We went in there for a few minutes after a visit to a near by park just to play some arcade games. When my 4 year old nephew went to cash out his tickets he said "can I get these" and the associates response was "no". My nephew got very upset because we had just spent 5 minutes figuring out which items he could and could not get. The girl noticed and started to apologize but at 4 years old he just doesn't get people being mean for their own pleasure.
I will be calling the manager first thing tomorrow. I would have raised HELL if my nephew wasn't already so upset. This is absolutely unacceptable! I will never bring anyone back here!!!!
Do not go here! Â We visited the one in Webster, TX. Â This place has terrible customer service. Â We got there at 11:00 on Sunday so that we could get a good bowling lane since we had 3 children. Â I called the day before and told them that we were celebrating a birthday and they said it would be best to just walk in rather than book a party. Â We bowled a couple of games and they then asked us to move from the end of the lanes, which we had requested, to the middle of the lanes. Â I guess since we did not spend extra dollars to book a party, we were treated like second class citizens. Â Also, we ordered food and when after some time we did not receive it, I went to get the food myself as the waiter was standing at the bar talking instead of doing his job serving food. Â Also, this place is VERY expensive.
Review Source:1) I ordered a cocktail from the bar next to the arcades and the sprite in it was flat. When I addressed it with the bartender, he simply said, "you know... That's what other people are saying." He didn't even offer to make a new one. I thought drinks were pricey.
2) Lots of kids.
3) Prizes for tickets are pretty good.
Laser Tag was fun. That being said, Â overall service and convenience was lacking. Â Insufficient wait staff. Â Most areas were understaffed. Â Unhelpful staff in bowling alley. Â LONG line to play Laser Tag or Putt Putt. Â For the price paid, Â could hire additional staff and train them better.
Review Source:I'm a little bit sad; this place is going to run Track 21 (my laser-tag/reliving-childhood-hotspot of choice) out of business.
Ever been to 300 Bowling Lanes? An upscale, high-tech bowling alley that serves drinks and has a more mature atmosphere? This place strives for something similar, except with more ambition and more children running around: laser tag, a gourmet (looking; I did not sample their food) restaurant, arcade games, and "gravity ropes" (will explain later) are all bundled into the experience.
I came with the bf on a Monday night, when they have a $10 unlimited play deal for your main attractions but excluding the arcade games. I think this is the way to do it; not sure what the prices would be like on a weekend night but I can guess that the crowds would be pretty intense.
The best part of my night there by far was the gravity ropes! Basically, you are attached to a harness similar to what you would use for rock climbing or parachuting, and then secured with a cord that hangs from a rack above you during the entire "obstacle course"-- not really, more of a "balance" course. Â The best analogy I can think of to describe the set up is what would happen if dry cleaning became animate and decided to walk a tightrope. It's cool! Really!
I will say, however, that the laser tag at Track 21 is MUCH more fun. At least when we played on Monday, the default set-up seemed to be just two teams, without much option or opportunity for input from the players.  I also didn't see any bases to take down, and the laser  tag arena is so small that it's easy to just get stuck in one place. Not cool!
P.S. their bathrooms are state of the art! LOVE.
I had high hopes for this place after reading about all the fun stuff they offered and the specials they were running. We got there around 5:30 and while waiting for the rest of our party we decided to play some arcade games, which was fun. They had some great happy hour specials too.
When the rest of our party showed up we went and signed up for bowling. After we got our shoes, we were excited to start knocking down some pins.
We were having a blast. It was my birthday so we were ordering lots of drinks, pizza, and having a great time. That's until we saw a little flashing note on our screen that said we had 3 minutes left. There were six of us so we were still in the middle of our game. Not to mention that the balls got stuck and we had to wait for someone to fix that also. Since we thought it was a mistake, we went to the counter to figure out what was going on, since the special was $5 UNLIMITED bowling. Low and behold, there was a time limit that nobody decided to inform us about after we paid over $30 to play. She said since there was a "waiting list" that we had to vacate the lane, and we could not even finish our game. How is that fair? We got there first, had been spending a lot of money at this place, yet if someone comes in after you and wants to bowl we get kicked off our lane and we get put on a list? Sorry people but you should have got there earlier. I believe most bowling places are first come, first serve and since this was my birthday party and we had been planning it, I was livid. After we talked to the manager, he let us finish our game but they acted like it was a big chore to let us do so. We did spend all that money to get through half a game.
Then we went to the bar to get one more round of drinks before we called it a night and stood there for TWENTY minutes waiting for one of the two girls behind the bar to acknowledge us. There were 6 other people at the bar, you would think that two of them could handle it. We were deliberately ignored because they looked at us multiple times and didn't even say a word. I was a bartender for five years and sometimes you have to ignore people if they are really drunk, but we were most definitely not even drunk. We decided to get our tab and leave this place and never come back. I'm just warning you all, if you go here you will be ripped off, ignored, and if you don't have a kid with you they will treat you like crap. Thanks for the great birthday, Main Event.
Not that fun, too many children running around like this is some type of Chuck E. Cheese. Kids screaming for their mommmmmmmmmmmmmies!!
This place is expensive too. Food is pricey, and Bowling is extremely on the high end. This place is mostly for teenagers, children, and parents with kids. Don't think you wanna try and come with the mature crowd because you will be disgusted away.
Restrooms are clean though, and the Laser tag was fun though we did play against some whiny children. Sigh!
I think bowling alone cost me $14, and shoes was separately or it was one ball, shoes, one game for $14 which isn't that worth it. I know bowling trust me I was on my high school bowling team for 3 years, and played in tournaments.
Main Event is too money hungry, and most of the time they love to rip you off without you even knowing. I won't be visiting this high priced alley again.
out of towner visiting houston, dropped in to have some fun with friends. Â BEST. NIGHT. EVER!!! we had so much fun. went in for their unlimited game card night. Â totally worth it. laser tag was awesome!!! liked it so much i emailed them and wanted them to open one where im from. good times!!!
Review Source:music is better but tonight was a hot mess. Â We payed 17.95 for 'unlimited' bowling, laser tag, billiards and golf. Â only after paying did we find out that 'unlimited' apparently means '1 hour'. WTF. Â They hand us this slip of paper saying that they are operating on a wait list due to high demand. Â so we only got to bowl for one hour, and then we had to get back in line and put our name in again......we didn't get another lane for 2 hours. Â we tried to mini golf in the meantime, but surprise! mini golf had a wait. ugh. Â i would have appreciated a little heads up from the mgmt about the situation before i dropped $20 bones for an hour of bowling.....instead of afterwards.
Review Source:My family likes coming here on Sunday evenings until close because of the bowling deal that they always have going on. Â The drinks, food, and atmosphere is wonderful but we noticed something very uncomfortable. Â Around 10:30pm or so, they turn off the air conditioner!!!! Â Talk about a bad hair day. It was crazy hot and humid from 10:30 till midnight and we were already on our 4th game of unlimited bowling. Â We asked someone why it was so hot and he told us that management turns off the AC early so that he can save some money. Â Dude, we are still bowling, eating, and drinking! Â Also we are paying customers in an uncomfortable eating establishment. Â
I'm telling you it was like 110 degrees in there. Â So the next time we go to Main Event, we will request to bowl at the far left lane where there is an electrical plug on the wall and bring our fan from home and plug it in so that we can enjoy a semi-wonderful evening with our kids.
So because I was at the hotel next door, I was intrigued to check out Main Event. Â I'd seen it from the highway I don't know how many times whenever I was in town and finally got the opportunity. Â Games (a really cool 'make your own music video' game REALLY caught mine and my partner in crime's attention!), bowling, a bar, and what have you. Â There was a lot to do but it happened to be a slow day during the work week so there weren't too many patrons running around. Â We didn't plan on doing anything here except to see what this whole place was about but we did stick around for about an hour just to play in the arcade area. Â Plenty of parking too so in case you ever feel like holding a family reunion here, you'd probably get away with it.
Review Source:I have been here a couple of times for kid's parties. The place has some birthday party rooms in the back. There is a big arcade area. There's a neat touch screen based Japanese chef game, air hockey tables and a lot more. However, the games are all pretty pricey per play -- much like Dave and Busters. There is also a large bowling alley. Unlike others I've seen it has a couple of optional dividers that can seal off sections of lanes. The pizza here is really greasy. There is a large pool table area and bar for adults. Overall seems like a cool place geared a little more to adults. Like Dave and Busters, don't expect to go here for a cheap outing. For a cheaper and smaller arcade for kids Mr. Gatti's Pizza on El Camino is an option.
Review Source:I went here for the first time for a birthday celebration. At first glance I was excited to see how much we were going to have.
We decided to dine before we play so we order burgers, chicken tenders, and buffalo wings. Â But honestly there isn't much in the menu. While waiting on the food to arrive we decided to play bowling. $29 a game for an hour. $3.50 per shoes. The floor was sticky and slippery. Â SO BE CAREFUL.
After 45minutes the waitress tells me that they are out of chicken; Â say what? go out to the backyard and kill some and give me some chicken I'm starving. LOL. just kidding but really feed me.
So I had to wait an hour and a half to get my chicken sandwich. Needless to say, I was so famished that I ate so fast that really don't know if it was good or not. Â
Bottom line the food is not impressive and we had better. Therefore, not the best place to dine
Play: Â we had a good time bowling, the music playing was alright. around midnight the place was pretty empty so not bad for a Saturday night. or lame depending how much you like crowded places.
Laser tag: $7 per person; we had a blast. it is so much fun. Â We were the last people to play so we had the whole place to ourselves which it was quite fun.
Due to my fun time with the family I gave it 3 stars.
I just finished hosting an event with a group of about 70 people. Main Event was a really great venue and we were able to secure the room in a short time frame, around 2-3 months prior notice.
The event room was large enough to hold 170 people at a time but even 100 was pretty full. Still, it was a very appropriate place for our event and did not appear to be too crowded.
We chose the cheapest package which served hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, salsa, and drinks. It came out to be around $17 a person and it was totally worth every penny. No other place in the area could host us anyway and everyone here as very accommodating.
For large group events, I highly recommend this place. In fact, we had an error in count of people as we didn't plan for many unexpected no-shows. So our total number of people dropped by 15% on the night of the event. I would have had to pay $100-200 out of pocket, but the manager that night was soooo kind and offered to lower the total cost to just within reach where I didn't have to pony up much more. It was well worth the hassle for that reason alone.
I cannot speak for any other parts of this business, such as the games, pool, laser tag or bowling but it all looked very fun. I didn't see anyone who didn't appear to be enjoying himself.
If there ever comes a time to book another large event, this will be one of the first places I look to. I think you should give it a shot as well. Thanks a ton, Main Event Entertainment!
I went here for the first time and was hoping for the best but got the crappiest experience. Eek! The photos that are posted with the venue on Yelp are FAR from what you will experience here. The bowling shoes looked like dogs ripped them to shreds and they smelled like a maniac.
We ordered cheese fries with bacon bits, a burger, a personal cheese pizza and several drinks...... needless to say - nothing impressed me. Stuff was cold, the cheese looked nasty. The drinks were horrible! It's not like I'm expecting 5 star service at this place - but GEEZ.
At least the waitress was nice! .... but that won't make me come back again. I'll be headed to Dave and Busters if I want to go to an establishment like this.
Not bad, not bad at all.
I went with a few friends on a Monday night, they have (or had) a deal that for $20 you get unlimited bowling, laser tag, billiards, golf and a $10 fun card. Â (I think now you can get the same deal but with a $20 fun card)
We started off with the golf. The glow-in-the-dark course was ok, nothing special. The courses weren't very complex, and the music they were playing was a weird mix of "Kidz Bop" and old disney music.
Billiards were nice, there's a ton of tables, so there was no wait. After doing that for a while we had our first game of laser tag. The place was pretty empty, so we didn't have to wait for a game, but there was enough people to make the game interesting. The laser course was larger than I had expected, and you can let the guys know what kind of game you want to play (ex. Capture the Flag, Team, or Individual points). We played Capture the Flag. Then two more games later in the evening.
We used our game cards on redemption games and the IMAX rides.
The bowling isn't great, it was fine for the night, included in the fun, but if you really want to bowl more seriously, I would go to an actual bowling alley, but it's fine for a couple fun, recreational games.
By the end of the evening, we had the place practically to ourselves.
All and all, I enjoyed my experience. It wouldn't be my first choice in places to go bowling, or mini-golf. but the laser tag wasn't bad, and the billiards are nice, they even have happy hour specials for drinks, appetizers and billiards. I could see myself back there sometime for those specials or to play some laser tag.
Today was our second time at Main Event. Â The first time we went we were in the area and had some time to kill so we gave it a go with our 7 year old boy. Â Today, by choice we drove the 30-45 minutes from inner loop splendor to Clear Lake. Â
Our purpose, indoor mini-golf. Â It was cold and damp outside, and I seriously cannot stand sitting at home all day with kids trapped inside the house. Â I would have been on the news by noon for having strangled my little darlings. Â So, indoor mini-golf. Â
Issue number one. Â You are charging me full price for a 2 year old? Â Come on...really? Â Issue number two. Â I came here to be warm and the AC was on in the mini-golf area. Â I complained that it was cold, but it never warmed up at all in there. Â I think they just laughed me off. Â
We had an all around good time. Â The games such as skiball and air hockey kept us busy for about 2 hours on $20 total. Â The boys shared the play card. Â They won 396 tickets. Â That translates to 3 ring pops and a crappy little mini basketball hoop. Â Crappy prizes. Â Good family bonding. Â
Oh, and my 7-year-old son legitimately beat me at air hockey 7 to 1. Â The little monster has mad skills.
I recently took a fairly large group of international business men (and some women) to Main Event for a social one evening during a week long meeting. For $28/pp including tax we had a BBQ buffet including apple cobbler and iced tea, one and a half hours and bowling plus shoes, and a $10 fun card that we used half of for a game of laser tag. An excellent value in my book!
A lot of the people were a bit hesitant about going to Main Event in the first place since they thought it was more of a place for children to hang out and they were even more worried about laser tag. I received all sorts of questions such as "what happens when I'm hit?", "do we get to wear helmets?", and "how will I know what to do?" Luckily, the manager assigned to our party answered all of these questions and more and was very helpful.
The food wasn't fabulous by any means, but was better than I expected. Before dinner we stopped by the bar during happy hour for half priced drinks and free pool and I was pretty impressed that they have bowling pin shaped Bud Light bottles. I was both surprised and delighted to order a beer and receive a drinkable bowling pin.
I'd say our social was a huge success. Lots of compliments from the partners on how nice and clean Main Event was and how much fun they had playing laser tag and bowling. I definitely recommend this place for some good ole family fun or a business event. It's nice to not take things so seriously for a night and just have some fun.
Another all you can have fun place like Grand Station (see my other reviews) and Dave & Busters. Â How does this place rank? Smack in the middle, maybe a little below that.
They do have laser tag which is one of my favorite things to do, but the concept is quite different to what I'm familiar to. Â It's kind of a mixture between Team Deathmatch and Capture the flag. Â You can still shoot each other but you get twice the points for attacking the other team's base. Â In other words, you are running past actual people so you can shoot a little box in the sky for ten minutes. Â If that's what you're into then go right ahead!
On the plus side, they did have an unlimited everything special which included bowling, pool, and laser tag for 16 bucks. The pool tables were plenty, but the bowling was full the entire time we were there. Â So basically I paid 16 bucks to lose a bunch of calories and come home with a certificate that says I rock because I Â doubled everyone's score in laser tag! (that makes me cool right?) anyway, thank goodness for p90x!
I did hop on over to the bartender to get a long island, which was a grand mistake, but hey I'm still learning who not to trust for standard alcoholic drinks so . . . oops my bad!
Bottom line: This place is a great hangout spot for the locals, but unless you make your own biodiesel I wouldn't drive an hour to go.
I know the help here is young but it's no excuse for the sloppy lack of customer service! We arrived to bowl and quickly hit "B" on the console for service. After 15 minutes, we had to ask someone and she replied that she would "find someone". That never happened. I ended up going up to the bar to order, but one bartender was serving tons of people and it was another long line!
Finally, she showed up took the order and we got the food 20 mins later. She disappeared. Only reappeared to drop off the check. She left the dirty plates, didn't ask about refills. She only came back to take my card and that's it. Sucky!
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble
A long way to go if you live in Houston but it was ideal for a meet with my mates from Galveston. I can only speak about the Laser Tag and Bowling and bar as we never tried anything else. We arrived around 9 and the place was really busy. The wait for a lane was around an hour and all the arcade games were in use with people queuing so we headed to to the Laser Tag.
Way it works here is you get a card and have to put money on it to then pay for whatever you want to use/play. Understand why they do it but it caused a slight kerfuffle amongst our group of ten as nobody could knew how much anything was at that point  so we decided to estimate and just get the one card and all put twenty dollars on to get started. That did it. We were offski.
Registered for the Laser Tag and were told there was a 15 minute wait so we headed to the bar to fuel up. 10 adults full of beer running around with Laser guns in the dark seemed like a good idea at the time! When our time arrive we trooped through the door into the Laser Tag reception to join about twenty or so complete strangers also out to try Laser Tag. We were all sternly told to remove any chewing gum and get our gear on. Although I heard that part clearly, the rest of the 'Introduction' by the 'boy in charge' was delivered so rapidly that it was unintelligible. I could see from the looks on everyone elses face that they had not heard a word either. Luckily the talk was followed by a video which helped. All present were split into a RED & BLUE team in a random fashion and ushered through the doors RED team first followed by the BLUE team after a short interval.
Shhssss.. do not tell anyone else but my top tip is, if you are in the BLUE team then just follow in the last man from the RED team  and join them at the their base. Cos most of the people are strangers then no one would be able to tell which team you are with initially so you can go with the opposite team and stay at the back. When the game starts you are right next to their base and can let rip. Instant damage!!
Laser tag is a madhouse of people running round and getting hot in the dark, most fun i have had with all my clothes on in a long time.
We did the bowling afterwards and quaffed a few more beers for good measure but the downer was, you can't take your drink to the lane. That's pants. Not a bad spot this but bit of a trek. By the time we left to go get sorted it was well after midnight but there were still plenty of people knocking about. Do not know if I would go again. This kind of venue would be a good idea for a YELP event methinks...over to the adminstrators
Can you say, "overstimulated"? Â You just said it in your mind, so say it out loud! Â Bells, whistles, super bright lights, screaming kids and people. Â Did I forget the help? Â Yeah....they suck.
After waiting an hour for the bartender (who totally mf'ed me) to bring a burger, I simply gave up. For the first time in my life, I walked out of a place without a complaint or peep to a manager. Â Â
I listened to the bartender say five different times that she wasn't supposed to be there. Â I guess she wasn't BSing . Â She seemed to want a confrontation, but no, I would not do it. Â I was there with kids, and was not about to give her a day off. Â I hope she's still working.
Please never go here. Â Its the worst unprovoked experience I've ever had in bar. Â Please go somewhere else. Â Do yourself the favor, buy a bottle and stay home...
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