A pretty fun place. They have such a wide variety of things to do that it's real good for big groups or familys. There's bowling, arcade, laser tag and a bar with foosball, pool tables and shuffle board. The bowling alley is for a more casual bowler, with the whole black light thing on friday and saturday nights, and you also have to pay hourly for bowling instead of per game. I prefer that, especially since it's more affordable if you have several people to split the cost. Only real gripe I have is that it gets really crowded on weekends, but that's not really a terrible thing. You have to wait for a lane but you can always wait at the bar which isn't all bad. read more

5 stars for having it all (billiards, bowling, laser tag, games) 2 stars for the prices (sorry, but $24 a lane per hour is STEEP, especially when you add shoes) 4 stars for their efficiency and cleanliness 3 stars for the meh average anywhere food Pretty much a standard Main Event, good for the occasional group outing, or rainy day alternative read more

I've never heard of Main Event until my company had a party here, but it was a blast! We bowled for an hour (and had bbq during), then went to play laser tag. The staff were all nice (a little lazy and slow at how to clear tables, but they're not a true restaurant so I'll let that slide), and the drinks were pretty good. There's a nice happy hour 4-7pm weekdays that includes free billiards, so I wish I lived closer. The place is a bit hard to find amidst all the construction and other stores nearby (there's no sign off the street), but otherwise I would come back again! (not sure I would pay for it since it's so out of the way for me) The laser tag arena is 2 floors and pretty big. We had a blast. Definitely a lot of smack talk. It's even more fun after you've had a few drinks. read more

We had a fun team outing with 12 people I work with. Pricing was reasonable and they have a nice selection of options for parties and team events. We ended up with 2 games of bowling/shoe rentals, a selection of snacks, veggie tray, fruit tray and iced tea and it wound up being about $25 or so/person. Overall everyone was impressed with the building itself and we loved that they put us at the end of the lane where we got couches to sit on instead of the standard chairs. They also laid out the food beautifully with table cloths - much classier than I expected for a bowling alley. A few weird things happened that kept the rating from 5 stars. At 5:00 our screens suddenly turned off and had this weird error message. We were told that we were out of time (originally we'd booked to end at 5, but had called several days before and changed that to 5:30). It sounded like a simple error, but then it took 15 mins for them to turn our monitors back on and eventually someone had to come out with a step ladder to fix the problem. Also at 5:00 the lanes also switched to dark/cosmic bowling. Which we found cool, but were surprised because there were leagues playing. That happened at the same time that our screens went off, so we wonder if it was all linked. About 15-20 mins later all the lights came back on. Not long after that we heard a loud explosion that sounded like it came from behind the pins (and several lanes down). It sounded like a gun shot and we assumed that something had gotten stuck in a ball return. Then 5 minutes later some employee came over to our group to scold us for throwing our ball against the wall. (?????) It was bizarre that anyone A. Could think that noise had been caused by a simple ball being thrown and B. Would single our group out of everyone else to think we'd done it. We were a group of professionals dressed in business attire and no children and had been quiet and well behaved the entire time we were there. Plus we weren't anywhere near where the noise had come from. Still... I'd come back and recommend it. I have to assume that the screw ups of our last 30 mins were isolated. And our first 90 minutes were outstanding. read more

This place is amazing. Great place to bowl and have fun. However, took over 15 minutes to get a glass if water with lemon. I had to go to the bar to get it myself after I waited for the water to get it. When I did go to get my water I had to wait for the bartender at the main bar to stop horsing around with a young waitress. He was spraying whip cream on her. He then proceeded to pick his ear and ask me what I needed. That was nice of him. [SMH] As I come to sit at my table I am still waiting for our food. I can see our waiter yapping with another waitress. Tisk...tisk. read more

The main reason I will not give this place a 5 is because the problem with security. We have been here a few times when the cops are outside dealing with someone. Today my husband ushered a guy out the sorts who was ticked about a football game. But, the prices are reasonable for what you get and I like all the options. read more

Very expensive spent $100 for nothing we bought the $20 passes because it was for lazer tag and bowling and billiards definitely not worth it had to set up times to play lazer tag times sometimes we're 20 minutes or 10 minutes for the game to last 5 minutes over all it was a terrible place employees are nice I'll give them that but the rest the entire area has little to no people and isn't worth the money for the games and waiting read more

The food takes too long I'm still waiting for my damn pizza Cannot lie about this Been waiting for more than an hour read more

Ps- mom said $5 unlimited bowling. Too bad it ended on Friday but heads up, during the summer this is the norm!

Main Event has been here awhile, 15 years at least, maybe closer to 20? Yet unlike many things that have been in the Grapevine/mid-cities area this game place seems to have been very well maintained. I had not been here in many years until now my daughter has hit the age that Main Event draws a few birthday parties in for friends from school & girl scouts so we have been twice so far this year. In those two times I only recall seeing one game out of order, a candy claw machine thing which is completely understandable & everything else was clean and in very good working order. The first party we went to the parents just bought 2 hour unlimited game cards & pizza for the kids as an "unofficial" party so we didn't try the bowling & laser tag at that one, but the kids had a blast. The most recent we went to a birthday party that included bowling and laser tag. The kids did bowling first, and it seemed to go really well. Then we went to the party room, that was well maintained as well, in an area that I had not seen previously. The food seemed well enough, though my daughter isn't a fan of burgers but loved getting chips. I was glad to see somewhere with multiple options for the in-house party food, and it wasn't stuff that made you want to go uck! The birthday boy opened his gifts and then they passed out game cards for a certain dollar amount. I think at this party the laser tag was a last min add on decision by the parents, but it worked out that the kids had about 10 mins to use their cards before going into laser tag, or use them after which some of the kids did based on how quickly the parents were ready to go. I didn't physically go into the laser tag but my daughter seemed to enjoy it. Fair warning make sure if you plan on doing it that most if not all the kids going are over 48 inches, and that you make sure you have your kid potty before going in. My daughter luckily was able to run & go during the instructional video & let back in, but I got the impression that once the game officially starts she wouldn't have been let back in. My few complaints can be deemed more toward my personality. I got a little claustrophobic in the bowling alley but that was simply because there were a lot of kids at this birthday party & everyone was hovering where the kids were instead of spreading out; but I was able to quickly find a place to sit near by with a couple other parents where we didn't feel smothered by 15 other adults hanging out. The music was from late 80-90, some 2000's which I do not mind at all but I did hear a few comments from the kids about why there were no cartoons on. Birthdays seem to run 14-20 per kid plus whatever taxes and such they tack on which isn't bad for a more basic package having food, bowling or laser tag and a $5 game card ... pricer for both obviously. I cant remember if there is an 8 or 10 kid min though but with most places that have parties thats the case. read more

Think of Dave&Busters. Bowling is one of the primary reasons to visit but it doesn't stop there. Video games are available so are laser tag, etc. read more

My husband and I decided to take our kids here for Valentines Day yesterday. Decided to do something different. We usually come here to bowl. The moment we walked in everything went south. We were promised a wait of 5 mins to bowl but waited 30 minutes. I had to ask someone to send a server over to our lanes to order some food. As we were bowling, our bowling lane froze and we had to wait around 15 minutes for someone to fix it. My sister and I ordered a pizza at the same time and she got hers and I never got mine. My husband called a manager over after waiting 30 minutes for our pizza and the manager was never apologetic about the issue. She just said she would go check on that pizza for us. Never came back to check if everything was okay. Food was not worth the price we paid and service was horrible. Definitely will think twice about coming back to this location. read more

Love this place wings and drinks were great when I went the host and other employees good vibes will be back

We drive across town because this theater has large lazy boy type seats. You get your own table tray too. I love it. The service is hit or miss. The theater is most kept up. Sometimes it seems kinda dirty. Things are sticky. Otherwise it isn't bad at all. The decor is awesome and there's a lot of room to lounge around while waiting for your movie. It almost looks like a hotel. The bar drinks are reasonable but they aren't strong. The bartender was super friendly. The food is so so. Don't have high expectations. They do have a 2 for $25 deal. That get you an appetizer and entree. If you can find a Groupon for this place it is even more of a value. We do that often. That's why we keep returning. read more

Arrived at 6:45 at the bar for a quick drink before our movie and weren't even greeted until 6:55. No "I'll be with you all in a moment"nothing, just kept repeatedly walking past without so much as making eye contact. When we were finally asked what we wanted to order there wasn't a hi, hello, or anything of the sort given. Mind you the bar had myself and my boyfriend and two other guests. Talk about piss poor customer service!!! read more

I'm only giving this place 4 stars because the wait time for bowling is a bit ridiculous and because sometimes the service can be slow. I was also in shock at the price of bowling alone. However I'm a fan! My friend and I are 30 and spent an entire day there. We hit up laser tag, shuffleboard, pool, video games and then bowling (yes we did all that before it was our turn to bowl). This place is great for kids and adults. They have a pretty nice bar selection (for a kids place) and TVs to catch the latest scores. I noticed a few birthday parties were going on but it's so big I wasn't bothered by all the kids. The food was ok. I was confused why it took so long to get a single pretzel and cheese. I stood there for 10 minutes waiting. I had time to call my mom and husband while waiting. While bowling we pushed the service button but nobody came so I just went and got things myself. I'd definitely come back here again! I actually could have stayed longer but we had tickets for a show. read more

Great summer deal for $17.95, all you can bowl, laser tag, and pool. Only issue was that I wanted to bowl with my kids but didn't want laser or pool and they told me I had to buy a pass or rent my own lane??? Seems like an easy fix... The place is very clean and great atmosphere. Looks like a good place for groups too. read more

Main Event Grapevine - Bowling area with large TVs - Bowling Near Me - Grapevine, Texas

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We had our first and last birthday party at Main Event Grapevine. We went on a Monday, Nov. 2018, with a group of 10 - 10 year olds. We went at 4pm and did unlimited bowling, laser tag and video games. Our server, Donald, started out OK and brought the table drinks (said he would make sure to keep drinks filled). We ordered some pizzas and that was the last assistance we got from our server. ;( We tried to ask him for drink / water refills (or a pitcher) and he continued telling us "just a minute." Then a manager (older man with glasses) walked by and said he was a manager. I asked for some water for the table so that kids could have a drink while eating and he said he'd bring it "right over." He never followed up either. I ended up going to the bar, waiting in line for water / drink refills and also cleared our table of empty pizza plates and serving trays. I asked for a water pitcher (which was sitting on the counter) was told that "tables cannot have water pitchers." But, if I can't get anyone to refill the waters, then make life a little easier and allow us to refill our own glasses with a pitcher. We never received water / drink refills or any assistance from staff during our entire stay (about 2 hrs), even though I flagged down multiple staff walking by & let the people at the front counter know that we had children with empty glasses (eating food w/o water - which is a BIG safety concern...i.e. choking hazard). No one cared to take action...except the parents of the children that stood in line for drink refills at the bar (an overwhelmed bartender was alone and busy serving her customers). I let the manager at the front counter, Meshelle, know about our experience as we were leaving. She asked what "would make you feel better," then gave me a card for a free hour of bowling! LOL! Yes, the hour of bowling makes me feel so much better about the $200+ I spent to serve kids at the party and clear the table myself (which I ended up just putting dishes on surrounding empty tables), and waiting in line to get drinks (which the bar was completely overwhelmed and was extremely difficult & time consuming to get their attention for water). I asked multiple people for basic server attention (i.e. refill drinks and keep table cleared) and neither the server Donald, the manager (older male with glasses), nor the other manager Meshelle chose to make sure that was accomplished. As an active / vocal member in the community, I will make sure that friends do not choose Main Event for their children's birthday destinations. Even the parents at our party made comments about the server being rude and inattentive. Main Event left a really negative impression on alot of local Grapevine / Colleyville families attending the party. read more

Had an absolute blast with my brother and young nephews! Played bowls in a great atmosphere with cheering, raucous laughter and fun. Staff were great and helpful. Food was good too! We eventually had to leave at closing time after an hour in the laser tag arena. Highly recommended night out with kids...or adults...not sure who had more fun. read more

We went Main Event to bowl and tried their bowling special which was all you can bowl for $7 per person. After we were bowling for about 45 minutes and just over 1 game we were told we had to stop bowling because they had people who had reservations that would be taking our lanes. I counted 6 empty lanes and I did not see any people waiting to bowl. We were told we could be put on a waiting list but no guarantee on a time we could bowl. There unlimited bowl, which I was corrected by the manager as "all you can bowl" because they don't like to use unlimited, likely because it is not consecutive as they can stop you mid bowl to allow people paying more to bowl to take your spot. Their concept behind allowing all you can bowl is very misleading and I would not recommend this to anyone. I would not go back to Main Event as my experience was horrible. read more

Took our son and friends to celebrate his 22nd birthday. $10.50 evening special for as much bowling, laser tag and billiards you would like to play. Inside every COVID protocol was being followed. Very clean, social distancing in place and hand sanitizers throughout the facility. Bowling balls were selected for you based of weight and size requested, so bowls were not being touched by multiple people. Will definitely return for another family & friends night of fun! read more

Worst place ive ever been they told us we had fake id's and ended our game never gave us a refund kicked us all out. Biggest waste of time ever. read more

The man at the front was sooo extremely rude! He was to worried about being called "upstairs" than we was about customer service. We had complete sticker shock@ 36.00 for 1 hr and 2 kids shoes, shoes that did not fit but were FORCED to have my 2 yr old wear(he tossed some socks at me). If we had not promised our son that we would bowl I would have turned around and headed up the door. What a shame he ruined this place for us. I gave 2 stars at it was clean and the lanes were nice. read more

Great place to bowl... service was a little on the lacking side... we would have ordered drinks and apps if anyone would have came to our lane... plenty of servers walking around and not one asked us if we needed anything... I was quite surprised read more

Went to go play billards and on the screen it said it was about $9 every thirty minutes. It did not specify that it was per person (but it did for bowling), only that it was around $9. We ubered there and back, so we know for sure we were not there for over an hour because we have exact times. My card was charged $49.70. We intially thought we would be paying under $20 if we were there for an hour, but got charged almost $30 more than that. Even if we were paid per person (which it did not specify on the screen and nobody told us), playing billards for an hour would still not be $49.70 read more

They cut the game off after 9 frames and only gave us 50mins for bowling vice the 1 hour. The times starts when you pay, therefore the time for standing in line for shoes, getting to your lane, and adding the names to the display is included in your one hour. read more

I'm going to rate this place on behalf of my mom who threw a party here for my stepdad. She went all out and we actually got a package deal for 3 hours of bowling and a huge food spread with alcohol so yes, it was a pretty penny. The atmosphere itself is actually nice and the food was good for bowling alley food so no complaints in those departments. The service however was not great and disappointing for the money we were spending. The manager was okay, checking in on us but personally I find it distasteful that he would come up and speak to my mom in front of guests about the bill. There's a time and place and he should have pulled her aside instead of talking to her in the middle of guests. Our so called party host when MIA half way through the party and only came back to pack our food. Also she didn't pack all of it. For that much money, you better be packing the dips with the chips and where were the wings?! She was horrible, not personable and just downright disappointing. I told my mom to not tip her well. Horrible. Our drink server was great though and I would give him 5 stars. He was fast, patient and even walked down our lane to retrieve a stuck ball which isn't his job. I also went to the shoe desk and was ignored by 3 people while I was literally standing face to face with them. I had to ask them to service me... I would never recommend this place to host a party to anyone!!! Horrible service overall. 2 stars for decent food, atmosphere and my drink server. read more

Bowling with a real bar? Not a crappy half-assed one like most joints? Sweet, I'm there... if it's after 8pm that is. Or maybe it's 9pm. Whatever time I'm trying to figure out is when they kick out the kids and you can start really drinking and cussing without being bothered by annoying tweeners that pop their gum and say, like omg every five seconds. On the flip side, this is a great place to have a kids party during the day. They provide you with everything you'd ever need and it's even fun for the parents or adults involved. The boy who helped us when my niece had her party was super helpful and really great, not what you might have expected. They also have all sorts of other games. My husband was excited about kicking a bunch of litle girls butts in a game of laser tag. I've just reminded myself that I need to go bowling again. Who's down? read more

Monday's at 4pm they have a special for $9.95: unlimited laser tag, bowling, and pool. Can't beat that!

I will not be returning here ever, they have horrible service and when you speak with a supervisor about it he kind of just a blows it off like oh well. My food took forever to come out and we ordered drinks from the bar that tasted horrible, ordered dessert that I never received after waiting more than 30 minutes. Was told by one supervisor that she didn't have time to address my concerns(totally inappropriate)spoke with a supervisor who refunded me the money I paid for the desserts but still made me pay for drinks I was told would be complimentary because they were not made right. Will not be returning here!!! read more

I was really exited to go bowling, and I thought the prices were reasonable. I called the number listed on this page to check that a lane was available for my party of 4. The employee on the phone said there were many lanes available. When I got to Main Event 7 minutes later, I was told there was a 45 MINUTE WAIT for a lane. The employee was rude and completely unhelpful. I turned around and walked out. read more

My freind was accused of stealing so when we tried to explain they dident belive us and they also refused to look a the security xamra footage and where very rude after looking at the card 2 times they finaly let him go. This shouldent be happening. read more

I love this place, specially when we hosted our son's birthday party, a lot of activities and pizza, the hostess was superb, very affordable too. I truly recommend it. read more

Over priced, my food was cold after waiting thirty minutes to get it. We got combo deal the waiter did not bring the cards out till almost are meal showed up. It was manger who brought our food out my fries where lukewarm and under cooked my two pet peeves, at least they cooked my burger all the way. I have gotten better food and more bang for buck at a place similar to this , I would look else where for family fun and a good value. I went because it next to where we are staying. Will not be making a return visit to here or the Plano location. read more

If you want to play some late night bowling this is the place to go. I like that there are couches to sit on, but it's very close quarters. The staff were nice and helpful, and the bar had a ton of options. I just thought it was a bit overpriced. read more

We celebrated my sons 10th birthday party here. The service was awesome and they were very flexible with us. I plan on making more party/events in the future at this location. And you get a great value with the party packages. read more

Half of the games were out of order. Half of the games that worked, just took our money. Looks like a fun place to bowl and drink though.

Good job as a corporate meeting place. After the meetings, hung around for some good talk and good beer.

The service here is terrible. I'm 70 years old and back on the farm we would have to kill a cow and grow the tomatoes for a burger but at Main Event it took longer to get a burger than it took to get one at the farm and the on top of that it was burnt to hell. I would highly recommend you don't step foot in this building. read more

Came here with my family last to celebrate some birthdays. I like the idea of the spring break pass $24 an adult with bowling shoe rental. Or you can buy a lane for 6 people for $34 which is also a nice deal. Waiters were very attentative and polite. I would definitely retunr to this location. read more