Excellent. Richard and I put 1 Pound into a slot machine and walked out with 42 Pounds! We only…read morespent a total of 2 Pounds in this arcade and so came out really on top. The cashier happily exchanged the multiple Pound coins from the machine into notes for us. We used to criticise British 'Pokie' machines for being tricky and complicated but this was a lovely surprise. There are the usual 10p and 2p push down machines in this arcade but we didn't touch them this time. Staff could have smiled a bit more.

A must for anyone interested in old fairgrounds and amusement arcades, Brighton's Penny Arcade…read moreMuseum is a small arcade housed in one of the arches on the sea-front. A few minutes walk from Brighton Pier, it's also a great place to take kids for half an hour's fun. There's funny mirrors that make you look taller, shorter and fatter and over 50 vintage penny slot machines. Since most of the machines were manufactured between 1895-1950 some of them seem to break down occasionally but most of them are in good working order. There's strength machines that test your endurance, fortune tellers that predict your future and love life and quirky machines like What The Butler Saw. For £1 you get 7 old pennies to play whatever machines you like. The arcade is open every day from 12am-6pm Easter til September and fine weekends in the winter. If you're planning to make a special trip, it's worth phoning to check.

This is a great break from beachlife and a true homage to the path that laid the way for xboxes and…read moreplaystations. Set in the King's Road arches and slap between the piers, you will find the museum. Inside are a wide range of truely oldschool arcades and eccentricities from the late Victorian era to the mid Twentieth Century. I especially find the 'What the Butler Saw' machines funny. I also like that they give you large old pennies to play, rather than have converted the machines to take contemporary currency. I'm sure a number of these end up leaving the arcade as souveniers, so I suppose they have them made to order or something! You are unlikely to find all the machines working at any one time, but there will certainly be at least £2-£3's worth of pennies to play with. The only thing I missed not being present was an old style automated organ or some 'traditional' snacks to buy. Certainly a fun way to spend a few quid doing something a little different.

Came from London to play some Laser Tag because it was so much cheaper than any where in London…read more(less than £10 for two 20minute games!). The arena was awesome, spacious and no frills laser tag gaming. Set inside an arcade with bowling, pool and junk food stalls. No illusions about this place, it's full of screaming kids on a weekend but the laser tag was monumentally ace. Well worth the trip if there is a big group of you wanting to save a bit of cash.

Our son is just getting to the point where the indoor soft-play thing is becoming interesting, so…read morewe were keen when we were invited to a friends' second birthday party here at the Big Apple. Our time was only spent in the indoor soft play area, so if you're looking for a review of the lazer tag, bowling, or game arcade, you'll have to wait for some other Yelper to get to the Big Apple. In general, the play area was fun, for him, but there were a number of items that I found less than ideal. 1. Heat! It was so damned hot in the play area, we were all sweating. Now this was a party with 18 families, so it appeared it was nowhere near it's capacity, but still, everyone, without exception, complained about the lack of ventilation. 2. Disrepair. Mostly, things were in pretty good shape, but a number of things were kind of jerry-rigged with zip ties and duct tape. No single thing caused me great concern, but the sheer quantity of places where I saw these things made me wonder if a little more rigorous maintenance wasn't in order. I'm sure the wear and tear on such play things is massive, but for the amount they charge, I expected more quality to be honest. 3. Non-slidey slides. The biggest coolest-looking slide was, in fact, a dud! There's a slide that goes from the upper level of the play area down to the bottom where the parents were generally hanging out. This makes a total descent of some 4-5 meters. How cool is that??? Not much, it turns out. Kids were constantly having to scoot themselves down. One lucky parent was wearing the right fabric to make her slide down well, but everyone else was forced to self-propel. 4. I don't mark down for this, but the food served to the kiddies was the usual breaded-fried-potato-waste-on-a-stick. De regueur for such party places, they won no stars in our book because none of it met our child's dietary requirements (gluten-free). We never expect this, though, and always bring our own. My wife and I found ourselves the inevitable schadenfreude when we realized that our child's meal was way healthier than any of the other children! Looking at the heat, and the disrepair, I can't imagine a full-capacity weekend, where there are wall-to-wall kids.

The amusement arcade is not a pleasant place, not an whole…read moredays fun in one like the advert says. The majority of the arcade machines go wrong when you put your money in them, the coins go missing or get stuck. Sometimes when you win eg £10.00, it might pay you 9 x £1 coins and 1 x 10p piece (so you are out of pocket) I can only imagine some of the staff who fill the machines mis-fill them. When the machines go wrong it is not easy to get help or assistance being the majority of staff spend most of the time standing outside the pier smoking. There is only 1 change desk open, if they are counting up, they close the desk and you have to go back when they have finished counting. The same desk also takes bookings for the crazy golf so you have to wait quite a while to be seen, so if the machine you are playing as gone wrong you have a long wait for assistance. When you finally see someone they say they will send someone along to fix the machine but you end up waiting ages, no apologies when they finally arrive. (Customer service skills are poor and too be honest always have been) Many of the machines reels are out of line so when you win they don't always payout and if you inform the staff they say the reels are out of synch, so you don't get your wiinnings or all the money you have put in them (not a fair system), only 1 winner them! The Monopoly machines top centre game reels are totally out of synch, so when you get the game you have no idea how much you are winning. The Double Decker party game machine very top centre game reels go wrong so the party ends early. The 2p & 10p pushers have hardly any prizes on them, and I have seen employees move items back that are close to the edge so players have to start from scratch which costs them more money (not fair at all). Many of the machines are dirty. I am not too sure if they ever clean them. Unlike some seaside arcades, the pier charges customers £1.75 to withdraw cash, even though you are spending the money in their business. I am surprised the owners let the staff get away with it, from what I see when on the pier it's the owners son doing the majority of the work. Whilst the staff are standing outside smoking they could be repairing machines or assisting customers and filling up empty change machines which are mostly empty on a daily basis. A lesson for the future, remember it's the customers who are are paying your wages, employees seem to forget that.

I visited the pier while staying in The Carlton nearby.. It has a cafe (The Boardwalk Cafe), a bar…read more(Scruffy Jack's), among other amusement things.. Must visit of you are in Sandown...

The largest amusement arcade on London road, Nobles Amusements is not one of the wonderlands that I…read morealways imagine arcades to be. You know the ones. Like in American films with hundreds of amazing quarter hungry machines of sound and light, with meandering crowds of laughing crowds... Nobles is on the other hand the other kind of Arcade, the more acceptable adult kind filled wall to wall with gambling machines. They host fast paced bingo games here too so that you can have a bit of variety in your gambling habits if you so desire. Strangely you also walk through here to get to a tanning salon upstairs, but I like my pasty white complexion just the way it is, so I stayed clear of there. In all honesty I won't be coming here again, just because I don't get fruit machines even when they're in sociable spaces like pubs.

Recently visited Namco station, before this visit I would have given 3 stars. It was in decline,…read moregetting boring, nothing new, and nothing exciting, it use to be a good place to be silly and have whole hearty fun. I would visit a few times, and the new machines just didn't tempt me. So when I say my most recent Namco station visit came at a surprise, it really did. It had bigger, newer and cooler machines, designed to capture fun for all groups and ages. It almost reminded me back to when I first visited Namco station. I love the giant size connect 4, and the dodging laser beams. Overall I had a great time, something different and best possible way to kill time.

Sorry the picture is a bit dark, the bar is 3 floors underground. To get to it you have to…read morenegotiate the upper floors filled with, slot machines, video games and other games you usually find in one of those places at popular seaside destinations, so you may spend your drinking money before you reach the bar. Has a lift for wheelchair access to all floors but there isn't a ramp to get into the building in the first place, I have asked the staff and security and they don't know of any either. More details to follow as soon as I find my notes. Sells food all day and does kids menu. No real ale. Has a selection of wines. Areas available for hire.

Went the week of June 24. MANY of the games were broken or would eat the coins without giving you a…read morecredit to play the game. Had to call over the employee at least three times (saw others doing the same for other games). For the broken games the employee couldn't fix them (ex. air hockey) the employee couldn't fix them. For the ones gobbling up the coins she either gave me a coin back or put a coin in the machine to see if it would work (one time it did). Not a great experience. Not a lot of good games.

Las Vegas was fun! I grew up in Germany during The 80s and 90s and where I lived arcades such as…read moreLas Vegas were the only source of entertainment for some. My boyfriend grew up in a bucolic small New England town that had an arcade by a lake that was the towns only source of entertainment and hang out for the kids. So coming here was nostalgic and brought back a lot of memories and we had an absolute blast here! Whenever I or we come to London, we make sure Las Vegas is something we have pre-planned and set aside some time for. My previous trip to London we came here no less than three different times because there was simply -that- much fun to be had. They care about their machines and they care about the people coming there. For the amount of people the come through here, it's exceptionally clean Las Vegas isn't just the best arcade in London, I've traveled across Europe and beyond and Las Vegas really sets the standard and is by far the best arcade around. I only my corner of the world (Rhode Island) would have a place like Las Vegas.

This is bowling, which is not listed, although 'mini golf' is a sport! Apparently…read more I took my daughter and her friend in here, after a lunch (please remember this was post a heavy lunch!). We met my daughter's friend's Dad and little brother, and they asked if they could join us. The more the merrier! Now, I haven't been bowling for years. But what fun we had. Needless to say, the Dad won and little brither lost and I'm not telling you who was where in between, but is so satisfying to watch your ball rumble down the middle of the lane! This place serves food - fast food, which is fairly inexpensive. Bowling for two children and one adult was £13.05. Try working that one out! I thought it was a bit steep. The staff seem a bit bored and the shock of the noisey music makes you unable to hear them or be heard. However, at the lanes the music is less noisey and most heard is laughter and shouts of pleasure or disappointment. Mostly my shouts were pleasure or encouragement, but I beganto flag very slightly at the end as this is a real workout if you've eaten lunch! All in all, I recommend this, and I'm going back for sure.

Bowling is always good fun and bowlplex offers the ability to eat, drink, bowl and play in the…read morearcade for reasonable prices making it a great night out. It is perhaps not as conveniently located as megabowl at tower park but generally is cheaper, despite lack of offers at present day. The night life there is great however

While down south this weekend, I popped to Portsmouth for the day with my mum and little boy. We…read morewere staying in Southampton and wanted a beach which was easily accessible by car and which would offer plenty of entertainment for a two year old. Clarence Pier did just that. Just a 30 minute drive from the centre of Southampton, the pier was easy to find and offered lots of convenient parking. There were two separate arcades in addition to other rides and attractions. Food options were plentiful and even included a large fruit stall which was lovely to see at the seaside where all food is usually accompanied by at least 10g of fat! The beach here is quite rocky, which is great for someone like me who doesn't like sand. We happened to arrive on a day during which America's Cup was taking place (international boat race) so the beach was pretty busy. However, we never struggled to find somewhere to sit / play / eat. One of the best things about this pier (for a two year old anyway) is that you can watch the Hovercraft take off and arrive from Isle of Wight. You can also catch the hovercraft from here or take a tour of the coast on one of the optional boat tours.

Clarence pier has the usual assortment of amusments and stalls selling postcards and novelty items…read moreas well as a number of almost identical fast food kiosks. Sometimes you can see people fishing by the pier. There is a crazy golf course which for some reason (probably the big skull) reminds me of the goonies. It is a good course as you can choose one of two routes through it. That means if someone in front looks like they will take an age to complete each hole you can easily choose the other route. There is plenty of car parking nearby - all along the seafront, by the pub and some public car parks by the common. You'll probably still be stuck in the Summer though so your best bet might be to park in Old Portsmouth and walk along the seafront from the direction of Gunwharf. There is also a token based funfair next to the pier.