This is our go-to place for family dinner out. We have kids, so we've done the Applebee's/Kodiak thing as well, but the Main Event keeps coming out on top. It's got a better balance of comfortable, high-energy setting, better food, friendly, hard-working staff, and decent prices. P.S. The kids love the bbq wings with fries and a drink, great portion, and it's only $5! read more

Good food ,wait staff was great. Great place to see your favorite sport event . Enough big screens to see all . Looking forward to going back . Prices were good . read more

Best place for a quick bite, or a group get together or to watch our favorite sports teams on TV! Extra friendly staff and delicious food at reasonable prices! So happy to have Main Event in our neighborhood! read more

Food is mediocre, less than average bar food. Service ok. Young kids who could care less. Went there for dinner and drinks. Never asked if we wanted another drink during dinner. Owner looks like he would rather be in bed than greeting guests or caring about opinions of patrons. Live in area and will not go back. read more

We like it here. Good place for the family to eat. Lots of tvs everywhere. Great bar. Nice and friendly staff. You can call ahead to make a reservation. A bit pricey though and the food, while it is good quality and we enjoy it, it's not necessarily worth the price that you pay for it. (Except the soup. Good hearty homemade soup!!) We like the fish, the lamb, the salads, the burgers. But again, it can get pricey for a family meal in a sports bar. The awesome pretzel is a whopping $10! So my rating would be a 4 or even a 5 if the pricing was better. read more

'The Main Event' is the latest of a number of names/ownerships that this place has gone under throughout the years and has, in my view, gone downhill since the days of Eli's Steakhouse. The environment is pretty decent; lots of flat screens to view games and all properly situated so that everyone gets a view. The service is just... okay, and on a busy night, it can be a bit frustrating. The worst part of eating here is unfortunately the sub-par food. It is over-priced and mediocre. They fail to get right even the most basic things like burgers and nachos. I would say, come in for a beer and maybe some finger food to watch a game with your buddies, but if you're looking for something truly satisfying and have money to spend on dinner, don't waste it here! read more

I had a disappointing experience at Hurricane's and my wife asked, "Why do you keep going back? The Main Event is so much better" Happy Wife, Happy Life. Listen to wife, happy husband. I ordered a pick up from Main Event once for wings on Super Bowl Sunday. The kitchen had the wings coming out like clockwork and they were great. When I do dine at Main Event, I like the ribs or I will get a chicken breast when I want to watch what I am eating. The food is consistent and the atmosphere screams fun sports bar. I would love to go with a bunch of guys and watch a UFC fight there. The staff is always warm and inviting. I have not been to the new location on route 110, but if the Old Country Road original is copied, I am sure it will be fine too read more

First trip here, good food, incredibly fast service, will definitely be coming back!!

Love stopping here after work on a Friday with my coworkers. Great selection of food and alcohol. Bartenders are very friendly and the service is more then acceptable. Beers are as cold as you could possibly get before turning to ice, seriously. I haven't had a colder beer in any bar across the world. The bar has huge TVs to watch any sporting event on at the time. Have nothing bad to say. It's just the perfect stop after a long day of work. read more

Best variety and quality of bar/ gast food in town. Their seafood and steaks are top notch too! Great staff and friendly owners make this "the go to family restaurant " in Plainview read more

Just randomly stopped here on the way home from something because I was starving. I've heard good things from a few friends, but I was super disappointed. First of all, a Ranger game was on so you'd think you'd hear the game through the speakers being that this is a sports bar, but instead they were playing some weird music. Anyway, we ordered the fried pickle special and the pulled pork sliders. I was soooo hungry and so looking forward to some good bar food...HUGE letdown. My pulled pork was a strange color..like a pink brown. Right away that turned me off, but I thought maybe it would taste good. Wrong again. Nasty. If I wasn't starving I wouldn't have eaten any of it. The meat was dry and tasted like leftovers that were heated up in the microwave. The buns even tasted a little stale. My boyfriends fried pickles were mediocre at best and served on a bed of some stale tasting corn chips ??? His beer was really good but that was about it. Waste of money and calories. read more

I've been to this place many times for lunch and dinner. I even go to their place in farmingdale. I always order some sort of fish dish because I know the owners own a fish restaurant. So I ordered their seafood francese. It had scallops, shrimps, and filet of sole. I believe it was $23 or more. The meal came with a salad and a sweet potato. When I started to eat the meal, I started with the scallop and it didn't taste right. I then had a shrimp and that wasn't good either. Then I had some filet and still not good. I said something to my friend and he thought it smelled fishy. I went back for another scallop and this one was really bad. I put the plate to the side. The waitress came over and asked me if everything was ok and I told her that something was off with the fish. She said ok and asked me if she could get me something else. I asked for a grilled chicken cutlet with cheese. Then the owner came over. Said he would take the fish off the bill but said that he tasted the fish and there was nothing wrong with it. He blamed it on the sauce and said it was too salty but the fish was ok. I didn't bother disagreeing with him. Then I get the bill and they charged me $16 for the chicken. I asked the waitress if that was a mistake and she said no because I ate the potato and the chicken. Then the other owner comes over and says he made a mistake and took my 2 sodas off for a grand total of $4. Laughable. When I told him that he was charging me $12 for the one piece of grilled chicken, he said that he charged me that because I had the potato and salad. He also repeated that he tasted it and nothing was wrong. For a place that has been in business for a long time, they are either arrogant or never knew how to run a business. If they would have charged me $5 for the chicken, I probably wouldn't be writing this. The right thing to do was to comp the dish and apologize. Don't tell me that the fish was ok. I know what fish is supposed to taste like. For $12, they lost a customer and I will tell all my coworkers, family and friends not to go there. By the way, the original bill was $60, we left $70 and even after he tried to give the $4 back for the sodas, we left the $70. So the young waitress got her 20% tip. It is the last dollar you will ever see from me. Poor decision. read more

Extremely overpriced. I live local and went with my boyfriend to have a drink at the bar. I was the only female at the bar. Ok I'm ok with that. The game was on. The menu completely overpriced. The reason they're still in business is they have literally a 10 page menu. Everything's there. But I say quality over quantity. As for the bartenders. They are young girls probably in early 20s. Seemed to be very pleasant to the older male regular crowd but as for an female not at all. I'm 30 and yea I do look younger so she decided to ID me while with my BF and his friend who in their 49s ok it's her job I understand. But she held my ID and went over every single line and kept staring at me. It's not an old photo. I just had it updated. Even so this isn't a club. She made me so uncomfortable I would never go back. I think my boyfriend agrees with me. Point is if your looking for burgers fries wings etc go somewhere else. Overpriced. Food is all frozen never fresh. And always overlooked. More men then women there. And just a neighborhood regular kind of spot. I would have given more stars if the bartender wasn't so insulting and unfriendly. Service is everything and it wasn't given here at all. read more

Great for drinking and watching a game. Otherwise, then the nice staff, not much worth doing.

I don't usually write reviews. Saying this, as I was reading a review on here it struck a nerve with me. I also frequented here a few times a month until one night a few months ago when I left with a bad taste in my mouth. I had ordered a fish entree. When I tasted it, it just didn't taste right. I told our waitress and she took it away. I didn't want a replacement meal because our party had ordered Appetizers and was ok. A few minutes later the owner came over and explained that he tried my dish and there was nothing wrong with it. I disagreed with him. He stayed at my table for about 5 minutes trying to convince me that I didn't know how it should taste ( I have been eating fish for about 40 years ). My tables bill was pretty high and as I checked it, I noticed that my fish dish was still on the bill but was prorated for the side dish and salad that I ate. They only took off the actual fish. I didn't have the energy to go another round with the manager/owner about it. I left thinking about how this place lost a long time customer because of a piece of fish. read more

Always a good time here. The staff is excellent and they have great beers on tap. Try the grilled chicken wings they are excellent. The appetizers are very tasty and the dinners that I have had have been unique and delicious. I have also been here for parties in the side room by the bar. The food is always good as those as well. read more

Poor bar service and poorly managed work party. Bartender was boorish and unfriendly.

Eh. Small portions. Mediocre food . Over priced for the quality of food . Waitress was very nice. Won't be back

Decent wings it's a diner that serves a lot of beer and has big TVs that's all. Women from Plainview especially the 40 year old mothers are the fattest women period. They eat food and chew gum at the same time and have terrible skin. Stuff your faces you cows! read more

A solid 3 star-er. A friday night seemed right to try out this expanding Long Island Sports pub franchise. Although full we were able to get seated immediately. Much like other sports pubs they have televisions on virtually every wall. The menu is DINER LIKE - shockingly large. Does a pub need such an expansive menu.. not including the specials menu. It took a whole 30 minutes to read. They seem to have an endless variety of Apps, Salads, Entrees, Sammies, Wraps and more. We saw tons of Beers, Buffalo Wings and Warm Brownies w/ ice cream walk by but that didn't affect us. We ordered Broiled Filet of Sole w/ Veggie Medley & Baby Back Ribs w/ Sweet Potato. The fish was a big surprise. Cooked perfectly, seasoned well and the veggies were fresh. The Baby Backs however were overcooked and tough, chewy. Not fall off the bone. Also they were not really very saucy. Our waitress did her job, but with no personality. We were not offered drink refills, nor were we asked "hows everything?" or "how did it come out?" ... nothing. She took the order.... brought the drinks..... Brought the check. Runners and bus boys did the rest. I would have spoke to the manager making the rounds but he was distracted by other customers. read more

Great wings but after ordering a total of 9 drinks (not all for me) you would think they would do a buy back for at least one of them. Cool atmosphere but last time I was there, there were kids running around the entire restaurant like lunatics. read more

I will start off to say that the service in this restaurant is exceptional the atmosphere here is what I look for in a place but I can not say the same about the food. I decided to order the chicken wings they came out and right away you can tell they are par cooked not only that but uncooked. I wish I could end there but for a 5.50 cent onion soup which was mediocre, but it did not end there the tailgate burger must have been one of the worse burgers I have had it was in seasoned and just shit. which is why I am going to have to give this place one star to the owners of the company you have created a great place for people to eat and the tv are excellent I enjoy watching all of the games but fire your chef before he poisons somebody. My waitress Courtney was excellent her service was outstanding but the manager is a ignorant person who cares nothing about the service industry as she chose to not give me any sort of severance for my raw chicken if I could I would give this place zero stars read more

Over priced is an understatement. Suppose to be a sports bar but pretends to be more. Don't expect any traditional Long Island bar service as you won't receive it. Strictly by the book. Food is ok at best. read more

Not sure why there are so many bad reviews for this place. Some people say it's too empty and then others say it's too crowded, can't please anyone I guess. In my experiences with this place I'd say it's usually pretty crowded but never impossible to get a table. I'd say this is a higher quality and older crowd version if millers. The menu is a bit large and maybe could be cut back a bit, but overall I have liked everything I've tried here and the staff is great. If your looking for a more mature sports bar with better than average bar food then this is a good place. read more

The best bar food in the area. Hugh menu. Great servers (polite and patient). Perfect for children. Tv's everywhere. The price is right.

Can get really crowded and loud, but I don't care. Food is amazing, waitresses are always good and very nice, owner's a cool guy. They're very good if you ask them to change the channel. Families can go there and so can guys looking to get beers. A little expensive but always high quality food. read more

If you are looking for a great place to hang with your buddies and watch some sports while eating food, this is the place. Overall the food is okay and a little pricey. They have a great beer selection with some seasonal choices that are very good like Sam Adams winter lager. Two appetizers that I highly recommend are the wings and loaded nachos. I find their chicken in several dishes to be overcooked and too dry. Some of their entrees with fish are good choice. Burgers are very yummy. When there is a big sports game on TV they broadcast the sound. They offer very spacious seating and have a nice long bar to sit at. The staff there are very friendly and food service is solid. read more

This place is awesome food really good; service could be better no big deal for this place. Worth it for the food and if you want to watch a game. I would like to know if there is a better place on long Island to watch a game. Their TV's are all over the place in the right spots everywhere as many TV's as PC Richards LOL. Don't think there is a better place to watch a game and eat. I should give it four stars based on the best place to watch sports. Food is so good your typical bar food Hamburgers wings etc... Are really good and if you want fish hard to believe but I had one of the best pieces of salmon and shrimp cocktail there. Who would have thought. read more

Great Food! Never had a meal that I didn't like and I'm talking real food not burgers and sandwiches although those are great too! Boys night for the game or wife and kids you are good to go at the Main Event. convenient location too read more

Best sports bar around.. great food great service -- staff is amazing .... open late! always a great time

Great place to have lunch or dinner for a couple a family or larger group. Food is always fresh. The staff is friendly. Also hasxa great bar to grab a drink and watch a game. Multiple tvs. read more

This place is a very nice place. I had the chicken nachos which were excellent. The BBQ wrap was amazing. The waitress was nice and friendly. They has plenty of Tvs to watch for your favorite sport. read more

good food, friendly staff, and a full bar. You cant go wrong with this place.

Lots of TVs to watch games! The rigatoni Alla vodka is delicious! Drink specials are ok. Fun place to hang out!

Here's my review on The Main Event in Plainview. It's all you would expect from a sports bar/restaurant. There are big-screen TV's everywhere, so you won't miss your favorite sporting event. The bar is nice and there are plenty of tables/booths. I recently ate at The Main Event and ordered the Almond-Crusted Chilean Sea Bass. It came with a side of mashed potatoes and asparagus. It was one of the best things I ever ate! I liked that my friend and I weren't rushed out when we were done eating. Our server was knowledgeable with regard to drinks and the menu, very attentive to us and extremely friendly/courteous. Overall, a great place! read more

Aside from the great sports bar food, the seafood is the freshest and cooked perfectly! Octopus salad and clams on the halfshell, oysters - all extremely fresh. A real go-to place. read more

I have eaten many times here and I wish they had a better burger bun.. It's too much bread for such a thin patty.

Food was amazing and the service was great ... There were TV's every where which made watching the games perfect... I would have no problem telling any of my friends to go there to watch any sporting event or just to eat there and I will absolutely be returning read more

The Main Event is a good place for watching sports and drinking with friends. Food is typical bar food, lots of fried offerings. Not a place for lunch and dinner per se, but worth it if you are addicted to sports and want to have a fun time drinking with friends. read more

Great local place on North Shore of LI to watch games and shockingly these type of places are few and far between in this area...food is very good and the beer menu is exhaustive..def a good place to go for games, especially NFL Sundays read more