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| - I wanted to like this place. The idea is great--an old school arcade with a full bar. But the place was both dead and gross. I just couldn't wait to move on. That's never a good sign for a place that serves alcohol.
The location is spacious, but not well ventilated. The floors look clean but every step you take is a struggle to unstick your shoes from the dried sticky spill sheen. I took my $7 glass of wine directly from the cheap single-serving plastic bottle rather than have it poured into the wine glass with someone else's lipstick on it. I didn't want to put my stuff down on any of the available flat surfaces which resembled the same tacky glue adhesive that was on the floor.
The bartender was attentive, chatty, and quick, even though the hostess couldn't have cared less about anything, including getting people tokens to play games (kind of weird since that's the main attraction of this place...), dealing with games that ate tokens, greeting (or even acknowledging) people coming and going. The games were all old fashioned; Pacman, Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, Space Invaders, etc., and a few physical things like skeet ball. It was fun for a moment or two, but there just wasn't a lot of variety. I can't really see spending a whole evening there unless you're super into the vintage games. Personally, I won't be returning.
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