I would love to see the electric bill - I can only imagine what it must be for the largest arcade…read morein the world with over 850 playable arcade cabinets. Speaking of, how wonderful is it that this place exists? Far too many modern places are drink-focused enough that games have cup-holders, the games themselves have giant, modern LCD screens with the brightness and color turned way up, and all this for about $1.50-$2.00 a game that lasts a minute, 90 seconds at best, and does not require much skill (with alcohol, I suppose they want something winnable even while a little inebriated). This is to say nothing of the games where the goal is to win tickets to exchange for prizes - don't get me started on the shenanigans at play. Galloping Ghost has arcade games where a simple joystick and a couple buttons is all you need. There are some older shoot the screen games, and other retro games as well. Let's say that none have a modern, flat-screen, and all are old enough to use CRT (Tube) Screens. Given their age, the games are kept in very good shape! I also love that Galloping Ghost is about the love of the games, and not about the love of liquor with games being an excuse to drink. There are bottled sodas available for sale, but not cup-holders, alcohol, or food. Even gum is forbidden. This also has the effect of being a community icon! When I visited, there was a gathering of furries (not something I engage in, but power to you!) I haven't even gotten to the best part: $25 for all day, all-you-can-play access. Open from 11am to midnight (or 2am Friday & Saturday night). The ticket allows you access throughout the day, so you can come and go as you please. Better still, an extra $5 gets you access to all-you-can-play pinball a couple blocks down the street. Also a good selection of fun machines somewhere between retro and modern Stern. Final verdict: While Chicagoland has some arcades with free-play, and some even don't require an entrance fee, these, despite a modest selection revolve around booze. Galloping Ghost is a dying breed that exists to test your skills, maybe set a record if you're that good, and hang out. All this, for a very reasonable entrance fee.

GGA has way over 1000 games. For that reason, a five star rating is warranted!…read more BUT... Many (about 10 percent or more) aren't playable...there either completely out of order, and have been, in some cases, since last year. Many others (another 10 to 20 percent) suffer from having poorly functioning controls. Still, this place is amazing. It's amazing, but by no means perfect. Back down to 4 stars!

The anticipation during the Covid lockdown was massive! Oak Park would have an arcade ice cream…read moreshop! And the first year this shop was opened was really fun. We brought our friends and family to enjoy. But the last time we came, I was really let down. None of the games were turned on and I have toddlers who got very frustrated until I came to figure it out. If you ever have been to a real arcade you will be left down by the cheap knockoffs that are here. Plus the Pac-Man game had a broken joystick. Best parts: they have two great Lactose flavors and they will sell you cones without ice cream in them. It's a nice place to grab and go, but don't waste time sitting inside.

I'll start off the review by saying I'm not the target demographic for this establishment. It seems…read morelargely targeted towards kids, which is fine. I was excited about Sticks and Cones because I had worked at a bubble tea + frozen yogurt for years when I was in high school and college. I was quickly disappointed when I got there. I decided to order a bubble tea / boba, not sure what they actually call it on the menu. (Fun fact: east coasters call it bubble tea, and west coasters call it boba!) I ordered the drink with boba, which is denotes the standard tapioca pearls at all other boba establishments I've been to, but there seemed to be confusion when I didn't specifically specify tapioca pearls, so make sure to be specific. The tapioca pearls were very undercooked. The pearls also didn't seem to be in a sweetener, so they were very plain. What really upset me was when my husband ordered the Thai tea. The person behind the counter did not know how to make it, and when they asked how to make it, the response was, "this doesn't use tea, this uses only powder and water." The powder wasn't very high quality, because when mixed with water, it created this creamy and lack of Thai tea taste. I think this is why that at the place I worked at, we also brewed actual Thai tea from tea leaves to mix with the powder. It also took 15 minutes to make for some reason. It seems that boba is becoming very trendy. It's sad that we are losing out on the authenticity of boba drinks. For the frozen yogurt, I appreciated that there were vegan options. However, what was off-putting was that no one would come around to clean the machines, so you're looking at a melted pile of froyo on the grates of the machines. The counters of the store were in general, not wiped down, even though there were at least a few people behind the counter, some of which weren't actively doing anything. The ice cream is from Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream, which I love. Sadly, they're a bit frugal with the serving size, or it was mostly that the ice cream was in too large of a container maybe? So it appeared like it was a smaller size. As for the arcade games, it's nice that they're not actually coin-operated, but then the downside is that you get kids monopolizing their time on a machine. For a new store, it was pretty sticky because nothing is being wiped down in between. You can bring your sweet treats to the games.

Amazing customer service, especially from Joshua who helped me and my friends a lot. Had a great…read moretime here.

While visiting Round One I received the the worst service I ever experienced in my life. It started…read morewith the pizza. It was undercooked and I was denied a refund. So then I ordered nachos after I asked did they have them only to be told that they didn't and a refund was issued. I was here my kids birthday. Let's start with Jake the kitchen manager who said the only thing they have in the menu is pizza, chicken tenders and fries. My kids wanted Icee. So I gave them money to go wait in line and purchase them. While waiting in line manager Miguel looks past them and takes the 6 white kids behind them. I don't like to do the race thing however when I went up there his response was I didn't know they had money. This is the most racist, unprofessional place I've ever been to. Please don't waste your money here.

The staff is great but I feel bad for them every time we go here. This location has the worst…read moreequipment/lane issues (Lyons, Il). They are always broken, won't reset pins, knocks down your pins before you finish your frame, ball won't/can't return, screws up scores, etc. It's almost comical going here because the equipment acts like it's possessed and you never know what kind of batshit crazy stuff is going to happen. Not good if you're a serious bowler. Even for novices, it is incredibly irritating. The staff tries to keep up but it is difficult for them. Seems short handed for the number of occurrences that need attending to each time we go here. Unfortunate because we like the location and the staff - they try really hard to keep up with equipment issues.

We utilized a Groupon on our visit. The staff were lovely, and help with a few arcade game issues…read more The bowling alley was clean. We had a good time.

My family and I came here for an evening of bowling. This place is very intimate. The bathrooms…read morewere very clean. The bartender was friendly and they serve beer. I had no issues finding a park right in front on a Saturday evening.

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Came in for some PS2 games. They have retro games for every system you can really think of. Fair…read moreprices. I definitely would come back.

John was the goat , helped my girl and I out on getting a gameboy we got three harry potter GBA…read moregames men in black , fantastic 4 and a gameboy ourselves. it was amazing talking to him and he was so knowledgeable about different games , systems and finds ! shout out John bro !

Huge thank you to Archie and his team who did a great job tonight. We took our 2 youngest sons out…read morefor birthday shopping. We had no idea the mall closed early, Archie was awesome in allowing them to enjoy the car experience. Above and beyond service, offering water cheering guests on and being truly genuine.

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My son loves coming to Escape Arcade. I have brought him here a few times already and he doesn't…read morestop raving about how much fun he had. They have all his favorite video games but of course he stays playing fortnite. Not going to lie I love bringing him because I love to play Pacman and Donkey Kong. My son is now wanting to have his birthday party at Escape Arcade and can't wait. I also love the fact that they sale snacks so don't have to worry about going to buy snacks when there.

Good selection to choose from arcade games to PC and console…read more A place to spend time with friends The staff is friendly

Staff was great. It wasn't super crowded on a Saturday night. Lots of great pinball machines. My…read morecomplaints are that too many games weren't working and there wasn't anyplace to sit down. My husband wished they'd had Stranger Things and Jurassic Park. I enjoyed The Addams Family, X-Files, and Elvira.

This is a much smaller place compared to the Galloping Ghost Video Game Arcade but the place was…read morenice. There were two room full of pinball machines including The Twilight Zone, The Evil Dead, Led Zeppelin, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Nightmare on Elm Street, Tales From The Crypt, etc. It was fun playing these pinball machines. My only complaint was that quite a few pinball machines were not functioning. Nice place to visit.

I will give them 5 stars but they have very low staff and most of the young staff have no idea what…read morethey are doing remember some if not all the rides need to be supervised and have to be harness. If they don't know what they are doing your kids have potential risk to get hurt. They have 2 or 3 rides closed to lack of staff. Which they should tell you upfront before you pay full price for all the rides. I had fun but I was getting annoyed that non of the staff will want to open the rock climbing nor the flying ride nor a ride That spins because Insufficient staff. I had not seen my bra daughter for over a year we met There and we paid the most expensive ticket so she could ride all of them And those rides were Closed until I actually told A kid to please Let My granddaughter rock climbed and he said no we don't have enough staff but eventually after telling him we were there for only 2 Hours he let Her climb

We went to urban air for my nephew birthday. I bought pizza for the kids and they the staff over…read morecooked the pizza. As you can see the sausage ar black. Also the crust tasted burnt. The kids refused to eat the pizza and we ended up throwing it away because they refused to give us a replacement even though we hadn't touch the pizza. They gaslight us saying the pizza wasn't burnt and it looked good and all the pizzas looked like that. All I have to say is don't waste your money. Update 10/23 Urban air responded to this review to contact them and leave my contact information. As of now no one has reached out to me after I reached out and as they requested.