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    Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Middletown

    2.5 (81 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    Estrella E.

    We drove for over an hour to play some claw machines. One of my favorite arcade place. Its a competition who gets the most stuff animal. We loaded our card and tried to win as much toys as possible. I just hate that they don't have any bag to help hold the stuff animals.

    The card I bought because this place is horrible

    I spent 20 dollars and 2 of the games were scames get better at making arcade that other wise is was ok I just am not interested on paying 20 dollars on something that dosent work

    1/19/2024
    Ernie F.

    Woah, the first impression is the huge size and space of Round 1. Walking around, there are a lot of games to choose from, which don't include just arcades, but also bowling, pool tables, ping pong, darts, and even three Karaoke Rooms. They also provide food and drinks as well, with a large variety. There are plenty of tables to accommodate all of that. Birthday parties and events are common, where booking a party could be done on their website and even by calling Round 1, with the location of your desire. The site gives a lot more details about pricing and even packages. Something that caught my eye is how understaffed it is, and also boxes lying around toward an empty area -- at least block it off or something. On the bright side, it looks clean in Round 1.

    Wei S.

    I probably won the most prize here than any other arcade I have been to combine. The staff members were super friendly and didn't mind me asking them many times to get my prizes. I visited here during a week day so it was not crowded at all. I was able to enjoy the place all by myself and my family.

    1:7 Pierretta Hatsune Miku figurine

    Absolutely love this Round1 location! It's a bit of a drive from NYC, but definitely worth it for their extensive stock of claw game prizes, especially popular ones like LINE friends plushies, Miku figurines, Demon Slayer figurines, Jujutsu Kaisen figurines, Rem figurine, etc. These tend to sell out quickly in Long Island's Round1. The staff in charge of inventory here has excellent taste in selecting prizes for the claw games (I spoke with one of the male staff in charge of the closing shift tonight and I was informed that they'll be putting out more Miku figurines & LINE friends plushies later this month!) Being a newer location, they have all the latest VR and arcade games. The staff members are super friendly and incredibly helpful, especially if you're struggling with the claw games. I recommend calling ahead if you have a specific prize or toy in mind; the amusement department staff are very knowledgeable about the toys on display and in the claw machines. If you're already heading to Woodbury Outlets from NYC, I highly recommend stopping by this location, as they close late at 2 AM!

    Bowling at Round1
    Nicole A.

    Absolutely the WORST customer service. POOR staff and HORRENDOUS management! If I could give them a 0 I would. By far the worst customer service I have ever encouraged. The bowling lane kept getting the balls stuck and the bowling manager told us to just keep bowling. After four times of continuing to "just keep bowling" all four balls were spinning behind the pins. At this point we had already pressed the service button and had someone come out to us four times in regard to the bowling lane. AT NO POINT did they say, let's move you to another lane. After we finished our first game I went to the desk and told the man what was going on and asked if we could move to the lane over. He responded with sarcasm and attitude, as if I was rude to him. Which I was not! I learned later that he was the bowling manager! Wow. After switching to another lane where the balls didn't continuously get stuck, our game got cut short. My boyfriend went to see what was going on and the bowling manager said that we paid for two games and we're playing three. My boyfriend said we've only played one, this is our second, and the manager said "you're a liar" ... things got pretty escalated from there. Involving security and the manager of the whole Round1. The bowling manager was trying to say that because we reset the score, only two people out of four had bowled, that counted as a game ... the only reason we reset the game was because the lane was NOT WORKING. BUT AFTER EVERYTHING the manager did come over after NOT TO APOLOGIZE but to hand us a free game of bowling ticket... as if that made us for this experience. Safe to say we will not be returning.

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    Kurt P.

    I love arcades, I love claw machines, and I want to love Round1s. This is the fourth different Round1 I have been too, it's not the worst of the bunch, nor is it the best. There are a few things that you need to know about Round1 before you go there. It is a Japanese style arcade. They have a lot of claw machines set up in ways where you have to win to get the prize. The prizes tend to be better than you get in a normal arcade claw machine. They also have a massive arcade section, bowling, karaoke, and pool. The down side to all this is it's very expensive. This is not the type of arcade you can spend $25 and have a good time. My biggest problems with this location in no specific order were, the staffing was low and it was hard to find anyone to help, and since you need staff to get your prizes out of the machines this sucks. Way too many of the Arcade games were broken and non functional, I lost count how many I saw. The prizes in some of the games were cheaper and more generic than I am use to seeing in other Round1s. Overall I had fun and will be back if I am in the area, but I left disappointed that the experience could have been a lot better.

    Shawn P.

    Just did karaoke, but had a great time. Did two hours. Next time we'll start with four hours!

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    Jeffrey H.

    I love arcades this has to be my opening statement. Now you include in that Japanese cabinets then my friend you are in for quite a treat. Imagine if you will Dave & Busters minus screaming children, strange odors and machines that have "stuff" all over them. I have to say the vibe is totally different here as it's based off a concept that is Japanese in origin. Walking in you see the pool table area a bunch of sports arcade cabinets, Karaoke rooms, the table tennis area, bowling the bar/food/points counter. Then as you walk in further you see more ticket games, racing, music, rows of crane games, and ski ball. As I began it is a Japanese concept so to my joy most of the games were actually in Japanese so I could only guess what they were telling me. But with games as modern as Tekken 7, rare gems like Capcom vs Tetsunoko (Sp), a castlevania Light gun game where you use a whip it is a mini gamer nirvana for me. I walked in about 8pm closed the place down at 2am didn't even feel the time pass. They sell 1.99 draft beers, basic pricey bar food and there is a diverse amount of things to do. Do note to get the black card to start you on your way to earn a stamp for every $10 you spend gets you $1 off and goes up with each use. You have to show it to the cashier first or else they won't give you your discount. All in all I bowled, played many games and didn't have a single cringy moment with a child shoving in front of me to get to a machine. Hands down recommend you check it out.

    Betty L.

    This place is ridiculously large. It's like a giant casino for kids. Instead regular slot machines and card tables. This place has a bowling alley, pool tables, ping pong tables, karaoke rooms and so many games. Instead of winning cash you win stuffed animals and tickets. You cash in winning tickets for prizes at the victory zone. Great place for families to spend the day.

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    Ask the Community - Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Middletown

    Do they take reservations for Bowling and/or Karaoke or is it first come?

    I've only been there one time just passing through on my way out of the mall but there appeared to be rooms that had parties going on so I would imagine that you could do the reservations. Obviously you would need to call them to confirm or check… Read more

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    Review Highlights - Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Middletown

    My family and I had the best experience spending our day bowling and shooting pool at Round One.

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    The Switch Inn

    The Switch Inn

    3.7
    (21 reviews)
    2.3 mi
    $

    It's kind of a dive bar, which isn't unexpected as it's not in the best part of Middletown;…read morehowever, it's actually got pretty good food. The server was very nice, the guys hanging at the bar left a little to be desired lol but it is what it is. I got the French Onion soup, very tasty and the buffalo wings, they were large not tiny like some places and very juicy. My sister got a burger and said it was good and the fries were good not like those that stick together, the good kind. We went early evening on a Monday so it wasn't busy but I'm sure when they do events it probably gets packed as the dining area is small.

    Google for some reason won't let me post this; it was written with that site in mind…read more If you're going here to revel in the antics of Samantha and the other cute barmaids, read no further; it seems like you'll have a good time. If you're coming here to eat, though, read on. I was part of a 16-set whose reservations were made *three* days earlier for 11 a.m., when the Switch opens for brunch on Saturday mornings. About 14 of us showed up. When we entered, we were told we had the back space all to ourselves ... only to find the tables had not been arranged for such a large group. We helped the staff, which is to say one of the attractive young women probably among those mentioned by name in many of the other reviews, put them together--by which it would be more accurate to say we did it for her. Said waitress was the *only* person working the *entire* front ... there were a few other people near the bar. And none of the cute barmaids. This young woman had to do *all* the waitservice *and* all the bartending. There is absolutely no excuse for letting this much service fall on the head of a single staffer with this much advance notice. They had *three days' notice* that they'd have a big table at Saturday's open. That's more than enough time to get someone else to come to work. That they did not suggests that someone was too busy writing emoji-laden one-word responses to Google Reviews to let this be brought to his attention, or that it was and he didn't care because he needs a little help making this month's boat payment. If this had been the only problem, I'd have left a generally favorable review. But instead, it got worse. A friend in the group who has plenty of restaurant experience themselves and noticed these same deficiencies ordered some iced tea with his breakfast--only to be told there was none available. Uh, OK ... these things happen. Immediately afterwards, I ordered coffee. A few minutes later our cute barmaid returned, and said with some evident surprise that ... there wasn't any. Really? On a Saturday morning when you advertise and serve an extensive brunch menu, you have somehow forgotten to restock something so basic? This is Restaurant 101. As my omelet was being prepared (it was good ... the food is the only thing that got a star here), the same cute barmaid came bouncing out to inform me that ... there was no whole wheat bread to toast for the side I had ordered. Would white be OK? Yes. But I was beginning to feel like the Switch's business model was the cheese shop in the Monty Python sketch, and did something I would never have imagined myself doing before: announced loudly that that would mean another star off the Google Review. I guess Mr. Owner was too busy keeping up on *his* strategy of responding to every single review in order to intimidate people from posting what might be more generally bad experiences from which lessons might be learned to actually check his stocks, much less order more (However, maybe there's an upside to this ... if people want to shoot each other in the future, there won't be any bullets available). And while this experience was not the fault of the cute barmaid, who I should say I still tipped (albeit modestly), since she was indeed polite and charming and (importantly) apologetic the whole time, especially again given that she had to do all the front-end work by herself, she did make one significant error my restaurant-veteran friend noticed. Another of our number had his drink delivered without the lemon wedge that was supposed to be in it. She (yet again) apologized, and came back with several lemon wedges to choose from ... held in *her bare hands* when they should have been in a bowl or on a plate. This is an actionable health-code violation, and the only reason I'm reporting it here rather than to Goshen is that, for all the aforementioned reasons, I don't want her to get into trouble and get fired. When I told my wife about all this, she said that a) she would have stormed out and gone to Dunkin' Donuts (which, for her, is saying something) when the coffee wasn't available and b) $14 for even a well-made omelet was way too much given this display of incompetence. So, Mr. Owner, if this the "trying our best" you bragged about in your response to one of your other dissatisfied customers (and FWIW it seems like those reviews have become more common in the last year or so), you are falling far short. As Yoda told Luke, "do, or do not ... there is no try". Maybe you should consider hiring someone to actually run the house and just limit yourself to being the social-media manager you have clearly always wanted to be. The Switch Inn? It should be Asleep at the Switch Inn!

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    Volume Up Karaoke

    Volume Up Karaoke

    4.2
    (74 reviews)
    47.9 mi
    $$

    Came in for a mini celebration with some family. We had a booking ahead of time. We had a…read morereservation for 5 that a family member has booked for 2 hours. We hit some traffic on the way, which made us about ten minutes late. They strictly specified to come on time to the reservation. Regardless, employees were accommodating towards us as it was a very busy weekend. Regardless of when we arrived, we were fine still paying our full time. As soon as we paid, we were brought over to our room. On the way in, I was shocked to see many very large rooms to accommodate big parties up to 20-30. I also noticed a chicken restaurant connected to this place. Once we entered our room, I saw menus for their food. This made sense; I would assume they partner to sell the product of the chicken place. Aside from that option, they do allow guests to bring their own food and drink. We had a dinner reservation after our karaoke, so we just bought a few snacks they were selling at the front area. In terms of our experience, the room and system were easy to navigate. Pretty similar to any other karaoke, you choose your song option from a large book of different selections. You type in the respective code for the song, and it plays the background and lyrics for you to sing along. I was also happy to see disposable covers for the microphones to keep things sanitary as you hold them so close to your face and mouth area. We all had a great time during our experience. They had a very good selection of songs from a wide variety of artists and years. Two hours in this room was a little long, but that was something in our control. I'd say the golden amount of time at a place like this is an hour. Regardless, the price for 5 people came out to $20 per person. I think this is very fair compared to other karaokes and considering we had a two hour booking. Overall, I really have nothing negative to say about this place. Not only is it super fun and clean, but it's right around the corner from the Main Street of K-town in Edgewater. It's a great place in proximity to awesome restaurants and activity options. I'd definitely come again.

    Came here for karaoke on a Thursday night. The guy at the front desk was very nice and even gave us…read moreextra minutes, which we appreciated. There's also a large parking lot out front, so parking was easy and convenient. The rooms themselves were decent, but the karaoke setup definitely felt outdated and was harder to use than expected. There were two ways to select songs: using the Korean karaoke system or a Samsung tablet connected to YouTube. We ended up using YouTube, but the system was frustrating to navigate. The tablet had a thick film over the screen that made clicking difficult, and searching songs had to be extremely specific for karaoke vibes (for example, typing "Love Story KTV" instead of just the song name). It was also inconvenient trying to queue songs while someone else was singing because you had to minimize the current video to search the next one, making it hard for the person singing to follow the lyrics. On top of that, every time we tried adding songs to the queue, it would accidentally click into another video and cut off the current song mid performance. A lot of time was wasted just trying to search and add songs. It would be better if they allowed Bluetooth connection to personal devices instead, so adding songs would be more efficient, just a thought...

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    Inside the room - nice size rooms. BYOB
    Inside the room - nice size rooms. BYOB
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