Tabletop Game Café — Restaurant in Columbus

This is one of my favorite places to go with roommates, friends, or a date and I've been frequenting it for years now. The staff are very helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable when it comes to service and their board game recommendations are tailored to your interests and group size. They have a large selection of games to choose from their library and you will leave each time swearing that what you just played was your favorite game, until you have just as much fun with a new recommendation next time.

Their cover charge to play is very reasonable (and if you buy one of their tasty snacks, sandwiches, or drinks it will count as the cover charge) and they have a wide variety of games to purchase and bring home if you like. They even have a game rental service if you prefer to try them out at home and swap them out without committing to purchasing a new game at full price.

They are rarely crowded and have taken good measures of sanitizing surfaces/games and spacing groups to ensure the safety of their guests during the covid pandemic.

My lone critique is their very limited parking which can be remedied by parking across or down the street. The extra minute or two of walking is easily worth the visit.

Please give their business a shot, even if you arent the boardgame type. You'll find something new to enjoy, have a great night with company, and contribute to keeping a worthwhile local establishment open during a time when people are going out less.

I cannot give them a higher recommendation and you won't regret...

Really cute concept. Lots of parking for the other businesses in the strip plaza- not as many for this location. I did ask the dentist office if I could park in one of their spaces since they were closing and received permission.

They have a limited menu- one of the folks with us didn't like anything they offered for a sandwich offering, luckily he ate prior to visiting.

The chocolate chip cookie is actually a chocolate cookie with chocolate- I recommend telling folks this prior to allowing them to spend money on chocolate chip cookies (wait staff description). Disappointed because they were too much chocolate.

The small amount of pretzels for $3 needs to be seriously considered again. It doesn't seem commiserate with other offerings and costs.

The ham on ciabatta was very tasty and the bbq chips premium taste. The $4 bagel with cream cheese was also good.

I would say our server was not attentive. I actually called the store to ask how to order because I couldn't catch her attention, she spent a good amount of time chatting with staff who worked there.

Being that it was our first time, I had hoped they would have explained more about expectations and the experience to us.

I would go back- but have it spent over $50 for 3 people and only 1 having dinner- i recommend eating prior to going or make plans to eat after.

This would be a great place for a large group- if you don't have space...

Good food, decent drinks, and lots of games on tap. Hard to argue a better casual venue for its central location and friendly staff. The only drawbacks it has are that they don't sell many games and they recently started charging 5$ on top of food and drink where it used to just be the latter as long as those costs were at least 5$. The only other real drawback to the cafe is that, while it does have a lot of tables, the booths feel like they don't offer much table space and the larger tables are few and often taken.

Like many stores, you're best served by bringing your own group to play with but unlike many stores, it's not usually too hard to find random people to play something with if you're willing to put yourself out there for it (and suppress your social anxieties/awkwardness). Also unlike many game stores, this one can double as a decent place to bring a date and, on fact, actually hosts a regular "Gaymer" meetup which I'm 85% sure is a social mixer event but I forget.

But really, this is a GREAT place to try some new games for cheap and maybe meet some new friends. Once I even got to play test somebody's homemade game that they printed...