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I had a good time at Dave and Buster's, but that was based mainly on the company I kept and not the venue. We went right when they opened for the day, with the intention of playing some pool. We located the pool tables in an area that looked closed off, so we went to the hostess stand to ask. She radioed for help, got none, and finally went in search of an answer our question. When she came back, she said she couldn't find anyone, but a manager would be out to talk to us. We wait...and wait...and finally just give up and go off to play in the arcade area.
All but one of the card purchase machines were rebooting, and the one we could use didn't work. It takes forever and finally gives up and directs us to a non-existent ticketing attendant. So we again go off in search of someone to help. We flagged down a server, who issued us a card ($56 for 375 tokens) and served us a few cocktails (average prices, though my rum and coke was teeny).
And we are off to play some games. About every third game we tried was broken in some way. Either the token swipe didn't work or the game itself was messed up. It also wasn't the cleanest place I've ever seen. They have tables around the place to set your drinks on, but most of them didn't look as though they'd been wiped from the day before (which of course makes we wonder when they last cleaned all the games that germy little kids touch all day).
Overall, they appeared completely unprepared for opening (computers booting, employees not ready to work, soda gun at the bar not assembled, etc.) and not well maintained or managed at all. The broken games were sort of comical after a while, but definitely not in a good way. If you are really looking to do this type of activity, I'd try a different location for sure.
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