I had a great experience coming here! Staff is super helpful and polite. For a service that is completely free, it is impressively clean and has nice equipment. They also have a small selection of free snacks! I will absolutely be coming back here to escape the heat or just hang out with friends. read more

Their hours of operation are not usually the same. I arrived supposed they are open and found out it's closed. See photo for ref. read more

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Bathrooms are very dirty and there is pee on the floor and seat. The kind of people you expect to be here are exactly who is there. Very nice owner and staff, the facilities are somewhat clean, and the interface is easy to use. read more

One of the cool spots to hang and play games. Closes late as well!! Which is a plus and serves snacks if you get hungry as well! Would come back again to kill time! read more

I am a bit new to the gaming sphere and I started to come on down here whenever I am around in the SGV. They have a lot of computers, the location is secluded and quiet, and it isn't a place where too many people go visit. read more

VERY DIRTY!! Staff was nice. Setups had a lot if food and trash. BATHROOM WAS DISGUSTING AVOID AVOID!!!! 2 stars cus the prices were decent: $5 an hour for Area B (144hz). Will not come again unless I was held hostage to go. There are others in the area that are probably better. read more

This place was absolutely disgusting. The service was okay. The food is usual pc cafe snacks. Everything in there screams old and dirty. The keyboards are caked full of dirt and dust and the floor looks like it hasn't been vacuumed in over a year. All the chairs and headsets are broken or dilapidated as well. I only played for 1 hour as I couldn't handle how unimaginably dirty the place was.. I wish I had taken pictures to show you because it was absolutely insane how filthy the place was. It's incredibly cheap to play but man it really doesn't take much to wipe the stations down from time to time and vacuum the floors. TLDR: Place is fucking filthy dont go instead go to the Vietnamese spot right under and get the Pho its pretty good. read more

They are clean, pay more for better graphic cards and equipment, and simple to pay. Always friendly too, and noise levels aren't too bad.

Luca was helpful with helping set up the computer. I was able to do what i came for. I like the environment

good place to go they have a lot of games a lot of PCs a lot of PS fives. Very respectful customer service and everything works perfect perfectly fine. read more

Incredibly racist staff they only want Asian (specifically Chinese speaking mandarin) and if they suspect you aren't of such qualifications they will try their best to deter your business. Strange business and they give a free hour for every 5 star review which explains the high rating. read more

First of all, awful customer service. Overall just rude, care-free, and unhelpful. They require you to sign up for an account (a login for their PCs) and charge $10 for a regular, $20 for VIP. It's $4/hr and $5/$6 for any higher pcs. Pros: *atmosphere alone is pretty nice, disregarding the obnoxious players *not super crowded *no bad odors as mentioned in other reviews (from my 1-day experience) Cons: *lack of customer management (there were a couple of individuals who were extremely obnoxious, had no respect for others) *lack of personal space, not a huge issue though *unsanitary bathroom, unable to flush toilet *the keyboard/mouse tends to feel greasy or just uncleaned *lack of newer games on Steam, would be inconvenient to have to ask to download something *connection wasn't very great, lag spikes were common I don't think I'll be coming back here willingly. read more

Went for the first time with my friends and we definitely DONT recommend this place. First, right after we paid we asked the lady what time it was and she said it was 3pm when it was already 3:13. We paid for 2 hours which should've ended at like at least 5pm... We didn't login until 3:15 and by 4:40, the computer automatically logged us out, saying that we ran out of time. When we complained to the front desk, she just said the system bugged out ("there was an error with the system" and that we needed to pay more?! When we clearly confirmed and paid for 2 hours and only got 1 hour and 30 minutes. Second, there was a lot of lag when we were playing league, when the animations got intense. My friend's game even crashed during another game. Third, the w key on the keyboard literally didn't work lol... Overall, super disappointed by the place, the staff was extremely unhelpful and friendly. Was expecting a lot more. Recommend the one in ktown. read more

Person at the front was super super rude. No eye contact whatsoever and gives you a really passive aggressive response when asking questions. It was my first time ever going to a pc place and I didn't know how it works. Person looks at me rolling his eyes and sighing super loudly. Place is also dirty and the keyboards mouse and everything is so sticky. It's kinda placed in a ghetto area and I couldn't find it at first until I circled back the third time. Anyways, probably won't be coming back lol read more

Stayed for 1h very cheap very good and the price is nothing compared to what you get! read more

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closest gaming spot in SGV: 7/10 would come here with my bestie to play ARAM. wish there was Genshin Impact since it is so popular. cons: -sometimes it would get stuffy and my friend would feel nauseous. -another time, when i asked the person working to look at my keyboard since it stopped working after i was able to log in, he told me to go to another one while he was PLAYING in a game with three other people; super unprofessional of him and neglecting his duties... i bothered him again because the 2nd computer i was on had the same problem. he was already in game so of course he brushed me off. (shown in pics) -loud international Chinese people (FOBs) or there'd be that one dude voice trolling or making overly sexual jokes pros: -nice keyboard and mouse -decent prices -headphones -bathroom read more

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Man what can I start about this one. So first of all its located on the second floor of a business building where you have to go through and walk up twenty stairs to get up to. Secondly me and my pal were inside waiting and the front person (some guy) sat there staring at us. When we asked if we could get three seats he stares at us confused so he speaks in Mandarin to my friend who is caucasion haha. So I spoke to him in my best chinese and he says you need a membership to play. Ok? So how much is a membership... well turns out he didn't know. There is no hourly rate either so we just walked out and went to the dennys down the street and all three of us wasted our time. Place had cluttered things everywhere and the ramen boxes were on the floor. Fantastic. read more

I wish leave a negative rate, front desk said they have the games installed that I want to play but when I go there and pay $10 member fee and $10 recharge. The game doesn't work can not play. And they are not refund me money! Plus when I ask front desk for help multiple times he even bothered to stand up and come for help read more

Maybe I expected too much out of my first time going to a PC bang as someone who owns a PC back home, but I wanted to experience it with my girlfriend while we were traveling. That was a mistake. This place deserves less than 1 star if it was possible. - Mouse has problems making gameplay control difficult. - 8 year old PC hardware (4th gen Intel from 2013, 8GB single channel DDR3-1333) that takes very long to turn on. - Grimy, greasy peripherals and cheap 60 hertz monitor, unacceptable for esports. - PC logged out 10 minutes into the first match despite us paying for 2 hours. Would not allow us to log back in without rebooting for 3 minutes which obviously cost us the game. - Expressed our dissatisfaction with the PC rebooting. Were denied a partial refund for the rest of the time. They had the audacity to say "just use the rest of the balance next time" as if there will be a next time. Ridiculous. Worst $20 I've ever spent. read more

I love this cafe the manager was super friendly and was able to help me with whatever problem definitely coming back here again

Nice location to game and the computers had no frame drop. Will be going back pretty soon.

I called to inquire about the price per hour and what the specs were for the pcs and monitors there. The worker couldn't give me any information besides the price RANGE per hour! I asked what makes the price different per hour and the guy couldn't answer the question. Couldn't tell me what graphics card was used, couldn't tell me the monitor size or fps, couldn't tell me what games I could play. After I asked him what graphics card was installed, he ended the call by yelling at me "what game do you want to play?" I could hear him pushing buttons on the keyboard as he was playing a game. He couldn't even pause the game to have a decent conversation with a new customer wanting to give money to this establishment. I ended up going elsewhere to play. They need to hire workers who actually get paid to work, not play games and turn away paying customers. This place won't last if they don't hire better quality workers... read more

The owner is a fucking liar. When I first came here the owner asked me to download and send picture to wechat app which I don't have, that is the only way to lower price from $4 to $3 for an old computer. When I next time came here he didn't say is he only upgraded me for one day, and that is only reason I want to play here. The PC from $4 to $6 are old and price are high compare their outdated PCs. Don't come here. The owner is a liar and price are high based on their PC components. read more

Great place Improve needed for your equipments -Some screens are cracked -Some keyboards are missing their under part, which helps them to stand -Stuff looks tired all the time lol read more

To play games is just okay. Rates were fine, the host speaks little english, and the setups were not clean. The lower end pcs have a bit of frame stutter but have not tried the higher end versions yet- struggled to play some Valorant on the lower rates, something to consider if you are wary of how much you want to spend. read more

good computers, and it's cheap. It's 5 dollars per hour and it's a good environment. Would recommend to bring your own headphones and mouse because they are a little cheap read more

Bad customer experience Took my step son with down syndrome and autism I paid the 15 dollar fee and lead us to the gamming pc. Also I had two 10 year old kids with me. . Once their they told us we needed a steam account and email address to play. I had to setup a steam and email account to get them online. That took 30 min. Once I got the two 10-year-old kids going I decide it was to much to setup two more account one for me and one for my step son with down syndrome. So I asked them just refund the 15 dollars for my step son since he is not going to play since he has no email or steam account and I was not going to spend another 20 min trying to get him online since I already spent 30 min getting two kids online. Well they refused to refund me the money for my step son with special need down syndrome and austism even though he never played one minute. Shame on you guys. read more

Great place for a great alone time. They have snacks, gaming computers, VR sets, you can watch esports tournaments. All games are in the computers. You need to use your own steam account. Or "borrow" one of their guest accounts. Staff can be a little poker face ish don't take it wrong. That's just how they look. Lots of parking. Great night getaway read more

This Place isn't very new customer friendly, they understand very little English. Even trying to ask them basic questions they gave confusing answers, all the key boards were filthy there was dirt and hair in between the Keys! and They have these weird yellow fluorescent lights that are very awkward and distracting. Not ambient LED lights that 95% of normal gaming cafes have. The program that they use to manage there system is Absolutely terrible! You can tell it must be 10 years old! They have Logitech mouses but they don't even have G hub downloaded?? I had to Download it to change my DPI, which they have no idea what DPI is? They used are full personal names for our user name and our Birthday for our password, instead of just letting us set up custom names and password from the beginning. Extremely popular Free to play games like Genshin impact and Apex aren't even updated, after it took me and my GF like 20-30 minutes to finally set up our PCs to our liking, we were both met with hour long updates to the games that we came there to play. Which is when we left! Games that every other gaming cafe that I've been to, have available and ready to play. I tried to get them to work with me, but the language barrier, and the fact that it didn't seam like they cared to help us have a good experience as obvious first time customers. This place has a lot of potential, If they upgraded to a better system, because there's is very outdated. And cleaned and updated there interior, and hired at least 1 person that had a decent understanding of English, it could thrive as a gaming cafe.. but honestly they don't seam like they care about there business very much. Place was practically empty on a Saturday night, and now I know why! They need to go over to netfragz and take some notes! The only thing I liked about this place was the monitors and the music volume.. I guarantee most of there 5 star reviews were bots or bought with customer incentives! I hope they see this, and translates it, and take it to heart. And get off there bums and give there business the TLC it deserves! Waste of 20$! read more

They offer you a free hour of playing if you rate them 5 stars on this website. RIDICULOUS! They need to be reported to Yelp for breaking the rules. read more

Very good spot for gaming needs. Affordable and well maintained. Other than a moderately loud environment(gamers, what you expect?), it's a great place to waste time. Equipment is up to par and it's $10 from 12AM-6AM(select days): prime time for gaming. In-N-Out right across the street and food is allowed. read more

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RACIST! Horrible customer service. My nephews have came here a couple of times and everytime they come there's 2 OLDER costumers that say racist slurs to them. Saying things like "if you dont speak Chinese get the fuck out" etc. My nephews complained to the front desk but she didn't do anything to help. So my sister took matters in to her own hands and talk to the managers and all they manage to do is blame her for coming in angry and not speaking up. DO NOT COME HERE!!! read more

First time checking in. Nice place to chill and hang out with friends. Ii like the atmosphere here alot of computers.

This is probably the worst gaming spot ever because their computers don't work properly, there's no room to move, you have to purchase the games you want to play, they rip you off, and they have bad customer service. DO NOT GO HERE!!!! it is also not kid friendly because the people in there cuss and the owners smoke in the building. read more

I went in as a group. The one staff at the counter was sick and coughing on our IDs, she only told us about 2 out of 4 paying options when we told her it was our first time. Single bathroom, there is a snack area but we didn't check the price of the products, and do expect a lot of people talking loud enough where the headphones won't help unless you blast them. This was my first time going to a gaming place like this, but I also didn't know that you can only play the games you already bought. Don't expect to play some games you never played before via Steam. read more

I came just to see if I'd be good enough to play Overwatch with my little brother. I am a Symmetra main -- the most looked down upon player type in all of Overwatch, while my little brother boasts master Genji gameplays all of 626 can be envious about. To test whether we were a match, I drove out to Espot Gaming Lab. The e-cafe's tucked away in the upper floor of a shopping center. It's kind of an awesome find. Inside, it's dark with only the illuminations of screens and lit keyboards to guide you. The staff is pretty chill and they have promotions that'll help you save some cash. We took advantage of the Yelp review one (as you can see lol). They offer snacks and drinks if you're looking to replenish your finger energy so you can happily mash the living daylights out of WASD. Will definitely return since my little brother doesn't mind me playing Symmetra all the time. 8]: We flank together. read more

I loved the environment of this place. I'm actually really glad that a gaming cafe opened up in this area because I hadn't been to one in a long time. The equipment is also great here and I would definitely come back. read more

Terrible experience It's located on the second floor, you need to use the entrance next to lollicup, then take the stairs to your right. Upon entering the place is completely dark, with some league decor. My friends and I went to the empty front desk, we looked around and saw someone standing behind some players observing them. I wanted to assume that he was the worker on duty but I didn't want to wave him down just in case he wasn't. We did make eye contact and he did see us waiting by the front desk, after waiting 5 minutes I just called the number listed on yelp, shortly after that he came to the front desk, didn't even welcome us, apologize for making us wait. He just said "what do you need..." obliviously we were there to play. I asked how much it was for an hour and whether we needed to pay before hand or after. It's $3/hr with a $20 for 10 hr package, then he said if we wrote a 5* review we can have an hour free... seriously?!? Terrible service then he had the nerves to ask that before we even had a chance to play. Absolutely ridiculous I paid for the $20 for 10hrs and stayed for about 3 hours. The computers set is standard gaming set, from the mouse to the monitor. The chairs were pretty uncomfortable after sitting for 3 hours we had to leave since all of our backs started to hurt. They don't have any rules either there were about 5-10 other computers being used and every single person was screaming! It was so irritating. I would not recommend this place to anyone, I would rather stay with dream lab or e games. read more

Great spot for gaming. Brought my sons here with some friends. They had a great time. The place is clean and the guys working at the desk are very friendly. Will definitely return. read more

Bad experience I wouldn't come back, the computers and everything are brand new, but not the best quality. You can tell that they skimped on the cost and got all low grade equipment. It is more expense than all other locations. $3/hr or $20 for 10 hrs, there are no other options. Save yourself the trouble and make the drive to a better place read more