I visited Dave & Buster's on Wednesday, 11/23/22 for the 1/2 off games. Experience: This location was very awesome! All of the game machines were working and functioning properly. My favorite games to play were Pac-Man, Monopoly, and Minecraft Dungeons. I won a lot of tickets! On top of that, the staff members were truly nice and the Ladies' restroom was clean. Thumbs up for this location! read more

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This place is always a good time for my girlfriend and I! Amelia had been amazing to us last time almost a year ago and she remembered us and treated us amazing. She is the reason we come back here over anywhere else! read more

Wings and football with background noise. You can never go wrong with Dave and buster if you have lots of energy to burn read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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My recent visit to celebrate my grandson's birthday was deeply disappointing due to the profoundly poor service. After ordering my drink, I watched the bartender pour it and place it on the bar. For 39 minutes, I observed our waiter pass by it repeatedly, even picking up drinks that were made much later, while mine sat ignored. I finally had to ask for it when he returned to our table, at which point he acted with feigned surprise. What was meant to be a special memory for my grandson and me was undermined by inattentiveness and a complete lack of urgency from your staff." read more

The food just isn't good enough to justify the price. Also I got such a little amount of food in my chicken bowl, I was still very hungry when we left. I feel like this place use to have better food and lower prices. The one cool thing is that you can earn tickets playing the arcade games and redeem them for food from the restaurant. So much better than getting a stuffed animal or junky plastic doo dad. You're better off just avoiding this place. read more

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Saturday night salsa was amazing. Great setup, location, and vibe!!! I most definitely will be back and invite my friends.

Good food, reasonable price and the staff at the restaurant were very kind and efficient. We happened to go in for dinner and it was fairly quiet. read more

I took my daughter for her birthday to eat and have some fun there, we ordered parmesan fries the queso with chips boneless wings. When the food arrived all of our food was cold we asked them to change it to remake it when we got the food back it was worse than the first time we talked to a manager she made it right her name was Vicky and I'm telling you if it was not for this manager I would not eat there again. She was so professional and kind and was making sure that our food was perfect she made sure that my daughter was taking care of for her birthday. They don't really do a lot for your birthday unless you buy a birthday package but she went Way Beyond to make it right for us and to make that day special for my daughter for that reason I will return. I give Nikki the manager of five star the food a one star. read more

I have to give a shout out the senior manager Greg Nichols. When Greg overheard that my son and I were having some minor difficulties and were waiting on a tow truck, he brought over a little treat for my son while we waited. His hospitality was gracious and not necessary but it was an ultimate touch of hospitality that is rare these days. Many thanks to DnB for training your staff in the fine art of hospitality. read more

The worst Sunday football you will ever go to. No football sound a DJ so loud you can't talk. The place is empty guess why. Right across the way at Twin Peaks. It was a two hour wait to get in real football real football Sundays. I remember Dave & Buster's used to be such a great place to come watch football. Total buster is a fact ! Don't come here for sports. read more

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Pretty standard Dave & Buster's location if you've been before. Service is great, food is good, and they have a ton of game options to choose from. They have some really great signature cocktails so I definitely recommend trying those :) We mostly came for the bar after dinner but exploring around is a must!! read more

It's the NBA playoffs season and I had never been to a Dave & Buster's. Why not? The Good: Several large screen TVs that make watching sports in the bar/dining area easy regardless of where you're sitting. Having said that, I did have to negotiate with staff to actually change the channel when the Phoenix Suns game came on which seemed bizarre since nearly every guest at the bar was there to watch the game. Decent Happy Hour specials that last till 7:00 pm. Well-made cocktails. The Vanilla Old Fashioned is exceptional and packs a punch! Despite the chaos/noise of the arcade area, you're insulated from it when sitting at the bar. Food is of average quality, akin to an Applebee's. Other guests sitting at the bar were friendly and chatty. Mix of locals and travelers. The Bad: Some of the food items are way overpriced. I ordered the crispy chicken tenders with chipotle BBQ sauce. They were priced at nearly $12. What I was served was four small tenders. I actually thought that the order had been placed wrong or I was being served a special Happy Hour course of a smaller portion. I know food costs are skyrocketing but it would probably be better to just take this item off the menu. I can't imagine I'm the only disappointed guest. To be fair, the nachos were a much larger portion. The Ugly: With the exception of Adam, the bartender who waited on me, the rest of the staff has a "That's not my job mentality." And when they actually say, "That's not my job," it is pointed. Again, staffing shortages are a huge problem now, but plenty of other places are still managing to deliver exceptional service. In the end, would I ever return to Dave & Buster's? Probably not. There are tons of other establishments that offer this same concept at a better value. I totally understand the brand appeal of Dave & Buster's for families. It offers something for everyone. The kids can play games, Mom can drink a bottle of Chardonnay, Dad can watch the game while kicking back a brew. It is convenient, albeit not cheap. Similarly, the food on offer is not something you would come here for. I ordered the grilled steak salad that was OK but was marred by the tons of dressing slathered on (note to kitchens: ALWAYS put the dressing on the side!). For the Tempe Marketplace location in particular, there's just too many other good options around. read more

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The grilled salmon is outstanding. The service is great! The drinks are spot on, and right on time. The energy during sports games is fun and you will have a good view no matter where you are. The cobb salad was not what I expected; mixed salad greens is chopped romain with a lot of the heart, the corn has a sweet, cream base, so even with dressing and cheese on the side, it's coming "wet." It was still delicious and had a nice crunch. (But next time, I'll just order the salmon entree.) Overall, it's a great dining experience and well worth the price. read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - Cobb salad with salmon - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Came here for Tuesday Trivia and games. It was so fun. It was Jack's Trivia if I remember correctly. I am not a drinker so I opted for some food for the event. I got a side of Mac and a side of guac and chips. Both were really really good. I highly recommend both options as both seemed freshly made. The Mac was creamy and was made with cavatappi noodles. The guac seemed to be made fresh but if not, they fooled me. It was chunky and had all of the right mix ins like onion and tomato. The games were super fun as well. The scary 3D game may leave your with nightmares but it's well worth it. read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - The Mac & Cheese Guacamole - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Well due to Covid, the menu has shrunk from 12 pages to one side of a piece of paper. They got rid of many favorites and are trying to give us craft type of food now according to the bartender. The food did look decent coming out including the Flatbread, but I tried the garlic parmesan crusted chicken breasts for $15 50. These were pounded flat and had good crunch. The alfredo linguini was a good choice on the side as well. Not bad, but bud light bottles are near $6 now. read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - Parmesan chicken cutlets. - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Came to visit Tempe Marketplace (since I constantly see the bright lights when landing at PHX airport) and capped off our night with a visit to D&B since it's been a while. We came here primarily to play the games and we were able to have an hour plus fun on a $35 card. Overall, the game selections were modern and new though this D&B felt smaller than other ones I've visited in California. There wasn't too long of a wait for the more popular games, but my biggest gripe was their DDR-clone. A group of DDR fanboys decided to setup shop at the arcade and pretty much block anyone else from playing. I get that there's always that one group of people crowding DDR, but come on, knowing the popularity I feel like there should be way more of these machines than just 1. read more

I contemplated leaving this review but I think it's important to provide an honest take on the state of restaurants right now and how my experience at Dave & Busters last night was the perfect example. At present, eating out at casual dining places has become as equal a luxury as dining out at a fine restaurant. And not due to quality but solely based on cost. An order of appetizer wings at this location was $18.99 and you only receive seven wings. The wings weren't particular delicious and the atmosphere wasn't particularly vibrant. For a Monday night in October you would think D&B would attempt to attract customers through food and drink specials while they watch Monday Night Football or the Major League Baseball playoffs. There was none of that. Just really overpriced cafeteria quality bar food. The place was half empty and the service was okay. I have 1-star for timeliness of service and the cleanliness of the facility. But there was absolutely nothing about that experience that warranted spending $20 after taxes on seven pieces of chicken wings. We left before the game we came to watch ended. As we walked through Tempe Marketplace on our way to our car we passed much livelier bars that were full of patrons. We peaked at their menus and were seriously regretting our decision. If you find yourself in Tempe Marketplace and are looking to watch a sporting event while enjoying delicious food, I do not recommend D&B. Places where you'll have a better time without regretting the money you spent are within walking distance: The Thirsty Lion, Bar Louie, and Twin Peaks. For this Dave & Busters, come for the arcade games but go somewhere else for food and drinks. read more

Amazing customer service, the manager Amelia was so kind and accommodating when we experienced an unfortunate theft event. Would absolutely come back, so much fun!! read more

Look at your receipt!!! I had no idea they automatically include the tip and force you to subtract or increase it. This is a deceptive practice. I didn't realize it until it was too late. read more

Fun place to take your teenager. Food was okay but nothing really to write home about. However, it's continent that you can eat and play.

Our waiter Tom is just outstanding. We ordered the flatbread Food is usually pretty good not so much today but that's ok. Not done eating but I was anxious to review Tom's service. Very impressed. read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - Strawberry shortcake - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Games were a blast. Brand new equipment made it a pretty fun time. Unfortunately the entire experience was dampened by slow service and ridiculous pricing for the food given. Example: $11 for 4 TINY chicken tenders... couldn't feed a toddler let alone a grown man (pictured) Go here for the games, eat before hand, and get your drinks from the bar. read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - $11 Chicken tenders - Buffalo Wings (regular Or Boneless) - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

DandB seems like a great place to watch a game. Plenty of huge TVs everywhere. We never ate hear, just came for the kids to play games. It is very frustrating when you swipe your card and you're charged for the game...but you dont get to play the game. This happened multiple times. I kept having to track down the same poor kid to credit my card and dissect the arcade game to fix the issue. Another thing is the place was pretty gross including the bathroom. read more

Tom the server made our whole experience. Incredible guy. Super nice, very welcoming. Will be back again because of his approach to his work and the fun environment! Thanks Tom!!! read more

I never in a million years thought I would ask my friends can we meet up at Dave & Busters to have a drink but I'm now that guy I mean Gal haha I ate so much and enjoyed my perfectly prepared cocktail I added them to my I'll be back a lot list!! We took my nephew and to my SURPRISE everything we ordered was GREAT!! I ate more then my share but I was able to go play a few games and I had a very nice time. This is a place you can be as grown as you want and let the kid in you come out and play!! Until we meet again Watermelon cocktail and Shark game... read more

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My girlfriend and I went here to compare it to the D&B from Queen Creek. Only did the gaming as we had eaten prior, however, a decent portion of the games were out of order. We still had fun with the games we could play. The main reason I'm writing this review is because when it was time to checkout, we selected our prizes and brought them to the counter. The man at the checkout, Enzo, scans all our items and then he placed a bag of gummy bears and a candy burger with our selected items. My girlfriend and I assumed he was handing them out for free as he hadn't said a word about them and we didn't ask for them. Come to find out the morning after, the receipt showed us he charged us for them. At no point did we even ask for or desire candy so I'm not sure if he did it intentionally but come on, do better. read more

My hand is forced to post the rating. So disappointed. Someone dropped the ball and no one is stepping up. Service: great! Our server had a huge area filled, every table, every seat and SRO. Food: nope. Never again. Side salad, prepared hours or days in advance. Not fresh. No dressings available that were not cream based. Are a dry salad. Not even pepper or hot sauce available. Experience. Poor, worse than poor. In deficit. Ordered side salad, my partner ordered the Parmesan truffle fries at 1:30.... At 3:00 his fries were delivered. No mention of salad status. Finally at 3:30, I took a walkabout to find a manager. Good to hear he was working the line. BUT if you are working the line wouldn't you see a ticket not fulfilled for 2 hours. 20 minutes later salad arrives. They are out of any non-dairy dressing. Ok, I get it. Asked for pepper, hot sauce...nothing ever arrived. Finally just ate it dry. Listen, I get it- short staffed, we're kot e petting the Raider fan base to show up like they did, it was a busy first Football Sunday. But 2 hours for a side salad? No accountability? Serve my partner and not me? Wasn't able to fulfill the order (no salad dressing available). None of this is on our server. Again she was amazing. Symptoms of poor leadership. By the way. the bill came. I never expect or want a discount. But someone took care of the salad. Guess what. $3.99 pints advertised...charged $6.99. Wonder how many others were overcharged. read more

Crowd pretty good for a Saturday night. Kids enjoyed the game options and good selection of drinks.

The food is just overpriced 2 avocados sandwiches with 2 drinks 41.03 and they still want tip even thought you don't want to leave a tip on the machine I payed cash but no I don't think I wouldn't go back to eat there so overpriced the food and still didn't get full at all. read more

This was my first time here and at first I was having a great time with friends. I got to meet the DJ and got to dance. ..but then I was treated horribly by a person named sky. She started yelling at me because I sat on a chair that was supposedly" her chair" She started yelling at me and I was i shocked as everyone was as well. I told her she could be nicer and she got so mad and started saying I was banned from d&b for a month and so on and on and kept on yelling at me for no reason at all. So I just walked out because I was not getting down to her lower level. I am not goin go confront a crazy person. I am very disappointed. Everything was fun, until this person randomly attacked me. read more

My marketing team hosted a holiday party at this location and the one on the westside. People loved the meatballs. The rest of the food appeared decent, nothing to write home about and not fancy, just average. My guests ate everything but the only thing they commented on being good was the meatballs. I was disappointed that there were NO vegan options on the menu at all, not what we served but on the actual menu. I ordered an impossible burger lettuce wrapped to go as the buns had dairy and it. It came with Cheese on it so I had to throw it away. I had specified vegan. Btw - cheese is not vegan. Is it that hard? read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Our time at Dave & Busters was very good until we had to sit and eat we asked politely twice for a booth and he denied a booth which was open and said that there was not a booth open and then we asked the waiter and it was up to our host Roberto for a booth which he didn't give and gave to another family game is 5 stars but at the restaurant is very not inconsiderate. We came here for my sisters birthday when she asked for the booth and he completely didn't let us have the booth that was open. read more

Great service. Staff is fast and nice Food is great Place is clean and had no wait time read more

This racist ass place is terrible! The regular workers are ok but the managers are a nightmare! Especially the guy who wears a mask, he makes me uncomfortable just to interact with. And the manager with the dreadlocks talks to you like you're an idiot and she's better than you. read more

Did you know that Back in the late 1970s, Buster opened a restaurant known for its tasty food and friendly service. A few doors down, Dave opened an outrageous place for entertainment and games where adults were irresistibly drawn for fun. The two young guys noticed people rotating between their establishments, and an idea started to form. They joined the two concepts together. DAVE & BUSTER'S IS A PROUD SUPPORTER OF MAKE-A-WISH® AND HAS RAISED OVER $6 MILLION SINCE 2012 FOR CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES So now my review: Their Mac and cheese is amazing and delicious. Please try it. They offer many choices of food Items. Each have different size portions which is good. If you like to drink come here. They offer many different drink options. Cheap to expensive. Yes it is loud but just speak louder. Their games are fun and I really like the old school games. You do not have to play games to have fun here. Everyone talks to each to each other. They have many televisions to watch football etc.. great location and venue. But parents please watch your kids. I know you're having fun and think this is a babysitting place and you can just ignore your children, but Please don't. read more

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This visit could have been better. It wasn't real busy but the service could improve. The food was okay but the drink service was lacking. Ordered drinks were not delivered and was still on the bill. We had to ask to have it removed. Overall, it was just an okay experience. I love giving great reviews, but just could not on this visit. I'm sure I'll be going back and hope for a better experience. Do better Dave and Busters. read more

First of all.thw food was great. The bad part is I was double charged. If I had noticed while I was there I could've possibly gitten it taken care of then. But it wasn't till the next that i saw my bank account i live 3 hours away so im not able to go back to the restaurant. Ive been dealing with the refund issue for about 3 weeks now. Started to feel they are giving me the run around. Im sorry being double charged is one thing.. but 77 dollars is alot of money. read more

Great staff, great atmosphere and lots of games. Can't wait to go back. Didn't try the food was just there to be a kid.

D&B's is always a fun place. Drinks are delicious! Apps and some of the entrees are really good, but the new menu took a lot of things out so it feels like there is not much to choose from like before. I used to love looking through the overextended pages of food and drink items, but it's not like that anymore. Great games and the card deals are good. My kids range from 18 to 25 so they all have equal amount of a good time here. My favorite thing to do is sit at a table and watch all kinds of sports on the plethora of TVs with a drink in hand. read more

Dave & Buster's Tempe - Mango Berry Red Bull - really good! The ice cubes are frozen watermelon. - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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I've been taking my 16 yr. old Niece to Dave and Busters for and she always enjoys herself. She rarely leaves the house, Due to her having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), so she uses noise cancelling headphones. Right after purchasing a game card with cash, she had an ASD episode (panic attack) so the card went unused. The manager offered neither empathy nor a refund and stated that his system did not allow for a refund. It was disappointing for such a large company to not accept those with special needs/disabilities/or the mentally ill when life is tough enough for these KIDS. Attn: Dave and busters: Please educate ALL of your employees regarding Autism and ASD aka Autism Spectrum Disorder. read more