Emporium Arcade Bar — Restaurant in New Orleans

This past weekend I got married and held my wedding after party at Emporium. The entire night was even better than expected. Throughout the planning process, Thomas and Chandler were very attentive and answered any question I had and they responded to my emails so quickly. For the party they even created a frozen cocktail for us and everyone who attended couldn’t stop talking about how great our drink was. most of the night they played songs from the cure, joy division, and others that made our little group of misfits dance as hard as we could. all of the arcade cabinets were in top shape and everyone had a ball playing games all night.

10/10 experience. emporium is definitely THE place to have any event for geeks who like to party. thank you emporium! my guests keep saying it was the best wedding ever and it’s thanks...

This barcade exists in an area of what I consider to be a "holy trifecta" of entertainment - you have this spot, the gothic dive bar Siberia next door, and the Allways Cabaret Lounge across the street for some exotic dancing.

In terms of vibe, I really think this place reads like the Foot Clan Hideout from the first 90's live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie, which is exactly my kind of vibe.

While the selection of games was really good, more than a few of them didn't work, and some didn't respond when I dropped the coins in to play. However, some of them were also set to free play, so I suppose it balances itself out.

Area was also a little dicey, but other than that, it was a really cool spot, and there's great businesses to check out in the immediate...

I've visited this place several times. I have tokens in my purse right now. So it's an overall great place to hang out and play pool, arcade games or to just have a drink. The only thing is that sometimes a few of the games are out of order or the pinball machines take your tokens but their not hard up with tokens so they'll replace them. My mom and I visited the night of my birthday and the bartender gave me a few tokens so that was great. I always enjoy myself here and they always have...