers, rather than simply stocking a certain number of recent releases and not much else. I lived at the Lake for a year, and this video store was a one mile walk from my house. I preferred to walk the mile and see what was new to simply adjusting the online queue. I love that this is a local business, and that it supports and is supported by the community is serves.

I've been going to Video by the Lake since I moved to Lake Monticello over 10 years ago. I traveled…read morearound the united states and lived in Georgia, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, and no where had a Video by the Lake. I was so happy to come back to Virginia just to go and rent some movies again! Thank you guys for always being there. :)

a great local video store one of the last of a dying breed in the era of redboxread more

I cannot express enough how impressed I am with Game On. From the very beginning, they've answered…read moreall questions with patience, and everything I needed was done through texting. I had a birthday party for my son here on a Sunday afternoon. You basically pay for how many people you will be serving pizza to. It comes already very nicely decorated so you do not need to. The kids come in and immediately start playing whatever they want (xbox, playstation, pc, etc). The pizza is from the restaurant next door which was delicious! The party hosts and manager did a wonderful job assisting the kids and Will did a great job keeping the party organized. The kids were saying how they had the best time ever! A+ in my books! They also do Friday night drop ins, Lock ins, tournaments, after school care and more!!

They arrived on time but guys on bus weee very rude to kids and they were kicking the kids out…read morebefore time. none the less the children had a blast. My nephew got all the cool points

They offered me 12 bucks for a brand new phone. Uhhhh you guys sell them for 3-400 bucks for ones…read morein worse conditions in mine. #ripoff.

Went to see if they would have any kpop or cpop merchandise. Nope, not here apparently. Can't say…read moreit deserves one star, but when I walked in to ask about the merch I was looking for, I definitely was looked at as if I were lost and shouldn't bother asking. Not sure if this place is a cover for something else or what because it appeared they hadn't anything new in 30 years. Think if you walked into Blockbusters after 20 years when you didn't realize it was still around. I'm just saying, it was a weird experience.