Arcade Club — Attraction in Great Britain

I'm sorry but anyone who gives this more than two stars has never been to the Bury branch. We've visited Bury as a family several times now, it's four huge floors with so much to do you could literally spend all day there. So when I went to Blackpool for a day out, we booked tickets to go and visit and boy, was this a disappointment. £40 for two adults and a child. There was five or six pinball machines in the entrance with an after burner machine which looked really cool and the staff were really really friendly, I can't disagree with that. But the moment I got upstairs I thought, is this it? It's a very small venue for the price of admission and this is my problem. For the same money, I could have gone to Bury and had FOUR full floors of arcade to enjoy. But this is a single floor and it's a portion of what you get elsewhere for the same price. For £40 we could have spent a few hours in Coral Island or gone down the Piers and played there. I cannot justify the cost of entry when it offers nothing unique that you can't get anywhere else in Blackpool. At Coral Island, kids eat free so that's a bonus too. I can't knock the staff, they were really friendly, though they often seemed to be looking for things to do because it was very quiet when we went in. But we only stayed for about two hours and went home. We had have something to eat and the food isn't quite up-to the bury standard either. My pepperoni pizza had a pool of grease underneath and wasn't very enjoyable all things being equal. All in all I can't recommend this venue in terms of value for money. The staff really need to be credited for being such great people but the actual offering and the cost of entry is way too high. If it was £20--£25 all in, I might not have cared as much. But in a cost of living crisis when money is scarce, you need to get the most value for money that you can and I'm sorry but this isn't...

We visited Blackpool last week as a family travelling with two teenagers. As a result, we spent a lot of time and a lot of money in the evenings in the arcades along the Promenade.

I wanted to try something different and found this hidden gem slightly off the beaten track.

I would urge anyone in a similar situation to visit this arcade - let me tell you why:

🤩 The single biggest difference from every other arcade is that you pay on entry to the attraction. Thereafter, everything (apart from food and drink) is free. 🤩 There is no hidden cost. We never encountered any games that weren't free to play. 🤩 A family of two adults and two kids cost £40. 🤩 There is an option for anyone not choosing to play - an admission fee of £6. 🤩 The arcade is open daily from 11am to 11pm - you can play for as long as you like. 🤩 The arcade is very secure, with one entrance, allowing older kids a little more freedom to explore. 🤩 The arcade is huge, with three floors of games from every era. 🤩 The arcade has a cafeteria and resteraunt on site. It also sells a limited range of alcohol. 🤩 The staff are pleasant, with a reassuring security presence. 🤩 The arcade is immaculately clean, well thought out, and the amenities are all accessible. 🤩 There is plenty of nearby parking, ♿ and disabled parking. 🤩 ♿ The entrance is Accessible and there is an internal lift for disabled customers. 🤩 This attraction was not busy at all, with no wait time for any of the games. 🤩 🎮 For families with GAMERS, this is the perfect destination. This arcade has a dedicated separate area for PC games, PS5, and Xbox. 🤩 The attraction was atmospheric, full of surprises, and very entertaining for all ages.

We spent a few hours here, my gamer son was especially reluctant to leave! This arcade has earned a place on my Top 10 attractions to visit with older children in...

Went for the first time today and really not impressed. Multiple games were either out of order (A VR gun shooter I can't remember the name of and a Japanese game of racing pigs to name mention two), or not working correctly (Toobin had screen tear. Crazy taxi went to black screen while trying to play. Several had none functioning buttons such as Tekken Tag). Finding a staff member to report issues to was like finding a needle in a haystack as the vast majority seemed to be hiding in the staff rooms. Only useful one that was genuinely helpful was a young blond guy with a beard and black glasses. Sorry I didn't get his name. Despite them saying on the website 'children must be accompanied by adults', there were at least a dozen young kids (under 10) running around completely unsupervised screaming their heads off with 2 young boys deciding kicking the heck out of one of the dace machines was better then playing it.

Its also clear that the girl who was on the bar today has never served on a bar before as when my partner asked her for a lager and lime, the girl immediately tries to radio for someone to tell her where the real fruit limes were, rather then realising she meant lager and lime cordial.

All this aside, I was really expecting a wider and more diverse range of games. The majority of retro games seemed to be ones that were obscure even when they came out and seemed to be set up in cabinets that were one player only, despite originally being two player (Golden Axe), and the modern japanese ones seemed to be rather niche too (Piano game).

While other people may have enjoyed it more, its not somewhere I'll be going again, or recommending...