food is great BUT. waited for an hour and no waiter came to take our order so do not get food here!

We took our 2 year old bowling for the first time and we all had a great experience. Every single staff person we had contact with was super friendly and seemed genuinely happy to have us there. They provided a ramp and a lighter ball to help our little one with her bowling. Our server was very attentive and kept making sure we had everything we needed. The food was delicious and had huge portions. The kids meal came with a $5 card to use at the arcades. The food cost more than I usually like to pay for a lunch, but we have plenty of left overs to eat for dinner so it works out. And it's so convenient to be served food and drinks while bowling. We plan to go back, again soon! read more

Big Al's - The ramp provided to help our little one bowl. - Sports Bars Near Me - Beaverton, Oregon

Recent reviews tell the tale here as of late-- this place is bad. Appears mismanaged as well. Go ahead "Shaina", throw in your helpful response read more

Lines to bowl were crazy long even for a weekend! Drinks were good, food was good. Be aware that the volume level in this place may deafen you, if you have hearing aids turn them all the way down before you walk in! read more

More of a 3.5, but Yelp doesn't give us that option so 3 it is. Went there last night for drinks and games. Got the "Netflix and chill" drink, which I've had before, but the bartender didn't give me the candy that comes in it. Look, I know how that sounds. A crazy sugary drink and I'm complaining I didn't get the candy in it too? But when I'm paying $12 for it (didn't realize the price until after), I expect to get the full thing. Second time (waited for happy hour so it'd be half off) I asked for the candy but got one less liquid than what the first guy used. So bummer on that. The games were fun, not out first time so I knew what to expect. It was certainly a 3.5 star kind of night read more

overall it was fine but do not play the arcades they will take your money pretty much every game and if it doesn't take your money it wont give you your tickets I probably lost around $10 and 750 tickets cause of this and most the games don't work. The food was fine but I'm definitively not coming back for the food nor the arcades I recommend you do the same read more

Terrible service took 10-15 minutes for a server to come to our table to take our order. We were put way in a corner and forgotten. The servers and bartender stood around the bar and only helped the tables near them. I would have ordered another drink but no one around to order from. Walked to the front ask for a manager and my check... Manager didn't seem to care at all. First time I have NOT tipped a service person. 3/18/23 Beaverton location. read more

Service none...wait in line to order drinks and food. Sunday Football no service. You want a drink wait in line 30 minutes because people in front of you order for 7 people without knowing what they want. What a joke read more

This place has something for everyone. Great place to watch a game. Over 21 sit in the bar upstairs, have to order at the bar and service is slow but still great for a sports bar, they're hard to come by in Portland. Lettuce wraps were surprisingly delicious, house salad was actually AMAZING, the pickled cucumbers made the salad. Ordered the Bloody Mary expecting the ultimate but they only serve those on Saturday/Sunday until 2pm. Flavor was still good but there were zero toppings :( read more

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Do not I repeat do not come spend your money here. I understand Covid has put a wrench in things but come on this place is barely filled and they bring out cold appetizers. That is just ridiculous I hope this place goes down and Has to close. A pitcher of beer was $28 on a Monday night for football. By the way they over charged us last time so you should really look at your receipt if you decide to come here. Won't ever be back read more

TODD ---- One of my buddies was there at 11 to ensure he got us good seats. He overheard the 3 employees in the caddy shack talking about how it didn't seem like it was going to be very busy so it would be cool if the 3rd left so he could go watch the game. Im glad your response to a disappointed customer is "IT IS WHAT IT IS" It seems this is the attitude your employees have taken as well. **** Now instead of just complaining and pointing out problems I will offer you a solution as well.**** There seemed to be plenty of employees downstairs it couldn't have been very hard to pull one upstairs and everyone else steps up to pull a little extra weight to ensure the customers have a good experience... But it is clear I am not the only one who has noticed the decline in service. Eventually enough people will notice and I am sure your response to your empty establishment will not be "IT IS WHAT IT IS" ****A much better response would have been I am sorry we did not meet your expectations due to some unforeseen complications we were short staffed. We will do everything in our power to make sure this doesn't happen again. Hopefully you will give us another shot next year.***** Good Luck read more

Went here for dinner last night with my boyfriend and had some of the worst customer service I've experienced from a waitress, bartender, and anyone I've met that works in food service. I first let the waitress slide with the sly comments made too my boyfriend, because I know he's handsome and I don't blame her. I still smiled and was very kind, friendly, and respectful toward her. But for me too have to wait to eat my burger until it was cold, because she chose too walk past our drinks 3-4 times and converse with coworkers. Your job is to serve customers, or I at least thought that's what waitressing entailed unless that's not what they hired her too do. I should never have to wait no 20-30 minutes for a drink when my drink has already been made. I'm in eye view of it and my waitress can't even bring it too me. She's too busy flirting with another customer who approached you too ask you a question. So I had to walk up to the bar and ask for our drinks myself or else I would have waited another 5-10 minutes for our drinks too melt. When I approached the bar and asked a Hispanic waiter if I could have our drinks he scoffed at me and turned back around. So I proceeded to ask the female bartender if I could have our drinks and she ignored me at first until I asked her again with more emphasis. She than aggressively grabs our drinks and walks them too our table. They were not that busy for her to act that way she wasn't even in the middle of our in the process of making a drink. Nor was my waitress busy. Our waitress than try's too double bill us after her manger came to see if we had any complaints on our food or service. I've been a manager of a food establishment so I chose not to complain to him until she brought us a bill that we had already just paid him for. We stayed because my baby wanted to play some video poker and we shouldn't have. Spending more money on terrible customer service. Too go back to the bar too try and order shots and have the female bartender give me another attitude. I swear people don't know how to treat customers anymore and these aren't the types of people i would have working for me and representing my establishment or brand. Will not be returning here anytime soon unless they have a change in staffing which I doubt read more

I have been here a handful of times over the years, but have never had the food. I went Friday night to meet friends for bowling and dinner. It took about 10 min to get buzzed for a table. The menu was typical bar food and score.... All day breakfast. The selection of beers on draft is good. There is a huge tv, like a flat screen movie theatre, see you in the fall for football Big Al's. So I order a 22 oz hef and the breakfast biscuit. My husband and friends food arrived, and 15 minutes later mine showed up. Whatever, not the end of the world, the server and the manager (who I did not ask to see) were both apologized, and removed my meal from the bill. When it arrived, it was worth the wait. It was about 6 inches across stuffed with fried eggs, cheese, bacon, sausage, potatoes and topped with gravy. I'll come back and order it again and write another review when the timing is better in the kitchen. So at 8:30 the wait was 40-60 min to bowl, so we opted to come back another time to bowl and play arcade games instead. It was a fun little evening. read more

We went here for a Friday night of fun to go bowling. We stuck to the bowling because the place was so huge, we would have gotten lost. The Cosmic Bowling was pretty fun. Our friend had a deal we used for two of the three games. It was great. The one thing that really sucks is that the tables only seat four people so if you have a fifth wheel or if you have eight people in your party, you're pretty much screwed. That wasn't fun. But they do serve food and drinks to you at your table which is nice unless you get the ditzy waitress like we did. All in all, Big Al's is a great place to spend a night out. read more

Very mediocre experience. Being there was a mad house and we had a situation with reservations. We called days in advanced but were told different information upon arriving. Food was alright. Our server was a ditz and couldn't split the check how we needed it. We ended up with five receipts to sign for one tab...?? Ordered 3 lemon drop martinis. ALL THREE HAD FRUIT FLIES IN THEM!!! How does that go unnoticed?? All in all, it was not a good experience and I expected much more from such a "popular" spot. read more

Went back today for a late lunch, and managed to hit the happy hour. I still don't see where the negative reviews are coming from, but maybe I've been there at the wrong times to get the slow service. Happy-hour sliders and 2 pints of whatever micro they had on special today ran me $9.99. Love it. I was there at 4pm, and the place was empty. Happy hour is definitely worth checking out, and my guess is that any slow service will be fixed in time. read more

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Food: good, about what you'd expect menu-wise, and tasty. The restaurant has more TVs than you can even look at, unless you can make your eyes go all chameleon-style. Arcade: The mezzanine is smaller than you'd expect, and a little spendy for the games (but maybe that's the old lady in me expecting Pac-Man prices) and the card system for paying is not terribly reliable. Meh. Bowling: We've never had to wait to get a lane, even on busy nights. It's new enough that the shoes aren't super rank yet, the score keeping is easy and not buggy, and the full waiter service while you bowl is great. Order your cocktails, get a plate of nachos to eat with your ball-y hands, you are one happy camper. *extra note: a "shot" of anything is much bigger than you'd expect. You'll be "bowling really well" really quick if you go this route. It's not cheap, but it's impressive, fun, and you don't feel like you're lacking for Anything the whole time you're there. Ace. read more

Big Al's - We threw our lebowskifest here this year, let me say, they do make nice White Russians=) - Sports Bars Near Me - Beaverton, Oregon

Big Al's is like a better version of Dave and Buster's. Imagine really good bar food, 3 giant screens of sports, 2 modern bowling alleys, an arcade area (games ranging $0.50 to $1.50) that dispenses tickets for redeeming goodies, and a bar area with shuffleboard and virtual golf. We saved money by coming in during the tailend of happy hour (HH). The HH microbrew was only $3.50 and not too hoppy! $7 nachos were portioned enough to be a filling meal. The accompanying salsa was REALLY good - a little spicy, not too runny, not too chunky. The tri-tip salad was also perfect. The service was impeccable. The arcade was tons of fun. $10 per person was enough I think. The games were easily paid for by swipe of a preloaded game card. The little blue tickets that come out of the games can also be loaded onto the game card. Some favorites: skeeball, basketball, dance dance revolution, PacMan battle royale, and this 2 player pirate shooting game. I was pleasantly surprised to find well behaved kids on a Fri night. Big Al's was a fun date night. I would totally come back for the food and games. read more

Big Al's - Near Death burger. - Sports Bars Near Me - Beaverton, Oregon

We love the summer bowling program that Big Als participates in. Not only do my kids get to work on their bowling skills but it's a great family activity. Typically we go around lunch time and let the kids eat then use their eat/play cards upstairs. The service has always been great and the staff friendly. Additionally I have never walked I to a dirty bathroom, sat at a dirty table or touched a sticky arcade game. And that make ma super happy as a mom. Oh and as an added bonus, the black light times and different types of music are super fun for the kids. read more

Big Al's - My 8 year old working on her release - Sports Bars Near Me - Beaverton, Oregon

Really BIG place. Service is great. Very upbeat. Food is contemp high quality (not gourmet) bar food. Definitely cool atmosphere, and good video games. read more

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We love Big Al's. It's a great place for watching sports. Laid back atmosphere, a bounty of big screen tv's, and delicious bar style food! Unfortunately, living in the west coast, we have to catch the games earlier in the day. Big Al's doesn't open until 10am so we have to miss a chunk of those 9am games. Regardless, it's still a pretty cool restaurant read more

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Went for the food, so this review is of the restaurant and not bowling or games related. A group of friends and I arrived a little past 1 on a Tuesday, so as expected it was not very busy. Service was good and we were all there to try the peanut butter burger. We had heard good things, and wanted to see how it was for ourselves. The peanut butter bacon burger, had a very large beef patty, much larger than I was expecting. Cooked exactly how I asked, and the meat was great. The bacon was a little under done. While I don't want crispy bacon on a burger, parts were a little too white for my taste and I tore them off. As for the peanut butter, it was just that, a big dollop of peanut butter. I won't say too much or too little, and the flavor with the bacon worked out ok, but it wasn't a life changing burger. I have had peanut butter burgers that were, and was hoping for the same again. All in all I would mark the burger at 3 stars. It was good, but nothing better than average. The fries were good and with good service this whole meal was 4 stars. read more

Love love love big als! It's like a dave and buster but with more! There's bowling, arcade, pool, and always a great place to catch a sports game bc of their GIGANTIC screens on the first floor. The food is average but they have tons of drinks at good prices. It's a great place for families or singles hanging out bc it's such a big space with tons to do for everyone. read more

We have been to Big Al's numerous times to catch games in what is usually a welcome atmosphere. This was definitely not the case this past weekend. We came in to watch the Portland Trailblazers, but it happened to be the same night as game 7 of the Astros/Yankees, so we knew that game was going to be the main focus and we were okay with watching the game without sound, while the other game was broadcast at a reasonable level of sound for the crowd. We did have to order our drinks and food at the bar, no problem. There only seemed to be one, maybe two wait staff on the 2nd floor working the tables and we were never asked about having anything replenished. Again no problem. Originally I was served by a young bartender with a goatee and he was great and on top of things. Things turned when for some reason it was decided to change the sound from the baseball game to the Blazers around 7:00 pm. Great. But the sound went up at least three times the level which was extremely obnoxious even though this was what we came to see. So bad that we couldn't handle the level in the corner where we were seated and despite not having finished our drinks we decided to leave. I went to the bar, another young man was there, helping somebody at the opposite side of the bar. There were a couple others waiting at the time. He looked directly at me standing there waiting. He then went to help a couple others while I patiently waited. My fiancée brought my jacket, which should be further evidence that we were ready to leave. He came to our end of the bar and helped somebody else. Then turned around to the other end of the bar where he started doing condiment prep. At this point I became furious as I had been standing there no less than 10 minutes by this time and I asked the waitress who came to the counter that I wanted to speak with the manager, pointing out the bartender standing at the other end of the bar not helping anybody. Another patron who walked up as he heard me and stated directly to the waitress that I had been standing there for quite a long time. At this point the original bartender returned from a break or someplace else and immediately came over and took care of us, while the other bartender just continued doing prep at the other end watching us. This type of service is really not acceptable. He made no effort whatsoever to help me and having looked directly at me several times could make no mistake that I was waiting to be helped. Somewhere in between he took the time to turn the sound down, too. I would have given a zero star rating for this experience, but the first bartender was really doing great work. But I can't say that I will make it back to this Big Al's location ever again. There are definitely plenty of other sports bars in the area. I hope that management reads these reviews, because this type of behavior needs to be addressed. Extremely unhappy!! read more

Great for arcade, bowling and watching sports... mediocre for food, drinks and service... Eat and drink BEFORE you go! read more

Fun atmosphere with big screen t.v s to watch the games. I ordered the meat pizza and a pitcher of beer, the pizza was great as well as the beer and appetizers. My only complaint is that the writing on the menu is way to small to see and that's with good eyesight! Please fix the print on your menu so we can see the writing without a magnifying glass! read more

First timer review. The restaurant area was epic! We got great service from our waitress, food came out fairly quick considering it was very busy. The food was delicious. Loved watching the game while we ate. This establishment is huge! Very nice, open, and lots of entertainment. Great for families...the only thing that bothered me was the nerdy looking girl that worked at the register. She was not helpful what so ever. Note to management: Not every person that goes there knows where to get a card for the arcade. Train your staff on how to handle first timer customers. read more

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A little spendy pretty much every which way around (dining/arcade/bowling) but the service is nice. Food was good, not very memorable. Waiting service could be a little more efficient. read more

What has happened to Big Al's? This place used to be great. I brought the family there today for some bowling and food and the service was horrible. It wasn't busy and there were plenty of staff, but none of them seemed to want to serve the customers. We pressed the "service" button but nobody came to our lane for over 15 minutes. I had to find another server to find us a server. Additionally, the bowling lanes kept giving wrong scores and balls kept getting stuck. Please fix the problems. read more

I haven't been back since my review, but Jon, the new GM, reached out to me and explained they were working on fixing the kitchen regarding food and quality, and that they were going to lower the cover charge for UFC events. Just the fact that they reached out makes a difference to me, and I'm willing to go back in the future and give them another shot. Kudos to them for taking the time to reach out, and it makes me feel more confident that I'll have a better experience next time. read more

Everything is so over priced almost all the games are between 2.00 and 3 dollars big rip off

Food sucks! Burgers were over cooked and taste like propane. Buns were also stale and dried out. I'm only giving 2 stars since the entertainment is good and they host UFC events. Other then that I'll never spend money on food there. read more

Very irritated today. New Years Eve Day. Upstairs bar NO STAFF! Basically CLOSED asking patrons to go downstairs for drink and food service??? Downstairs seating abundantly available and told there's a waiting list?? With nobody waiting?? And 10-15 tables vacant! So, we were told to move?!One person running the downstairs bar??? It's busy but not PACKED?? Crazy dumb! I chose to come here to watch the Bowl game semi-finals. Hour wait for food as well. Which is fine if you're getting decent drink service and not chasing down bartenders? I should've just bought beer and watched at home! read more

Friend of mine and I went to Big Al's for lunch. Major football game day, place was busy but we got seated right away. Manager comes out and takes our drink order, and lets us know our server will be with us...manager comes back to take our food order. That's the last time we saw him. Another woman brings us our food. That's the last time we saw her. Or anybody else. While tables all around us are being served food and beverages, nobody comes back. Nobody. Never got a refill on our drinks. Nobody checked up on us. We were just flat out abandoned. In fact we got so tired of waiting, we figured our meal was $25...plopped $25 down on the table and walked out. Frankly I didn't feel like we should have done that, we should have just walked out without paying, since the staff clearly didn't even want our money much less to serve us. At least the food was decent. But I get much better service at McDonald's. Heck, I get much better service at a hot dog cart in downtown Portland. I don't know if it's just they don't know how to staff, or whether they have irritated their wait staff so badly they refuse to work, or whether they don't pay a decent wage...I don't know. Maybe they should just close up the sports bar, and just have a snack bar or even a buffet style or cafeteria style restaurant. I don't know. But I do know one thing. I won't be there anytime soon. read more

In Portland from Las Vegas for a week get away for our anniversary. Called Big Al's, a supposed sports bar, asking if they would put on the NHL playoff game between our Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks. "No, we won't put it on". That's the answer we got. Wow. That's great, thanks for nothing you poser sports bar. I know a few people in the Tigard area and they have already been advised of this BS and they will never come back. And of course you won't get a dime of our money while we are in town. read more

Ordered a beer at the bar and it was served in hot glass, fresh out of the washing machine. At least it was clean. What bartender does that?? Run it under cold water 1st or something for the love of god that's horrible!!! So pissed. read more

We took our daughter to Big Al's in Beaverton for her 10th birthday and had the opportunity to have Sean Haskell be our waiter. He by far is one of the best waiters I've ever had the opportunity to be served by. His attitude is remarkable and you can tell he's a person that makes a significant choice to be positive and interactive with his customers. People always have a choice as to where they go and if they go out to dine. One of the things that is a huge factor in the experience is good service. The food was delicious and a great value. However, for me the more memorable part that will definitely bring me back was the outstanding service. I hope that I have the opportunity to have Sean our waiter again. read more

The worst Beyond Burger I've ever had! I ordered a salad with a Beyond burger and the burger looked like meatloaf. As a vegan I know all you have to do is grill the burger on both sides and it will taste amazing! 1. It was not a Beyond burger (cheap knockoff) 2. I think they must have microwaved it 3. It was cold... How can they get a premise patty wrong??!!?!! Don't eat here if you are a vegan. read more

I went here to bowl a few games. This was a pretty fun place but it didn't really feel like my demographic. It's brightly lit in the bowling area and quite loud but you couldn't hear the music that was playing on the music video screens (Um Skee-Lo!). It seemed like a place teenagers would go to kill some time before a movie (theater on site) or for married couples doing something wholesome. That's not knocking the place at all, I saw you could order drinks and people probably do that too but for a bowling alley it didn't quite "pulling off a 7-10 split" satsify me. It was a bit more upscale than a lot of bowling alleys, and maybe that's part of it, I felt outpriced. But we easily spent an hour or two here bowling and enjoyed it. A positive I'd say is usually when I think of bowling leagues, I think of greasy, dingy places and if I joined a bowling league at Big Al's (do they do that? probably. no idea.) it'd be a more suburban, upscale experience. The floors are cleaner, the lights are brighter, it doesn't 'feel' like a bowling alley. read more

Jesus god almighty this place is huge. It's an edifice. A monument to the holy suburban leisure experience. A family fun center complete with bowling alley, virtual-golf, sports bar, arcade, restaurant and more. It's gigantic and imposing and... just really large. It's the kind of place that makes your jaw drop and your eyes bug. If you live the mundane suburban life, this is an oasis of light and sound and activity. It's a pulse of life in an otherwise bleak landscape. It's manufactured gluttonous sensory overload. It's... something to do on Friday nights in the 'burbs. I have some friends that undertook self-imposed exile in the wastelands of the Beavergard (or is that Tigarton?) suburboplex. For whatever reasons, they chose to enter purgatory well before their formidably sedentary years. One of them commutes at least one light-year for work, and they live far enough off the grid that a trip to town requires a visa and travel papers, I think. Am I exaggerating? Maybe. But the drive out to visit them at their new place seemed like an eternity. Anyway, we came to see what they did for fun in their new 'burb, and they brought us to Big Al's. I came in with set expectations. I've been to plenty of places like this - Dave & Busters, Jillians, etc, but this is bigger, badder, and more intense. It's filled with obnoxious screaming kids, dads with the 1,000-yard stare, moms, grandparents, aunts, uncles, the whole lot. The huge gaping wooden-cross-beam ceiling is impressive. The sports bar alone is reminiscent of a Vegas sports book - with 3 HUGE (and I had to use all-caps to emphasize) HD projection screens situated perfectly so all tables can see. The walls are adorned with graphics, one side a birds-eye view of the mighty Oregon Ducks stadium, the other side with... that other team on it. I'd watch a game in this bar any day. Easily. The bowling has 2 rooms, one pay-by-the-game, another rent-by-the-hour (which you think will be cheaper, but really won't unless you have 6 people). The bowling is super expensive, but it's state of the art, with touch screens, flashing lights, more huge projection screens, and video music. Video top-40 music. The food is exactly what you'd expect at a place like this. Greasy expensive bar food. Our nachos consisted of at least one whole large bag of chips and probably a whole block of cheese. I have no idea how much it cost, but it was massive. Our service was impeccable. It tasted shamefully greasy good going down, but we felt like shit afterward. You know how it goes. But here's the kicker. They served me a Ninkasi Tricerahops in a 22oz glass. Yes, you heard me right. They served me a 10% beer in a 22oz serving. That right there is why this review is 2 stars more than it might be. I actually asked the server "you're going to serve me a 10% beer in a 22oz portion?!" "Sure, as many as you want," she replied with a smile. JTFC! I almost proposed to the girl, but my wife was standing right there. Good big beer in the burbs? I don't know whether to love this place or hate it, but I gotta give props for a great beer selection out in no-man's land (they have Double Mountain, Caldera, and other good beers as well), a downright incredible sports bar, and amazing service. I really want to dock some stars for this atrocity though - our ladies ordered water, and it came in TO GO CUPS! We were dining in. What a waste. At least use plastic cups. This isn't the go-go 80's. We know that there are finite resources on this planet. This is the most insanely stupid policy I've ever seen. How hard is it to use plastic cups? My beer came in glass. Duh. Besides that last bit (and the obnoxious top-40), this place deserves more than the 3 stars it has on average. While I wouldn't make the drive from PDX out here (well, I might for a Ducks game with my buddy), if I lived in the burbs, I'd probably come here for sports and good beer. Both in massive quantities. Because hey, what the fuck else is out here? *crickets* read more