Great spot. You pay for the time you want to spend there, and then all the games are free-play…read more There's a foosball table upstairs and an abundance of old school arcade cabinets, focusing on the classics of the 80s and early 90s. The Simpsons, NBA Jam, TMNT, Street Fighter 2, Dr Mario, Double Dragon, Track and Field, PAC Man, Frogger, etc. It's more of family friendly environment, so no Mortal Kombat or Area 51. And no pinball, which is understandable as maintenance costs are higher for those. A great place to kill an hour with a friend or kid.

Great place to play a bit on fun retro video games for some time before dinner at Sunriver Village!…read more The video games take me back to the favorites of the 80/90s game scene and love sharing it with my kids! Definitely recommend for some fun family time activity - we get a 30 min pass card and it is the perfect amount of time :)

I was initially skeptical because the reviews are high but no recent ones. We were visiting…read moreSunriver and were looking for an indoor activity, so gave the number a call. Spoke to a gentleman who was very helpful and informative, and I was able to get a vr slot for the next day. 2 elementary aged and 1 adult all had a blast!! It was our first time doing vr, and it felt very real, like you were in the game, although there was a learning curve. It's a week later, and my kids keep asking to do vr again. Highly recommend if you're in the Sunriver area! I recommend calling first to make an appointment.

OK, this place was incredibly fun…read more This is my first virtual reality gaming experience. As part of the big brother little brother program I took my 12-year-old little brother here for our weekly outing. I am not into digital games at all. But after a warm welcome from the owners daughter and 10 minutes of training I found myself transported into virtual worlds that felt amazingly real and dynamic. Our one hour went by quickly as we defended our area from robots or went sightseeing in the beautiful Arizona desert, of course, avoiding the annoying and unattractive zombies! All I can say to sum up is that it way exceeded my expectations for experiencing a virtual world, was much more fun than this non-gamer expected, and was a business that was a pleasure to deal with. Super friendly and helpful. You do need to call to arrange your session, but that was effortless. We'll be back. (Robot talk.) John

Great food. Better service!!! Beautiful facility!!…read more Definitely worth the fee of a membership!

Restaurant review:…read more About as old-school as they get in these parts, the Bend Golf Club restaurant/lounge is open to the public. No membership required. Ambiance is true to the genre: open area with numerous cloth-covered four tops as well as a few larger tables. Naugahyde (I think) lounge chair seating. Golf playing on the several TVs scattered about. No loud music. It's definitely casual. There's a small bar seating maybe six. About those chairs - they're horrible. If you have even a slightly cranky back, you'll hate them. I certainly do. - Service is good, efficient. Not top tier but certainly nothing to grumble about. Your order is taken quickly, drinks arrive soon and the food not too much later. We've had to wait for our our server to notice we needed drink refills a couple of times. - I mentioned the bar, which despite my being a dedicated bar-rat I don't think I'd want to sit at. They have only several beers on draft, well below Bend standards. If you're looking for booze or wine, they have it. - The menu is old school American with a few outliers. Salmon fish & chips, for example, are pretty good (they also have the more standard cod F&C). Several salads - I tried the SW steak salad, which despite having a nice cut of beef was not remarkable. Ribs, burgers, wings, pasta, shrimp, pork chops, etc, are all available. They do have the Impossible Burger, if you're into that. - And they have specials. That SW steak salad was one, but there's also prime rib night (Saturday, I believe) and a four-course dinner on Thursday for $25. - Prices for the food are maybe a tad high but not outrageous by any means. Before you tip, check for added gratuity on your bill. Drink prices are in line with what you expect in Bend. Hours change with the season, I'm told (by a member). During winter, it's open Thursday - Sunday. Otherwise (i.e., when the golf course is operating) it's open every day except Monday. The website doesn't reflect that. Bottom line? It's OK and if you're a member, it's certainly a good option for you. As a destination? Not so much. Unless you like to watch golf while you drink & dine.

Tons of food trucks. Unfortunately, of the three we tried, all supplied us with mediocre food. Bend…read moreis food truck crazy but I'm forming the opinion that very few trucks actually deliver good product. I was pleased to see Island Noodles, however. I'm a fan from my Atlanta days. Not many non-food vendors on Friday. It seemed a few more opened their tents on Saturday. Music stage at the end of Minnesota but with very few places to sit and enjoy the tunes. I was a bit disappointed there. In general, the festival has too few seats and definitely too few high-top tables (people gotta eat their food truck food somewhere). Serious lack of garbage bins on Friday. For starters, every food truck should have one in front and the festival should provide bins at each corner. By that, I mean the intersection of Minnesota and Bond should have four bins. On Saturday, I saw quite a few more bins. Dogs everywhere, despite being against city ordinance. We wanted to bring our dog but were deterred by the law. So which is it? Dogs allowed or not? Only one beer vendor (Deschutes), which just doesn't seem right for Bend. Fortunately, Deschutes Brewing makes killer beer. All in all, an OK food festival. We didn't partake in the various competition events so maybe it wasn't aimed at us. The festival shared Saturday with the Bend Beers Bands & Public Lands event in Drake park. I thought that festival, though smaller with only two food trucks, was a better experience.

Such a fun way to experience Bend and its local restaurants…read more This week was Bend's 11th Annual Food Festival and it was a nice mix of local food, drink and entertainment. Food booths stretched for several blocks down Bond Street with Minnesota Avenue housing Locavore Alley and the Top Chef Stage on one side of Bond and the NW Spirits and Mixology Show on the other side. Oregon Street housed the Main Stage with various local music acts and Food Cart Row. We caught the semi-finals of the Top Chef competition with the chefs at Black Butte Ranch triumphing over Broken Top Bottle Shop & Ale Cafe. Many food booths offered small bites for around $2 and full plates for more. A couple of Bend's nicer restaurants were represented (Zydeco), but there was plenty of street fare (foot long corn dogs and chocolate dipped bananas). I've been less than impressed by the Bite of Portland. This was just a well organized event with a week's worth of special events around town leading up to the main weekend event. A beer run was also held, so a great blend of health and abundance in Central Oregon.

This is a wine and paint night venue. They serve wine & beer. They have great teachers that help…read moreyou paint incredible pictures on a canvas. Step by step instruction that allows a novice to create paintings that you can hang on a wall in your home! They provide you everything you need! Great music, fun instruction! Come here with a group of friends! $10 off coupon in the Smart Shopper! I had a fabulous time! Thinking this would be a great place for a work function or with a group of friends! They have pictures of bridal parties and bachelorette parties. Kids are welcome too if you want to make it a parent child event! Incredibly kind and fun owner! I am sure I will be back!

Saw 'Grounded', a captivating one-person monologue. Great experience…read more - 2nd Street is a nice, intimate theater. People are fantastic. - Seats all have a good view and are reasonably comfortable. - Before the show, you can buy beer, wine, small munchies.

I had such a great time at theater watching "Disaster: the Musical" that I cannot say enough good…read morethings about his establishment. The cast was amazing and entertaining, the service crew was helpful and the owner was very down to earth and genuine that I will be back!! They will have an Addams Family play this winter - which gives me something to look forward to.

For the audience It's a quality performance. I don't think…read moreyou will be disappointed in the caliber of these kids. $15 per ticket for adults, $10 for 18 and under. It's a little pricey for a local children's performance, but meanwhile, pretty darn good show. For the actors It's a BIG time commitment. Four days a week, three hours each rehearsal. Three school nights and one weekend day. The environment is so chaotic that I don't think it's reasonable to expect to get any homework done. And pack dinner for yourself. For my daughter, it was a great getting to know all the other kids and forming friendships. It's a very supportive community. She will miss the friends she has made. For the parents Be prepared, this is one of the most disorganized and unprofessional groups I've ever been involved with. Communication is poor, spotty and forget about contacting them via email or phone, I reached out five times in five months (twice in response to emails they sent me) - nothing back, from any of them. My suggestion is to be at every rehearsal in order to ensure you get all the information you need. It's a chaotic environment, I get that, but a chaotic environment that the kids don't even enjoy. Very specific rehearsal schedule with my daughter often coming home that night to say that was not what they rehearsed and that she did nothing performance related for three hours. Pretty frustrating as an actor and a parent. And I do realize that trying to get a large group of kids organized has got to be pretty darn challenging. I totally recognize that what's not great for parents is often wonderful for kids. It wasn't until the last month of rehearsals that my daughter began to enjoy herself, meanwhile that means four months of her dreading it each night. A co-worker of mine had her son working the performance on the tech side. He's student at Summit High School and reported to his mom that the BEAT director was not nice to the Summit staff. The co-worker told me this unsolicited, I hadn't even mentioned my daughter's involvement with BEAT. Other than that, seemingly nice enough people. Just......wow, just need to get it together on the admin side. Pack a snack for your kiddo, it's going to be a long season.

Oh how wonderful. I'm a sucker for live theater. And it is so great to be able to see a good…read morevariety of shows. Most recently I saw Tables and Chairs which was a variety of different one act shows. It was delightful. They had a great tapas program and it was delightful. I would highly recommend it to anyone and even to make the drive from Bend.