Main Event San Antonio North
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This is a decent family entertainment venue. The Good: Arcade Games galore, Bowling, Laser Tag, billiards, overhead rope line obstacle course, nice bar, pizza parlor, great selection of variety of American food and drinks which you can eat at the restaurant area, or at the bowling area. Kids of all ages and adults will have a fun time. Cards used for games that are easily recharged and store points earned to cash in at prize center for candy, toys etc. I have had kids B-Day party there, easy to setup with a variety of options and prices. The Bad: Don't go when it's super crowded. There is not enough staff to cover all the different areas for servers. People are allowed to walk around with drinks, and because people just suck, they leave their garbage and empty glasses all over the place and even on the game platforms. I have experienced beer spilled all over the games and floor and no one cleaned it up for several hours. Kids complain that it smells like beer when they play. No one is periodically checking or cleaning the game area. It's gross. Especially with kids. Not all of the games work all the time. You swipe the card and it may charge you, but no game starts. You then have to stop and go to the game center wait in line, ask to get refunded etc. Very frustrating. Again it seems no one is checking all the games or marking them as defective. Makes me wonder how often or IF the games are cleaned and wiped down at all after they close or before opening. Use lots of hand sanitizer is all I can say. Some older middle school kids have no parental supervision. (Parents stay in bar I guess it drop them off) Some of these kids get crazy and start running at full speed through the place and between people chasing each other. I have seen them run over smaller kids and into adults. Again no adult staff or parents around to control them and say something. So if you have toddlers & smaller kids stay with them and monitor at all times. Most of the service staff are accommodating and do their jobs. Others you can just tell don't really want to be there and don't care about your experience. I have found that if you go at a non-peak time, the experience is much much more pleasant for everyone in your group. Will I be returning? Yes it's close location and my kids still enjoy the games that work. However I will avoid Friday and Saturday nights after 7pm when it's just too crowded and filthy.
Charles GatesCharles Gates
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Had my Nieces birthday party here. By far one of the best times we have had in a long time When we arrived we got a long table in the bar Area Lahana was our Waitress she was a pleasure to have she kept checking on us regularly very friendly and a real Joy. When we arrived we purchased the 24.99 wrist band for 3 children I called ahead of time and asked what was the best deal for 4 children ages 12, 8, 5 they recommend wrist bands for the 3 bigger kids to have access to laser tag bowling ropes and billards. Was instructed that my 5 yr old would be able to do any of that except for bowling so with the other 3 boys wrist band my 5 yr old was able to bowl with them just had to rent him bowling shoes for 3.25$ saved money there and just bought 300 credits gamecard for 50$ and went to the prize store and they were able to split the 300 credits among all for kids so each child got there own card. So between 4 kids was 146$ for a full day of play obviously the credits ran out but they were content with the laser tag and with the points my 5 yr old won he was content with all the Little prizes he was able to get. Food was extra if you are on a budget recommend ordering a couple of pizzas and bring your own cake we saved bowling for last would give 10 stars if I could will definitely be returning
Laura TorresLaura Torres
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We went to play 1 hour of bowling and also played some games for about an hour. We reserved the bowling lane online earlier in the day. It was pretty simple. The alcohol beverage was good. The spinach dip was very good. We wish they had more chips or bread however. The lanes are very close to others. Especially if both lanes have kids running around. We were on the last frame of the game when they cut it off. I understand the 1 hour time frame. But when we are in the 10th frame. That's kind of rough. So that's why we give 4 stars only as we had other bowling lanes let us finish. The games were not bad. They really need to clean up behind the machines. So beware of the football toss, basketball games, and any game with ping pong balls. There are many on the floor under machines and behind them. So you may not get as many as you originally should when the game was installed and intended for. Also some machines are overloaded with let's say 8 footballs and the one next to it having 2. So make sure you take a look before you swipe. This is another reason for the 4 stars.
H HinsonH Hinson
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It's my first time today to Main Event. Our fun committee from work organized for us to spend the morning here for our team event. We had unlimited bowling, laser tag, gravity ropes, pool and shuffleboard. Not sure if anyone tried the gravity ropes. We each were given a $10 card to play at the arcades as well. The bowling was fun. What was funny were the videos of the players played in between frames. A bunch of us played the laser tags. I wasn't too good since this is only my second time ever to play. I played one round of pool and just watched coworkers play the shuffleboard. I talked with one of my coworkers who helped organize it with Main Event. He felt that the staff were fair and wanted to work with him. When 2 coworkers weren't able to join last minute, Main Event offered to provide coffee and iced tea to us. One of my coworkers and I went through the arcade and playing games. 2 coworkers each ended up winning 1,000 tickets. Fun for all!
David and Ruthie WuDavid and Ruthie Wu
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This was a nice place to visit. We attended a kid's birthday party. The food is ok... nothing to rave about. The party package included a rather short laser tag session which wasn't impressive at all. The one new thing I hadn't noticed before was a gravity rope tour above the arcade area. The kids seemed to enjoy that pretty much. However, I was shocked at how pricey video games are nowadays. I can't imagine paying $1.50 per game that lasts a whopping 2-3 minutes at most. The pricing is ridiculous to say the least. I did like the fact that the amount of tickets earned for each ticket dispensing game were added to the user account card versus having to keep track of a handful of tickets. That's a plus. The toys that are redeemed are ok... typical dollar store items for the lower ticket items and way overpriced for the larger toys. Overall I would say that this is an upscale Chuck E Cheese without the urine soaked carpets which is a definite plus.
Monica GalarceMonica Galarce
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Great fun and food was had by all. Biggest Sundae I’ve ever seen. Was worth the $15 and 4 kids and I couldn’t finish it. And we started with the Sundae first! Lol
Alex HunterAlex Hunter
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1911 N Loop 1604 E, San Antonio, TX 78232
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(210) 305-5999
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mainevent.com
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Family entertainment complex with bowling, billiards, laser tag, an arcade, eatery & bar.
attractions: Northwoods Shopping Center Phase II, Best Buy, Regal Northwoods, Community Bible Church, H-E-B, Hyatt Place San Antonio-North/Stone Oak, Best Western Plus Hill Country Suites, Comfort Suites San Antonio North - Stone Oak, Hampton Inn San Antonio Stone Oak, Courtyard San Antonio North/Stone Oak at Legacy, restaurants: The Magnolia Pancake Haus, Laguna Madre Seafood Company, Avenida Brazil Brazilian Steakhouse by Sal e Brasa, Ay Chiwawa! Mexican Cafe, Fish City Grill, Las Palapas - 1604 & 281, Stout's Pizza Co., Wild Japanese BBQ & Sushi & Shabu - AYCE, Chuy's, Firehouse Subs Northwood
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