I was really surprise at how fun and cool this place turned out to be. Spacious and open, you don't feel like you're tripping over the little peanuts.There's plenty to keep the kids entertained from the interactive games to the mesmerizing moving floor. With a very well stocked bar, there's pool and bowling to keep you from going stir crazy. Food was surprisingly good and moderately priced. The bowling was definitely my fave part because of the animated cartoons in between each player. Pure utter entertainment. Love seeing your personalized selfies become animated clips of "cheer squad." If I wasn't in my sundress, I would recommend strapping on the harness and doing the obstacle course so you get a bird's eye view of everyone below. Definitely coming back as a group outing or family get together; on side note, perfect for teambuilding event too. read more

We showed up to set up for a last minute birthday party & the staff was very accommodating, our waitress was on point taking orders for a party of about 30 people. The pizza & appetizers were delicious, And they even kept our cake in the walk-in fridge. read more

Personally I love going to main event especially on mondays. For 10$ you get all you can play bowling, gravity, laser tag and billiards or the all you can play game card. I would have given it 5 stars if we didn't have to wait for some things and if the shoe rental was included. We also tried the food and it was alright. Typical food you would find at an entertainment venue. So if you want to have fun for cheap go to main event. read more

Main Event Tempe - The mac and cheese - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Our family had so much fun yesterday but the service that we received at their snack bar was horrible. We purchased some food and drinks. The guy serving us gave us our cups. We went to fill them and the machine wasn't working. The guy working there said that the nozzles were missing and he was trying to locate them. So he goes behind the counter and get on his phone. Wait about 15-20 minutes for our food and still hasn't attempted to find the nozzles. He was behind the counter on his phone and I had to ask tell him we were still waiting. He said he was going to get a manager to look for them. She found them and put them on. Such a simple task that could've been completed the first time he was asked. I let him know the hand sanitizer was out and their ice cream was melting but he didn't seem to care. Whatever was on his phone was more important. Some of the games are old, and the shooting games for the basketballs need new balls, they were literally falling apart. I don't think we'll be going back to this location. read more

Main Event Tempe - Melted ice cream :( - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I thought this place was great. The people working here were very nice and helpful, the place seemed very clean, and it was large without being overwhelmingly large. Will return! read more

Service is slow, food is mediocre. If you want to bowl stick with the places that want your business

We recently celebrated our 10 year highschool reunion at Main Event and had the ultimate fun! Donovan (pictured in the selfie) was incredible and so helpful the entire time of our three hour event! He was always available to answer questions and make sure our event was running smoothly. Highly recommend this place for any events or even just a fun night out. read more

Main Event Tempe - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Came here with work colleagues to find out there is no Happy Hour here on Fri & Sat. But decided to give this place a try and ordered some of their Garlic Fries. They came out lukewarm and had so much oil they were soggy. No garlic taste at all. The pizza we ordered we just average. Food wise nothing special if not a little disappointing. I personally wouldn't try this place again but if your looking to take the family out, your kids would have a blast. There is a lot for them here and you can enjoy a beer. Little pricey game wise too. read more

David was so sweet even under all the pressure. The food wait was long as ever but the food tasted great. Definitely do not go here if you are starving because you most likely will be irritated. If your looking to pass some time 10/10 recommend. Thank you again David for being a great server, kind and patient with us. read more

Service was terrible. We sat at a table for roughly 40 minutes. Talked to a couple of servers asking if someone could come and multiple times they said someone was but they never did. Eventually the server came but did not look interested at all. read more

Finally something close to work for a fun Happy Hour. The Pilsner beer prices were reasonable, considering the area. I agree that the bowling prices are insane, but they do have some great specials. You just have to look for them and get them at their ticket booth, I suppose. We walked around the arcade, took some fun pictures and got some game cards. Games are anywhere from $1.10 to $1.65 in some cases. I'm sure they are still working out some kinks, being open only a month. Will definitely give it another go around here down the road. Compared to Brunswick Zone in Gilbert, I'd have to give Main Even a nod on the side of not a bunch of rugrats running around, but the bar at Brunswick is more self contained, which is a plus for them. And they (Brunswick) have karakoe. read more

Very nice place with the exception of the food. All of the activities were good, after I ordered a big fun super sundae and all was good until they served it, the spoons were half washed with only the side that you put in your mouth clean and the handle dirty with crust and chocolate. After I went up to get new spoons all of the ice creme melted. So I just wasted $15 on a melted ice creme with dirty spoons read more

Went on Mother's Day to bowl at least two games with 5 of us. It was unlimited for bowling. Once we started our game, notification came onto the screen for all lanes stating there was a wait so there was not unlimited bowling. We were only able to bowl one game and there was no longer a wait, but were timed out. We also ordered food, which took a long time to come and it was cold. We never received our drinks and had to flag down a different server. Food and service was disappointing. When we first paid at the front desk, the person who helped us seemed unhappy with her position and was definitely not the person I would want at the front. Very disappointing day for spending a special day with family! Update: Michael the Manager contacted me the same day and was very apologetic. Offered some passes and free game play to come for another visit. Will try it again... read more

My husband and I came here to bowl and we had so much fun! Our server was amazing! His name is Marvin and he was super professional and had wonderful customer service. Also Iyannah helped us in the front and she was amazing as well! Great service! We had a great time and will def be back! read more

Great experience and great price! I was somewhat hesitant to go to this establishment because of the high number of bad reviews (most regarding food and service). We did not eat there for this reason. We only participated in the laser tag. The prices listed inside were higher than those listed on the website, so make sure to ask about the $7 per person unlimited event deal (assuming the offer is still valid when you read this). Everything appeared relatively clean (3 of the 5 toilet stalls in the men's bathroom appeared freshly cleaned...not bad for having a bunch of young boys running around!). The girl who signed us up for laser tag spoke EXTREMELY fast. She was very busy as she was working two stations, event sign up AND the video game ticket prize counter. That said, she was thorough and pleasant. The laser tag battleground has two levels, with great places to post up and hide. The lasers are the visible type, and are reminiscent of a laser pointer pen in smoke (i.e. you can see the full length of the beam). I've played others types that are not visible, and those are nowhere near as fun. Each game takes about 10-15 minutes. We played 4 games between 7:30 and 9:00 (kids had to use the bathroom). Bottomline, we got what we came for: Lots of fun playing laser tag at a great price (exactly $7 per person plus tax, so 3 people cost $22.70). read more

Love the cleanliness and newness of the arcade games. A little pricey but there's something fun for everyone. Bar, restaurant, bowling, laser tag ($8), gravity ropes ($8), picture booths, air hockey, skee ball, tvs and a ton of arcade games read more

Main Event Tempe - Live race car game - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

It was my sister's birthday and our friends wanted to do something for her and we heard so much about this place, it is a little pricey but absolutely fun, awesome vibes and cool people. Sucks that we had 8 people (max is 6 per lane for bowling). We also dominated in laser tag, so it was a good night to say the least, definitely coming here again!! read more

Main Event Tempe - Birthday girl, little brother, and I, at The Main Event. :) - Arcades Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

This is THE BEST entertainment building in all of Arizona. They have a HAZMAT-themed lazer tag room (kind of scary, but I'm a chicken), a climbing structure that you walk on a rope, and your belted in, but what if you fall??? I got right back down to the ground once I realized I had little support and I was close to the ceiling. They have a futuristic bowling alley with color-changing lights and touchscreen computers. No one stares if you can't resist doing telekinesis to win the game like I did. The food is amazing with good soda and gelato!!!!! I would go here, even though it is more expensive. It is MUCH better than Amazing "Dingy Jakes" Jake's! It is over-the-top fun. read more

Thank you management for coming up with a solution to my past review. Going to give this place a second chance!

Kudos to Steven and Justin as we had a couple hiccups and they both went above and beyond to make this a 5 star vs a 2 star review! Best recommendation I can give it to call ahead of time to make sure they do not have a bunch of private parties as they will tie up all the time slots in the laser tag! Thanks again guys for all you did to make it right for my 2 kiddos and I!!!! read more

Such a fun place to go with friends. We sat down right away to eat and the food was phenomenal! Service was great too. The games aren't too pricey, we paid for a $35 game card that lasted us games all night! read more

DO NOT ~I Repeat~ DO NOT spend any money on arcade games. I spent over 40$ to waste at least 20$ of it on games that didn't work. Most don't work or some parts are broken. Then when you go to cash in the little tickets you do have, there's no candy or toys. They are going to suck your money do not go here unless you're trying to bowl which will be at least a 2-3 hour wait on Friday or Saturday. Don't recommend. read more

Games and bowling were fun but the staff and servers was terrible I had to wait 45 min for my food to the have them almost give it to the wrong table I recommend for games not for food and staff read more

Great place to take the family or in my case for a first date. Had a great time bowling, plenty of lanes for many other parties to play. The entire floor plan is designed very bright and colorful and with so many activities to choose from. I definitely can't wait to come here again, next time with the kids. read more

Our family of 16 had a great time here last night. My Only negative would be the price of the games. Everything else was so fun. Our server, Anthony, went above and beyond for us. He was awesome read more

Came in tonight to bowl and eat. We sat in lane 5 and our server, Esperanza, was extremely prompt and kind. I ordered a 10" pizza, pepperoni and jalapeno, and it came out a little doughy. We told Esperanza and she asked if we would like another one. We told her that it was fine. We never had an empty glass and our table was always clear of extra glasses. We saw her at multiple times helping other guests but we never had to ask for refills or anything. We've been into Main Event before and i can positively say that Esperanza was the best server we've had! 5 Star for Service 3 Star for Food read more

The unlimited games option was great for the family. It is loud, but that is to be expected. The food was great and the customer service was awesome. The bathrooms were very clean. It is a great deal, for the amount of entertainment that was available! read more

Where to begin... Well we showed up and bought those all day wristbands, and reserved a bowling lane, they told us it would be about an hour to an hour and a half(a short wait for a Saturday night). So we went to Lazer tag, had to reserve a spot there too. So again we did, it was about a 30 minute wait. Once it was our turn however, they decided to let some of the people from the last session stay, so we were unable to go in because they were full. The guy in charge of the Lazer tag told us to go talk to the lady who reserves it so we could get in the next one. So we did, she then told us that the next 4 were completely full so we would have to wait over an hour for the next one. So we asked about the gravity ropes so we weren't just stuck with nothing to do. She told us we were too old for them, considering that there were several people older than us(there were 7 of us the oldest being 25) up there at that exact moment I pointed it out. She responded with, "I don't care, you're not going up there." Then walked away. Reasonably pissed now, as we waited for half an hour to then not get to do anything because the guy didn't feel like doing his job, and then being told off by a very unfriendly girl at the Lazer tag, ropes counter. We were fed up and just done. So I went to get a refund at that point we had been there 50ish minutes and hadn't been able to do anything. So we went to see a manager, I didn't catch his name, but one of my brothers did and said his name was Mike. So Mike the manager listened and then he has the nerve to tell me how his employees were "just having a bad day". Like that's supposed to make all the unprofessional, unacceptable customer service fine. It doesn't, he refused to give us refunds, and didn't do anything to help us really, all he did was argue with us for 15 minutes then said, " I'll get you into the next game of Lazer tag and everything will be fine." You DONT get to decide what'll make it fine first of all, second no it sure as hell won't!!! But before we could say anything he ran off!! So I turned to the girls at the bowling counter which we were by and asked for another manager, they said he was the only one there. So I asked them to call him back for me, they did. He didn't show back up for over 35 minutes!!! What the Hell was he doing I don't know! But he just walked past us quickly almost running and got behind the bar and went into the back out of sight there. The two girls at the counter were completely appalled at his behavior, so they walked us over and for us in the next Lazer tag, and moved us to the top of the list for bowling, so we could play as soon as we were done in Lazer tag. Fuming but not the kind of person to take it out on someone who doesn't deserve it, we accepted but made it clear we still wanted our refunds, they said he would have to authorize them, but they would see what they could do. So after bowling we went looking for him and he's nowhere to be found. We ask the girls where he is and they tell us they couldn't find him anywhere, that he might have just left them, they were either REALLY good liars or they were pretty pissed off about it. So I left our names and phone numbers for them to give to the general manager in the morning, we haven't heard back as of yet. But this is hands down the worst place to go if you want to have fun with your family. We showed up for my little brother's bachelor party, and ended up having one of the worst nights out ever. I will do everything I can to make sure that no one else has to come here and experience this. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE!!! read more

I may have walked into this place out of The Twilight Zone. It was QUITE strange. It seems like a great place and idea. Games, bowling, laser tag, restaurant, etc. However, without any customer service, it is only that. We had a 13 person party and when we asked if there was any deal that we could have for a group, the manager was curt and said, "only if you book 2 weeks in advance and our sales office is closed now, so no." We decided to go over to the bar and inform them that we had a 13 top in the dining area, which the bartender told us he would inform a server. After 30 minutes of waiting, we went back to the bar and the bartender told us, "the kitchen is closed." At 10:30 pm, the kitchen closed. We had to track staff members down to get any services, then when we did, they were rude, short and upset with us. They treated us like we were trespassing, when we really just wanted to eat and bowl. The bartender appeared to be high as he had glassy eyes, would start serving us then wander to another patron before going back and not returning. He poured us drinks and couldn't remember if he charged us (despite us being two of four people at the bar). It is a great place to go if you do not want to be bothered and just want to relax with the other high schoolers drinking red bulls at the bar, before going to the party in the parking lot of underage youth who were recreating a scene from Fast and The Furious or play hide and seek with disgruntled staff members, but not if you wanted to bring a family here or have any sense of customer service. read more

Went to this location hoping for a good time, to walk into the worst service I have ever received snd being someone who has worked In the service industry, I have a lot of patient and understand a lot, but our server just didn't care about us what so ever, got ignored for an hour and when she finally did help us she treated as if we were bugging her. We got 4 waters throughout an hour and half stay and nothing was done. read more

This is the third year now we have had our office Christmas party at the Main Event. We reserved three lanes for bowling and had them cater our lunch. Decent food, attentive service, with pleasant, accommodating personnel. They let us stay for our white elephant gift exchange. I expect my employees will again vote next year to return for our 2017 party. It cost us about $400 for 12 people, which I thought was reasonable. read more

Overpriced and management could care less about your service needs. Will not be going back. Wrote review a month ago and management said they would try to make it right. Gave them my email they requested and never heard back anything from anyone there ever again. What a joke. They don't realize that word of mouth from one unhappy customer turns into a lot of people finding out how they don't take care of their customers. Kinda like their service there also. Try another place that will treat you better and want your business! read more

Erik Bianca and aliyah are the best I was having a bad day and they made it better. very easy to talk to and very hard working

This is a favorite spot for me and my family to hang out at. There were a total of 14 in our party this day. We started with the sliders which were less than bland in flavor. We ended with the donuts that were burned so they were sent back. The second batch was burned as well. The manager stated there was nothing more she could do to correct this. We were still charged for these. Unhappy! read more

Awwww, 2nd time here visit f from California and our fresh on the floor, throw them to the wolves Tamaron (Tammy)was our server. So cute, sweet and perfect. read more

Came in around 10pm on Monday night. Got into line and bought the unlimited games and activities package at 10.95 each its a pretty good deal. Went over to bowl and asked for a server. It took 30 minutes to show up to our lane. Even after we told 2 other people we needed someone. Anyways we had a great time and enjoyed playing all the games and laser tag read more

Yesterday, I took my son to Main Event in Tempe. We got there around 3 pm and it wasn't packed at all. We walked in and someone greeted us right away and directed us to the bowling shoe station. The place was clean, and spread out, so not crowded. The cashier informed us of a Spring Break special going on, which included the following from 1-5; unlimited Laser Tag, Gravity (this tightrope walking maze they have), Pool and Bowling (separate charge of $3 for shoes). So we bought that. We also purchased a game card, which they offered a deal of $65 worth for $50. Was cool to get that considering the games are sorta expensive ($1.50-$3 per game). We had a technical difficulty upon retrieving the card after the purchase, but they got tech support on it right away. No prob. Laser Tag was real fun, games were fun, but expensive. Bowling was great! Food and drinks were pretty good. Staff and service was great. Overall experience was good, especially seeing my son so happy there. I'd go back again, but only during specials because they're kind of pricey. read more

Stopped in at main event for some monday night madness to get down on some unlimited bowling, laser tag, gravity ropes and video games. It took a few minutes to be greeted at the counter but once we were it was all good from there. William and the yall young man with curly hair were awesome and very accommodating. The bowling was super fun and decent service right there at your lane. Food was comparable to Applebee's or chilis and ok..laser tag was kinda funky in terms of bo smell but fun nonetheless. Gravity ropes a bit sketchy but seemed relatively safe and was fun. Always a good time! read more

Not well lit and if you get hurt by their equipment they will not take responsibility. It was dark in one area of their gaming room and my mother tripped over one of their arcade games. She unfortunately fell and broke her arm and had a badly bloody nose. When we went to get a manager they only offered a paper towel.....they didnt even seem concerned at all. We took her to the hospital and her arm was broken from the fall. Main Event took absolutely no responsibility and will not help with any of her medical bills at all. read more

The games manager was awesome! He showed us how to play a game and actually played with us! We had so much fun only thing is the other employees were playing on games and not really paying attention to anything else we waiting in line for laser tag for about five minutes until we decided to just interrupt their games so they could start our laser tag. Besides that it was fun! read more