High Score Arcade + Cafe — Local services in Town of Rhinebeck

Made our first trip up to Rhinebeck in many years in September. Had been following the FB status updates as High Score was approaching its opening, and when we heard about Porchfest in Rhinebeck, we had two reasons to visit. We gassed up and headed north.

Cool town and amazingly cool place.

Younger me would have run through a TON of quarters in this place.

It didn’t have my all-time favorites (Time Pilot, Gorf, Star Wars), though it did have many of the games I’d played back in the day. The pinball machines seemed of newer vintage, but I don’t know enough about the category to speak with authority.

The thing I LOVED to see was the clientele. A bunch of young kids...middle school, I’d guess. Playing games and shouting encouragement at each other. The games of this time frame clearly still had the ability to enthrall, and I felt a little validated.

This is a wonderful, clean, family friendly place. Didn’t have quite enough time to spend there, but am already thinking about a group road trip for my next birthday, so we hope to visit again.

Great business and wishing...

I love this place. All the games are awesome and the pinball machines are in great condition. However I would’ve given it five stars, but I drove all the way from Germantown with my daughter with a bag full of quarters to find out that they had a private event during business hours, and that we couldn’t play. I recommend the owner offer private events before noon on Saturdays so those of us that. love this place can come play games and not get turned away after a...

Real classic arcade ambiance! A clean, comfortable, spacious room with a good variety of the classic cabinet video games that I remember and a row of pinball that I noticed had a happy following as well. And they all run on quarters! ATM plus classic quarter changing machine. Plus snacks! It was fun and we'll be back often. Very friendly for my...