If you are thinking of going to Dave and Buster's to entertain a child (or grandchild) between 5 and 10 years old, this review is for you.
Although Dave and Buster's has food -- the downstairs is a regular sitdown restaurant -- the food is mediocre comfort fare. It's not terrible but it is nothing I would want to go out especially for. For example, the burger was a half-pound patty of decent meat, with a slice of onion and a slice of tomato, and it tasted pretty much like any other burger. The sweet potato fries were not crisp.
Upstairs is an extremely noisy area with a collection of electronic games, most of which dispense tickets which you can cash in for prizes. You know the kind of place I mean. Dave and Buster's differs slightly from the norm. For one thing, the machines are in good repair. The prizes are all mid-range (it will cost you typically $60 to get a 10-inch stuffed animal), with no super-expensive things that you have to mortage a small home to win. But you will recover only a small percentage of your expense in the value of the prize, so it has to be considered for fun only. For my party, including a child, it was not that much fun. I will spend my entertainment money elsewhere.
HINT: Wednesday is the time to go if you want to play the games - they are half price. Even at half price, a typical game still costs $1.