Level One Bar + Arcade — Restaurant in Columbus

Wish I could give zero stars but I can’t! Let me just start off with this was the worst place to go and definitely won’t be back! Me and my boyfriend came here around 8:45pm on Tuesday night and played some games for a bit all the way up until 9pm without ordering anything, or even being bothered. Then my boyfriend goes up to order an alcoholic drink which he’s above the legal drinking age so it’s fine. When he came back he told me about his experience up at the bar with the rude bartender! He explained that he went up to look at the menu for a few seconds then was approached by the bartender, when he asked about a drink and what it was like she rudely asked for his ID without even explaining what the drink was or to even see if he was going to buy it. Never have I been to a place where you ask about a drink and then is ID immediately without ordering the drink! After all that he got a different alcoholic drink and asked her how much it was, she claimed it was $9.14 but when you look at the menu it says $8.50 so she also overcharged my boyfriend on top of that and over poured. He said the drink tasted nasty, and you can definitely tell she over poured. Then when I went up a few minutes later to grab a pink lemonade, I waited there for an extra 3-5 minutes while she talked to other customers while literally staring at me! Then when she finally got to me I asked for the pink lemonade then she ID me also. I looked at her funny and she said we ID after 8pm unless you have a guardian, I blankly told her I’m 19 I don’t need no guardian especially at 9pm on a tuesday. Now hear me out I totally understand if it was a Friday or Saturday night and past 10pm but never have I been to an ARCADE BAR and they ID at 8pm! Plus there wasn’t even anyone at the door to ID anyways if there was a curfew and it was so dead there was maybe like 10 people in the whole place. So the white lady with black long hair working bar Tuesday night lost out on money and happy paying customers that would of loved to come back, but I definitely will not be coming back or recommending this level one bar in Worthington, OH...

Unfortunately this is my least favorite barcade. Compared to the locations near campus it's far less busy (not necessarily a bad thing) and they do strange delayed timing to the charges to your card if you don't pay in cash, which I guess is a minor inconvenience. The games are cool, although pinball all costs actual money rather than just being free like the regular coin op machines. The staff who was there when I came were not very friendly, and seemed pretty "bothered" to wait on me, and would even carry on conversations among themselves before walking over to the customers waiting at the bar with money out. Didn't feel much like a guy who expects a tip at the end of the night, but God forbid you leave in a drunken stupor and don't clear up your credit card tab, they'll auto charge you a gratuity (although not outrageous amounts), so be sure to clear up your tab if you wanna know how much your gonna actually be spending...

I'd say if your just a local looking to play some games, it's cool. But if you prefer a place where there's a more lively crowd and stays open late, with bartenders who are more polite and attentive, your gonna need to look at the...

Some pretty popular games, a good selection of pinball machines and a couple game systems available on projector style screens so fans of Super Mario Bros & Mario Kart can become fully immersed in the action. I have been to other places with more variety and more spacious layout and there are multiple Level One locations around Columbus ( the Dublin location is SaWeet) but this one is kid friendly on weekends until 6pm so it is an automatic recommendation/suggestion for any parent/watcher of children. Get out of the house, play some games and be reminded of when your life was simpler and joy came from surviving a close call with a pink ghost and a bouncing pretzel, being "on fire" in NBA JAM or putting together a 20 hit combo in KILLER INSTINCT. While I don't spend a HUGE amount of time here when I'm with the youngins, it's a good change up from some of the other kid friendly options that are out there to choose from. There's a movie theatre close by and a couple nice food locations in the general...