I took my daughter for a small group activity and we went another day to bowl and hang out with family. Bowling was fun, it's $32/lane for an hour and $7 for bowling shoe rental. Fortunately 3 of us had our own shoes, but that's pretty expensive! Our server was nice and the person who came to help the kids select bumpers was nice as well. We didn't have food this time, but we have had it before. Overall, it's fun, but expensive. The time cards are the best deal because you can play any of the rainbow games, you just don't get tickets or prizes. read more

Main Event Knoxville - don't order the coffee - Bowling Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

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Stopped in to play some pool and arcade games. It was a very fun night. Bar staff was super friendly and were very attentive as there seemed to be someone at the bar that was having a medical issue that they ran and got security to help the person out. read more

Great play to take the kids. There is so much to do and spend your money on. It's easy to spend over $200 in a hour or so. But it is a lot of fun. read more

Everything had to have a reservation despite us buying a wristband that claimed to give us access to every activity. We had to buy everything even after buying the wristband. And our reservations got delayed because they messed up our time for our reservation. read more

I'm a teacher That recently went to your establishment. I will have to say I was not impressed. One of our male teachers had to step in and stop one of the patrons fighting with the miners that were attending an event there. I think with so many schools going to your establishment.You could do better about protecting minors against adults and predators that have no business mixing with school age kids. It also Filthy and disgusting like no one has claimed in several weeks or months. I would not be recommended this place to anyone, of all ages. read more

I love going to Main Event and bowling. I've been to several birthday parties here and they do a great job of keeping everything organized while doing the birthday parties read more

They took all my privileges away randomly when I was on a field trip and I have ADHD and my blood sugar is very low and I need food. Almost passed out one star. read more

Went to buy the summertime passes for myself and family. The guy selling cards/passes didn't know anything about it. I asked to speak to a manager. A younger blonde girl came out and handed me a pamphlet and didn't say a word. She just stood there looking at me. I asked her several questions which she had no answers for. I'm not sure why they would roll out something and have no idea what was really going on. We were there about 630 at night and the eatery on the corner in the glass was closed. We left without purchasing anything or eating dinner. Most of the employees did not seem very friendly. read more

Been here a few times and it is alright. The food can be good sometimes as well as the staff. Overpriced a little bit though.

We went my my birthday party. Very expensive and unexpected issues like stopping in the middle of a game because time was up. Not a fan. Tons of kids so be prepared! read more

I can't post any reviews of food because it never showed up. Our server was super nice but clearly overwhelmed by our large group. The ambiance is mid considering it cut us off in mid game. If you go here, understand ahead of time what you're spending a lot of money for. read more

stole my money! i gave them 100$ got back nothing ,food was awful and would not go back! read more

Main Event Knoxville - no money - Bowling Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

Loved our experience at main event! Met a group of friends to celebrate a birthday and we chose to do bowling. Service for shoes was quick and the lane was clean when we arrived. Lots of selection when it comes to bowling balls. It was even friendly enough for toddlers to be included in the bowling fun! Food service was quick and delicious. Also major appreciation for the family changing room with a huge study changing table, I was not expecting that! Overall we will return! read more

I'm a big fan of Main Event. We had one open near us when we lived in Phoenix and I was sad to leave the fun behind. My husband and I went here for part of a daytime date when it was less crowded and that was a good choice! Had our pick of games to play. We tried to pay at one of the two card kiosks but neither worked, unfortunately. This place can be slightly overwhelming with so many shiny things begging for your attention (especially in the arcade area), but some super cool and unique game options like a virtual reality Star Wars game mixed in with the old reliables, like skee ball. There is the awesome arcade area but is also bowling, laser tag, gravity ropes, pool tables, a bar, a restaurant, etc. Pretty all-inclusive for fun regardless of age group. Kids even eat free on Tuesdays in the dining area. read more

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So many games were out of service. There were at least 7 bowling lanes open and the wait list was over an hour. There were 15 people on the list. read more

It's wonderful that there's now a place for teens and preteens. When my kids were growing up, the options were just movies or swimming. It nice to have something fun for the older kids. We went to main event for my grandson's Birthday party. The kids all had fun playing laser tag, bowling, and video games. read more

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Great service! Great bar menu ! Great food other than they need more cheese on the nachos! Fun games! Fun times! Will come again

Haven't been here in SO long and luckily there wasn't a crowd..so no waiting list! Went in to bowl and it was great! There's an desk area where you choose which activity you want to do, there's different prices per hour so check the prices/hours before committing. Great good, service and fun experience. You're assigned a booth, and you take a picture, which shows up when you start bowling. See photo. read more

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I didn't eat the food because it was hella expensiv. the service was really good! the amb was dull but not bad! Dave and busters is better read more

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Food is overpriced and mediocre at best. Staff was understaffed and overwhelmed with the volume of business on a rainy Saturday. As expensive as this place is, one would expect that staff would be paid a fair wage. I hear today that 10 staff members were let go, including managers, because Main Event can't afford to pay their current $11/hr wage and would be replacing them with minimum wage workers. Corporate greed at its finest! read more

We recently had my son's birthday party here, and we were very pleased. ME was busy and many parties were taking place, but our fabulous part hostess Maddie/Mad Dog coordinated everything seamlessly. Our group of wild seven-year-olds had a great time and ME made my son's birthday experience very memorable. The pizza was good, too! I would definitely recommend booking your next event here. read more

A group of four of us went to bowl for two hours. With shoe rental, it ended up costing $80, which was a little pricey. The lanes are also VERY close together... a party ended up right beside us and everyone found it a little tight and awkward. We had a nice server, but hard to find. Much faster to go get drinks from the bar. The food was really good! I recommend the cheesy fries. The bowling mechanisms worked flawlessly, which is always a concern at the cheaper and much older bowling alleys. Overall, we had a great time and plan to return one day. read more

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$10 uploaded to a play card can get us about 30 minutes of fun! Lots of games claw machines and VR. Everything is always working too! We save our earned tickets on the card and let 'em add up for a bigger prize. They also have food options with Tuesday being free food for kids! read more

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Main Event is affordable family fun that does not disappoint!! We came on a Tuesday, during Fall Break, for our first visit and we are already planning a second trip! M-Th you can pay $22 per person for unlimited activities (Bowling, Laser Tag, Gravity Ropes, and Billiards). **NOTE** The activities require sign ups ("reservations"), so do this right as you arrive. It was not an issue, and we did not have to wait; however, if they get busy, you would need to be on the list. All the activities were super fun. And because we paid for unlimited, we did them multiple times. Definitely feel like we got our monies worth. Good for all ages, but best for 5+ and up. Everything was clean and all of the workers were friendly and helpful (I had a lot of questions as a first timer!) read more

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If you plan on coming here 2 hours before close to bowl don't I payed extra money so we could bowl and went to bowl and they said that they were shutting bowling down due to inventory but had just let other people in so basically just spent 100 to play a couple of arcade games honestly my ps5 is more entertaining for 100 read more

Great fun for kids and adults! My grandsons 7th grade class came here for a field trip and they loved it!

I called an hour before going there for my birthday I didn't schedule a party, but I'll bring cake and everything and when I got here the price of the wristbands for all day we were four dollars higher than what they told me on the phone. read more

It's cold and raining outside today and has been for several days. The kid's are restless and you just need to let off some steam. The 'Main Event' in Knoxville is the perfect place. With bowling lanes, arcade games, pool, a ropes course, and food and drinks you can let your kids get all that energy out and have a fun family evening at the same time. The Main Event is great for couples, guy's night out, business outings, etc. Stop by and make a night of it that you will talk about for weeks. read more

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I've been to this place many times and it's very fun but staff is always really rude and unhelpful especially on the ropes course. The food is pretty decent if u know what to order. Ambiance is great but the staffs rudeness totally kills the mood . read more

Paying for all day play is a lie. I am here right now with my family, but since they overbooked with birthday parties my group has to stop bowling in the middle of a game to accommodate them, and we have to go on a waiting list to get a lane. That was not disclosed to us initially. Not happy read more

Great place for some arcade games and food. Dining area was empty, so you can sit anywhere you want. Ordered the Wild West burger which was good. Food took a while to arrive so we decide to check around the games. Games look fun, however it was a little bit expensive. Overall, the place was good to play a couple of game while you wait for your food. read more

Main Event Knoxville - The Wild West Burger - Bowling Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

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We attended a 10 year olds birthday at Main Event today. This is a GREAT place for a kid's party. This party included bowling, laser tag, and a game card for each child. Everyone had a great time and the party came with a party assistant to shepard the event along. The reason I only give this place three stars is because they did not have anyone busing tables and cleaning up the lounge areas. In three hours, the same dirty glasses were stacked on a end table by the couches in the middle of the game space. I realize many places are struggling with staffing at the moment, but three hours is more than enough time for someone to clean up a table. read more

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Too much Fun, time flies by fast here! Food, service and drinks were amazing!! Definitely coming back again and again!

Service was really good. I liked the ambience on bowling area. This place is geared more toward bigger kids. Wouldn't recommend for kids under 7 honestly. read more

Service is absolutely terrible. Still tipped the server 25% out of principal but they took forever to acknowledge us, never cleaned the table and we waited more than twenty minutes between drinks. Additionally we bought the $25 bracelet passes but no one told us we had to sign up in advance for laser tag and/or ropes course. When we went to the laser tag station we waited twenty minutes while the attendant saw us but didn't acknowledge us. When the current group came out she finally approached us and greeted us rudely. When we showed her the bracelets and said we wanted to go in she simply pointed us to another counter. When we went to that counter they told us it would be two hours. We told her there was a group coming out and she said that doesn't matter. When we asked about the ropes course, which was empty, she laughed and said it would be two hours for that. Had the folks at the ticket counter explained the process it wouldn't have been a problem. We wouldn't have bought the bracelets and would have just hit the arcade. Across the board this service was terrible. I'll be going to Token from now on read more

It all started with trying to book a reservation online. After multiple attempts to book a reservation, I got frustrated and called Main Event, and was told that online reservations were not possible on a mobile device, and I would have to use a home computer. The representative told me that it was also not possible to book a reservation over the phone. After I told them that I don't have access to a home computer, they decided that they could make the reservation over the phone after all. I found it odd that after a solid 45 minutes of trying to make a reservation, they still charged me a $10 convenience fee, but I paid it nonetheless. We arrived at our scheduled time, picked up our bowling shoes and started a round. After about 20 minutes, the building lost all power. No problem, we all assume it's nobody's fault, and we patiently sit tight while they figure out the issue. The lights intermittently go on and off over 20-30 minutes or so, and they eventually came around and asked everyone to evacuate the building and told us that we would receive either a voucher or coupon for a later date. We stopped at the exit and they took down everyone's phone, email, and information whilst promising that we should expect some form of compensation on Monday morning. Monday came and went so I called Tuesday afternoon and was told that nobody had any recollection of promising compensation for the issues, but the manager wasn't there so they would have to call me back. I received no call back by Thursday, so I called again. Again, there was nobody available that could help and they offered to call me back again. Friday - one week past our original reservation - I called again, finally spoke to a manager and was promised a refund receipt would be promptly sent to my email. I received an email showing the receipt from my original reservation, which I can only assume they hoped I wouldn't realize what it was, and no refund was ever made. I checked my statement in hopes that it was just a mistake but it was not. It was just another scummy attempt to try and fool a customer. I called back again, and was asked to hold until the manager returned, within a few minutes, someone came on the line speaking Spanish... Turns out, they transferred me to the Tucson location, seemingly in hopes that I give up and forget about my refund. You win, Main Event - I no longer expect to receive any compensation for my wasted money. I can only hope that you don't continue to conduct business in this manner with other customers. I am sympathetic to the fact that the location experienced an issue that night that was likely unavoidable. Its fact that the staff clearly had no intention to provide the vouchers that we were all promised, and is just standing by in hopes that everyone forgets that they never received any compensation for a wasted night out. It's the empty promises, and at this point, outright refusal to make it right that ensures I will never return to another "Main Event". Save your money, support a small local bowling alley or event center rather than wasting your time and money on Main Event. read more

I always have fun when I go here. I will say it is a little pricey, but definitely not bad. The bowling is fine and the laser tag is really fun if you have a big group!! read more

Fun spot for entertaining kids -- laser tag, bowling, ropes course, billiards and arcade. It can get pricey - $19.99/person for all-you-can-play except doesn't include arcade and shoe rental. I think the Monday $10.95 all-you-can-play after 4pm is the best deal. Tue special is kids-eat free. Check out their website for daily specials. FYI Costco has a $100 gift card for $79.99. Also do the email sign-up to get 30min of free arcade for select games ... although you won't get the tickets if that's important to your kids. Honestly the prizes are not that great, haha. They have a restaurant onsite too. For us, it made more sense to buy individual games. Laser Tag was fun ... $7/person. Bowling was fun too, and the scoring system is pretty funny with the selfies. They have the bumpers too if you have small kids, and big screen TVs if you want to watch sports. Cost is $22 for up to 5 people, 1hr game, plus shoe rental cost. For the arcade and video games, my favorite was the VR game ... OMG so well done and riding the roller coasters felt so real. FYI $3.50/person for the VR. We'll definitely back when my nephew's in town ... well actually I may show up to do the VR game again :) read more

love their comic books and there and the dinosaurs perfect I recommend if you like movies.

We took our daughter to Main Event for her 9th birthday, and it was absolutely amazing! Every staff member we encountered was so friendly and helpful. She had the kids chicken tender meal and we also ordered the buffalo wings, crispy chicken sandwich, and they even surprised her with a birthday ice cream scoop. 10/10 recommend and we cannot wait to go back! read more

Main Event Knoxville - Birthday Ice Cream - Bowling Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

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