TIME LOOP ARCADE — Local services in Houston

Great place for kids and their parents. Less so if you get around on a cane. Unnavigable if you're in a wheelchair. They have tons of arcade machines, the bit worse for wear. Contra game I really wanted to relive from my youth had a joystick that only understood up or sideways, not the nuance of the diagonal shot. Another game had a stiff button that was throwing me off, and I kept switching characters on a rampage game trying to find controls I liked. They do have plenty of non arcade games. Didn't even look at the laser tag, but they have a pool table, indoor mini golf like the kind you could find under the Christmas tree, foosball table, large connect four, lots of home arcade machines, etc. Upstairs which wasn't accessible by an elevator were tables for table games. I think the food options were limited to vendor machine fair. The guy running it seemed pretty attentive. If your wheelchair-bound, I'm not sure if you can even make it through the front door and once inside it's pretty crowded. Though they do have a lot of stools if you just need to rest. I was there for a friend's kids birthday party so I didn't pay anything, but he seemed to think the prices were decent. And while I didn't use any of them, the place is packed with board games, though not sure how many...

I usually try to promote local community businesses, but struggle with this one. I was treated very disrespectfully. Owner was very rude and dry and insistent that I had to pay for myself and my young 3 yr old grandson, even if we just stood inside the doorway and waited. What are parents supposed to do,...just drop off 8 yr olds and leave them there? I don’t think so!!I’m very sorry but the owner was extremely rude and almost glad when we left to go to another gaming facility 15 min away, that actually allows parents to wait for kids playing games. So sad that an owner would do that to a customer. If he would have explained nicely and acted respectfully, I would have been ok with his rules. It was the way he spoke to me and my 3 yr old that bothers me. Game Preserve...

So this place is cool. But it could use some cleaning. The restrooms were dirty as many have said. I had visted a few times because they have a good warhammer selection. And after that I decided to bring my family. Was fun and I was told I didn't have to pay for my 3 year old. Decided to come a second time with some one else behind the counter and when I asked about not paying for my daughter I got a pretty rude response of "every one has to pay to play". I get it maybe it was a one time thing. But the attitude was not necessary. Also a very rude don't touch that to my 7 year old at the time. Which I did not expect because every time I visited for the warhammer. The guy was pretty cool. Well sadly haven't been there in a good while. Customer communication could...