Great fun spot and it's only $10 per person if you go before 11am during the summer for an all day pass that lasts until 5pm. The pass includes bowling, pool, laser tag and gravity rope. That's a great deal. I feel like going all the time now after finding out about this special. Cool place for a kids birthday party. read more

Occasionally my son (10) and I stop through to shoot a few games. We both grab a strawberry lemonade (they add some sort of purée) and some fries to munch on while we're calling pockets. Today he opted for the sliders which we had to slightly negotiate with the waiter to have it come out with lettuce and onion as well. I ordered the chicken nachos, as soon as they came out I wished I had ordered something else. The appearance was off putting and the cheese and stale chips weren't any better. I feel like I had better luck in previous attempts but I believe they may have changed the item. In addition to that I think there was a birthday party and a high school class trip there as well. I'm not oppose to them playing and enjoying themselves but there has to be some sort of order and it was almost as though the laser tag had spilled over into the bar. None of the staff seemed to notice only my son and I as we paused not to get our sticks hit ever time we attempted to shoot. I know where I'm at, I'm not one of those sour folks but come on Main Event you can do a little better than that. read more

Called and said less than 1 hr wait to bowl. Would not take reservation by ohone. Got there literally 7 minutes later and told 2 hr or longer wait. Teenager behind counter thought this was hilarious. Bathroom was a disaster. Very mismanaged. Don't bother. read more

Place is so much fun but expensive. Would be a lot better if the staff was not so rude and did not hate their job so much

Was here for a group holiday party, the food was good and it was a lot of fun. Lots of different things to do. Gets pretty pricey to play games most are over $1 each time you play. read more

Went here for a work Christmas party. This place is insane. Everything you could ever want. I was so surprised when I walked in and saw the place. Talk about WOW factor. I would normally never go to a place like this. I'm not a big "entertainment center" type person. This place it's definitely a place I would go back to. read more

Hi. I sent Steven an email but received no response. Should I expect a message back? Does he still work there?

Updated: I am very impressed with how quickly this was responded to. I am still at the location and the district manager called me to apologize and the manager promptly came over with a $20 video game card for each of my kids. The response from the district manager was understanding and swift and my kids are grateful for the extra video game time. I updated my rating from 2 stars to 4 stars and we will likely be back in the future. The winter funpass is a good deal for cabin feverish kids, however the staff and management are rude and inattentive. I brought my kids here to beat the winter blues and get some work done. I got the kids the winter funpass and sat at a table in their restaurant area. The staff never came over, regardless of walking by several times. On each table there was an ad for "Buy a $25 gift card, get a $10 bonus card." When I asked about this, I was told the ad expired yesterday (there was no expiration on the ad) and that they would not honor it. The manager stated that they were in the process of removing them, but had only gotten to the sign on the front of the building. The ad was on every table with no expiration, however he was unwilling to honor. I am not one to complain, but any other establishment would have honored their posted promotions. It will be awhile before I come back, if ever. For the money, Dave and Busters or Ultrastar are much better options. read more

Absolutely no organization! Came here to celebrate a friends birthday and was immensely disappointed when people from our group were left out during a game of laser tag, because they let in too many people in that round. The young lady in charge of the game that evening was rude and not in any way helpful. They got 2 stars because of great bartender who was courteous and kept tabs on us throughout the night. Overall i would say it's a really great idea of a place but it needs some staff training asap! read more

We went here yesterday for the first, and last time. The customer service is absolutely inexcusable. When you first walk in there's a kind gentleman to greet you and that's where the courtesy ends. I have never seen such a disinterested staff. It was as if they were all there against their will. They were poorly trained, they had no customer service skills, and they all just.. Sucked. But that is what confuses me. How can every single one of them be so horrible? Is it the training, the manager, the person who hires them? Looking back, I think maybe it is just the fact that this place is so poorly organized and they feel the stress of the confusion just as we customers did. You see, first we went to one counter to buy a pass. Then we took that over to an intriguing looking rope course. We get in line for the ropes course and when we get to the front the kid working tells us that we first have to check in at the counter in the room where the kids redeem their prize tickets. So after we waited 20 minutes for all these kids to decide what they wanted to get with their tickets, it's finally our turn to say hey we bought this pass and we're going to go on this ride now is that okay with you? And the girl says sure I can get you on in about 40 minutes. What the hell? There was no one on the course. You buy these passes in blocks of time so if there's a 40 minute wait, I'm only gonna get on once anyway. Side note re: paying in blocks of time- prepay for 3 hours, 5 hours, I'll do that, but to just say you can only pay for up until 4:00 and yet charge me the full price when I come in at 3:00, makes your already high prices highway robbery. Video games look great, they really do they have some brand new state-of-the-art fun looking game but here's the kicker- one game costs $1.63 to play. Another is $1.88. Why not make them one price? And why so expensive??? It was infuriating. I don't know how the food was because my drink was $3.19 and I was done giving them my money. Overall, the rope course looked kind of neat but this place had not one other redeeming quality and I see no reason to return. read more

This time at main event was so much better then my last experience. I am hoping next time will be the same and I can move my stars up. I like enjoying a meal while we bowl and relax. But an hour is very short. We got the wristbands which was nice but my issue is that you still only get an hour and then you get put back on the wait list. Tonight our server was awesome and asked the manager if we could have another hour because we just got our food. Because the wait wasn't long they said okay. Thank you for that. I just feel that we were spending money by ordering drinks and food that if we are still bowling it should be okay to stay. Two hours to bowl seems more then enough time so I think they should change it and if they do I will move my stars to 5. We also did laser tag and the rope climbing thing and that was lots of fun. So overall we still felt like we got our money's worth for buying the wristbands. It was a nice family fun day for us. read more

(PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST) I had one of the worst experiences in my entire life at this establishment. I truly wish i got the employees name that harassed, and was blatantly sexist to me and my friend. every other employee, other than this man, was incredible and attempted to make our experience great. the employee in question refused to speak to me and my friend directly because, "we are women, and he only respects men". He made threatening sexual advances and made us feel extremely unsafe. he then proceeded to threaten to pull out his penis. i truly wish i could give this place 5 stars because every other employee was incredible but I cannot look past this experience. I have never felt so unsafe and discriminated against in my life. i would never wish this experience on anyone else and i hope appropriate action is taken on this matter. I wish I got the name of this employee so i could file a formal complaint but i felt so unsafe that i decided it was best to leave the building immediately. read more

$1.65 for games? Change it to credits like Dave n busters so I don't feel like I'm getting ripped off. The food is descent but the service is horrible. If there are a lot of people sitting at the bar or the tables they should have some type of system for anyone to notice us. I waited 15-20 minutes to ask someone to take our order. Bowling is only rented $36 for the hour not per game-RIPOFF-. Expect to spend the whole day if you want to try laser tag or anti gravity walk- there's always a waiting list for 2-3 hours later. The only competition is Dave N Busters and Main Event does not compare especially if you have a children's party like I did. My host was excellent but I had only one host getting drinks for 13 kids and 10 adults and it was hard getting refills. I know I will never host a party there again. This place is good if you're by yourself and just want to get a beer. read more

This place has some potential but has a lot of kinks to work out in order to avoid frustrating the customers. Pros: The bowling lanes are very cool! They take photos of the bowlers and put them alongside your name on the screen that shows the scores. And they superimpose the faces from your team onto various cartoons during the game. My kids thought this was HILARIOUS. My kids also loved the interactive video playing on the floor outside the bowling area. I watched jumping on pretend bugs, toppling pretend bowling pins, etc for a long time. They all seemed to love it. Cons: I was able to watch the interactive video area because I waited nearly an HOUR to be helped at the dining table in the bowling area. I think I would *still* be there if I hadn't sought out a server myself. And there was a cluster of people near the entrance to the bowling area, which was annoying and made it hard to get in and out. I don't know if they were waiting for a lane, or just socializing there bc they had friends playing in the nearby lane, or what?? But the staff should have relocated them and cleared the flow of people in that area. Also the process of buying a ticket for the gravity ropes course was very confusing. We waited in one line, then were told to move to the other line, which meant we had to go to the back of that line and start the wait all over. The bottleneck also blocked the entrance to the shop. Let people buy laser tag & ropes course tickets at the kiosks instead! And make sure the staff doesn't ignore people waiting to be served. Also the nachos were terrible. They were served without salsa (?) and so once you got the few toppings off the top layer, you were left with a stack of chips and nothing to eat them with. The pizza was very good. read more

If you're Black or Hispanic don't expect to run a tab. You will have to pay as you go or pay upfront. I wish I would have read the reviews before I wasted my time coming here. The server we had was rude and a liar. The manager wasnt any better. I will never come here again. read more

We paid for bowling and the arcade. We bowled first and ordered food. The employee that was supposed to be taking orders ignored us the entire hour we were there. We had to walk back and forth to the bar and to order our food which was very cold. This is my third time here and all other experiences were ok but we won't be back after this horrible experience. read more

Went out with the family and had a horrible experience! We were bowling and ordered food and were asked to pay for the food before it was brought out. The server said he wanted to make sure we paid!!!! Makes me Wonder if it was because we were Hispanic. I told the manager on duty and his response we do it at bars all the time even though we were bowling and we ordered sodas, pizza and wings! read more

I think the Main Event has a lot of potential. It just recently opened so I didn't expect it to be crazy packed, but there was a decent amount of people there. I love the bowling here! It has a classy Lucky Strike kind of feel with a full menu and bar. The system allows you to take a selfie for your name and score and its very interactive giving interesting player stats throughout the game. Our server was incredibly nice and friendly, apparently she had been working a double shift, but she was so upbeat- you would never be able to tell. We ordered the chicken quesadilla, 2 orderes of garlic fries and onion rings. It was all yummy. The onion rings were more like onion straws - which I prefer and the fries had just the right amount of garlic. We each paid for the all you can play bowling, laser tag, climbing etc wristband which was around $17 and worth it. I was dying laughing from playing laser tag with my friends and a bunch of strangers. I found out later that all of my team was hiding out upstairs, which explains why I was getting crazy shot up by the other team downstairs. They have an interesting harness system that allows you to do tightrope walking and other crazy obstacles over the arcade. The arcade could definitely use more games and I didn;t get to play billiards but I will try next time! Overall, it was a fun night! I hope this place can compete with Dave and Buster's, I would say it's location is limiting since it randomly placed next to the IKEA deep in Tempe. read more

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3 Stars! Yep, that's it. It averages out, well...on the lower side when I round down, and here's why: - The atmosphere is a 5. It has a nice setup and it's still fairly clean (most places tend to become filthy after they've been open a few months). - The life-size games (Connect Four, Ms. Pac-Man) are an easy 5. Old school games bring back childhood memories, and adult for that matter. - Laser Tag is a 2 at best. Give me something to REALLY do while I'm running around a dark room. I think they could've done better here. Wow! - The food...ehh..I'll give it a solid 3, it's nothing to brag about. - Drinks...must I go there? Holy cow! I'm only giving it a 2 due to my Stella Artois on tap! I just had the same rita made 3 times due to the sweet n sour, or lack there of. It's siphoned through the soda machine spray, so you KNOW what that means. Yes! It's watered down with that good ole Arizona non-filtered tap water! WTF?! First two were crystal clear, almost like water. I had to ask was there any Grand Marnier in the darn thing. It was watery, so she took it back. Next one was even worse. Third one, absolutely awful. Shoulda got a Stella Artois on tap to begin with! Man! read more

I've been here a few times but tonight was the best! Wes at the bar was super attentive and made my crazy ultra Bloody Mary mix olive drink perfectly. We bowled and Leah was our waitress. Talk about excellent customer service!! I work in customer service and I would hire her in a second. Thank you Wes, Leah, and Chanel for your exceptional customer service. You guys rock and make us want to come back for our company team builders!!! read more

We decided to take my son who turned 11 here because he wanted to play Laser Tag. We did a Labor Day Weekend deal where you pay 15.95 for unlimited laser tag, bowling, and gravity rope. Mind you on top of the fee for the pass you have to pay about 3.00 to rent shoes for bowling, they do provide complimentary socks if you forgot to bring a pair. Laser Tag- It was two stories and pretty decent to play for 15 minutes. The kids seemed to enjoy it and the adults. Bowling- This had to been my most favorite experience. They have a electronic guards that come up for whichever player you select it for. So for the kids we had them put up and for the adults we did not. This made it convenient for us all to bowl how we liked. Another cool concept was you take three photos and it will appear on the point screen and do little cool animations of your face doing something fun. Gravity Rope- Very similar to whats at Castle and Coaster if you have been there. Now for the most terrible part of our trip and reason for the low score. The food was really good once we got our food and order correct. Granted we did have a large party but I never been to a restaurant and been served so poorly even with a large group. We ordered The Works and they continued to mess our order up. Once they got the toppings correct they still had the size wrong but after waiting over an hour to get my food I did not care I was so hungry. Once the waitress brought the correct pizza she said with a sassy attitude, "Heres The Works with NO MEATBALLS AND NO OLIVES." Then goes to slam down our pizza like we were the worst customers. My fiancee asked for the manager twice and at the end when we were leaving he offered us play cards but we were leaving why would we want to stay after all we went through. They also charge you up front for the food before getting it. I think they do that so once you pay they can treat you like dirt. I never been treated so poorly at an establishment before. read more

The ONLY reason for the four stars was the laser tag. It was $8 for each 15 minute slot.. But worth it. There was maybe a 30 minute wait.. Which was not a problem because we were playing the arcade games. The unlimited card for arcade games was $9.25. With that.. There are some additional rules. You can't play certain games and you also can't receive any tickets. That was a little disappointing, but I was informed before buying it. I would probably come back just for the laser tag. Arcade part wasn't that impressive. read more

My sweet pea has been wanting to go for a while now so we met Sarah H and Dan H here last night for some fun. I got my sweet pea the $10 bracelet for attractions and the $20 game card for $10. We had a lot of fun playing laser tag and walking on the Sky Trail. My sweet pea even "won" a watch and two necklaces with the grabby hand game! My only complaints would be that the happy hour isn't happy at all, just a couple if drinks and no food specials and the bowling filled up with leagues and there was a long wait list so we couldn't bowl and the attractions bracelet included it so I kind of felt like we couldn't do something we paid for. All in all, pretty good though and we will be back. read more

Very expensive on Saturdays. $8 per half hour for pool. $34 for bowling, $4 for each shoe, arcade games are from $1 and up. It was shiny but for the price we can get this stuff elsewhere. read more

We called ahead to see if we could reserve a spot for a party of 9 and we were told there were no reservations so ok fine. We arrived and pay $20 for 3 people and shoe rentals for bowling which was still all good and we were told that bowling was a 1.5 hr wait but thinking we could the gravity ropes and laser tag but everything was a 30/45 min wait but by the time it was your turn for everything else, your lane was open to bowl. So the only thing we could do was play the arcade games which were $1-$2 per game & anyone with kids knows that can get pricey. In the end it was far to much money to get nothing. We got a refund and left - poor flow and needs to be worked out. read more

Took my 14 year old daughter and several of her friends (both boys and girls) for her birthday. We bought a birthday package that included and hour of bowling, a game of laser tag and a $10 game card. It also included a personal meal for each person (pizza, chicken fingers or sliders and a drink) We also ended up adding on an extra game of laser tag for everyone and the rope course. The extra game of laser tag and the rope course were $8 each per person. We were met at the door by our party coordinator, Dana, who was as nice and helpful as could be. She took the kids shoe sizes and food orders, took them to get bowling shoes and then took them to the lanes. They ate while they bowled. They were then taken over to the laser tag and I think this was their favorite activity. There are two levels, lots of places to hide and a couple different game modes to choose from. They then went to the rope course which was challenging but doable. Dana then took the kids back to a table for cake - they provide the plates, napkins, serving utensils and candles. The kids were then let loose to play in the arcade. My impressions: The place is very loud and pretty large. Our party started at 4pm which was perfect. By the time the party was over at 6:30, it was starting to get very busy with lots of older teens and young adults. The kids said the food was good - not spectacular but, good. The party package was reasonable and it was nice to have a party planner with us. My only issue is that they have a 10 person minimum. That means 5 people per lane of bowling. You don't get much bowling in with that number of people. Also, as kids get older, their circle of friends gets smaller so I think a better minimum would be 8. We actually had 2 people cancel at the last minute and we still had to pay for 10 regardless. I think 8 people would be much more reasonable. Both the boys and the girls said they had an absolute blast. I think this is a place were young kids, teens and adults would have a great time. But, I also think our experience was made better by have a planned party with everything organized so there was no waiting - everything was already scheduled which definitely helped. read more

Been here a few times and its honestly just an OK place to visit every once in a while. Don't like the fact that adults and children are mixed. Trying to walk around and play games at the arcade while trying to juggle a beer and trying to avoid all the kids running around on the weekends is a pain. Also the waiting times for bowling on the weekends can get pretty crazy. There's better places for people trying to just shoot pool, or drink and play games, or to bowl at. The gravity ropes are pretty fun though and they do have a nice selection of arcade games, if I was to come back I would just come during the week to try to avoid the big crowds/wait times that come with the weekends. read more

We went to main event in Tempe for granddaughters birthday party. It turned into a horrible experience very similar the what other reviewers have said. Terrible service, incompetent staff. Manager named Mike and others who are aggressive and confrontational beyond any reasonably accepted standards for a family establishment. There are serious problems at the establishment we will never go there again. Neither should you if you value the safety and welling of your family! read more

Came here with my 3 friends to bowl and eat. We sat down to eat while we waited for our lane what he was about 30 minutes. We wanted to get food before we played. The waitress was slow as hell and she failed to ask ME for my order while asking everyone else. It took her 25 min to come back with my friends 2 drinks. The buzzer went off for the lane in 30 min. She then took another 20 to bring us our app. That my friend ordered. The service we got was shitty as hell. Myra was her name I think. read more

This place is fun for the whole family. The only thing is some of the employees don't seem to know a lot about the place. But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt they probably get a lot of new employees. Other than that it's a good place to go. read more

We held my daughter's 6th birthday party here this past weekend, and I'm so happy that we did. The staff from Main Event did everything possible to make the party a smashing success. All of the families had a great time, and it was all so organized and well done. I would highly recommend having your child's birthday party here if you're looking for someone else to take care of all the details so you can just sit back and enjoy. read more

Would not recommend for a kids birthday party. The gift brought for a birthday party was not given to the intended recipient as it went to the wrong birthday party. Main event did not reimburse for the lost gift and even indicated that this type of mixup has happened before. read more

Called to see how long the wait was to bowl and was told 1 hour. Drove ten minutes to main event then when I arrived it was a 2 hour wait. This place lies to get people in the door. A bunch of teenagers working here with horrible customer service. read more

I was so excited to go to main event with my boyfriend! We got there and played some games (overpriced) but decided to go eat. We sat in a booth for at least 10 minutes before the waitress came to say "I will be right with you". Then another 10-15 minutes later, still no sign of the waitress or anyone to even take a drink order. Extremely frustrated, we went to talk to the manager to let her know what happened and that we didn't even want to wait any longer to eat and were leaving. All she said was "okay I will check what happened" and that was it. No apology, no offers to help make the experience better, nothing. I will not be going here again. read more

Fun place, ropes, laser tag, bowling, food and drinks. Went there with our team of Market America distributors. Enjoyed drunks and food but only get 3 stars due to the services. We were bowling and couldnt get a waitress over so we could order food and drinks. Finally got our food but no sauce for our strips and no napkins. Had to ask. While we were bowling the bar came down on the pins and said our time was up. We hadn't finished our game. Who does that? Let us finish our game! Then we are walking away and a employee asks us if we want to play another game. Really? They wouldnt let us finish our game and then they want us to play another one? read more

Our server Brady deserves 5 star however the establishment and experiences was mediocre at best. We had to ask twice to have the bubble gum removed from the lane and when our lane broke Brady tried multiple times to get it fixed. We pressed for service multiple times and got no response. We missed over 20 minutes of our hour limit. Brady was very apologetic however the manager could've cared less. We had purchased the special so we could return at any time to bowl again. That is not customer services. The games are over priced and when I asked to pay the difference so my child could have the small stuffed animal that she wanted we were shot down. read more

Let's see where do we start? How about with the absolute horrible service at the bar. Check that - the entire place had horrible service. It was a chore to be acknowledged at the bar, our server never came after repeated requests, and there were bar glasses and food all over the pool table area. No one picked up after any of the tables when people left. The pole tables and pool sticks were disgusting and greasy everything was a mess. Everything was expensive as hell too. Also while the bar was getting "slammed" the manager is just standing around in the kitchen not doing shit. Don't come here. Horrible service and not worth the money or the wait. read more

I have had horrible service from this place. From the bar not knowing how to answer questions about the gluten free alcohol they have. To just the bartender being extremely rude and by passing you when there is no other ppl at the bar to order. Then when you finally get the chance to order they are rushing you when you ask them about their special drinks. They need to hire personable ppl. That's why it's called customer service read more

This place is awesome! Laser tag, bowling, games, pool. I liked it a lot I wanna go again soon, and the food is really good too

Walked into main entertainment on Wednesday sat down at a table for about 10 minutes and no waiter took my drink order or ask me if I needed help. About three waiters walked right past me made eye contact but it seems that they were more focused on the bar than me and my family party of six. As me and my party decided to get up and go I walked over to the customer service table and spoke with a manager and said hey maybe you should speak with your waiters in regards to there customer service manager acted like I was not important and said yeah I will go head and do that I felt like he was mocking me. To make things worse it was not even that busy but it seems like there were more focused on talking then helping out customers. But no worries drove over to Dave and Busters and they managed to salvage my night. read more