The waitstaff was very friendly and they really make a great experience. The food? Yea, don't go there, basic food that is just "eh". Great place for kids to be a kid. Take one for the team and let the kiddos enjoy the atmosphere. read more

Kids love this place... food is below average especially the salad bar. We had Merida from Brave the movie and she was spot on. She made the experience for us wonderful enough that we gave this place 3 starts. Without her... 1 star at best. Come for the experience, not the food... read more

Ran out of wine and glasses while we waited for our table. Then buzzed us down when our table was "ready" making a party of 14 leave our tables up at the bar during peak hour, only to tell us they got us wrong and didn't mean to buzz us. A situation that could have been avoided had they let us take a reservation in the first place. read more

We had katnis everdine(sp)? Great waitstaff. Wait time was quick, quality of food was good, and the apple cobbler was amazing. Too many kids around for my taste, but I understand it's a family oriented place. Great experience overall. read more

Taste of food was average , selection of food was not all that great and the salad bar needed some serious stocking as they were out of most of the items, and service took forever although out little fairy waitress did apologize and said she was really busy.... but my 7 year old loved his pizza he said it tasted as good as the school pizza lol, and the alcoholic beverages were good making this experience a little better. read more

WARNING: There aren't any time machines at this facility, which is extremely disappointing! But, always a fun experience when I go with my family. read more

We had a fantastic time! Nacho Libre was SO GREAT! He was totally spot on with his character, jokes, and interactions! Great memory for our family. read more

It's my our first time in Dallas and I wanted to take my 8 year old daughter to somewhere kid friendly and found this place with a google search. She absolutely loved it!! The staff is great from the hostess to the magician all the way to the waiters and waitresses. The character wait staff will sign an autograph card for the kids and they love it. The magician was awesome he was very entertaining at any age. If you have a chance definitely stop on by. read more

We have been twice and had a fantastic time with each experience. The food was pretty good. The salad bar was in a car. How cute! The croutons were not tasty at all (my daughter likes to eat my croutons out of my salad and she turned her nose at these) but everything else was delicious. The kids can walk around and get autographs from the characters. My daughter had so much fun with this! The employees did a great job staying in character. They had bubbly drinks that were fun and tasty. It is a bit pricey but a fun experience! read more

My daughter loved going here and my wife loved the Salmon fish. She said it was cooked perfectly. I myself had the chicken and it was just ok. Servers are nice and you can really get lost in your own imagination looking around at all the interesting things on the walls read more

We take our kids for specials occasions and always have fantastic service. Folks don't realize that the food actually good. Salad bar is fresh and yummy homemaid ranch dressing!! Kids plates good size, chicken strips & pizza not frozen food but actually fresh batter and homemaid. The best fresh hot bread w/ meal and honey butter. We fight over! . Always share adult entrees w/ husband or just get a bake potato! read more

It seems this place has lost much of its magic. Maybe it's just tired. But I still enjoy going for the memories. The food isn't the best but it's not terrible either. But you don't go for the food, you go for the atmosphere. I still manage to have a good time when I go, I just wish the place was a bit more alive like I remembered it read more

I once loved this place, but it needs a thorough cleaning, fresher ingredients and and an updated menu. I took my kids there and between the smell, the stale under or overcooked dishes, dirty salad bar we were too disgusted to have a good time. We barely touched our food, did not take togo boxes, spent about $60, left hungry, had to hit taco bell and spent another $20. I was disgusted I considered calling the health department. read more

Hilarious and kid friendly (centric) restaurant. You don't come here for the food, whatever you order. Characters running around, creative tables and very fun atmosphere. Cute but not cheap. read more

Great for kids, decent service, bad prices, interesting idea. I would definitely compare to Rainforest Café, overpriced ok food in exchange for really happy kids. Entertaining at least, but wait time did really suck. We were there at 530 on a Friday, already 45 minute wait and no reservations taken on Friday or Saturday. I just can't fault them too much because I got what I wanted, happy kids (with ok food). read more

I went this past Sunday, I was NOT impressed. I will admit our waiter was really funny and nice but that was the ONLY thing that was good about the resturant. The food was horrible and the place was old and very dingy. I could hardly eat, it needs to be updated, you can have an old time feel with a clean and renivated environment. I will never go back. I had a stomach ache after I left and I attempted to go to the restroom and it smelled horrible as well. I wanted out of that place. read more

This was horrendous. Filthy dirty. Falling apart. Terrible staff and non existent vibe. Very disappointed as its meant to be characters "in character". Didn't get anywhere near what the profess. We left after waiting an hr an a half with at least an hour to go. We're told an hour when we walked in. read more

Our family came here about a week ago food is priced same as Chilis we had a cool booth. We all were given balloon swords and animals to play with while waiting for our food. The Woman dressed as Merida from Disneys Brave was amazing. My son was both excited and really (cute) shy when she would appear. He begged for a pic with her but when she came along he would hide under us. Eventually he was able to gather the courage to hug her and take a picture. to was a really good evening because of her. I wish Yelp had a way to post pictures on here read more

The food was okay, but you definitely come here for the experience! It's very kid/family friendly. The entertainers and waitresses were a lot of fun! The building is very old and they haven't updated much inside at all so when you walk in the smell is like an old library. read more

It was fun. The employees are so random it made the dinner. Food is ok, that is why I only gave it three stars. It is a to seedy place.

Place for the kids, seemed like the children were all having a blast...but note to parents: it's pricey! Fun place, but food wasn't great, not even average, and it was VERY overpriced. If you go, it'll be for the decorations and characters. Dessert was tasty, and drinks were good. But that's about it:/ read more

Go there for the atmosphere not the food. Service was very entertaining! Salad bar was scary because it was so disheveled. Meals were over priced for what it was, little choices as well. Again, you go there for atmosphere not great food read more

I would've given a 5 star. The wait to sit down was ridiculous. All around the atmosphere was fantastic, the food was great, the people were fun, the servers were perfectly in character. Fiona was our server, she was spectacular. Definitely the place to take kids. Or to go to try something different. read more

My family decided to visit the Magic Time Machine in Dallas, over the weekend, to celebratemy nieces 7th birthday. When we arrived, the entry was packed, but It didn't take long to get to the front. We were told the wait time was an hour, which we were fine with. Since we had children in our group, one being an autistic 4 year old, we decided to check out the arcade. We got to the small arcade area, that was crowded, and right next to the bar. Kids played some games and my sister, brother-in-law and I decided to get a drink. I asked for tea, which they didn't have upstairs, so I decided not to get anything since I don't drink alcohol. my sister got a soda, which was a really small plastic cup. My brother-in-law ordered a beer. The bar tender said he didn't have any glasses and had to find some. I watched the bar tender grab some dirty glasses off of a table and bring them to the bar, where he emptied them. I never saw him walk to a sink to clean them, but I saw him wipe the glass with a towel laying at the bar. So, I figured he was serving out of dirty glasses. He then made the drink for my brother-in-law. I told my brother-in-law what I saw, and he declined the drink. The bar tender got annoyed and insisted he pay the 5 dollars for the beer. Shortly after, my sister received a text, that wanted her to download an app. I walked downstairs to see if it was because our table was ready. I was told no, so I started back upstairs. As I was on the second set of stairs, a group of kids ran past me, one pushed me, knocking me off balance. As I was trying to regain my balance, a second kid pushed past me, knocking me down. I fell, hurting my leg and wrist. The kids looked back, but kept going. I know kids are kids, but there is more to to this. Once I got back up, I asked the kids where their parents were, they said they were there alone. I walked downstairs, hurting and frustrated, to let staff know unattended kids were running around upstairs, and they knocked me down, injuring me. I went back up to my family, and about 10 minutes later, saw the parent. I confronted the mother and told her what happened. No apologies, or anything. I know this isn't that Restaurants fault, I'm getting to their part. About 5 minute later, our table was ready. I figured I would stay and give it a shot. Our waitress came quickly, she brought our drinks immediately and took our orders. We loved her. After taking our orders, she took us to the "salad" bar, which was over crowded and low on supplies, so I got a small salad. While there, I see the same kids as before, running around pushing people, while their mom was at the salad bar. I went to sit down. While waiting for our food, these same kids kept running around, pushing even our waitress, who asked them to settle down several times. The last straw was when they were pushing against our waitress for a signature, after she told them to hold on a second, and the kids pushed against my autistic nephews high chair, which he got scared and my sister had to remove him. I was worried they would eventually knock him out. At that point, I told my sister we should cancel our order and go somewhere else, I was hurting, my nephew was bumped into and frightened ( if you know anything about kids with autism, you know they don't understand what's going on and things like this is traumatic). The waitress heard me, and asked what was going on. I told her everything, so she told us she was annoyed with them but they couldn't say anything. So she got her manager. The manager came and made me report the incident because I got hurt. But, he seemed annoyed that I wanted to complain. He just kept making excuses, saying this is a family establishment and they can't make parents discipline their kids. I told him that those kids were out of control and already caused an injury, I had to tell the parent, but they are still running around pushing people, including other kids. I told him they are going to cause someone else to get hurt. The Manager just kept making excuses. I told him we wanted to cancel our food, so we can leave. He said we can have our food if we wanted it. We did take it, and the waitress still sang happy Birthday to my niece, so I did tip the waitress. Keep in mind, there are signs saying no running. Staff was running with them. I called the Corporate and got the voicemail of a man named Gary, who was apparently over that division. He did call me back several times, but I was at work and did not get his message until after hours. His message did not include an extension, so I had to wait the next day. during business hours to call him back. When I finally reached him, he was just as rude as the Manager, if not worse. I told him they allowed people to get injured by not enforcing rules. They did not care about the safety of their Customers, but more about their Revenue. This place does not care if you get injured as long as they get money. One star is one too many. read more

Y'all. We have been coming to Magic Time Machine to celebrate special occasions for twenty years! We moved from Waxahachie to Waco and my little kids (who have birthdays 6 days apart) asked for us to drive the 120 mil s to celebrate their birthdays. We arrived about 12:15 on Saturday, 2/24. We were told 45 minute wait. We waited on the chaise lounge in the back corner. It smelled like urine. It was very unpleasant. I kept looking around. There were no babies anywhere around us. It was the furniture. Our 45 minute wait was closer to 75. We got seated with the lady pirate. The other table in our alcove (a lady with her niece) were seated at the same time. We got treated like one table. She took our drink orders together and then food. My daughter has severe food allergies and I gave two stars because the kitchen was awesome in making sure she had safe food. We miss the homemade croutons from the past. The new ones are just bag and not impressive. The croutons used to be my favorite thing. My son ordered regular big kid chicken tenders. No buffalo sauce. When the food finally came it was smoothers in. Buffalo sauce. He took one bite and wouldn't eat it as he doesn't like hot. My husband and I both ordered fried catfish and shrimp. When it came the fish was downright awful. Even smothering it in tarter sauce didn't help. We never leave food behind as we are on a tight budget, but I wouldn't even feed that to my dog. It was that bad. So out of 4 meals on a $80 ticket (including tip) we only had one that was good. It was highly disappointing. Then I have a starving husband and son and have to spend another $25 at what a burger since we have a 2 hour drive home. After five kids and probably 20 trips to Magic Time Machine over the years, we won't be back. Save your money and go else where. BTW my husband is not a complainer and he's asked me everyday since Saturday to leave a review. read more

We had excellent service from the black power ranger! It was a great way to enjoy an evening of adventure with my princess.

My friends and I were in Dallas for a medical appointment and I had always wondered about this place so we thought we would check it out. We were highly disappointed. Our waitress was dressed as Jasmine and that is where it ended other than a few comments here and there about Aladin. Not entertaining at all. The food was even worse. I was so bummed because I was looking forward to a fun dinner and it was sad and horrible. read more

This place is an absolute joke! Almost two hours to sit down. 20 min before we were allowed to go to the salad bar and food is avg. If you love screaming kids and either contemplating a vasectomy or need to scare your teenage daughter the consequences of pregnancy, then this place is for you! read more

Food is not as good as it should be for the price you pay. Service was not that good either..I like the upstairs bar area though. The potion drink was fun and the bartenders were very nice. They looked slammed and there was one new girl but they did make the best. read more

I came here yesterday for a child's birthday party and was extremely disappointed. This place was extremely filthy and unorganized with horrible tasting food and service. The tables and chairs where falling apart and I felt dirty in my seat. After my experience, I decided to finally jump on yelp and start sharing my experience with the public. I'm a foodie and enjoy great food with a good atmosphere however, you won't find that here. BEWARE read more

This place was packed with a very long wait. The employees didn't really seem like they wanted to be there which is a problem when you are suppose to be providing a higher level of service. It was basically a steakhouse where the waiters dress up from what I could tell. I have heard that this place use to be a lot of fun, but now it seems like just another restaurant and a pricey one at that. Over all it wasn't terrible, but not good enough to justify the high cost. For my family it was a let down. read more

We had a group of 15 the romana orgy is good lots of food rest of group order separate dishes prime rib excellent 2 birthdays

So much fun. Where else can you get a free magic show at your table? A much needed change from the typical food chains. Old ordered the herb chicken and it literally was half of a chicken. Delicious and plentiful portions. read more

Love this place. Took my friend there and we were pretty much the only non-family there...but that didn't matter because the place was so cool! the waiters are either over the top thespians or 18 year olds that hate their lives...but both of which are hilarious. The interior is eclectic and they even have a salad car!! The food tasted great and was decently priced. A top favorite and one of a kind experience for all ages. read more

It was one awkward experience after another. I didn't see anyone that wasn't smiling through gritted teeth. Food was good but the overall experience was just weird. Excellent customer service occurs when you see and feel that they care about you in a real, genuine and honest way. They were none of the above. It was more like Dick's Last Resort...without the humor. Ouch. read more

This place sucked. Staff clearly did not like their jobs. The food was over priced for bland food. Linguine noodles were cheap n rubbery hardly any sauce. Spent 72.00 waste of time and money. Salad car was gross had salad all over even on floor with 20-30 ppl all trying to get salad. Will never go back. read more

I went upstairs on a Friday night to the bar area for karaoke, and MAN, this place was awesome! The DJ was fun, and the regulars were phenomenal. Everything from Disney to screamo and talent like you wouldn't believe. Drinks are cheap and taste great! I really enjoyed the yellow potion, and whatever well tequila they use doesn't suck. We also got spinach artichoke dip for the table, which, like all appetizers after 10, is only $5. I went with a group of 5-6 friends and we had a very memorable night. read more

No more homemade cheesy croutons on the salad bar!?!? When our kids beg to come here for their birthday dinner, the one thing that causes me to reluctantly give in are those homemade cheesy croutons. They are the only thing there that taste legit and do not taste like they came out of the frozen food section at the grocery store. Without the homemade cheesy croutons, it's just a dated old rundown restaurant that's past it's prime. read more

The food is not good, it is simply a unique environment. There was a cockroach under the table and our seats were oddly damp. Not a great experience, but I loved it when I was a kid. read more

We are to dinner here for Mother's Day tonight and it is not often we all get together. The restaurant was hot. They had fans everywhere. That is okay and understandable and things happen. However, while my brother was eating his salad he noticed a live worm in it! When we told the manager his response was "Well that was strange. That's a first." He did not apologize or offer anything. He laughed about it. Very rude. Very disappointed. This is supposed to be a nice place to come. read more