Decent family fun...nothing too spectacular to be honest.
Kids will enjoy it because they have a lot of arcades, pool tables, laster tag, good bowling lanes, and more.
Only reason I don't give it more stars is because there honestly is nothing unique or breathtaking about this place.
It also can be a little pricey so be sure to go on days where they have discounts or find coupons online.
I've been to the Main Event in Grapevine, Texas as well. They are very family oriented and fun. I am not a fan of the arcade - I wish they would update the games they have for kids. Â I love the laser tag!!
We ordered a pizza and it was a little too greasy for me but good. The wait staff was a little hard to find every now and then but we had a good time over all.
Will NOT be using them for an event ever again.
Let me start off by saying, the people who sell events are really great and helpful and you receive good service up until the day you're supposed to show up. Then you get there and a have an awful experience.
I scheduled a work party there just this last Saturday evening for 35 people. I purchased the package where you get a private room with a buffet of your choice for an hour, followed by an hour and a half of bowling, then an hour of an activity of your choice (which I thought was awesome bc some of the group could go play laser tag and some could play pool or shuffleboard) and a $10 game card on top of that.
When we showed up, we were shown to the private room where a VERY mediocre barbecue buffet was being set up (I swear, the brisket looked like it was boiled- ew). For those that came in a few minutes after we were shown back, they were just kind of pointed in the general direction of the room and ended up wandering around for a few minutes until they found someone in our group to help. The hour and  half of bowling went off fine. Then, when it came time to choose our next activity, things kind of fell apart. A few of the kids wanted to play laser tag and myself and a group of 6 others decided to play pool. I found out, when it was time to turn the pool balls back in, that they were trying to make us pay for the pool and had made us pay for the games of laser tag! The man that I spoke with was very nice and reasonable and took care of our games of pool, but had no additional information because the people that scheduled me weren't there and we couldn't get in contact with them. Plus, we ended up paying for the games of laser tag that were supposed to be included in the package. Sketchy.
Also- the bartenders were AWFUL. I realize that, if you are working at Main Event as a bartender, it probably means you're not a good enough bartender to work anywhere else. That being said, every single time I went up to the bar, I waited AT LEAST 15 minutes (people tend to exaggerate on here- I'm being 100% honest) to even get my order taken and the last time I went up, the bartender helped 3 different groups before me that had walked up to the bar after me.
What. a. mess.
I had my daughter's 3rd birthday party here and everyone had a blast!! Our host was super sweet and kept me up to date on how much time we had left for anything like when we were bowling,eating ect. My bill come out to be a little over $300 but it was well worth every bit of it. I just wish we could had more time in the private room while we were doing pizza and cake but other than that i have no complaints.Fun place and super nice emplyees.
Review Source:Review is for bowling -
Their regular prices seem a little nuts...but right now they've got a deal for bowling and other stuff for $5 per person unlimited bowling. Â Shoes are $3.50 more.
The problem is that it gets you one hour at a time...and if there's a wait then you have to go back to the end of the line after your hour. Â Still a pretty good deal.
No smoking inside which is great...but there will be plenty of kids around. Â Free refills on soft drinks. Â They've got other games but I wasn't much paying attention to those areas.
On a Sunday afternoon..it was a 40 minute wait for a lane even though they had several lanes not running... Â After we finished our hour...the line at about 5pm was 1 hour long so we didn't stick around. Â Â Still was fun. Â They turn on the black lights every 2 hours for a little while. Â
Ranking (disregarding prices): Â SplitsVille then Main Event then Plano Super Bowl then AMF Richardson.
Overall we had a pretty good time until the end of our adventure...
I took the kids for a round of bowling, video games and laser tag.. oh yeah.. and lunch :).. We went on a Sat. around noon. There were very few people there. Bowling was great no crowds.. so no pressure.. spent a little over 40 bowling (1hr with shoes for 3) and bought lunch (around 30 something). Then onward to Laser Tag.. Great game they split us up in 3 groups. The kids had a great game.. wanted to play again... lol.. everything worked and they did a great job explaining the rules and process.. Onward to playing games.. I gave the kids each a 40 dollar card.. and they played games for about an hour or two. One of the kids was specifically focusing on the "ticket" redemption games, and won a couple thousand tickets... Time to leave.. lets redeem our tickets and get outta here.. !!!
Wait.... the "gate" is locked.. is it closed??? with two kids in tow.. desparately wanting to trade in their new tickets for "high valuables.." like candy... lol we searched for an employee... "is the redemption center closed? " we just spent 2 hours winning tickets... He looked at me and the kids.. Â "was there a lock on the gate?".. I looked at him and said.. "yes".. Â "well then..I guess its closed.. come back some other time"... Â WTF... Really? so you let these kids spend 80 bucks on ticket games only to have the redemption center closed.. and then... even when confronted with the situation.. you still dismiss it???
We had a great time and spent a decent amount of money there last Sat. I certainly had a good experience except for that last "rip off" part. I usually take the kids to Dave and Busters in Frisco.. You can be sure, I'm not coming back here.
Fun day of video games, pool and bowling. Some of the games are a little old but hey I'm an old kid so that's fine, plus I don't' know what all the cool games are these days. A little on the spendy side and the food consisted of your typical bar food of wings and pizza with some burgers and sandwiches. Its a fun get away for a really hot or rainy day.
Review Source:There is a lot of fun to be had here. The bowling is pretty expensive but fun nevertheless. The arcade was average. The games were really old and out dated. They do have full and billiards which is cool but I never got a chance to play it. Downside is that there are a lot of kids and teens running around.
Review Source:We only went for the bowling and it was fine. There was a waiter who was very attentive and gave good service and assistance for us. It was happy hour when we went so the buffalo wings we ordered were half off. The wings were also pretty tasty.
It was the first time I took my 2 and 3 year-old bowling so I was very pleased to see that they had kid-friendly equipment to help with their bowling. There was a stand that you could use to put the bowling ball on to allow the ball slide down so that the kids can bowl without having to throw a heavy ball. You could also choose for the kid's turn only to have gutter stoppers. I was impressed.
For pricing, it was pretty steep and they time you for 1 hour down to the minute. So that's the only downside.
Not one staff member was friendly or so much as smiled while I was there with a birthday group. Â I don't know if it was the fact that we were there during busy peak hours or what, but the bar service was AWFUL. The guys working at the shoe counter were impatient & weren't shy about showing it. Â Not to mention it's almost $30 for 1 hour of bowling & the game cuts you off at EXACTLY 60 mins, doesn't matter if you have 1 turn left or not. I thought it would at least be better when they turned the lights down, & had the glow lights going. But they never turned on any music & instead just left every TV blaring & on a different station. Â The staff were rude, unconcerned with their patrons, and lazy. Â I'm always appreciative of anyone who is in the service industry & I am by no means a demanding person, but this was unacceptable even for me.
Review Source:Went here for a Birthday party for my kids' school friend.
If you like the arcade games at Dave and Busters, then you'll like the arcade here. I don't and I didn't, sadly. Not much of a selection for people who don't like shooting, racing, or ticket games.
The bowling was as good as bowling could be. Nothing special, but nothing bad either.
If I had to pay for the experience, then I'd probably have rated it a 2 for value alone.
Ugh. You could have a MUCH better time playing Wii Sports bowling at home. For twice the price of seeing a movie (with concessions), bowling at Main Event is a gigantic rip-off.
First, our lane stopped setting pins 3 frames into the game. We went and found an employee (do they not hire anyone over the age of 17?), who said she called it in and the mechanic was working on it. 10 minutes later.. still not fixed. At least they added more play time free of charge.
Once the pins started working again, we bowled a few more frames and then the ball return became stuck. I was like, are you serious? We found another employee, who again called it in on his walkie-talkie and said the mechanic was working on it. More play time added. I asked if we could simply switch to a different lane (it wasn't busy and there were several empty lanes nearby). Response? "The mechanic is working on it." Uh, ok..
10 minutes later, they switched us to a different lane. What a genius idea, I wish I had thought of it! Oh, wait. I did. 10 minutes ago.
The second lane had no problems, but I was pretty frustrated with the lack of proactive customer service. I also saw the teenaged workers running around asking each other what to do about our situation. No managers, apparently.
Yes, it's really cool when they turn on the black lights and the disco lights and everything is shiny and glow-in-the-dark-y but it's not worth the overpriced rates or receiving customer service from 16 year olds.
We took a friend here for his birthday this weekend. We quickly realized that this is a Family Oriented Place with a nice Bar. We went in around 10:00 pm. SO most of the families were leaving. So we decided to stay and have fun. They have around 40-50 bowling lanes and around 10 -12 billiards tables. Its a bit expensive during the weekend. $29 per bowling lane per hr instead of the regular $19. But that is quite understandable. I don't think I will go back here. But if you have kids, this is definitely a fun place.
Review Source:Sitting around wondering what in the world to do mid-week. Why not go bowling. Always hear about this place but never going there i was really shocked by the fun i had okay okay maybe it was the drinks to. Here there is pool,laser tag,video games and yes a bar. Seemed like a high school hang out to me but that didn't bug me since our lane was away from the young ones. Had a blast bowling with a good mix of old school and top 40 music playing all around with the added after dark glow going on. With the kitchen closing soon and the bar open we ordered some drinks and had to be cut short only due to lack of food. Wouldn't mind coming back here for the discount Mondays
Review Source:Main Event reminds me a lot of Dave and Buster, but a little more family oriented. Â There's is an arcade, though most of the games are pretty lame and overpriced. Â Laser tag, which is fun if not somewhat dated, I honestly tough Laser Tag came and went sometime in the mid to late 80's. Â A word of warning for anyone with Asthma or kids who have Asthma, you might want to skip the laser tag. Â They put some sort of smoke or chemical in the air, it had both me and my friend coughing. Â
They also have bowling with all sorts of bells, whistles, and crazy lights as well as Billiards. Â They have a full bar, not just a few cocktails and crappy watered down beer. Â The food is basic, snacks stuffs and bar fare. Â The sad part is, the food sucks, and the service is inept. Â I was with a small group of friends we placed our food order and waited, and waited, and waited. Â Finally after like 20-30 minutes we asked where our food was and they had lost the ticket. Â Eventually we get our food, a quesadilla, some cheese sticks, and a giant pretzel. Â The giant pretzel was hard and stale, there was almost no cinnamon sugar on it, ate a few bites and tossed it. Â Total waste of money food wise. Â My advice is eat before you get here.
Disaster after disaster almost ruined my daughter's 8th birthday party. Â Bowling started 10 minutes late on only two lanes instead of three because they couldn't turn on new lanes; by 5:20 (the party started at 5), I had three bored boys, one boy crying because he hit himself in the face with a ball (don't ask), & 7 girls yelling and screaming because the computer kept skipping bowlers. Â
Then THOSE two lanes died a miserable death at 5:30.
There are a few things that keep this from being the dreaded 1 star review: 1) we've been to this place several times and enjoyed ourselves; 2) I drank two double Jack & Cokes; 3) the two teenaged party "helpers" really tried their best in a bad situation; 4) the manager gave the kids extra game cards when bowling died 5) at the end of the night, he only charged me $27 for the rest of the party (I had already prepaid $119) instead of $150.
They have a ton of weekly specials, so hit up the website before you go. Â Big tip, never go on a weekend!
Main Event is a hodge podge of arcade games, a bowling alley, laser tag, and a bar. I love there is a bar here.
This is not the usual place I would go, it's family orientented, there's a lot of kids running around, and it's in North Plano. However, I did enjoy myself. I sat with friends at the bar and had a few drinks, then I destroyed them in a game of bowling. My friend's little brother had a field day in the laser tag room.
Everyone around us seemed to be having a good time, and the family bowling next to us was really nice. The bartenders were good, and the drinks were pretty cheap.
I would suggest going to Main Event with a group of good friends on a night they have a discount, and checking it out.
It's a pretty cool place to just relax and hang out with friends when you don't have anything to do. I personally like hanging out at the pool hall. They usually play the kind of music that I listen to as well.
Haven't really tried their bowling allies yet, but from what it looks, you can have a lot fun bowling here also.
As for the arcade area, I have to admit, they have some weird games there... Not a lot in that area really have me interested.
Overall, great place for family and friends! Tons of stuff to do!
It's Monday night madness! Â
How much is it for unlimited billiards, bowling, laser tag, and shuffleboard? $10!
How much is it for unlimited arcade games? $10!
Do they have beer specials on this night of madness? Yes!
Are you going to have fun? Yes!
They've got plenty of tables for pool and they're all nicely taken care of.
The bowling lanes are kinda crappy. They don't put enough wax on them. When I throw my curve balls they catch to fast and end up curving way before they even get to the pins, so you'll have to do some major adjusting. Laser tag is way fun. They have 2 rooms for this. One is a large single level room and the other is a large multilevel room. The multilevel room is the bestest! The arcades are cool too, they have all types of games and I'd think their selection is very comparable to Dave and Buster's. The wells drinks at the bar seem to  be strong according to some of my friends, so tip well! As for the beer specials various domestics were $2 or $3 dollars and I think imports are a little more like always.
If you ain't got shit to do on a Monday night, this is the place to be!
This is a great place for family or a group of friends. Â They have so much to do here. Â They have tons of pool tables, bowling, DDR, drum machines, a million crane machines including the GIANT CRANE which cost $2. ski ball, hoops, laser tag, deal or no deal, and many more fun arcade type games that give you points that you can use to buy prizes from their vast collection. Â They have a bar too for the adults and a great little "restaurant" with everything from big burgers meals to fried pickles to some tex mex fare. Â We just wanted a snack, so we shared some glorious fried pickle spears which were served with ranch dressing. Â They were crispy and still crunchy. Â The batter even had dill weed in it. Â Yummers! Â Upon the cashiers reccomendation, we also ordered the breadsticks. Â You can get these with either spicy cheese sauce, garlic butter or marinara. Â The breadsticks were devine! Â I never thought I'd really say that about a snack stand's breadsticks, but these were golden brown and crunchy on the outside and soft and very warm on the inside.
The lights on the games are mesmerizing and will make you feel like a kid again. Â But then again the whole place kind of has that quality to it. Â When you first walk in you notice the colorful balls and squish toys in the crane machines then the nice lit up lanes with thier pink, green and blue bowling balls. Â It's a fun place to go and unwind and forget about adult responsibilities for a couple of hours
The games only take game cards. Â They have machines that you put money into and you push how many cards you want from the amount of money you put in. Â If you have 4 kids and you put in $20 you can give each kid their own card with 5 each. Â The cards are reloadable and you can register them too. Â You slide your cards through a credit card like swipper on each of the machines. Â The machine will deduct the amount from your card and also put any points you win onto your card. Â They also have a machine where you can check your cards balance and how many points you have. Â
The only real complaint my stepson had about this place is that one of the machines he really enjoys wasn't functioning properly.
Tuesdays are half price days. Â Check out thier website for more details on their great specials and deals. Â We will definitely be going back. Â Have fun!
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