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Our first visit to this location, (🎼🔊🎶"We're soooo excited..." music playing in the background 😊! Let me break this down! First, it is hidden in a little cubby hole, that you can only access from outside the mall. Our directions just had us driving right past it. So, we went in the mall thinking we could access it that way, NOOOO! We walked all over the mall, none of the people that worked there could give us clear directions. A suggestion might be to have employees on the inside of the mall at the BIG Dave & Buster's wall in the food court, to direct 🧭people. After walking the whole lower level of the mall, we were finally directed outside, along with about 10 other people, and walked 🚶♂️🚶🏽♀️🏃♂️🏃🏽♀️to the end of the parking lot, back up to the ONLY entrance/exit of the establishment. After waiting in an extremely long line for 10 minutes😟😟😟, we were LOOKED🙄😐😳👀 at by 4 ladies, and their security manager who was standing behind them whispering directions as she looked away in the distance. We wanted to Eat N Play! Well, they couldn't help us. The young lady stated all they did was sold Power Cards! So, we are looking👀 around, like okkkkkk, where do we go, then!? She finally said a restaurant person does that and go inside, because again, all she done was sold Power Cards! So, we enter and the atmosphere is foggy, loud, and filled with people bumping into each other looking for a restaurant waitress, host, stand, wall, ANYTHING! The restaurant stand is inside to the left, tucked away. There were 3 people standing behind and next to the stand smiling and talking amongst themselves. We asked were we in the right place to sign up to eat n play? The first person replied, "We don't have that on Saturdays, right? 🤔" The second person giggled at him, and said, "Yeah we do!" The third person said, "What time is it? We do until 5!" All this to each other!!! Finally the young lady, who couldn't stop smiling and looking at the young man she was working with, asked me our name, my cell number, and how many. I gave her the info and she said it was an hour wait, and we'd get a text! We're standing there like what do we do for an hour!? Our kids want to play NOW! What do we do? So, I said, "listen ma'am, this is our first visit here. Y'all are not very clear nor helpful. Please help me! How does this work? What are we supposed to do!" She THEN explains we could walk around or join the other 30 guests that were hanging out on the wall until our name is called. Then our server will get our Power Cards with our food order. Or if we lurk around and snatch a table as soon as other guests leave, we could seat ourselves sooner, then order, and proceed as she just said! 🙄😮🤯 So, that's what we done, we lucked up and found a seat soon afterwards. Our server was polite and tried to be as accommodating as possible! The server staff was stretched thin! They were being stopped and questioned every step they took! It was so sad! However, we placed our orders, received cards, and we were on our way! Yassss, finally! 30 minutes later our food arrived, WRONG! Keshaun apologized, and took it back to be corrected. Although it was high-pressure, he didn't break. 😉 but the food temperature was luke warm at best. We didn't complain, we just ate what we could and played! Hey, we couldn't all get up and go at one time either because someone would take our table! This was disappointing. So, we all pulled shifts going to play with each other. This was disappointing because my husband works out of town and we were looking forward to family time, while he was here this weekend. But it was too much work here. The staff's, or lack thereof, in the redemption center, attitude was HORRIBLE! Ultimately, I was a disappointed. It wasn't what I thought it would be, at all. We had an okk time, but for the amount of money we spent, it was NOT worth it, at all. 😤😬🤬 I hope to visit again, and be able to write a 5-Star review!!! Come on Dave & Buster's Birmingham, we NEED you! 👏👏👏
Towanna WilsonTowanna Wilson
10
Revu-a-Holic Time: My hubby and I went on a couples dinner at Dave and Buster’s. I was so excited 😆. Why? I use to visit Georgia a lot with my college friends. Every time we tried to decided on a restaurant Dave and Buster’s was the go to eatery. Though, how quickly the times change. How so? It took forever to find a parking space. My guest was 15 minutes late due to finding a parking space. So, my husband and I had to stand and wait. The hostess stated 50% of the party must be present before seating. I did not mind standing and waiting. I was uncomfortable because too many people were coming into the establishment and crowding around everywhere. Once, our party arrived and we were seated. The waitress came over with the menus and started staring at me. I tell you the truth. The waitress kept staring at me and made numerous unwanted compliments about my shades, clothes, and so on. Do not get it twisted. I do take compliments well but she was over doing it. I had to cut her off so we could order our beverages. I kid you not. It took her 20 minutes to bring us our beverages and she still lacked bringing one of our guest his beverage. I did ask why it took so long? She explained that on the tablet she puts in the beverage orders. Next, she retrieve them from the bar. In my mind I was like dang waitress do not go behind the bar and fix beverages🤔 anymore. Back-bar working is obsolete. Next, I noticed people who came in after us were being service by our waitress more frequently than our table. They even got their food before us. I had to ask her what’s the hold up? She stated she would go and check on our food. Soon after she returned with our meal. What was still missing was my guest beverage. I got her attention and reminded her again. She finally brought him his beverage 16 minutes later. By this time, he had already ate his food and just sipped on his girlfriend beverage. Those craving moments to experience a long lost memory has faded. Dave & Buster’s is a bust. Pros: Clean tables Freshly served food at appropriate temperature Meals are presentable and tasteful Variety of dishes and beverages Servers are well presentable Reasonable pricing 💵 Handicap accessible Dine in or take out Menus are clean and align with theme Variety of activities/games Appropriate music selection to listen to and played at a moderate volume. Cons: (1) location in Alabama Traveling distance is not convenient “always traffic” by Galleria Need an area for guest to sit while waiting on party. Also, if the establishment did have a place to sit and wait and the hostess did not offer. I will be very disappointed. Large parking lots leads to limited space. The company should create a parking pass for people to reserve parking space. Restroom area is designed nicely, but due to high traffic it reeks of different body odors. Toilets not flushed or cleaned in timely manner. It’s too many kids. Yes, they may not target children 13 or younger. The company presents this house policy rule “Persons under the age of 18 or 21 (varies by location) may only enter the premises with a guardian who is at least 25 years of age.” Though, it should be an age limit of 16 and up who can enter the premises. No children under 16 years of age allowed to enter. Children running around everywhere and running into people. I cannot make this up. 💆🏿♀️🤦🏿♀️
Sav-a-Holic MomSav-a-Holic Mom
00
Happy with my experience except 1 piece. I was quoted a 2 hour wait on my table so we went to the bar to eat while the teens and kids played and waited on our table. Well the table was ready 20 min later so they transfered our order to the table, waited 45 min for food because it was left sitting on the bar although steps for the transfer were completed correctly. Our waiter checked in several times to see what was happening with our food and notified kitchen staff.. still our food was left unattended and uncovered at the bar so it got cold. We didn't want to wait another hour for food so we ate the cold food.(it would have been a much better experience to have the hot food, despite that Food was delicious wait staff was professional and friendly took accountability for the error and problem even though they didn't cause it 😉 great customer service. The establishment is clean and very well maintained. Food is a little over priced so be prepared to spend good money if you're eating there but the quality its restaurant quality so I didn't mind. {We spent roughly $350 (paid gratuity to both bartender and table server) on food games and drinks 2 adults 5 kids ages 18, 16,16, 9, and 5} If you want a perfectly cooked WELL DONE burger 🍔 😋 ask for medium rare. 3 of the attractions we attempted to play took funds from the card but didn't let us play. We were told it would be put back on the card but we didn't see the refund before leaving so not sure if that takes a few days and we didn't go back to ask. A few games were down but there was still plenty to do. We stayed roughly 3 hours. With the time and money spent we all left full and the kids had a great time. Sorry forgot pictures of the food but it was well plated and presentable
SoulSweets PepeSoulSweets Pepe
40
My Christmas visit to Dave and Buster's was marred by unexpectedly long wait times for the food service (again). Despite arriving at a reasonable time, we endured an astonishing two-hour wait for our order. This delay was particularly frustrating as we noticed many other guests who had arrived after us receiving their meals promptly. My wife, 12-year-old son, and 14-year-old daughter had opted for a simple and presumably quick-to-prepare choice: burgers. However, the wait time did not align with the simplicity of our order. As I compose this review, we still haven't received our food. Our requests for updates were met with vague responses from the waitress, who appeared unable to provide any definite answers or solutions. To make matters worse, after enduring over two hours of waiting, our waitress 'finally checked on our food' and discovered that the kitchen hadn't even received our order. We were frustrated, famished and wanted to leave the establishment at that point, but we were told we had to wait because we needed to pay for our drinks. The inefficiency and lack of communication severely dampened our festive spirits. Encountering such a low level of service at a well-known establishment like Dave and Buster's, especially on Christmas, was disheartening. I have always loved D&B's, but this location desperately needs an effective management team. On that evening, my wife and children went hungry from 6 pm, when we were ready to eat, until we finally got home and had a meal after 9 pm; mind you, we showed up hungry. We wasted nearly three hours without any interaction from a manager or supervisor. Making memories my children and I can share with our friends and colleagues.
Charles SmithCharles Smith
20
We got there fairly early, close to 9pm and they had shut down the other dining area. Maybe for COVID-19 don't really know. We had a 2hr time wait with 2 very hungry kids. We got in line to purchase cards and I wife had moved her mask so the cashier could hear, due to the music being very loud. The cashier was kinda rude and said put ur mask back on. It was kinda rude. We sent another party to go us drinks to drink, while waiting and the bartender would her no. That since we ordering alcoholic beverages we had to go and show ID (assuming 21yrs handing out drinks to underage). So my wife and myself went to the bar wasnt carded and offered drinks with a coke for our son. The lady was nice and said we could order food so we did and opened a tab. While I sat at the bar my wife went go play with our son because if I moved our seats would have been taken. We got our food and that's when our table became available. That was about an hour wait. My wife asked the hostess if we could still have the table and eat there, since we had kids. He said we could but we would have to close out our tab at the bar. So that's what we did. The service at the table wasn't at that great 🙄 " She stated that she was told we were just chillin' and that we was finishing up" so we advised her that no we needed to order more things. She apologized and we got what we ordered. Then we continued our evening. We had a good time! Games was good and no issues with cards. They have no menus so if you don't have a smart phone, can't look at it!
brandon lawleybrandon lawley
00
Great food delicious food great time for kids and adults. I had so much fun with my kids. We stayed for four hours.
caprice ellisoncaprice ellison
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Basic Info
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2700 Galleria Cir Ste 110, Birmingham, AL 35244
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(205) 986-6200
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daveandbusters.com
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Family-friendly chain offering a sports-bar-style setting for American food & arcade games.
attractions: Riverchase Galleria, Rooms To Go, Patton Creek Shopping Center, AMC Patton Creek 15, Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel, Michaels, Jared Jewelers, Havertys Furniture, Imax, Spice World Grocery and catering, restaurants: StarDome Comedy Club, Twin Peaks, Stix Restaurant, Sumo Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar, Cajun Steamer Bar & Grill, Jake's Soulfood Cafe Hoover, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Amigo's Mexican Grill, Saw’s BBQ Hoover, Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q

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