I let corporate aware that the Big Coin conversion negatively affects us because it's a 50% price hike for games. Instead of being helped their corporate leadership bans me instead. I have complained to Dave and Busters guest services and they have given me free game credits or gift cards. At least over $50 in free stuff just for voicing my concern. But Big Als just bans me and has not figured out how to refund my game card that has tickets / credits. Their leadership is very unethical and they have no long term goals to be like Dave and Busters. Their goal now is to charge as much as they can and hope people don't find out they been raising ticket prices for prizes or used Big Coin to disguise a 50% price increase! Then ban anyone who speaks against them. They talk about being family owned but this arcade feels more like it's run by the mafia. Dave and Busters is like family to me, they let me win iPads and PS5 and never nerfed a game! read more

I have been in to Al's several times over the past few years as they are close to home. Last night I was home alone and had a chance to visit with friends for dinner. Couldn't resist the great company. We found it fairly empty which meant no wait. Always nice. That said we were seated right away. Our server was Catherine and found her full of personality and energy. Between the three of us we had one beer, two Crazy Al's (one with two eggs, both with peanut butter), tots with one and house-made chips with the other. Our third person opted for the Greek Bowl salad (I think). I was offered a choice as to how I wanted my hamburger cooked and I asked for some pink. Unfortunately there was none and it was consequently overcooked and a tad dry (for me). The chips I had were plentiful and good. My friend seemed to enjoy his burger and tots. The salad was reported as "delicious". Some was taken home - always a good sign. We also had two pieces of mud pie and that was a mistake. The slices were not particularly large as genuine mud pie should be. The ice cream was good but instead of putting the whipped cream on top it was placed alongside. The real deficit was the thin chocolate crust. Traditional mud pie has a graham cracker crust. At best, it was marginal, but I can't recommend it. My peeps agreed. As I said, this wasn't my first time in. Service has always been friendly and helpful if occasionally inaccurate so no complaints there. However I have noticed some inconsistencies in the food - I'm looking at you Bacon Chicken Mac & Cheese. Let the record show I don't bowl and although the screens are enormous I can't recommend Al's a good venue for watching sports UNLESS you can get a floor seat. I also don't drink so can't speak to that aspect. Since I can't speak to anything other than food and service I'm going to score Al's three stars. I will be back and hope to be able to update this review as a result of more reliable kitchen results. read more

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Stopped in around 1230 on Saturday for a burger. The only seating option we were offered was 2 at a buddy bar despite numerous 4 tops open, guess it's better to hold those open just in case rather than seat paying customers at them. Were not even offered to option of waiting for a table to open up. After 5 minutes we were brought water and...that was it. After 20 minutes of being ignored, despite the fact one server or another WAS stopping RIGHT NEXT TO US TO SERVEY THE ROOM we left. The overall impression I was left with was one of a lack of concern for anything resembling customer service. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068503007831&mibextid=ZbWKwL read more

We love to come here to watch football on the big screens. The food & drinks are good. I recommend any type of pizza and the loaded fries; they are delicious! read more

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We went to Big Al's this afternoon for their sunny outdoor dining. The service was excellent. We were impressed with the wedge salad. So good. Someone passing by our sunny table noticed the huge wedge and commented how yummy it looked. We also enjoyed the onion rings and our beer and cocktail. Nice to know --if your own yard lacks sun -- head to Big Al's for plenty. Plus great service! read more

Family friendly bowling alley. Went on a Monday with family and small kids. My 4 year old enjoyed playing bowl with the ball ramp they have available for kids. 5/5 recommend. read more

Was a lot of fun for adults and kids!! Food was a bit expensive, but a lot of fun and activities to do, as well as, happy hour was a blast!! read more

Kids got bored bowling after the first game of bowling. We asked for credit towards something else. The kid at the front desk "sorry all sales are final" Seriously ... read more

This review is for the restaurant only. My mom was having dental work nearby so we were in need of something convenient. I would say this would be the only reason I would come to this place. We dined on the Monday before New Year's. I am not sure if the staff were just slow or the scheduled for a non-holiday Monday. We had to ask twice for anything, water, silverware, our drinks. Staff was everywhere, but nothing seemed to be getting accomplished. Looking around there seemed to be equally frustrated dinners. We only ordered appetizers, as there were very few veggie friendly items, aside from the appetizers. The only think that we thought was the fairly good was the Kung Pao Cauliflower. We also had the cornbread, which said it was "Al's Signature Dish." This was barely edible, as it was burnt in places, and chewy. The honeybutter that came with it was terrible. It wasn't sure what kind of consistency it wanted to be, it was oily on top and kind of creamy underneath the oil. I guess if you get desperate mid-bowling it is nice to know there is a food nearby, but no reason to dine here otherwise read more

This place is like an adult theme park that also welcomes children. Beer and drinks are offered in their designated bar sections. The game is almost always playing here. The arcade is upstairs and the bowling alleys are downstairs. You can reserve sections if you're having a birthday celebration. This is a great spot for big families or a big group of friends. This is always a fun spot with yummy food and drinks! read more

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First time, second time? Maybe bad luck. Third time? Nah. Each time gets worse. The bowling alleys rarely work. A technician had to come out all three times we've gone. Takes 20 minutes to get the lane working. When you ask for help the employees roll their eyes at you. If you have a bad experience and never get to play, they give you arcade credit... if you're lucky. Granted, I didn't know it was only arcade credit until I tried to bowl again months later. I've left like 2 reviews ever. And mostly because I'm excited about places I've visited. This place has so much overhead that they refuse refunds and treat the customers like cattle. I'm genuinely surprised I wasn't spit on. Exaggerating? Yup. But seriously, each one of the people that works there looks like they would rather tap dance on your grandmother's spine than help you in the slightest for 15 seconds. Do. Not. Bother. P.S. if you're child wants to have their birthday here and you take them, you don't actually love your kid. read more

The service here was so bad here I felt compelled to leave my very first review. As someone who has spent a career in customer service, I can give this place a failing grade without hesitation. Every single person I interacted with- from calling in to ask a question about a gift card a bit before arriving, to ordering food and drinks, and finally checking out- was completely unprofessional and outright rude. I have never experienced more shortness or actual eye rolls at any other establishment I've ever been to. If it was busy (around 730 on NYE) - That would be one thing - But it was even slow enough for workers to be on their cell phones, leaning, and being generally disengaged and annoyed. None of these people should work in customer service. Awful. read more

Scammed by manager. We came from abroad and weren't warned that the arcade was going to close earlier than normal. They didn't refund us for our credits. We used 60 dollars for 10 people each. We tried to talk to them and they didn't even give us civil conversation. Their employees were mocking us, for talking back for the big amount of loss. I recommend you don't go there. Our drinks were overflowed and we didn't even get one of them. There was trash all over the floor. One of the lady employees told us to shut up when we were just trying to get our money back. Before we went, it said everywhere that the closing time was 9. They randomly closed at 8:45 and we had no warning. The manager was just telling us to call the owner, and didn't even give us the number. He was calling us aggressive, even when we weren't. All of us were quiet except for two guardians that were talking calmly. read more

Josette & Arnela were absolutely fantastic! They greeted us and were so friendly and polite. We appreciate the outstanding service and will be back because of it. Thank you Josette & Arnela! read more

Drove 45 minutes to bowl here, whole place was bought out for an event with no indication of this online or on their website.

Great place tbh has everything for everyone but my favorite is the pretzel bites with the dips

Came here the other weekend for the super bowl KC vs 49ers. I hadn't been here for a few years but it continued to be a lot of fun. We didn't bowl but we were In the restaurant side. Of course it was insanely packed. Our waiter was pretty good at keeping the food and drinks coming and checkIng on us. I ordered some food for the table - wings and a platter. Each cost around $21, the wings were pretty good. We ordered 20 and got to chose 3 different sauces/ rubs. We chose bourbon bbq sauce, lemon pepper and bbq rub. My favorite was the bbq rub. The platter had a mixture of small corn dogs, chicken strips, tater tots and union rings. Overall the platter was ehhhh just okay. I like fried and crunchy stuff but mmm I felt half of the food was a little in the burnt side. The screens - are perfect size and literally in almost every direction you'll turn your head. One person had to show up at 11am to make sure we had a table and most of us didn't get there till 2-3pm. It's insane how early you have to come to save a table but it was the super bowl, so what can you say?! read more

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Love it, such a beautiful place,they have everything over there. Highly recommend!!! The place are very clean the food so good and smells incredible read more

Big Al's is a restaurant, a bowling center, and an arcade. It offers private rooms and private bowling lanes for parties, and it is in this facility that my familiarity with Big Al's lies. The bowling lanes are always ultra-clean, they offer a wide variety of balls of different weights, sizes, and finger hole orientations, and the upkeep is perfect. There are large television screens above all lanes, and they show music videos of all varieties. There are also nice lighting effects. The food is on the better side of average for buffet fare (again, I cannot comment on individual menu items). The arcade has a much larger percentage of skill, ticket-redemption games than video games. They also have a large number of games that are geared toward younger children. The games are expensive, and the payouts are lower than other establishments. If you want a fun time for a reasonable price, you really can't beat Big Al's. read more

Big Al's - Our private bowling area for our corporate event. Nice, clean, and modern-looking. - Sports Bars Near Me - Beaverton, Oregon

The most Trash lanes I have ever bowled in my 12 years of bowling. They open at 12pm and I got there at 1pm and they started cosmic bowling right in the middle of me trying to practice and work out a new ball on top of the lanes being awful this is not a place for serious bowlers I feel like I wasted $24 here the only thing that I can say that was good was the food and the beer they have that part dialed in for sure if you want a place to go to that is cool for inexperienced bowler and you just want to F around with your friends and family this is a great place for you but if you are like me and care more about improving your game then this is definitely not the place for you read more

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So much trouble with the lanes they kept breaking and the employees need better trainings. i think we had to talk to the managers like 5 or 6 times for some sort of technical issue. for a the whole time it just seemed like nobody knew what they were doing. read more

So if I have to spend my afternoon with my co-workers, I would much rather be doing it at Big Al's. Well, let me just clarify one thing: you do have to pay me to hang out at Big Al's with my co-workers, but it sure as hell is better than my cubicle at the insurance company. The first thing I noticed is that it didn't smell like any bowling alley I had ever been to before. Maybe that is because I am used to the formerly smoky, somewhat divey bowling alleys over on the east side of Portland. I am not complaining about the new bowling alley smell. I also noticed that the place is huge. It is way more than just a bowling alley. It is also a 7000 sq. foot arcade - I am not a math major but I think that the arcade alone is 15 x bigger than my tiny flat. They also have private rooms for parties for children, and for corporate parties like ours. Our party of 12 fit comfortably in our private room, the buffet was already set up for us. The burger buns were toasted and because of that they were too hard around the edges. My veggie burger was delivered hot, right to the table. The buffet table also had all the condiments and fixins'. Also available was cole slaw, baked beans and mac'n cheese all of these sides would be pleasing to a first grader's palette but to a discerning adult, it tasted like canned goods and Kraft mac n'cheese. Big Al's is good entertainment for a couple of hours. The bowling was fun, the server was good about coming around and making sure we had adult drinks if we needed them and our supervisor/chaperone had a full glass of wine the entire time. Good times. As fancy-pants, and good smelling as Big Al's is, I still prefer my slightly divey, slightly smoky smelling bowling alleys on the east side. read more

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When my husband told me we had been invited ( really mandated) to attend his office's semi annual get together at a bowling alley in Beaverton on a Satursday night, I have to say I wasn't tremendously excited. I'm not a bowler.Bowling reminds me of middle school gym class outings. Shudders. That said, when we arrived and heard there was 1) open bar ( and I mean WIDE open bar) for his office event and 2) that I didn't HAVE to bowl and 3) there would be casino games, well, I felt somewhat mollified. The strawberry Margarita as big as my head ( and it was free) helped. It was delicious. I think if we'd had to pay for it it would have been about $5. This was a nice place to hold an office event. We had several bowling lanes and a big room for casino games and eating all to ourselves for about 50ish people. They served chicken, salmon, rice pilaf,smashed potatoes, asparagus, and cheesecake or chocolate torte for dessert. Oh, and lots of salad, either caeser or a mixed vegetable extravaganza. The chicken was a little dry. Eveyrthing else was yummy. The chocolate torte thing was sick. Cookie crust, mousse middle, and thick ganache like chocolate fudge on top. wow There are huge tv's everywhere playing LOUD music videos... some of the music was a bit much but they keep it clean for children per the staff. There was alot of old eighties stuff,and old black and white Elvis footage... kinda fun. Not a bad place to go. Hubby wanted to check out the arcade but I wouldn't let him, I made him go home so I could sleep off my margarita....s. read more

This place continues to suck after covid. It's a no go for me. Bad food and service. Sad because it was great at one time.

I go to a higher end place to get good service and food. Tonight i sat at table 605. Great view of the screens. Keep in mind i spent 20 years in restaraunt managent. The service was great tight up to the time we had to pay for the bill before we get our food. I ordered a crazy al cooked to medium. What i got was medium rare. Medium is no pink and what i got was a dark pink all the way through. My lady ordered the philly. What she got was some kind of beef that tasted like it sat in water for days then cooked. Or at least attemped to cook. The cheese was a nacho cheese out of a can with the oils from that being warmed up and soaking into the bread, meat, and vegies. It was disgusting. Top that off we had to get our own condiments and togo things. And they conned us out of a tip begore all of this. They had pleanty of people for clean up. Too many as they stood around chatting and yet claimed they did have enough servers. We are done with big als and we will spread the word. read more

We had a wonderful experience at Big Al's yesterday. The staff were actively cleaning, attentive, and accommodating. One employee in particular, Buffy, made my children's day! She helped them in the treasure room and it was my son's birthday so she gave him a goodie bag. I cannot say enough kind things about Buffy. Five star experience - we'll be back soon! read more

1. Asked for a pitcher of bud light upstairs; which they said they didn't have. Then went downstairs & they listed it as an option. 2. Yakisoba - had tendons in the meat, making it difficult to eat & was VERY overcooked, the egg, which the point of is to break the yolk & have it run over the food for creaminess was cooked over-hard. 3. Had to wait over 2 hours for a table. 4. BECAUSE they don't allow reservations. 5. Didn't get the Cajun tots that came with the chicken strips. 6. Didn't receive a drink we ordered THEN they tried to charge us for it. 7. They gave the BIRTHDAY BOY the wrong Chicken wings he ordered. 8. All chicken was the DRYEST chicken I have ever had the misfortune to eat, let alone have to pay for. I mean, you know the food is awful when you don't even want to take your leftovers home. 9. I asked for a straw 3 times & never got one. 10. Drinks are good; but overpriced. 11. The waiter literally had a member of our group split the bill for them; THEN after she split it up, he came around & tried to redo it because she "didn't do a good job." 12. DEREK, our server, was awful. I hope this is a second job that he does on the weekend for extra money cuz he's definitely not cut out for this field. He never came back to check if we needed anything, how the food was, for any more drink orders NOTHING. Then getting us our checks added easily another hour to our stay. Time we could've been bowling or playing in the arcade; but instead by the time we fiiiinalllllly got everything taken care of no one even felt like staying. 13. Is "Big Al" still alive? If he is, he needs to do MAJOR overhaul in the kitchen & in his staffing. read more

I was had the pleasure of taking my son to a birthday party @ Big Al's this past Sunday. He loves to bowl and was looking forward to this for a while. I wasn't expecting to bowl. I just thought I would help out with the kids. But when I checked in I was told that the adults had their own lane. It was then that I realized that I had my bowling shoes in my car. So I ran out to get them and joined the party. Bowling,pizza, and a few chips and toys was a pretty good combo. My son had a blast and I had a good time too. Once again Big Al comes through. read more

We had an amazing time here! Everything from the food, arcade games, and service was great! Everyone was super helpful and polite, especially Kegan. He was very sweet and friendly. He was more than willing to help us around and we had a fantastic experience because of his help. I am definitely thrilled to visit again with my family sometime. Thank you Kegan! read more

Tried to support Big Al's during the pandemic but walked away disappointed again. They cannot cook a burger properly if their life depended on it. Their cook staff seem to think medium and well done are synonymous. This is not a one time anomaly, they simply do not know how to cook a basic burger (their core competency). It's a sports bar so food expectations are already low but they should at least aim for edible... I recently contacted them directly regarding two crispy burnt burgers that were part of a take out order. I explained that I would rather not blast a business on yelp without giving them an opportunity to respond privately first. I heard exactly nothing in response from them. Clearly they do not care that their food is inedible (yes, we threw out the food) nor that their patrons are paying for overpriced garbage. RIP Big Al's. We hoped we could help you stay afloat. Given that you don't care about your customers, I'm now looking forward to the next tenant who has some basic business acumen and regard for the people who are keeping them in business. read more

Sophia is amazing! She was so nice to us and she has such a great personality, Thank you for hiring the best read more

We had a blast at Big Al's tonight! Kegan was awesome & very helpful. His customer service was outstanding. Thank you Keagan for being adding to the Big Al experience. read more

Honestly the food here has completely tanked. Stale and freezer burned tots that aren't edible. Drumsticks weren't fresh, they were old and clearly frozen, skin tough as a thick leather. I sent it all back and ate elsewhere. Service was still terrible, as it's been for at least 3 years. It's unfortunate that a facility with so much potential will get run down, all due to poor management. It's fully on the managers for not doing quality checks on food, asking how service has been to clients... You're sinking your own ship, fare well. read more

I've been going to Big Al's many times which is why I took me so long to write a review on the establishment. Awesome place if you want to have a night out with the kids or if you wanna have a drink while you go bowling, watch a sporting event, or play some video games. The sports book is huge! They also have a bar upstairs just for adults with some pool, darts and older video games with a full view of the sport books. The reason why this place didn't get a 5 star rating is because the service is not very good and the prices are very expensive. Rather than that, great place! If you have time to wait for food and drinks as well as some deep pockets, go and you'll have a blast! read more

Had a a great time here. It's perfect for parents who want to relax, have some drinks and eat good food while their kids can be occupied with arcade games and/or bowling. The place is huge. There is also a big on the second floor that is 21 and over, which overlooks the main restaurant if you want to watch games or play pool, shuffleboard, do the golf simulator, etc. Staff was awesome and friendly. I recommend it for families with kids ranging in ages 6-teens and couples who do not have kids that are looking for a fun date night. read more

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

I was disappointed with my experience at Big Al's. The arcade machines were mostly out of order, which took away the enjoyment of my visit

Went to Big Al's on 12/30/2023 bowled with the family and had a blast, ordered food and unfortunately they had forgotten one of our basket of wings, we had mentioned it to one of the service guys and noticed a mistake was made. Thanks to David he took great care of us and complimented us with the wings and a few cards to play at the arcade for the family. David did an amazing job taking care of our issue and resolved it easily and painless, great job!! read more

The food was terrible and service was even worse. We had to ask if our server was going to come to our table. Food was basic.

Once you take out the insane amount of ice this is what is left of your $10 margarita. Service was terrible and slow. There was one waiter name Gio which we had that obviously should find a new profession. He maybe had 7-10 customers in the bar. I requested a shot of tequila, watched the bar tender set it on the bar then started a timer to see how long it would take to have it make it to my table that was maybe 30 feet away. 7 and a half minutes. I got to watch him talk with some female server in the entrance to the kitchen instead. My food was fair, burned enough I wouldn't eat it. My husbands was good. Totally not worth the 1 and a half that we had to sit there and be ignored. read more

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

very nice VIP bowling lanes, fun arcade and decent food.  We had fun there and the margarita is absolutely incredible!!!