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| - As my boyfriend and I entered the place, there was a slight musky smell. My boyfriend couldn't smell it, but it wasn't a great first impression. When we arrived, there were two waitresses - one with blond curly hair and seems French, another one with colored hair and spoke English natively. We walked around and weren't super impressed - some Xboxes, a Wii, some retro games but no NES. There were arcade pads for fighting games, but that wasn't our type of game. They also had a large selection of board games, but we realized the venue wasn't our style.
We weren't interested in staying long because we realized we could do this at home, where booze was cheaper and the environment was a lot cleaner. Controllers were a bit greasy, and it just didn't seem very comfortable. We played a few games (Ninja Turtle, Killer Instinct) and ordered The Island's Tea (or something similar to it), and a Caesar. They cost $9 and were very disappointing. I've had very good Long Island teas before, but this was very mediocre; nothing special, just enough so they can say they used the right ingredients. The Caesar wasn't on the menu, but it's a simple drink that's hard to get wrong...perhaps they put in the wrong alcohol, but there was a very bad aftertaste.
The service was mixed. The native English waitress was very friendly. She let us see the game collection (standing there to ensure no theft was taken place), but wasn't going to be our waitress for the night. We sat at the retro gaming end and got the French waitress. We had to wait a very long time to get service; I think she said 'just a minute' in French to us. When she served our drinks, she wasn't entirely friendly. She just said '$18' and didn't start a conversation or was interested in us.
Perhaps we're fortunate enough to have kept a lot of our retro gaming collection, but this place has overpriced and mediocre drinks. Although the price includes playing games, the controllers seemed dirty and the whole place didn't seem very clean.
I'd recommend checking it out, but would not recommend staying. It might be different with a small group, where no one has room in their apartment; but save yourself some money if you do have a good game collection.
Amusement 2000, a classic arcade place, is two blocks down. So if you want to do some gaming, they have decent prices (although you use tokens) and a great arcade collection.
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