Okay so our night started with a fight of about 15 people involved. Now this isn't the venues fault but it does set up how our night went. 1/2 (literally) of the machines are broken in some way. 3/5 skiball machines just take your credits and don't let you play. 1/2 of the Guitar hero guitars don't work. 2/4 of the guns on halo game don't work. Need I continue on that? The food was WAY overpriced. We went bowling and got a sliders platter that had 9 sliders, 2 cheesy breadsticks, and a bowl of deep fried pickles. I think there was one more veggie item but I can't remember. $70, you read that right, something that is a sampler platter at Chili's for $35 is 2x that here. Bowling was fun but I had to spend over $100 on 2 lanes for an hour. I also put all of our shoes sizes in online which let me tell you asking my friends their shoe size is awkward, and for it to not transfer over. So I had to ask again at Main Event. Laser tag was honestly the only thing I have no complaints about. Price wasn't horrid and it was genuinely fun, just wish it was more than 15 minutes. When we were all done we wanted to cash in our tickets but almost NOTHING in the gift shop had a price tag on it and when they took our cards they never gave them back with a balance. They just took them. I will say that server was nice and she got us our orders quickly. Overall just go to Dave n Busters or an actual bowling alley. The food will be better, cheaper, and the games will work. read more

We had a lot of fun here! We were here with our football team from out of town and needed something to keep a bunch of 10/11 year olds busy and this did the trick!! read more

DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT have a birthday party here 1st - they only give you 1 table no matter how many people are coming to your party 2 they give you 3 hours of play time on cards yea all fun and yea for the kids but those tickets you win nope u don't get to keep -you would think after spending over $600 on a birthday party one would think they wouldn't care about letting you use all the tickets.. not like all the guests stayed the 3 hours 3- we had asked them to hold the leftover cake in their refrigerator while we finished with out day and when we went to pick it up they couldn't find it.. then after checking again they found it in a cupboard where we sitting at!!!! In a cupboard over 4 hours later since we left that area!! So let's just say next party will not be here read more

My family and I had a fantastic time at Main Event thanks to our server, Erin, and the supervisor, Alex. Erin took great care of us, and Alex was very attentive to our needs. I highly recommend visiting on a Friday night when it's less busy. Overall, a great experience and I would definitely come back!" read more

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The arcade games like Halo and Guitar Hero are still broken as continuously noted in reviews below. The pin setter kept getting stuck in our bowling lane which caused us to spend half of our booked time sitting around while they repeatedly came to fix it. It was Sat night and there weren't other lanes available for us to move over so all we got out of it was a partial credit. read more

We came here for a work sponsored event. The food was set up buffet style and the meat was dry. It was overall edible food, but nothing to write home about. We then moved on to the arcade/game area as we had 3 hours of unlimited play. It was a little disappointing as a lot of the game machines were broken or not properly working. There are also no tables nearby any of the games to place drinks on so that makes it difficult to have a drink while playing. The bowling area is good and the automated screen with animated options is fun. The best part is this place by far is the laser tag. It is a two level play area and very well done. So much fun! read more

My husband and I had such a great time at the Main Event in Tempe together for a company party we thought we would come back for a date night which we rarely get maybe every 5 or so years! Yes it is that bad. We really work too much. They have a special going on $14.99 before noon and $19.99 after noon all you can play activity pass. When we arrived we learned that the pass is for bowling, laser tag and the obstical course only. Bowling was a 3 hour wait, and laser tag was full for the night. I thought we were early birds at 4:00pm. We decided to play some video games instead, but it was $40 per hour for the 2 of us. Hearing many games were down and having a PS4 at home we decided to leave. We definately prefer the Tempe location better. read more

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Visit was awesome. I registered my GKids for the kids bowl free and added 4adults to the roster, so our first visit was fun. Customer service was great and very helpful and friendly. The food for attending family members was tasty. Our server was pleasant and accommodating in helping me with our order. And very clean. Definitely enjoyed ourselves read more

Poor customer service. Took my wife bowling, the young lady that took my money was very rude. Once we got our lane. We both bowled one time and the lane broke down. We followed the rule and called for help several times to no avail. read more

Absolutely miserable. We went there for a kid's birthday party. They reserved bowling lanes for the party, but they weren't ready for an hour and a half past the reservation time. So the group of 30 hung out in the lobby like idiots waiting. And it's not like we could mingle because the music was so painfully loud. The mother of the birthday boy asked the hostess if they could turn it down a little because it was giving everyone headaches and she said she wasn't in charge of that. You'd have to drag me to go back there. read more

Terrible service and bowling lane didn't work properly. No one came to take our order while bowling and the lane was left full of empty drinks and plates when we arrived and stayed that way most of the time we were there. read more

This location has gone downhill! I remember being there 5 years ago with my family and the service was amazing and the place was clean. Last night, the tables were trashed for hours, absolutely nowhere to sit, not to mention you need to make reservations to sit at any table. I finally sat at the bar and watched 6 tables not be cleaned for an hour, but you have to make reservations? After 3 hours of waiting to bowl, we never had a host take our drink and food order at our bowling lane! I finally gave up and walked to the bar and back to my lane. The management should be embarrassed that the dining areas where piled with plates and cups everywhere! If your short staffed, managers should get out and clean, not sit in the back smoking and joking! Place is just totally scuzzy period! Will never be going back! Look forward to fat cat's opening soon off the 303! read more

Can't express enough gratitude for Joel, Ryan and Christina who organised a truly wonderful Make-A-Wish send off party for one of our Wish-Kids recently. We have sent off 60 Wish-Kids together and this team and venue went all out for us. Custom graphics on the big screens and bowling allies, huge ice cream bigger than our Wish-Kid's head. The team were so appreciative by the Wish-Family. Thank you all for the wonderful experience and great fun activities. This was my first experience of the Goodyear Main Event and by far this venue is the cleanest, friendliest and largest game restaurants that we have experienced here between Desert Ridge, Glendale and Tempe. read more

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I visited this location on a busy Saturday and I got to say I was very impressed by the attentiveness and welcoming up beat attitude from my server Aminata who was serving in the restaurant part of this place mind u it was my first time there and I have to say I would definitely recommend going to this establishment again the service was great the food was amazing definitely will be back .however I did play some games of bowling and the service was non existent on that side . read more

3 hour wait for bowling and 20 OPEN LANES LOL Forcing you to spend money on games and drinks while you wait. Go to the counter and complain to get in sooner read more

Main Event Avondale - Arcades Near Me - Avondale, Arizona

Went back this past Friday for my son's school friend bday party. They had arranged for bowling and laser tag. My son is not into bowling but wanted to hang with his friends. So I ended up buying 3 video game play cards. I got one for my son, while the other classmates were bowling, and 2 extras for my daughter and her friend that came along to keep her company. For some reason, I spent so much more on 3 cards than I did at my daughters bday back in April. It was seriously too much for just an hour of play. Now they had fun but the fees to get the cards were too much. I wonder if fees went up. Well, we'll consider it next time. But the fun was still had read more

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Waited in line for over an hour for gravity ropes just to get cut off but food is good but not many games are working but very clean.

Great time with the kids! Was a little crowded at the arcade for the games we wanted but overall plenty to do and lots of fun.

AZ is great for their indoor facilities for families to enjoy whether your the older or younger crowd. Main Event is a spot to hang out have some drinks yet still can be a kid again and play some games. Full service bar and good finger food. read more

I booked a party for my sons birthday when we arrive 15 mins early and was told we didn't have a table. When asked for a manager one never showed up. Did not get to do any of the unlimited activities in the 2 hours of the party due to wait times. Why doesn't party attendees on a timed block get priority because they are TIMED? My package also included winners choice pts but the attendant told me my child didn't have them and never followed up with management. The front desk staff was nasty when I asked for the names of management on duty because I was not happy with any of the service. DO NOT go to this place. They don't care about your time just your money read more

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First time to Main Event. Heard some great news about it. Unfortunately the news are lies. Every game I played was either not working or missing props (like the plastic balls) to make the game playable. All the money I spent on points were wasted as I couldn't play the games I swiped. Staff were no help. Looked at each other laughing as I seek support in receiving a credit for my wasted points. I had spent $112.06 on a card for me and my husband to have a date night out and it was ruined. Couldn't even get a refund on the money even though the "service" I technically paid for wasn't received. I still have over 400+ points to spend but no playable game to spend it on. Worst arcade ever!! read more

My babies love it so I'll continue to take them. They even have food and drinks so I take the kids and relax.

Went in with my team for a team outing. Called beforehand to get pricing and info. When we goAt there we were told different information. The pricing was different than what we were told on the phone so it kinda ruined the plans we had. So just be careful of that because we couldn't do all we wanted to because of the wrong info. We did get seated quickly and our server was awesome. The food was ok. We got pizza. Nachos and fries. The drinks were good. The place was packed on a Friday night so be weary on that to give yourself enough time to be able to do everything. Bowling was like an hour long wait so we will have to come back for that. Overall it was fun. Lots of cool games and things to do for everyone. read more

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I think this is the first time I have visited since the pandemic, wow this place has gone down hill. Literally 1/4 of the games didn't work. Had a problem with several not give tickts/points to my families cards and when I asked the manager he said he didn't "think" those games gave tickets, although they used to. This was for my daughters bday and she was apologizing to us because it was so lame. While I reassured her it was not a big deal, I can honestly say it was a total waste of my time and money. There were staff everywhere, yet the wait at the bar was 10 minutes and the games were broken. The restaurant just let some girl walk up while people were waiting in line and he just handed her cups after she flashed some card. I thought maybe she was an employee, but you would hope they know to at least wait for customers to be served. read more

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Just go to Dave and Busters what a terrible experience. My boyfriend and I decide to go for dinner and games. I've never been to a main event before but I love DNB so I was excited. Boy was my excitement crushed. We sit down to eat, the service from our server. Erin was great. However, this the where the downfall starts. There's a ton of food runners waiting in the kitchen, a very visible area, definitely done on purpose so guest can see their food being made. But just a ton of teens, using their phones, eating food, and POPPING PIMPLES. Yes that's right, right where everyone can see, a girl popping another boys pimple. And yup, you guessed it, she did not wash her hands. Thankfully she did not bring our food. The food was actually really good, no complaints there. So after we pay and grab our game card (we did the food+game card combo on the menu) and head over to play games only for 5 out of the 8 games we tried NOT WORK. Just ate our credits. After three trips to the prize area so the very nice and apologetic girls could reload our card. Three. Times. After the fourth we just had enough and asked for a refund back. It was a fight to receive money back on our card (some bullshit about us doing the meal and game card combo) and only after they offered a gift certificate (why would I ever come back) and some major attitude from the manager, we got our $50 back and left. NEVER GOING BACK. read more

Went for bowling. Crowded and a little dirty. The bowling was fun. I think they need a larger cleaning crew

The kids loved this place. It was a bit more expensive feeling than D & B in terms of pricing for the games, but we saw they had days of the week where there were better deals. Next time we shall plan a bit better. The kids liked the pizza. The servers we had were attentive and our server was training a new person. The kids really enjoyed laser tag the most. Bathrooms felt and looked clean, and so did the rest of the place. read more

Took my daughter and her friend to Main Event for a day of fun on a Friday afternoon. My thoughts: -Bowling was impressive sight and fun times but at a higher price point. -All you can play laser tag was entertaining a fair priced. -The most readily available activity, the arcade, is priced absurdly high. A ripe off in every way. Overall, clearly Main Event has a strategy to maximize profits and make it nearly impossible for all to enjoy. read more

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I took my nine year old granddaughter to the Main Event because she loves video games. I bought her $25 game card and followed her as she looked for fun games. All of the games were all about winning tickets for prizes. Most games were joyless. You push a button or pull a crank, something spins and you win points. Obviously with that the premise, most games lasted 15 seconds or less. I would have left and asked for a refund of what was left on card, but hey I'm with my granddaughter. In the end she had enough points to get 4 items that were probably worth less than $2.00. I asked my granddaughter did you have fun? She said "not really". I would have been better off taking her to a toy store and getting her $25 worth of toys. Very disappointing. read more

For the amount of money we have to spend here, it's super frustrating when the games aren't working. Asking for credits to be returned to our cards when machines are missing balls, eat credits but don't actually work, etc is annoying for us, but apparently the employees also. There are currently 4 young guys working the Winner's Choice stand. I approached at 4:54 asking for credits to be returned for "the black hole". One employee looked at his watch and said the guy behind him would help me after he finished cashing out prizes for the line of people. Are you kidding me? It took the other guy 30 seconds. First employee must get off at 5:00. read more

Staff is awesome. Had both of my kids birthday parties there and they LOVED their experience.

Came here for the first time with my 8 year old, hoping to have some fun. Staff will ignore you unless you initiate you need something, 3 hour wait time for bowling, 5 hour wait to play a round of laser tag, half empty drink cups and sticky floors... so I thought maybe we could just play the arcade area.. well every other machine is broken. I will only return to use up the rest of my points loaded on my Funcard. Not impressed. read more

Came here with my family for Friday fun day and we have 1 minute left to play and still haven't been served any drinks whatsoever. Horrible!! I'm irritated as hell! And the server just came up to us already asking for us to pay! We haven't got food or drinks! Smh Do better main event or get more servers. Very upsetting! read more

Lots of fun bowling here , pizza was good , only downside is the wait for laser tag was 4hours :(

We read reviews here and were skeptical and went with low expectations. I have no idea why there were such poor reviews. We loved it! So great for our entire family and was impressed with the value of "all day" passes and family value "feasts". Food was yummy! We spent a day and all had a blast. Romi at the front desk was so sweet and helpful. D Andre was our waiter and was awesome. Isis and (forgot her name) were at the bar and helpful in sharing local spots (as we are not from here). I highly recommend this place for the whole family! read more

Maybe I'm just getting too old for this but there was just too much to say that it's not worth it. The bowling froze up twice on us, the wait staff in the bar/pool area was non-existent (even the bartender didn't acknowledge us so we went across the street to Jack in the Box for lunch), and the packages were pricey. We spent about $120+ and, meh... read more

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So much fun! Celebrated my son's seventh birthday here. We had a blast bowling, doing laser tag and an hour of unlimited gameplay. I will definitely come here again since there's so much to do. There were plenty of places to sit and take a break, if you want to, as well as lots of wipes and hand sanitizer available. We left exhausted from all the excitement! read more

Main Event Avondale - Arcades Near Me - Avondale, Arizona

What a joke and a scam this Main Event is hosting. Offers a Me fun card supposed to be good for everything. Needless to say it's only good for Arcade games. Scam and fraud alert. Read what is posted on the kiosk. I spoke to a manager he confirmed it did say that, say he would not offer a refund. $77 wasted. I intend on filing a consumer complaint against The Main Event. read more

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Love the food and the service was great!!! Thanks to our waiter Xavier! He was great and never had to tell him to refill our drinks.

We had a great time! Our burgers were really good and you can get a game card with it too for a deal. The Lazer tag maze was a blast even for adults. Only 4 stars because the service and the middle main counter sucked. They were just talling ignoring us, didn't give full instructions for times and activities. In general, they were almost rude. For an entertainment place like this, the service should be fun lively and cheery. Our food waitress was amazing tho! read more

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