Payout rate is way too high. Seriously... Paid $120 for a card. Each credit comes out to 0.14. Claw games are about 11 credits which makes each swipe roughly $1.50. Swiped 15 times to try to win a Pokemon plush but it would not grab. The pay out rate is too damn high. I understand they need to make money but god damn... Ef this place. read more

I still come here because it's easiest for me to park without having to pay extra. The specials for Round One in general seem to have lots of offerings at once or very little unless you want to make a 20 or 30 dollar purchase or buy some item for 50-70 or so with making a purchase. . . I'm not sure if the fries with hot cheetos toppings is new, but I like hot cheetos a lot- so I gave it a whirl. They seem to do the fries well here as I've been able to nibble from a friend's before and my own dish was good. It did take awhile to be put together, but I was okay with that as I wasn't in a hurry. Also, the extra time probably helped for the quality to be enhanced. It was typical arcade quality, but it was well done. They only have one working regular DDR machine currently, and sometimes now, I have to wait behind other(s) even during weekday evenings. They updated their prize store currently- I see more neon signs which I think is a good choice, it looks like more game system choices are available, and they still have an automatic vacuum cleaner which I believe is the most expensive ticket item in the prize store currently. My age is showing at this place because I always lose my marbles at the Castlevania machines. They have at least 2 or 3 StepManias here. There's a good variety of claw type machines, regular Japanese based games, and a few regular US type arcade games. read more

Great experience. Has a variety of games. Also , no overbearing or that loud for an arcade. read more

Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Exton - Arcades Near Me - Exton, Pennsylvania

Decided to go bowling and the nearest was Round1. This location was once JCPenney. Pricing to bowl was better than most locations we checked. Decided on spending 90 minutes bowling. Ambience was great. Lots of other fun games you also can play. Great place for events, birthdays etc. enjoyed our time and will likely return to do it all over again. read more

Cool spot when you're looking for something fun and different to do. It was relatively clean and the staff were all very friendly. Not much diversity when it comes to game options. Bowling and karaoke rooms are available to use if you book them. The food and drink prices were reasonable for a place like that. Definitely cheaper than other amusement places like that. The one thing that was unexpected was the theme. It's all Japanese themed. Claw machines and prizes are only Japanese cartoons and products. This was really cool to see but just unexpected. Come earlier with kids. Younger 20's crowd comes around 8 on the weekends read more

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Nice place to hang out on a Saturday. Bowling was fun and the staff was quick to help when we had issues. Prices were fine. The only annoying thing was the staff calling over the speaker when your food was ready. read more

Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Exton - Arcades Near Me - Exton, Pennsylvania

We had a work event for our clients with intellectual disabilities. It went so well! The staff were so friendly.

This place is horribly ran. Every time I come here there are new people working. It's obvious why. It's 9pm and they are open until 2am. But all of the people who can serve alcohol went on break for an hour. At the same fu@%!ng time! Even the food got shut down. In the prime time for bar patrons and food service and every thing is shut down for an hour so everyone can go on break at the same time. I will never come back here ever again. Although it won't matter for long. Someone bought all this property. Round one is the final round. Game over. Don't waste your time here. Go to Arnold's. They are 100 times better! read more

Wooohooo!! Finally got myself a Yoshi! This place mimicks Japanese sega UFO catcher and photo booth as well as Japanese imported games like Initial D racer. The place has ticket games too and the prizes are wayyy better than Dave and buster. Although the price per game is quite expensive and it doesn't seem like there is discounts much or happy hours. Recommend they do something like Wednesday night at D+B Bowling alley is here too. Never tried their food but you can order typical American stuff if you're hungry. Come check it out read more

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I can only speak to the arcade, I have not tried their games or food. This place is HUGE and unbelievably clean. They off 1 he unlimited deals for certain games. The best part is they are not busy at all until the evening, what a gem so close to home. read more

I was waiting on the crane machine because there was a mini line for it. When it was my turn, I put in my money through the card and the machine took my money. I tried it again and with no luck. Then I walked over to another machine & that machine did the same thing! I went to the front desk and the front desk told me very rudely that I couldn't get a refund until they check the cameras. WHAT?! Overall I wouldn't recommend coming here because some of the machines don't really work and the staff here are kind of rude and doesn't like to talk it out with customers. They also tried to scam me out of card which had $100 in it. No refunds they said! 2 stars because I liked the music & ambience in the arcade + racing games were really fun! read more

My fiancé and I love going here. It makes us feel like kids again! Great spot for children and adults to have some fun.

Round1 is always a nice place to have fun and game at. It has a large arcade and many bowling alleys. Round1 is a great place to go bowling with your friends and family. Have fun! read more

Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Exton - Plush from Claw Machine - Arcades Near Me - Exton, Pennsylvania

I've been a few times and they have a decent selection, but since they have reopened they have a lot of machines down. They purposefully have every other machine down for social distancing, but there were multiple places where 3 or 4 machines in a row were down. The employees are all wearing masks and there are several places around the store with hand sanitizer available. read more

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The environment in this place is very quiet and slow for an arcade place. The staff isn't very friendly. We got a beer and there was limited selection and the guy that was serving us was annoyed that we were even speaking to him like he had to get up and grab us a beer. read more

I'm not familiar with the bowling or bar area, but the arcade is an impressive size with variety, and I think I've only ever encountered one or two out-of-order machines. I have several complaints, though: 1. There's good (in my opinion) music playing in the airlock, but once one gets inside, the games' collective volume is far too loud, so one can't hear the music at all. 2. One has to buy a credit-sized card and load it with funds to use the machines, so the satisfying "plunk" of inserting coins is gone. (There are some things that simply shouldn't be digital, and arcades are one of them.) 3. Some machines take fractions of credits instead of a whole number of them, so it's almost impossible to exactly use up the credits on your card. (I assume this is intentional, which makes it even crummier.) 4. The games' prices are ridiculous. Painfully high. Exorbitant. Highway robbery. Absurd. I could go on, but you get the idea. That's probably another reason for the credit cards: if you used quarters and, therefore, realized how much a single game cost, you'd barely play anything. 5. The crane/prize machines' instructions are confusing (even when found in the not-so-noticeable spots in which they're posted). Then, once deciphered, some of them are set up in ways that render the instructions impossible to follow. (E.g. "pick up the black ball to win" but the only balls in the machine are white and orange.) And, finally... 5. There isn't a single pinball machine. Therefore, this entire review is moot because--guess what?--Round 1 isn't actually an arcade, after all. Too bad. It was showing such promise. read more

No one is working at the food counter, soda machine is broken, bowling lane does not have a flat surface. Do not recommend

I was really surprised by Round 1. After reading just a few reviews I wasn't sure I even wanted to go but I am glad we did. The place was really big and really a lot of fun. I did see some machines that were not working but I was able to play and win on a lot of other ones. Prize room was good better than Lancaster location. Worker in prize room was not very friendly but o.k. Overall I would recommend this place read more

This place is great! It is a nice feeling knowing that there are security cameras covering every inch of the arcade floor. I'm able to relax and let the kids run around with their own cards. A great experience if you are looking for a summer activity out of the sun. read more

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Great time bowling and the was staff very helpful and pleasant. Many games and crowds were manageable. read more

The guy was so nice we lost in the Claw machine, and he got one for us.And Also, he let us get more things at the front desk and was mostly free. I honestly love this place read more

This place is super fun, the employees are helpful, and there's a lot to do. However a lot of the games are VERY expensive and you have to get there at certain times to beat the high prices. read more

Expensive and terrible staff. They don't explain anything and just short change you. Waste of money - go somewhere else!

This was my 1st visit to this place. When i first entered, it looked like a casino, with all the lights and sounds going off. We came to this video game place, because of my 5 year old nephew. All he wanted to do is play video games. So my sisters-in-law, said if we wanted to join, just to meet at round 1 Exton. The first thing we had to do in order to play any of the games, was to purchase a play card. Instead is using cash, just swipe. Very expensive !Long story short, total damage to my bank account $160 OMG!! I didn't even get to play! I let my 22 year old and my 20 year old play. They also have a store to purchase items based on the points on your swipe card. To be honest for all the money we spent, there was nothing of value to really get with the points on your card. They have huge grab bar games, bowling and video games. Very expensive , but if you have the skill to win the items in the grab claw games. Got for it. The items in the claw game are uniquely cool. This place is very clean. This place also has a bar , ping pong tables and pool tables to enjoy. read more

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Had a terrible experience last night with the manager I don't know her name short blond hair with glasses she gave my pregnant wife a bad attitude over a table and was super rude to me cause we ordered a bunch of food. Spent around $1000 there between food game cards and karaoke. The rest of the staff was amazing though very nice to the food was okay it's an arcade can't expect anything fancy but other then that had a great time. The manager there was just a grumpy rude person. Give me an attitude that's cool I can deal with it. But a pregnant woman not nice read more

First of all, I drove 3 hours to this place all the way from Northern Virginia because I wanted to play IIDX Cannon Ballers. Definitely worth the drive. This place got loads of rare music games arcade machines and clearly deserves 5 stars unlike many other typical useless arcades in the East coast. But unfortunately, right when I walk in this place to the main counter. This one employee with mustache seems to be one of the managers confronted me when he saw my tripod (which I simply wanted to record my IIDX gameplay) This guy basically told me that if I ever use my tripod to record videos or document anything inside this arcade then he have the right to kick me out from this place. I was surprised then I replied him that I just want to record a gameplay with my digital camera. But he still refused and told me unless I ask their district manager for a permission ahead of time then I can record videos. But he also said, it's no problem if I record or take photos via smartphones. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever... At this point, I didn't even bother to tell him that I drove all the way from VA to spend good amount of money playing music games but I had to deal with this ignorant, hostile manager who gave me bs policy ? Very disappointing. There were literally nobody around to play those music arcade games at all the entire time I was there (Thursday 11am - 5pm 5/25) I end up being clever enough and able record gameplay videos without tripod. Though, the angle wasn't nearly as good with tripod assistance, of course. Probably time for me to go back to Round 1 Ikebukuro in Tokyo. All the staffs there were proper human being, friendly and treat customers reasonably well. But for Round 1 Exton, such a marvelous arcades spot but it's tainted by that unprofessional manager who clearly need a new job. These expensive, extravagant music games arcade machines deserves a better home than this place. read more

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Searching for the Exton location of Round1, you come upon a preponderance of negative reviews. People complain about the food, the staff, the machines, the noise, seemingly everything is an issue here. I realize I can only speak for myself and my experiences, but I've been here 3 different times for parties, and every time my expectations were exceeded. The first two experiences were with birthday parties to which my child was invited. Everything ran smoothly from my perspective and my child had such a good time, they wanted to have their next birthday party there. The third experience was my child's birthday party, and the staff at Round1 went above and beyond to make sure we had a great time. The schedule was perfect, the kids had an exceptional experience, and my youngest who couldn't care less about video games had so much fun. I want to specifically single out staff members Tony and Josh, who both made sure our party ran smoothly and even helped me out of a jam with the swipe cards. It's definitely not the cheapest event to have, but considering the smiles on faces, it was more than worth it. You're going to read reviews that reference broken machines and rude staff, but I can say we did not experience any of this. I'd give it six stars if I could. read more

Alright place but kids ruined it and now the workers hover around you while you bowl and it's very uncomfortable

Fun place to hang out with friends or go on dates! They're open late and have plenty of things to do. Some games are only in Japanese so you'll have to guess what to do but still fun. The ufo catcher games have gotten more difficult but the plushies are adorable! Items from the prize room are also super cute! read more

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I hate this place. Reason is this place should be great, it is everything you could ever hope for in an arcade/entertainment venue. The have amazing arcade games, the claw machines are great prizes in them. The have games that you cant find any where else in the country. They have bowling, they have fun photo booths, they have karaoke. It is everything you could want if that is what your interested in. The problem is this place is ran horrible, I don't know if its the managers that work there, or if it is a corporate thing. There is never any staff working that I can find. I see more people working at Wawa than I do here. The employees that i can find are miserable & unprofessional. After several trip there I have numerous complaints. For as new as this place is there are a lot of broken machines, every time I go there a game I want to play is broken. Last time I went Monster Drop Chaos, Fishbowl Frenzy, and Gold Fishin were all no working, the time before that Golden Empire was not working. The employees try to avoid work, I have seen them walk in the opposite direction after making eye contact with me, I have been in the prize center for 15 to 20 minutes with no one coming over to help me. If you need someone to help you get a prize out of a machine, you are out of luck, I have resorted to taking pictures on my phone and having to go track some one down. That leads me to my last complaint. The UFO catchers can be set up in a impossible way to win the prize. I think because the employees are work adverse they set the prizes up in a way that they can be impossible to win sometimes. The way that the machines work here is the prize is set up where you have to knock it in the prize chute, they are not like typical claw machines. Some times the prizes are pushed down into the holders so they will not move at all. If you ask a worker to help you if you can find one, I have been told no. This place is also very expensive, In my experience it is the most expensive arcade around, I am not considering that a negative, I knew that before I went there for the first time. Most games cost 6 to 10 credits on average with the average being around 8. twenty dollars will get you 92 credits, so that's only around 11 games you get to play. In conclusion i would recommend any of the Dave and Busters or other arcades in the area over this instead. If you must have the cute cat plush, go to amazon instead it will be a cheaper and more pleasurable experience instead. read more

Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Exton - Prize stuck at round 1 - Arcades Near Me - Exton, Pennsylvania

Albeit being an hour outside the city, this is the mother of arcades! If you're willing to drive, this has all the popular and regular games that D&B has plus tons more including actual Japanese arcade games (the words are in Japanese as well but you'll figure it out) and the main attraction is probably the crane games with extremely cute plushies that are of official Disney, Sanrio, NFL, Nintendo, and many other brands! The crane games are addicting and can add up which makes them expensive. It looks like there's deals on bowling, regular arcade games. And karaoke. There's also ping pong! The staff are extremely nice and helpful. They will restock the plushies or move them to the correct position if you ask. A lot of high quality photo booth machines especially the Japanese ones which are so adorable. The food is actually not bad and drinks are so affordable! Definitely recommend, great for dates, double dates, bdays, and it's next to the mall. Guaranteed fun for everyone :) read more

Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Exton - Items won from crane games - Arcades Near Me - Exton, Pennsylvania

We came here for dinner and bowling for our son's birthday and will NEVER go back, you couldn't pay me. The entire staff needs to be replaced or the place needs shutting down. It is dirty and disgusting, torn up taped up but torn up again bowling seats, nasty bathrooms. No tips on pool cues for over a year. People bringing their own booze and smoking in the back billiards area. Very poor food and beverage service. We were bowling while they were announcing the countdown to concessions closing at 9:30 (they are open until 2 am! Why closing food and drinks so early??) so we quit bowling to go eat and there was no food available. Then why are you announcing the food is closing soon when you already shut down the grill and pizza oven?? I said "are you f-ing kidding me?" and the little troll called security to escort me out. If I had the time to waste I would sue you. read more

Expensive, half the machines were broken, very strange staff. First time we were here and the "Lead" Bob acted like we were disturbing him. We bought a "Member Club" for an extra $6 - but we can't reload getting our benefits using the convenient kiosk, instead members have to stand in a long line to reload the card (not that we did)! They have bottled beer, only to pour it into a thin plastic cup ... why not only serve draft beer... I was a bit disappointed.... the only way I was hoping to get thru this nightmare was by coping with alcohol. The security guard could be be taken down by a 5 year old. He gave me a creepy look as I was throwing something out.... for was looking over my back the entire time! And just in case you're wondering, no they don't take AMX. I will never come back. read more

I've been trying to convince EVERYONE I know that we should take a day trip out to Exton to spend a day at Round1, the Japanese arcade with not enough locations in the US. You can EASILY spend several, several hours at Round1 because they offer so many activities like: 1) ARCADE GAMES - They have TONS of games available that span a lot of different genres. Do you want an immersive shooting experience? Open the door to one of many of the pod games and take in the huge screens and surround sound. Do you have kids and want to play more cartoonish, family-friendly games? There are plenty of those. Do you like racing your friends? You can play games where you race them in cars, on bikes, on skis, and more. They also have a large Japanese rhythm game section, with DDR and dance games as well as other games that rely on you doing something to the rhythm. There are classics like the Big Game Hunting one and basketball and skeeball and Time Crisis and more, but also popular franchises like Halo and Jurassic Park and Star Wars and MarioKart. They also have a ton of games that yield tickets that you can exchange for a prize if that is more your type of gameplay! I also loved that you can either pay for credits (most games cost between 3-6 credits) or time (many games are available to play with the time card with a few exceptions). Our strategy was to put about an hour on some cards, play as much as we could (often running around to get the card from another person, as you can swipe once every 90 seconds), and then getting a card with credits to play the machines we weren't able to with the time alone. ALSO, near the food they have a lot of older games, like Mortal Kombat, that are totally worth checking out if you love retro gaming. 2) CLAW MACHINES GALORE - There are 2 types of claw machines, as I learned visiting Round1: the type that are actually claws, wherein you need to grab the prize you want and drop it down the chute, and the UFO machines where you need to push a prize that is wedged near the chute down. (Deceptively simple!) This is a very easy way to use up your credits but the prizes are very cute and fun and there are definitely winners. If your UFO prize is not in the position that is advertised (with a guide to where you should hit it to win it), an employee can help you reset it so you have a fair chance at getting it. 3) KARAOKE - The karaoke rates for the small rooms here are amazing. $17 per hour for a really large room that seats up to 6 but could easily have standing room for 10 people. The song selection was also really great - they have modern hits and all the most sing-along-able hits from Hamilton so honestly I was blown away here. (You can choose songs by artist or by song name.) I had low expectations for the karaoke room and they were way exceeded. Just note that you can't bring your alcohol in here. 4) BOWLING AND MORE - We didn't bowl but they have bowling available and you get your shoes from a machine, which looked really nifty! I saw a lot of folks having tons of fun bowling for hours. They also have ping pong and other activities we didn't even have time to check out. 5) FOOD AND DRINK - The food is very...... meh but you're not here for the food. It will tide you over when you're feeling hungry, though, and they offer a decent enough selection! The beer pricing seemed really reasonable, which surprised me. 6) JAPANESE PHOTO BOOTHS - How could I almost forgot to mention the multiple photobooths in the corner, which let you take a bunch of photos and then edit them in the booth with special effects and stickers. It's a fun souvenir of your time that you can create with your friends. Basically I want every gathering and party from now on to be here and I hope they open a Round1 closer to me soon! read more

I want to like this place, I really do but after several times I've been here, I want to address these complains: - Every time I walk to the counter to add credits to my card, I see employees see me walking towards them then they walk away. This happens every single time. Now I stand there like an idiot waiting when there's no one around. (pictures provided) - There's also been a time when I'm next in line then this employee of yours walks away. Like come on, can't you take care of me first before you do whatever it is you gotta do? Rude as hell. - In the claw machines, it says you can ask for a Round 1 associate to reset the prize to default position when it's stuck. We asked, only to be told that we have to deal with it because that's just the way it is. NO, other branch locations have no problem doing this for us. - Just as their claw machines are all stuck and dug in, alot of their arcade machines are not working. Really want to try that Silent Hill arcade that never worked. read more

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Security threw me out for being too drunk! Couldn't believe it, I understand I wasn't able to walk straight but to be fair the bowling lanes are at an angle and not flat. Anyone could have slipped and fallen. If I had the time I would sue. read more

I brought 13 - 9 year olds to the Exton location. It was a Thursday afternoon the facility was not crowded at all. In the two hours I was there I spent around $700 and experienced less than adequate service/help. 1. I purchased the all you can play $14.99 deal for each girl. The cashier rung the transaction incorrectly. The employee realized his mistake a 1/2 hour after the transaction took place. He tracked me down and wanted to do a refund and recharge the me for everything all over again. It should be noted it was a $12.87 difference in their favor. This was not worth the time it takes to redo the transaction. They were slow. 2. When it was time to use the karaoke room we received no assistance or help to set up the technology. When we asked for assistance we were told "The guy that does karaoke isn't here so we don't know what to do." We were not able to to use the karaoke room. 3. I stood at the food service counter for 20 minutes to purchase 13 cups for drinks. There was no other customer there. The lady working the counter was making a pizza and ignoring me. The three other employees were corralled at the bowling register chatting. I asked them if they could help me and they said "You have to talk to the lady at food service area." I had to be rude to get her attention. 4. During our time bowling, there were many technical difficulties. Every time there was a problem with the lane we had to wait for an employee to come resolve the issue. This ate into the time that we paid for. 5. Because we experienced so many problems and such slow customer service we weren't able to enjoy all of the facilities. 6. When I asked to speak to someone in charge, I was told "No one is available." Overall, the staff was slow, unequipped and demonstrated poor customer service. It appeared as if they were unaware how to troubleshoot any issues and tried to avoid customers. It should also be noted that the other parents there shared past experiences they have had at the Exton Round 1 and said they would never recommend the place. So not only did I have a bad experience but other parents have as well. The Exton Round 1 has quite the reputation. read more

We are here from Florida visiting family my kids wanted to do something fun. We have a similar bowling/arcade place where we live and this one does not disappoint. My older son was happy that this was full size bowling and not mini bowling like at the place at home. There's a lot of fun arcade games to keep my younger one occupied. Everything is kept up fairly well, we ran into no issues during our time here. Both kids were very happy with their experience and would like to come back read more

I love this place really help me get out of stress really help get the family together

Had a horrible experience at this place last Sunday. Went to cafeteria to buy some drinks for kids. Stood there for some time until an angry man came by and asked me what I wanted in a very rude fashion. I explained to him, that first of all, I've been standing here a long time and that they have a poor service. The place, by the way, at the time was about 10% occupied, totally empty. And secondly, there's no way to talk to a customer in such a tone. The man looked about 5.7, heavy, with long beard. He said he was a manager and short on staff. I insisted that he should treat customers with respect regardless of issues with his employees. He started yelling at me and his anger kept increasing. And suddenly he slammed drinking cups on the counter right where I was standing with such force that everyone around freaked out. Some even started recording what was happening. His face changed, he looked not normal nor stable and out of control. He definitely has issues. read more