Molly's Arena — Local services in Amsterdam

Every visit to Molly’s Arena is a memorable experience that I felt compelled to share. I realized that it’s not just a place to enjoy some delicious ramen; it’s an entire experience that transports you to a different world. It’s a place where you can indulge in culinary delights, enjoy engaging games, and even pick up a souvenir to take a piece of the experience home with you. Speaking of the culinary side, the ramen is exceptional. You can truly taste the care and quality of homemade noodles, and the portions are incredibly generous. And the sweets? Oh my! Trying to pick a favourite between the fluffy pancakes, the delicate matcha tiramisu, and the delightful espresso with ice cream is an impossible task – each one is simply delicious. What surprises me most is the atmosphere. Even as an adult, the games at Molly’s Arena create a joyful mood and bring out your inner child. I wholeheartedly recommend Molly's Arena for any occasion. Whether you're looking for a place to celebrate a birthday, a fun outing with friends or family to create lasting memories, or simply a place to treat yourself after an accomplishment, this is the place to be. Also, I want to highlight the amazing staff. They are genuinely kind and friendly, and chatting with them feels like talking to old friends. Thank you for creating such a wonderful place; I am truly grateful for...

Here for the Arcade games, did not try the Ramen yet. The games are nice, they have a cool Merchandise store where you can buy OPTCG Cards for the normal price, usually there is a big difference in the price it gets offered in store, but its fairly good here! The Arcade Machines are fun, there is Taiko no Tatsujin which is my favourite but sadly one of the drums does not work properly anymore. Kind of made it disappointing. The same goes for the machine for 3 players on the left of Taiko Drums. The one button is broken and only responds half of the time, making it hard to enjoy as a group as it is unfair. The other games like Tekken are classics. Crossy Road as a Machine becomes boring while youre still in your first round. All in all I wish for more exciting games and maybe a bigger area with less VR? I think it USED TO BE a big selling point to say "hey, we have VR games!! The future is here!" But by now it is kind of boring? I have never seen anyone play anything there. I suggest to get rid of the boring Basketball hoops where you cannot win anything and place 1-2 more (working) DanceDanceRevolution, DanceRush Stardom arcade, another Taiko Drums and maybe other Multiplayer games that make it fun to go with friends. A perfect example in this Arena was the machine like MaiMai rhythm games in Japan, the ring where you slap buttons...

Another arcade for children (and adults who like lighting money on fire?)

They use anime to market this place (do they even have a license to do so?) but there is nothing anime related at all aside from some figurines and an overpriced gift shop.

Came for the Taiko machine which is an extremely old version with speakers you can barely hear, my phone could provide better audio. The hardware is a weird Chinese knockoff of an actual Taiko machine and the screen is pixellated. They have some kind of weird Chinese knockoff (again) version of Maimai which also has such incredibly poor audio that it’s unplayable. The gun on the Ghosts game was broken. The Pump it Up machine isn’t updated/only has super old non commercial songs. The Metal Slug machine is running at like 10fps and is almost unplayable. Overall lack of effort/investment into yet another extremely mediocre and underwhelming amsterdam arcade.

Also came for pancakes but after searching for some kind of sign or menu (since there was a sign with pancakes outside the venue) were told they don’t serve...