We visited last Friday for something to do as a family and it was an excellent time. Prior to visiting, we signed up for an email subscription, which surprised us with a coupon for a free 30 minutes of game playing in the arcade area! (The only disadvantage of the free games are no prizes could be earned but our kiddos did not care a bit) That evening we reserved a lane for bowling for an hour; and this is not just regular bowling it is honestly a lot of fun and a unique bowling experience for the whole family. There are also waiters/waitresses designated to the bowling area that will delivers food and beverages the whole time. After bowling, we of course used our free game card to play 30 minutes worth of games! I highly recommend visiting -- we will be back for sure! read more

Main Event Olathe - Kiddos enjoying the arcade - Arcades Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

Took my kids on a Friday during Spring Break. Got there at open. Made the mistake of purchasing the "all you can play" package for the three of us (about $60). They were understaffed and overwhelmed. Couldn''t get food (there was no server/bartender) - walked to Jason's Deli to get lunch. Played one game of laser tag which was fine. Had to then wait 90 minutes for an opening on the rope thingy. After that, asked about bowling - was quoted a three hour wait. There's no point in buying the all you can play package - you'll be lucky to get one go at each before they become overwhelmed. They should cap the number of bodies they allow in so that the things are available within a reasonable amount of time. The credits for the games are a joke - if you actually do the math everything is overpriced. read more

Do NOT go here for bowling. TL;DR: poor quality lanes, bully management. I came here to bowl, but I threw eight consecutive balls into the same gutter. I first tried to adjust my stroke--I'm not the best bowler, but I'm not as bad as that--but eventually realized the problem: these lanes are not flat. I measured it with my smartphone accelerometer and found our lane was clearly tilted to the left. (The next lane over was tilted to the right-- by 6°!) Even the waitress said she could that the lanes were visibly warped and uneven in many places. (Also, the ground under the lane was soft--it's like they just put some thin strips of plastic over a carpeted floor.) I brought this to the staff's attention and after 40 minutes of waiting around for people, I demanded a refund. However, the manager would only give me a partial refund, acting like he was doing me a favor, because the whole problem is MY fault for expecting a real bowling lane and that they're (in his words) "not a real bowling place" and didn't say they had quality lanes. I guess he forgot that the building has a big neon sign that says "BOWL" on the outside. And he tried to physically intimidate me by stalking me as I gathered our stuff to leave. (By the way, the "real" bowling places in the area charge a bit less.) I didn't expect a perfect lane--but one where all the balls didn't keep falling to the left would have been nice. Also, the food gave me some pretty bad diarrhea. read more

The main event is definitely something to do and entertainment as long as you have some money to blow.$$$ Fun? Yes! Affordable? Not really.

Service was very slow, waiter acted like it was an inconvenience we came. Not a great experience overall, would recommend Dave and Busters instead. read more

Ok, here's the skinny. It's huge. Laser tag, arcade like I've never seen, pool tables, bowling alleys, gravity ropes, shuffleboard, delicious food, non stop refills on drinks, and just plain fun for the kiddos. Way better than the reviews I've read on here. Our waitress, Alex, was fantastic; attentive and kind and knowledgeable. The food; we had sirloin steak, fried cod fish and chips, the All American Burger and Cheese Pizza - was yummy all around! Here's the scoop on games and prices. Bowling is $36 per hr. Pool tables are $8.45 per half hr, laser tag and gravity ropes are $9 per person. As for the arcade games, they have "fun cards" you can buy. If you get them at the main counter they are good for anything...laser tag, ropes, billiards, food, arcade, etc. If you get the food and fun combo deal from the restaurant, the fun card is only good for the arcade. But it's a good deal. The food and fun combo is where you pick an entree from a select menu and get a fun card for the arcade. They come in play amounts of $10 ($17.95), $20 ($24.95) and $30 ($32.95). It's a good deal. We got the sirloin steak with the deal and it was delicious and huge! We dropped a pretty penny, no doubt, but we do that at every arcade/ kids place we go. This one beats them all! We'll certainly return!!! read more

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It was my first visit. I was impressed by the cleanliness right away. I was greeted by a friendly person right as I came in. I had a QR code from their website that gave $10 free play, which was a nice way to get started. I really, really like the ticketless points! A few of the games could have a better description of what to do and what the ticket "payout" is for your score. Some of them you lose so fast you don't know what you did wrong or what you could do better. I did have one game that malfunctioned, but it was just a few tickets. I liked how easy the prize selection room worked. I preferred being able to walk around and pick out my own stuff instead of trying to point it out to an attendant. I plan to go back, so took advantage of the holiday special that gives you $20 in arcade play when you buy a $50 gift card. I didn't try any of the food/drinks this time. read more

The place was fun but the employees weren't. They have the worst customer service ever for a fun place like this. I walked in with a good vibe and just wanted to have a good time with my family. We paid for all day activities for each person. When we were waiting to get the pool table balls from the bartender, which included in what we paid, the bartender ignored us even though there were not a lot of customers. I was standing in next to the bar for 10 minutes and he pretended like I wasn't there. He even skipped me in line and asked the other lady who just reached the bar to ask the same thing. The lady was so nice and told him that I was there first, but the bartender told the lady that he wanted to help her first. It was the worst experience ever. I would never forget that and never go back again read more

This place really went all out for my kiddo's birthday! Let me preface by saying that planning for a birthday party for winter babies is for the birds. Snow days will ruin the special day every single time. My kid's party was supposed to be a few weeks ago, but it got snowed out so I had to rush to reschedule the party. Unfortunately, not all the kids could make it out at the newer date so I was stuck with paying the minimum of 10 kids for a birthday party. Monica Magee worked with me to give the kiddos extra playing time at the arcades which I felt was a great compromise to the kids who couldn't make it to the party. My kid loves this place, and we try to go every year. It's places like these that try to find a solution that continues to keep my business. Thanks for making my son's party a great one! read more

I got ripped off with the prize me child won. She won the bow and arrow it was not working. Everything else was good the staff were respectful and the games were fun read more

We had our nephews for the weekend and this was a great place to bring them to let them get out some energy! There's tons of stuff for kids for do (arcade games, laser tag, bowling, etc). The biggest set back is the price: you can basically burn money here. The games are a bit pricey. Three stars essentially because it was a little expensive, it was very confusing when we walked in (why can't you buy a game card and laser tag tickets at the main desk? Why wait in line? There was no explanation), and it honestly seemed way too easy to lose a kid here. There should be some sort of way to ensure you leave with the right kiddos as this place is packed and has seemingly no security. We did have fun though and it's a guaranteed hit for older kids that have outgrown Chuck E. Cheese. read more

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As a kid walking into this place it is heaven in you never want to leave. As a parent walking in this place it is straight-up nightmare because you know you're going to be broke by about three hundred bucks and spend half your day here. Just kidding though. We went there to bowl and after getting our velcro shoes and being escorted to our lane we have been approached by a server who was happy to bring us drinks and food. Are bowling game involved the adults on one side in the kids on the other. You never want to bowl with kids. They ruin everything. It's automatic scoring in the cool part about it with the kids is if your kid wants those gutter protector things up they pop up automatically. The bad thing is they have these ridiculous animations on the screen that actually delay the game because after every frame they put an animation up of a stupid character doing something dumb you have to wait for it to finish before you can bowl again. We only got one game in because right when we started our second game our time was up. In the lane shut down. We promised the kids they can do laser tag, which they did and then the elevated obstacle course thing which they did and meanwhile we sat and had some drinks and played pool. Then I remembered how much I hate playing pool because I suck at it. Lastly the kids were able to use their cards to play games and get the tickets a la Chucky Cheese. Then they go to the little store and trade in their tickets for a bunch of tchotchke crap you don't need but the kids like it and have fun. Overall we definitely were a couple hundred dollars into this by the time we left. I probably won't come back here unless the kids beg me to go. read more

Main Event Olathe - Lane 12 - Arcades Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

Entertainment galore! (If you can afford it) This place has video games, bowling, laser tag, shuffle board, decent food, pool tables and even an obstacle course. The issue I have is I'm big on customer service. I bought two cards and they charged me 1 dollar apiece to activate them...really?! Also, they didn't tell us about the special that if you put $35 on a card you get $5 more added free. Or better yet, get $75 dollars put on a card you get $25 free added. That would have been nice to know. I bought two cards and put $40 each on them. Not good for me. Lastly, my son, 11, was 12 points short on what toy he wanted to get and they would only give him 5 points..really? I dropped $80 dollars so you should give a crappy toy for 6 points. (The toy was like 450 points and we had 438). Should have given it to us. (Again customer service!) The food (pizza and burger) was pretty good. I would say if you have the money this place will be fun. I just feel that if you are going to be expensive then you better have excellent customer service. read more

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I came here for the first Sunday, August 4th & purchaser 2 of their fun cards to check it out. It was $25 which they gave an extra $5 bonus so it was worth $30 + $2 card activation fee. Pretty clean & nice establishment. There weren't many video games though so I wandered around figuring out what I wanted to play. Returned yesterday Thursday, August 8th for a little get together for a co-worker that is leaving. Ordered some drinks. I hit the vodka press & my friend got a boulevard wheat draft. Total for both was almost $15. Shuffle board I believe was about $7.75 for 30 minutes which seems pricey. So I forgot my card from Sunday at home & had to buy a new one & to my surprise they changed it from dollars to points system. I asked if my old cards were still valid since there was some money left on it. Not much but still could play a few games with. Anyways she told me it might not work but I could try to use it & if it doesn't work then I can play 1 game of the Skeeball then it wipes the card clean with no money. That definitely didn't sound like a deal at all to me since Skeeball was $1.50 to play & if I had about $5+ left then I'm just out the rest of the money on it. Didn't sound right at all but what can I do? I can't say that I won't return due to how pricey it is in there but I still have a bunch of points left on my newest card to use up. Once that's done I'm not sure I'll be back......... read more

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Overall displeased with my experience at this place. The prices are way high, and they charge you for additional things that you're already paid for (ex: paid for bowling, but had to pay extra for bowling shoes) Their pricing and the way the whole place works is confusing and their employees aren't very friendly from the ones we saw. Ending our evening with what we were hoping would be a few games of bowling, but they require you to checkin for additional games. We checked in 30 mins before our round ended to let them know we would like to play a second game, was told no problem. Went back to let them know we were ready for 2nd game, and the story changed and we were then told it would be an hour wait to play again even though we were already in a lane. Communication between staff is clearly not where it needs to be, and makes it unenjoyable for the customers. read more

Went there for a kids birthday party. Food and drinks were great, but extremely overpriced. Definitely kid friendly, with liquor for the adults to deal with the noise level. read more

Took part of my family of 5 to Main Event on 10/20. We sat our self's to eat, even tho there were signs asking us to see the Hoastess. Plenty of staff back in the kitchen hanging out. We order drinks, Olivia the bartender was nice and trying hard as it was busy. The food came out cold, we order the cheese dip. I asked for it to be hot and they microwaved the old dip and bought it back out. Was still cold and unacceptable. We had to get up and get our own napkins and side plates due to not being offered. The food runner was Zach and a white shirt manager Jazz all thought this was acceptable service. read more

Went to celebrate my sons birthday. Fun yet kinda over priced but its what we do for our kids! Staff was helpful minus the guy working the front desk. This is the second time we've come and he has messed up putting the correct amount of points on the cards then seems annoyed when he has to fix it. Heads up check your cards which are located behind the front desk! read more

We love it there. It's very close and it's usually where we take our visitors. It is like a grown up arcade place. But it would be nice on Friday and Saturday nights that they have a curfew for kids under 18. Then the adults can have fun without kiddos running around like it's Chuck E Cheese's I do just have to say you need to either give the stretchy bracelets, the casino spring attachments or what Chuck E Cheese has move to which is bracelets. It's so easy to lose cards for the younger kiddos. read more

Whoever says there's nothing to do in Kansas has never been to Main Event! It's SO much better than Dave & Busters. There's a similar vibe with a bar and arcade, but the crowd is more adult than teeny boppers. The entertainment is kid-friendly -- there just weren't that many the evening my coworkers and I were there. Additionally, this place offers more activities. The indoor ZIP LINE rope-walking obstacle course (AKA Gravity Ropes) and laser tag were both fun! You also have bowling and billiards as options. Oh and shuffle board, which I completely forgot about after all of the running in the dark. Gravity Ropes was a lot harder and scarier than we thought! The scariest part (the actual zipline) ended up being most fun and not that scary after all! I don't know anything about the cost because I came here as part of my work conference offsite activity (including dinner). Best one yet! read more

Kids everywhere unattended and it seemed children had accidents around every corner. The place smelled awful which was a direct link to the amount of kids as the facility itself was clean. Food was decent and as were the drinks. Bartender was all over the place however. Definitely wouldn't recommend if you just want to hang out and play some games. NOT a fun place for adults that's for sure. All the games are duplicates and meant for small children. read more

came here to have a chill time and the server Joseph was arguably the worst server I've ever experienced he barely acknowledged us and had an attitude for ALL of our request. other kitchen staff acted the same way. will not be returning read more

We have been here many times, I could tell they were struggling to keep up when we sat down to eat. My cheeseburger was served raw, I could not eat it and I eat most anything. The bowling desk was rude and we ended up leaving. We will be back hopefully things improve! read more

Yesssss !!!!! Unlimited pool for 16.00, reloadable card for games. I'm glad we got there at 11 when it opened. Super friendly staff, lots of room and clean!! I'd definitely come back for an adult Sunday funday. Bringing my 11 year old here was the perfect idea read more

An Employe at main even on the front register made every employee come up to us after being there for an hr and saying an 11 year old was being rude to her and we tried to ask her what we did so we can apologize but she was scared to talk to us. This was all because my little cousin was somehow rude to her. I'm not sure how's a 11 year old can be rude but you know some people are not made for customer service. I just don't think we should have to deal with immature teens trying to be Getto and kick her out for being "rude"..... I think her name is Lara read more

Finally got a chance to get back out went to main event for my daughter birthday. Overall had a good time at main event with the family really nice how the games are set up, along with bowling, and laser tag. My only complaint is that the games are expensive i felt like my kids ran out of money so fast in the amount of time they got their card. My kids really enjoyed the establishment we also sit down to eat before games. The food and service was really pretty average. Could have been a little bit better, but due to a busy night and what looked to be a shortage of servers I won't complain. Looking to back and getting more laser tag in with the kids really fun and big course inside the room any challengers cause I'm taking all bets on myself! read more

This place is pretty cool. It is VERY clean and full of all kinds of video games (most give tickets). We took our five (5) year old daughter here on a whim one day. She had a great time. It was lots of fun and there were lots of different things for her to pick from. The only downside is that it is much more expensive than say a place like Power Play. But, it is also much cleaner. The staff there were very friendly. It is close to our home. So we will definitely be going back during the cold months with the kiddos when they get antsy inside the house. And maybe my wife and I will take advantage of a date night and go there for the restaurant and full bar someone! Who knows?! read more

The absolute worst customer experience from the staff to upper management. Paid over $250, Was told the wait time was a 30 minutes to a hour. 2 hours later was told that we where next in line and continued to get skipped by people the staff knew. After confronting and asking them for a full refund I was only refunded $68. Big corporations don't care about us they only care about the bottom line. I will not be silenced. Was given the General managers number her name is Rachel. Apparently her phone doesn't work or she doesn't care either. read more

Where to start? I've been to this location twice in the past. Service has never been great so i have never been back. But my husbands company booked their Christmas party here so we returned. They reserved a room with a buffet, purchased drink tickets and we had unlimited wrist bands for all activities. Pros: Clean, not many kids on a Sunday night, activities were entertaining and bartender Kim was great! Cons: 1. We were told we only had the room for 1 hour? We had to eat quickly and the room was packed. Chairs back to back - uncomfortable. Where were we suppose to place our coats and personal belongings while we participated in activities? 2. For 40 guest we had 1 server. At one point our buffet ran out of shredded cheese and it was not replenished even after asking our server to do so. In addition, this server I guess was suppose to follow us around to redeem our drink tickets?...NEVER saw her. We had to go to the bar and back while at the bowling lanes. Other servers we saw were like, "I am sorry, the server of your party has to take care of the drink tickets or the bartender". We even requested a server and requested to purchase drinks at our order station. Light just kept blinking. No one came. We were a group of mostly men. We crushed the tickets and ordered plenty of other beverages and food all night long. Let me tell you, our bartender made bank off of our party. 3. Premium drink tickets are CRAP! Do not buy them. Your better off ordering off the regular menu. The drinks are cheap anyways. 4. Did not see a manager the entire evening. Will NEVER host an event here and I will not recommend. read more

We were invited here for a corporate event a few months back. Our favorite part was the Bowling. Main Event has great video-scoring with animation that made it WAY more fun than usual bowling. We would go back just for the bowling. That made the night for us. The indoor "zip-line" was okay. I have zip-lined outdoors (in Hawaii) so obviously that is a hard act to follow. We did the paintball, which was fun. I had never done paintball before, so I was entertained. Some of the people we were with said it was "lame" as far as paintball goes. The shuffleboard scoreboards were broken the night we were there, which was disappointing. Overall, we had a good time. read more

I've been here a few times now & each experience has been much of the same. When I'm here just for game play- then I think they have a lot to offer & on the right day can be a good value with specials. However- if you are here for the bar area then don't expect great service. Orders are consistently wrong, service is slow, & food is vastly overpriced! I will say this- the place is usually very clean. I added a star. read more

Rope course, laser tag, pool, arcades, bowling, and food! This place was perfect for an afternoon of fun!! read more

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Very fun but it kinda cost a lot for games and it goes by fast!? But the pass for all of the events is amazing.

My daughter was in a group of schools and she was denied lunch not once, not twice, but three times by the staff of this establishment. I find it reprehensible that she had the appropriate tickets for her lunch and was denied service for food. I can tell you that my family and everyone I know will know just how disgusting the staff treated my child. Billy Mills Middle School visit day. Anais Meredith Her father Michael Meredith read more

Clean areas and waitresses we're effecient. The food was average and over priced but not bad. I love the screens for bowling with the kids and if you have a party of 6 or less I found this to be the best bowling value in the area. Clean restrooms but an overall loud place as it's basically for kids. I did find it a bit odd seeing women chasing their kids with glasses of wine in their hands before 12pm but to each his own. The games are a bit expensive so I'll most likely return for the bowling. read more

Main Event Olathe - Bowling area. Fair price for six or less people per lane per hour - Arcades Near Me - Olathe, Kansas

Such a fun place! So many games, bowling, and laser tag! Employees were super awesome too!

This place is clean and has many different activities. I've been here 3 or 4 times. One time I came with my husband during the day; it was awesome! Inexpensive, not crowded. Perfect. The other two times I've come during "peak" hours. Once it was $95 for 3 people to bowl for 2 hours. There are other attractions in this area that are more fun for the same price. Laser tag is fun with a large room, but once it was so crowded we didn't get to participate in our time slot even though we reserved a spot. Ropes is also fun, but a one-time thing. I wouldn't pay to do it again. read more

Food was mediocre, somewhat overpriced and the game room was very crowded with high priced games and not people.

Lots of fun with the kiddos. We purchased a pair of Gravity tickets and a pair of three hour game passes for just under $45. The girls we brought were 7&8 years old. They both did really well on the Gravity rope course. The harnesses and the friendly staff kept everyone very safe and secure. The girls were able to rack up ticket points for prizes. read more

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We had a great team bonding event here. I was a little nervous when I heard the food was appetizers at a bowling alley, but it was so much better! We had mini sliders and hot dogs, wings, and tater tot bites. Everything was decently good! It was also much cleaner than expected, plus so much more than bowling! We played laser tag and tons of arcade games...such a success! I would definitely recommend going here for a fun night out, adult birthday, team bonding sessions, etc. read more