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3.6 (527 reviews)
Closed • 2:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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Daniela G.

Fun place for a date night/ casual hang out with friends. They have a great selection of drinks and even have food too. And a photobooth!

Anna S.

Good place for a fun night out, classic bar setting with a lot of games to enjoy. Mixed crowd. We did group package with food, drinks and coins. Service was fine (bar and floor). They gave us bar tables next to each other with papers saying it was reserved taped to the sides which eventually got covered. Once the food came out random people kept coming up to the table and grabbing it. There were other places to post information that the area is for a party right above and the middle to make this work better. Other than that we had a great time. Margaritas and beers were good, bar food was good.

Lisa Z.

Great location in the greater Chelsea area. The servers are really nice and they make the drinks pretty quickly. There's a bunch of old style arcade games to play which is really cool. You get tokens to insert into the machines and there's a bunch of variety of games as well. Definitely recommend also if you're looking to host an event or small party here as the food is great.

Bbq wings
Sheila P.

Came here to enjoy my lunch break with a friend. I've heard of this place a couple years back and wanted to try them out. This year was that year. Now I'm not sure if it was just that night but left a bit disappointed. First: they will I.D you at the door, don't let the arcade fool you. Which that part was fine we had our I.D'S just letting ya know. Second: The bartenders attitude was Peeved. Almost like we were bothering him at his Job. We asked him for our food and for some drinks. We put two orders of fries, wings and popcorn shrimps, with a water and a soda. Nobody finds you a seat, you gotta go pick that out yourself. Nobody brings you forks and napkins you gotta go get that yourself. Maybe if the energy of people were to be more lively, they wouldn't mind informing you on how things work. It was a figure it out yourself kinda place. As we're waiting for our food we played a little game or two. When the food came we noticed that the popcorn shrimps were burnt and one of the fries were missing. No drinks were brought either, which at that point we were unsure if we had to get it ourselves too. When we went to approach him about the drinks and fries, he gave us that look like we messed up. As he then had to put in the order for the other fries that he never put in. The bbq wings i would rate it a 7.5 out of 10 The shrimps were barely even eaten the person didn't enjoy it. Fries were also a 7.5 once the fresh ones came. First batch came a bit cold and greasy. Bathroom gives H.S bathrooms. Writings all over the wall and what not. Honestly I can't tell if it was just that night we went or if this place has gotten bad over the years. This was definitely a once in a lifetime experience.

Night Driver
Keith O.

Our company sponsored a happy hour for those who were within the NY area. They chose Barcade as the venue. The place was nice and neat. It was a little bit cramped, but you could still walk around without bumping into too many people. There was a good number of games, and a number of them were very nostalgic. I wish they had Punch Out, Outrun, Gyrus and Karate Champ. Two of the five pinball machines were not working, unfortunately. There was no "Out of order" sign, though. So, you will lose tokens if you try to play them. The bar food was good. We had a lot of sliders, chicken tenders, shrimp tacos (these were really good), tater tots and french fries. There also some veggies with hummus for those who didn't want any meat. As the pig that I am, I had all of them. Their bartenders did make some good drinks. I had a dirty gin martini, two gim sodas, a gin-based kamikaze and a gin sour. Yeah, it was a gin night for me for some odd-ball reason. LOL. All-in-all, it is a spot worth going to. If you can get your company to sponsor an event there, please do. l

Fried pickles
Christina M.

You know what H*LL YES!! I was invited by my siblings to hang out at the Arcade last week and had a freaking awesome time!! I think I spent around $60 on games and drinks and an order of fries. I was killing it beat they tails in group Pac-Man and applauded myself like a legend. I had totally forgotten that this place existed and would highly recommend and return. It was busy but not too crazy, mixed crowd and decent internal temperature. The bar having food was clutch bc I was starving and they had a decent amount of mixed cocktails which I thought were a little pricey. The beer was decently priced but I wasn't drinking beer that night. Fried pickles are now allowed to come up to me and put me in a headlock if we ever meet again because the way I disrespected the thought of them before the magnificent moment where someone popped one in my mouth and I realized that they taste like mini Big Macs. Who would have thought?! Ha! Fries were great, smoky Paloma eh and the establishment overall made for an amazing night. We parking right across the street for free. It looked like a great place to meet new people as I am single and I looked great but surprisingly no one asked me out. (lol) 5/5 I would highly recommend.

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Natalie T.

I honestly have nothing but good things to say about this place. The food was solid bar food and tasty - Philly egg rolls were YUM. They were generous with their servings of alcohol, the games all worked, the bathrooms were stocked and clean. Our bartender was super vigilant as well.

Jersey Onion Smash Burger
Chris S.

Came here many times before in the past. Probably one of the few bars in the area that's a good spot for young people. The arcade machines here are hit and miss. Some great classics mixed in with a lot duds. If you came here to just play games you'll probably get bored after a short while. As I said, there's a lot of duds. The space here is very big which is good because it can get crowded here. The vibe is here decent. Good place to get some drinks and chill. My biggest knock against this spot is lack of TVs. Came here for NYE hoping that this would be a good spot to go. Younger crowd and fun arcade games. Unfortunately it didn't scratch that NYE itch. The crowd were the ones who initiated the countdown. There was no fanfare or music to celebrate the New Year. Again, no TVs either. I wish we had gone to another spot instead. I'd come here on an uneventful day. I order their Jersey Onion Smash Burger. It was a double cheeseburger, with onions, thin pickles, and a pork roll. It came with a free upgrade of tator tots since they were out of fries. The tots came out as good as you'd hope they would. Regular tots cooked to perfection. The burger was big and didn't feel like a smash burger at all, which is a good thing. The cheese was well melted and barely hanging on to the side. The pork rolls were a nice touch but didn't add much to it, I still enjoyed them though. It all came out to $18.50. Not expensive at all, at least compared to other burger spots in the area. I'd come back here again for more food. The burger was good and left me feeling full. It wasn't very greasy and the bun was soft. It was my last meal of 2024 and I'm happy with that.

Sha M.

The vibe and beer selection at Barcade? On point. But the black bean burger? Nah, that missed the mark--dry and flavorless, like it didn't even try. I don't eat meat, I can say for anything else. I'm just here to rate the food, and while I'll be back for the drinks and the games, that burger won't be making a comeback on my plate. Live, love and laugh - Sha

Tracey W.

So this is a cute group place or date night, with great old school games. At first the service seemed great. However one of the manager tried to buy me a drink and after me taking a call out side he must've felt rejected and cut me off all drinks and kicked my friends out after questioning the reasoning for it all. They really left a bad taste and I'll never visit this location, the treat ment and bullying felt like the twilight light zone just went from 0 to 100 so quickly without warning. (PS the bathroom has cute esthetics) Go at your own risk!!

Margherita
Carina H.

The Margheritas here are so amazing, I ordered two. I didn't taste the alcohol in them at all. I also liked the other cocktail I ordered -- the Wrong Way. It didn't have a strong alcohol taste either. I tried a few foods here because I was here for an event: chicken tenders, buffalo wings, fried cauliflower (and I'm typically not a cauliflower fan), and I think a pulled pork slider. All the food was great. I had to keep going back for more chicken tenders -- I probably ate four. For a Thursday night, it was pretty packed and busy, but there were still plenty of games open. It wasn't that rowdy, and the vibes were perfect for a bar arcade.

Draft selection
Mike M.

Went here on a weekday early-afternoon. They open at 2pm but I was there early. The doors were open but when I went in was told they were not open and to come back. I understand if the bar itself was not available yet but it would have been nice to at least let us play the games while we waited. Nonetheless, I had to go to another place first while waiting. They check 100% IDs with a device when you go in. Pretty big selection of draft beer and decent cocktail list. The bartender was super cool, knowledgeable about drinks. The games are paid for by tokens. They have token machines in the corner which costs .25 cents for one token (not bad!). They have nice selection of retro games to choose from. Some of the games ate a few tokens before working, but it is to be expected on those games. They have little tables near all the games so you can place your drinks down right next to you while playing which is great. Not the most incredible bar in the planet, but definitely a fun way to kill some time and have fun transporting back to older times. You also have to remember it is more of an arcade that serves drinks rather than a bar that has games. Not a place to spend your whole night, but place to spend a little time and have fun time in process. Will definitely give it another try in near future.

Sunshine superman mocktail
Annie M.

This place was interesting but not the best bar nor best arcade we've been to We came on Saturday night and it was crazy crowded which it's not very big so kinda hard to move around and every game worth playing had a wait. Games range from $.25-.75 each person as far as I saw I got the sunshine superman mocktail which was $10 and insanely sweet. It was ok. They had one other mocktail choice and juice/soda They have a ton of beers though to pick from around $8/each for a pint They've got a bunch of retro games in some sort of working order. Some games were broken which was a bummer so we lost a dollar or two on those but most of the games worked. Wished there was more space between the aisles as it was rough to move around people They do a security check on entry and don't allow any outside food/drinks so they make you leave it all up front. There not many tables or space by the games to put the food/drinks you order inside either so you'll spend most of your time shuffling your drink around while you play unless you get the little table space by each game. The bathrooms were ok, not very clean but good for a late night bar Overall, it could be better but worth checking out if you're out late

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This is a great place to meet up with friends. They have a wide variety of games and a good selection of beers.

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Do they have and use air conditioning?

How long is the wait on the line to get in on a Saturday night usually?

Depends on time we got there early evening like 5:30-6 waited like 5 min

Is there skee ball?

Nope

How old you have to be?

Must be 21 and over to enter. Please bring valid ID.

Is there a minimum age to enter?

Must be 21 years or older to enter. Please bring valid ID. Cheers, Barcade

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“They have classics like tetris, galaga, qbert, pinball machines and some others you may not have heard of.”

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