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| - Main Event was one of the biggest rip-offs I've ever been to. I went with a friend during their Spring Break promotion. The promotion was $18.95 for unlimited bowling, laser tag, billiards, and gravity ropes. When we arrived, the representative said that laser tag and gravity ropes had a 2 hour wait each. She then stated that bowling had been free all day and we could do that no problem. After shoe rental, the total came to $50 for each of us. We assumed we'd bowl for a bit and by then be able to do the other activities.
When we started bowling, I asked the waitress where the garbage can was and she directed me down the stairs at the end of the ramp. Translation: they don't even have garbage cans at the actual lanes - you have to walk down the ramp and stairs at the center of the alley to even throw food away. We ordered drinks and some appetizers and started bowling. After an hour, our lane shut off. I asked the waitress how to restart it and she went to the front desk and another man came up to us and asked what the problem was. I told him there wasn't a problem - we just couldn't figure out how to restart the lane. He informed us we had to vacate the lane because others were waiting. Keep in mind we've been here for ONE HOUR and the lane next to us wasn't even being used. He said there was now a wait and we had to leave but he'd be "happy to put us on the wait list" which was ANOTHER HOUR. When I confronted him, he had a robotic answer of "I'm sorry for the inconvenience" which was obviously insincere. We had just spent $50 for one hour of bowling and would have to wait at least another hour to do another activity. It was an absolute sham.
The funniest part was the waitress who said she AGREED the place was a ripoff and that if she didn't work there, she also wouldn't come because it was too expensive and not worth it.
Needless to say, Dave and Buster's is infinitely better - better food, better pricing, and better customer service.
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