I took my basketball team in on a Saturday without any notice due to our tournament schedule, and the ops team made it work for us! They helped us out efficiently and gave me a good deal for my boys to be able to do all the activities at an affordable price. While they don't yet have all of the activities on the website, what they do have is great. Well the one exception is their shuffleboard table. It needs new equipment. But bowling, billiards, laser tag, escape rooms and the ropes course were all awesome! The pizza was pretty good too, and the parents enjoyed the beverages. It was a super fun place to spend a few hours between games. And the service was really attentive! read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - Ropes course - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

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Stopped over to just practice shooting some pool. 3 tables and 2 basically couldn't shoot on ....big rips in felt. Table I played on nasty and very un level. Won't be back Not sure who services your tables but I would fire them read more

We had a team event there and had a chance to spend time bowling and breaking bread together . We ordered a few Appetizers some were better (the fried pickles) some were worse (French fries swimming in white sauce) . All together around 3 stars. I also ordered the personal pizza which was just ok (3 :5). The service is terrible (the waiter forgot out many items and we had to repeat and order them again ), the drinks were Preeti bad as well (the fizzy sangria was just awful) . All in all it's about 2.5 stars for food and service , the place itself is fun though , hence 3 stars read more

Main Event on a Saturday evening, obviously it's going to be filled up with people wanting to enjoy their night. Our server I believe her name is Asia , was the worst server. Keep in mind she only had TWO tables . The restaurant part was not full , was not busy. - I had a table of 6 people , asked for 6 waters and a beer . Asia came back and said "someone is preparing our water , which took over 20 minutes!!!!! FOR WATER The ice was melted , there were things floating in the cups and a sticky substance on the side. So we ask for new ones and ask if she can take the ones on our table. - The cups sat on the table for the entire time we were there. - She had no urgency to come back and check on anything , did not clear any dishes. - The other table she was serving also had not received their drinks for an extended amount of time. ( Family of 4 ) - Looking from across the room , you could see Asia standing by the bar doing absolutely nothing . The other table has not received any of their drinks and we were still waiting for our new cups of water. - We had to keep flagging her down because she would disappear. - By the time it came to pay , we used the tablet. She kept giving micro aggressions when we were trying to do separate tabs ( we told her in the beginning we are splitting the check ) - Other servers were getting help from other staff members bring food or drinks to their tables . While we kept waiting for Asia to come back with anything at this point. - Burgers were okay , they took about 15 minutes to cook , not worth the 15 dollars. Plastic Kraft cheese. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - Cheese burger - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

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Location Grand Prairie just off 161. Parking Large open lot. Atmosphere Restaurant, fun zone with numerous games, bowling, laser tag, ropes course-call ahead to see if its open ( we went on Thursday and it was closed-Tues-Thurs). Service Personable at the counter and bar. Absent in the bowling alley. Had to order at bar-took some time but was friendly when arrived. Menu Large bar, bar food, dessert creations. We had the roasted Brussel sprouts which were really tasty-roasted just right. Served with caesar sauce. Yum. Games Bowling is pay by the hour. The lanes take time to read-not smooth. Laser tag- fun! Ropes course great when open. Summary This place has a-lot of potential. Very fun for groups, families-call ahead for what games are open. read more

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Games - Huge selection of games but there is no sense in having a huge selection if they can't work properly! There was only one technician available to fix everything from the games to correcting issues at the bowling alley. Why is the leadership not in eating more in staffing or having proper backup ready? Food -This is a huge area of improvement. Staff needs to listen and get orders accurate. We sent our server back 5 times to get orders corrected. If we make an order, the server should check against the order to make sure they have everything before making the long walk to the bowling area. Bar - We ordered a Tito's Mule (Moscow Mule) which is a simple and straightforward drink. What did we get? We got a shot of Tito's! When we had it returned, what did we get? We got Sprite with a huge shot of Tito's! What gives? No ginger beer? We ended ordering beer which can't go wrong. My message to the staff: get it right! Train your staff and don't waste money throwing away food (yes that too went wrong) and drinks which only adds to the added costs for customers. Bowling - Great time even with the lane malfunctioning twice. They made good by giving us extra time. Please get this right Main Event! We want you to succeed. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

Lots of room for improvement. As an out-of-towner, I was impressed with Main Event and what it offered. This location is in a popular spot with plenty of great restaurants, eateries and shopping nearby. They were also breaking ground for a large gym right nearby. At it's heart, Main Event is like a Chuck E Cheese on steroids. This location offered bowling, laser tag, gravity ropes, pool, and lots of arcades games (that mostly worked). Our party of 5 arrived around 3 o'clock mainly wanting to bowl and play some pool. The young lady offered an "all day pass" for just $28 per person. Since we didn't have any time constraints, it was a no brainer. Bowling: We started with this. There's probably about 30 lanes and when we started there were many empty lanes available. After an hour, I had to go back to the main desk to ask for an extension. After the 2nd hour, she said there's now a waiting list for lanes and we could only bowl for another 30 minutes. She did offer us to be placed on that waiting list. It would've been nice if we were informed of this "fine print" when we paid for the all day pass. As we were putting on our shoes to relinquish our lane, the 2 lanes next to ours were empty. Which begs the question why is there a waiting list when there are lanes available?!? Pool: With only 3 pool tables, I gave my phone number to the lady to be put on a waiting list for a table as we headed to the laser tag. Laser Tag: When we walked over we were told we had to make an appointment. However there was no one in the waiting or prep area. When we pointed this out, she said there was a cancellation and let the 5 of us suit up. After our game was over, we asked if we could play again, but were told we had to wait about 30 minutes. But again, there was no one waiting. By this time, I got a text that our pool table was ready. Pool: We walk over to pool tables. However, the young lady that took my number was no where to be found. I spoke to an employee who said they were trying to find her. As we stood there looking around, a manager was finally located. He seemed to be as puzzled as we were about how the pool table usage was being regulated. There's no signs stating how the tables were assigned or used so I think it's just whoever's working or in control of the pool balls. After more waiting the manager said gave the 5 of us a complimentary arcade card to play free games while we waited for a table. But before we could start playing, a table miraculously became available. I believe a big part of the confusion is that the 3 tables are located right in the middle of their in-house restaurant/bar and the tables were there more as entertainment for the patrons eating and drinking there. But again, they don't make that very clear and with only 3 tables in a "games/entertainment" venue, you really should have more tables or don't advertise billiards as an option for an All Day Pass. As a side note and avid billiards player, the pool table was very poorly maintained. I can't say I was very surprised, but it's worth mentioning that you should definitely not expect your cue ball roll straight on a slow roll. Arcade: We decided to leave to get dinner and returned to use our arcade cards. They was only one virtual reality type game using googles and I'm not even sure if it worked. There were a few broken games but there were no signs that said out of service. There were two games that utilize "parts" that were non-existent. For example, there's a beer pong game. After you swipe your card to start the game, there were no ping pongs that came out for you to use. I suspect that the balls were absconded and missing. Most were just regular arcade games with some games that give you "tickets" that can be redeemed for prizes. We tried one of their air hockey tables and it was barely playable as the puck was barely floating above the table. As mentioned, this location has great potential. Yes this was the Fourth of July weekend and I expected that they would be very busy. There were many kids running around having a great time with the birthday parties in session. But management would benefit from some re-coaching, employees need to be much more attentive and equipment better maintained. Dallas Fort Worth is a big place and with few direct competitors, Main Event can still strive to do better. For these reasons, I would be hard pressed to return unless every other place was closed. read more

We went for bowling today. Enjoyed ourselves as we usually do. The food was hot but sloppy. The alcoholic drinks were sooooo sweet and tasted like there was no liquor at all. Vibe was great. Had fun read more

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We came for the Halloween Boo-wling event that was from 5pm-8pm. You have to pay for tickets before hand and it was about $40 total for me and my boyfriend. With the ticket, we got free candy, crafting event, costume contest, and 2 hours of bowling. I was stoked for the bowling because it was the main part of the event. However, we arrived around 6pm and apparently all their lanes were full with reservations. They had booked us twice with a big party in the lanes. They were practically taking all the space. We had went for a third time to tell them that our lane was full and they had booked us with two other people so we just decided not to bowling at all. The only thing out of this $40 event was the free candy. I would NOT advise to come here for events. They knew we were coming and still were not prepared, they lack planning ahead. Waste of $40. read more

Great experience. If you are looking for something inexpensive to do with the kids on a Monday night, this is your spot!

Walked in to be seated and stood there for 20 min. Waited and nothing..asked for assistance and still made us wait. The person who originally helped us..walked by and realized we were still waiting we saw him go talk to her and she still left Us standing there. Horrible horrible service. read more

Food is ok but horrible service. First they only allow 6 people to bowl on one lane in which I find weird as we seen that they had another groups of at least 8+ people using one lane. She also stated that we can't buy two lanes side by side which we also seen people doing as well. Before we purchased or our lane we wanted to bowl for one game and figured that one hour would be enough time for use to do and the lady at the counter told us that we can come up at any point to buy more time if need be so we said cool and agreed to to buy the one hour. We saw the group right next to us leave and asked if we could buy that lane since we had a few from our group not be able to bowl and they wanted to play their own game and was told no because someone else booked that spot so we let it be. When we first got to the lane the tables were dirty and a mess and had to wait at least 10 minutes for someone to come and clean the table so we can sit to get ready to play. It took our waiter for ever to come to order our food but the food and drinks were ok nothing special. In the middle of our game which we didn't even get the chance to finish the pin drop wouldn't go up which at this point we assumed our time ran out as there was no warning letting us know our time was up or we could then go and buy more time. We hurried over to buy more time in which the same lady said we couldn't because someone booked right after us and we were all shocked because she told us before we started we could add more time at any point and I was sooooo confused and upset because we spent money hour and game and we didn't even get the chance to finish our game which not only was a disappointment to me but also my nieces as this was their first time bowling. Once we realized that was over we wondered through the game area and my niece wanted to do the sky trail thing or whatever it's called and we were told that we had to book it and we were told they had a 2:40pm appointment and when we went to book it we were told they didn't have it available no more that the next time was at 3 so we booked that and waited near in which we saw absolutely no one at 2:40 but we still waited. At 2:55 we walked up waiting for her to do the activity and then a party host and their party come up as told us they were booked at 3pm as well which surprised us because once again they communicated something that wasn't true. After a while we got upset because they keep telling us things that made no sense and which really made us upset because if the information was clear we would've probably just went to a regular bowling alley but we thought this would be a fun activities thing for our three nieces to do which it ended up turning into a waste of time. I would never recommend this place to anyone and if you want to play arcade games just go to Chuck E Cheese read more

I want to come on here and leave a review for a girl that was super kind and helpful this past weekend!! She went out of her way and made us feel seen! She was very attentive with us and in observation!! Had a smile on her face at al times!! Her name is Kaitlyn! She was very helpful and patient in making sure we were taken very good care of! We highly recommend Kaitlyn's exceptional service and would be delighted to have her assist us again in the future. And the food was on point! kudos to the cooks in the back... read more

Food was amazing great place to bowl and have fun pretty cool place to chill and have fun nice read more

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Disappointing experience overall. Visited the Main Event in Grand Prairie with my family and unfortunately, it just wasn't a great time. Staff at the front desk were not friendly or welcoming. Several games were broken, and when we brought it up, the staff didn't apologize or seem to care. The worst part was the bar. We had a table right in front of it and ordered drinks through our server. After a few minutes with no drinks, the server came back, took our order again, and later apologized saying the bar was backed up. But from what we saw, the bartenders didn't seem backed up, they just didn't care. No hustle at all. Bowlers were clearly being prioritized, and people sitting at the bar were getting served just fine. Meanwhile, we were still waiting on a couple of beers. When your food arrives way before your drinks, that's a problem. Food was okay, not bad, but nothing special. The overall vibe wasn't great either. The place just felt dull and off. For somewhere that's supposed to be fun and lively, the ambiance was honestly kind of lame. What really stood out was the lack of management. Not once did we see a manager or leader checking in with guests or even with the staff. It felt totally unorganized, and no one seemed to be leading or stepping in to help. Management really needs to get it together and take a more active role in making sure guests are having a good experience. I definitely won't be returning. There are way better places to spend your time and money. read more

I love it here every time we come with my family. We have a great time. Food prices in atmosphere is great.

hello my name is Sally Davis, i been couple of times to this location and let me tell you the customer service is amazing. From the servers to the managers, one of them I think his name is Cale gave great service always nice to me and my family. The employees are handworkers and do their best for the guests. This place is a great place to go and will recommend it to my family and friends. read more

Have been bowling here a couple of times and it's okay. The bowling alley is in good condition with no mechanical issues which I appreciate. However, the atmosphere of the televisions behind the lanes playing documentaries was not my ideal as many dealt with heavy topics and I found it hard to concentrate on the fun of the experience. The laneside service was lacking as we waited for about 20 minutes before someone came by our lane to take our order. The worst was we saw them standing on their phone ignoring us the whole time until they could be bothered to stop by with our continual glancing to earn their attention. The prices were also very high for early morning bowling as the place was empty. We have since discovered Pinstack Irving offers morning bowling for a way better deal that is worth the drive. The food is nothing special and is a bit pricey. I was pleased with the gluten free options. Also drink prices range heavily. A mimosa cost us as much as a specialty cocktail so unsure how they go about ringing up orders. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - Bowling lane - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

I'm going to be honest, we didn't experience anything negative from our first visit to Main Event. We had reserved a bowling lane for two hours for 6 people ahead of time. When we got there, we checked in, got our shoes and they escorted us to our lane, they logged us in and we setup each bowler into the system and started bowling. Shortly after that, a server came around and we started ordering food and drinks. The server was great and the food and drinks came out really quickly. We had a blast!! We will definitely be coming back for more bowling. They have tons of other stuff for the kiddos, but bowling will be our thing. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

Hosted a small men's church group outing here. When I first walked in I was a bit overwhelmed to say the least. Once we all got our shoes and bowling lanes it all became relaxed and very enjoyable. The service was great, our waitress was on top of everything. Thank you to Valerie for making this happen! We will definitely be back! read more

Excellent experience from start to finish. I was trying to book for a group of 24 at a closer location, but they made it so hard to do business. I called this location (a little bit further away) but it was well worth it. From the initial phone call, Peja took great care of me. She made my reservations over the phone, made great suggestions on how to improve our experience and was even there the whole time our group was to ensure we were well taken care of. The measure of a business is A- how easy it is to do business with them, and B- level of service once you're there. This location, and Peja, definitely checked all of the boxes! read more

Server Titiana (with long nails and hair scarf) leave their own tip and try to act as if they are doing you a service (checking on your food, drink,etc..) , before you can even check to see the rest of the screen. Very unprofessional and stealing! read more

We actually had a great time at Main Event on a Friday night, and it was during Spring Break. It was really crowded but the employees seemed to be working hard and taking care of customers as quickly as possible. We have a large group and first met in the dining/pool table area first and then we most of us were there we moved to our bowling lanes. We had 2 lanes and there was a lot of seating and tables to have drinks and food there as well. The arcade area was busy as well and looked like so much fun for kids. There was a air gliding thing around the ceiling that i really would have loved to get on as a child. Lots of parking outside. Clean bathrooms. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - Bowling - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

I had a pass to the bowling, laser tag, ropes, and the escape rooms, you need a reservation for ropes and escape room. The service was okay, all the servers whether it's bowling or in the bar area aren't that good. They don't check up on you as much, they dont sit you down at the bar area, and I weren't there after my prom and the severs were just rude, I think it's because they didn't think we were gonna tip but they for sure didn't get one after how they treated us. The food was good. I came here twice and had a bad experience the first time and the next time was just ok. On the ropes the lady said only one person on each cross over, she literally let a boy on the one I was on and he shook it while I was on it. I yelled at them and asked if it was one or two people, and she said it was one, and told the boy to come back, I'm pretty sure they were friends because she let the group of boys go throughout the course twice. This main event hires horrible servers, and even worse game attendees. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - The building - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

Boneless chicken wings portion small and fries small and the games are not working and the car keeps declining and they are rude about it

Yelpettes, Yelpers, those soon to be, howzit? Hope your day has been awesome thus far. I'm being a girl uncle for summer. 12 year old, 11 year old, and a 7 year old that's lived before. She's at least 30 and can probably compete on Jeopardy. So we loaded up to Main Event to game. Yes. Three serious gamers. Boys be forewarned. They take zero prisoners. So this is more about the food. The fooooood. Yes. Once again, 10 star service, at basically an arcade. Ordered a double bacon burger w/tots for self, again. 1 Kids chicky tender, 1 personal pepperoni pie. And a kids pepperoni pie. Mind blowing level of flavors. Every aspect spot on or better than ordered. Jooocey patties that taste like 1980 BK flame broiler. You know, when they actually did flame them up. The char was like a backyard grill. Red onions slightly sauteed. Fresh tomatoes, crispy lettuce. Bacon like breakfast. Brioche bun. I cut it in half sure I wouldn't finish. The other half made its way in. I just couldn't stop. It was meatgasmic. I had my way with it. Tots totted like they were sposed to. Crispy outside, hot and soft inside. The girls asked for one each, then one more, then all bets were off. I snagged some of their pizza. Better than any chain you can think of. Try it. Big pepperoni, double slices per square. Sauce, gooey cheese, piping hot, delicious. Could put the top 3 chains out of business if they delivered. Chicken tenders... good as C.F.A. no lie. Service dotes on you. Drinks get refilled on time. Smiles galore. It's as if they didn't get the memo on supply chain and staffing shortages. They have it all figured out. Pricey? Um. Yes. Worth it? Yes, yes, yes. The girls won't soon forget this. My status as favorite uncle is in the bag. I'm raising the bar out of reach. Main Event is one of several spots this summers extravaganza has in store for them. They truly helped make this day a blast. Don't get the low ratings. Not going to try. Who knows why we rate sometimes. This was a clean, new space. Fully staffed with good friendly folks. Lots of games and activities. And the food is phenomenal. The sweet tea is truly Texas style sweet. Yum. Don't trust ratings. Check it out for yourself. I'm putting this spot in my regular burger and pizza rotation because I also like to shoot pool. They have good tables for adults, screens for sports in view of the tables, and they make a good Crown and coke, stiff without asking. I don't usually drink, but I do couple times a year. This will be my spot. Take care outchea everyone. As always, Yelp N Help! Help being your service or donations to those not in position to afford to be picky about where or what to eat. If you're able to Yelp, you're in position to help. Consider it. It's lifes way of giving you 5 as a human. You're worth it. Hug those you love and tell them so. Get a mirror, then tell yourself how much you love that person in the mirror. Blow them a kiss. Pease and burger grease! read more

I got offended by a a game attendant I was trying to do laser tag but Stephy was getting me a attitude And curse me out

Get place to play. My Family had fun bowling and playing in the arcade. The service was great drinks and everything. We had a ball.

We have been to multiple Main Events, but if this had been our first one we would not be going back to any. A large number of games were broken and the card redemption machine for the points cards had an issue reading the bar codes. It took 47 minutes to get help. I went to three different places after being pointed in the wrong direction. The last person to help was very kind and apologetic. Sadly, we were just done with lines after that and ended up leaving. read more

This place has really let go. I went around 6pm Sunday and it was absolutely disgusting. To start, the women's restroom was a MESS. The floor was all wet and there were no caution signs. Only 2 out of the 5 or 6 toilets worked, they had sanitizer instead of soap because all of the soap dispensers were broken, and the stalls clearly hadn't been cleaned. EVERY SINGLE TABLE behind the bowling area was filthy. They all had dirty plates, cups, and trash on them. We waited for our bowling lane for almost two hours (which was much longer than was quoted) and no one started to clean them up until we were halfway through our game. And they didn't sweep, so the floor remained gross. We did the wizard escape room while we waited. One of the clue pieces was broken (specially the 2nd fake crystal on the fireplace is loose), so it ate up some of our time while we were trying to make it work. Service and drinks at the bar was good. Our server at the bowling area was fine, and food came out fast. Food was decent and we didn't have any problems with our bowling lane (we got lane 1). I will not be going back. read more

This place was a joke we came into bowl. They told us it was an hour and a half to get our lanes which was closer to two hours so we went into the bar got our first drink, which took about a half hour our next drinks took again about a half hour a couple did not even come and the waitress said it was due to the fact that they ran out of glasses, even though we kept seeing other drinks going out of the bar my last drink took almost an hour. The place was very messy very unorganized. I will post pictures of the men's bathrooms and outside. The bathrooms were trash cans are overflowing. Well everybody is standing around doing nothing. we had a group of 10 you would think service would be a little better Eric Londino read more

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Do not come to this location to play arcade games. On a Friday evening, more than half the games took the credits but didn't work. The game didn't indicate it was out of order when they didn't work. No technician to be found. We did encounter two pleasant team members. I provided feedback to the manager (difficult to find one until I asked a team member). We made the most of it, but would not return. read more

The costumer's service is ass !!! No where to be helped!! I came twice today hoping it will change and it did not !!! First occurrence was on the 8 ball I had been waiting for a table and I had asked already. some little kid came and it was given to them I see this very unprofessional when I've been waiting in line for someone else to just get there and I had one of the associates know I was there waiting but they did not bother. Second occurrence of the day I went to play some games I'm ready to go get my prize just like any other person would do excited to see what I can win but when I ask a attendant their answer was no we aren't opening like wtf is that a place of arcade doesn't open a prize section. My experience was horrible. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - Main event - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

Tati was great! Service was awesome definitely would request her again. Atmosphere was clean!

DON'T ORDER FOOD FOR PICK UP. I ordered food using Doordash. The app confirmed the order and Door Dash driver arrived to pick it up. The dasher reached out to me saying they told her they haven't completed the order yet. 15 mins later, they tell her they never received the order. Why the hell would you say it's not completed yet if you haven't received it? DoorDash customer support tried calling them and I even tried. No one answers the phone. Y'all are a joke. 0 stars if I could Oh and Main event manager, don't tell me to reach out to the website and customer service because I already did. read more

I have been to Main Event plenty of times across about 5 cities. This is the first time I had seen one this big and also with a great selection of quality games. Also they have a section for all ages that involves climbing sort of like urban air. The only thing I will say about this location is how packed it was. But even with saying that there wasn't a long wait on any of the attractions or games. We had a small discrepancy with a machine and the managers and staff fixed it immediately. Great experience, great location and great fun. read more

Main Event Grand Prairie - Gaming Area - American Near Me - Grand Prairie, Texas

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Great for families. They tend to get busy so plan ahead Ana make reservations for bowling and other group activities. The arcade could use more of a variety of games but it's centered to be more at the height and preference of children so I get it that it's not gonna be for the desire of what an older group may like. read more

I had the pleasure to visit Main event while attending an AAU tournament in Texas. This was the best entertainment for our 11 and 12 year old boys after their games. The customer service was excellent, the food was excellent, and Matt the Manager was the best. I you are ever in the Grande Prairie area, you absolutely need to visit this location. read more

Super chaotic in dealing with all staff outside of the bar area. They were great. 1/4 of the arcade machines will take money off of the game card and will not allow any game play. The claw machine has a claw that doesn't reach down to the prizes, or that was our experience with the Care Bears machine and the one next to it. The two stars are for the bar. read more

Main Event in GP is always a blast with tons of fun games, bowling, and great vibes--perfect for a fun day out with friends or family! The staff especially Dion is so nice and pleasant. read more