Main Event Entertainment

Reserved a room here for a birthday party 2 weeks in advance. We get there 30 minutes early and were made to wait for our «host» to show us to our room. We wanted to set up early before the guests arrived so we were anxious to get started. The guy came 5 minutes before the party was suppose to start. He showed us to our room. The room was a bland color and not very inviting for a child’s birthday party. But it smelled nice and was more spacious then they use to be 2 years ago when we went to another kid’s party. The «host» was pleasant to talk to for the 5 minutes that I saw him. The only thing I saw him do was get a black table cloth (terrible color for a little girl’s birthday party) and then he leaves never to be seen again. My husband tried to track him down, but he was impossible to find. I thought the guy mentioned to call him if we need anything, but he never left a way to reach him. He also never checked in on us to see how we were doing. 10 – 15 minutes after the party started we still had no food or way to order the food. My husband had to track someone down and was told that the host is suppose to take your order and tell the server to bring the food, but like I said we had no host. We had the room for 45 minutes and they finally bring the first part of the food 20 minutes before the party was over. So 25 minutes passed with no food whatsoever. The last portion of the food was brought 5 minutes before our room time was up. The server wasn’t very pleasant and had this «I don’t want to be here» look on her face. I saw another birthday party that had 2 hosts around all the time while we had 0. I guess spending $ 250 wasn’t enough to be provided service. I felt like we had to beg them to bring us our food. We’re definitely not going to be throwing any more birthday parties at Main Event that’s for sure. Terrible experience.

Much like Dave and Busters, they have it all. Bowling, pool, laser tag, rock climbing, and games. With TVs everywhere to watch sports. The food is average. Happy hour pricing with free pool during the week is an excellent value. The Monday night package with unlimited activities is also a great deal. At times it can be flooded with kids, adding long waits for nearly every activity.

We had our company party here and they went out of their way to make it enjoyable for everyone, even when most of the staff decided to act like they were 10 years old again! We’re all looking forward to next year’s event. Thanks Main Event staff! –The Melting Pot of Austin

Visited this place with my siblings today! It was really busy but we found a server name Zach, he was really cool and polite. Food was good and fast, we got some nachos and bbq pizza and played pool! We’re coming back soon! Thanks
Food — good
Entertainment — excellent
Service — above and beyond!

Food service when you’re bowling is horrid. We had to ask someone to come get our order 3 times. And after that saw the server maybe twice. Table next to us bought alcohol and had continuous attention… We’re 4 paying adults and expected more.

This is an awesome place, if your looking to play games. The service is not so great. They have great food options but its served cold.

They have the newest technology when it comes to their bowling stuff. The overhead screens and the score screens for inputting your information are so nice. The lanes are seemingly always waxed quite well and the lanes are nicely lit. The staff at the front desk are friendly. There are also other things here to do such as rock climbing, lunar golfing, pool tables, and even a small arcade. They have a small bar and a menu for food. Their food is not all that and their prices for drinks are not too great. The price for bowling is pretty average since bowling is pretty much known to be on the expensive side. I believe it was about $ 25/​hr and then like $ 4 something for shoes per person.
The place in a whole as far as bowling alleys go. is very clean and feels nice and new inside. If you want food or a drink just go and get it yourself because the waiters and waitresses come by every 30 minutes or so.
Be prepared to come in and bowl one hour at a time or put multiple names in so you have another lane ready by the time you get off your first one because they only let you have one hour at a time per lane.
Plenty of parking but the entrance is on the side of the building, not the front.

Look online and find their specials!!! A group of us went on a Monday and caught happy hour as well. Got a great deal on the games, food and drinks by timing it right. Anyway, this is one of my favorite places to go play. Great for kids and the kid at heart. Laser tag, bowling, shuffle board, pool tables, good bar food and drinks. Just can’t have a dull time here.

For the first time I celebrated New Year’s Eve without getting drunk somewhere and in a place like this. Not bad, I enjoy it plus I’m getting too old to be «getting drunk.» I enjoy drinking at home. Anyways, I purchased the NYE tickets which was a pretty good deal. $ 30 per adult and $ 25 per child with unlimited 2 hour games and some bowling. Besides being there on NYE, I will definitely be going here again. They have a cool bowling alley, a good amount of pool tables across from there as well as a full service bar nearby. Further in the building, there are games, Laser tag, a mini quick bite restaurant, miniature golf and another bar. It’s a mini version of D&B with a bigger bowling alley. Great with family or a good date place. Play pool and have some drinks. We will be coming here again for sure.

Absolutely great New years eve party our family had an amazing time, Not only was the staff at it’s best but the whole event was being run like a well oiled machine by management, Our server was fantastic not only did Elizabeth make our experience feel like we were out on date night but provided excellent service to our children seated at the next table. Great job Main Event see you next year.

They’ve remodeled and it looks fantastic. Pretty sure the management is new as well, and it shows in the service, which is quick and friendly. The staff is attentive and the food is quite decent. It’s hard not to enjoy bowling and arcade games, but some places manage to muck it up. Main Event, is not one of those; they’ve got it done right.

Came to Main Event with a group of 15 for a team offsite. The front main bar was under renovation. The snack bar was closed. The game card machine would not take a credit card. The ski ball would not dispense balls. Since we were a group of 15 we tried to negotiate a deal with the manager, but they would not offer any discounts. Bye Main Event. Hello Dave & Buster’s. Perhaps we’ll check out Main Event again in a couple quarters for our offsite in February 2016. ***Main Event responded to our concerns and made it right. I would give them a try again.***

We did rock climbing, laser tag, played games and had some food. Wanted to bowl but there wasnt any lanes open. Gotta get here early to avoid the lines! Food was awful and took forever :(Had fun anyway

My boyfriend and I came here to go rock climbing. We got there around 3 and there was no crowd or wait which was a plus. For a first timer a did pretty good until I got to the intermediate wall and scratched a few knuckles, bruised my knees and callous here and there lol. Overall we had a great time and got a great upper body workout :)
As far as the service, we ordered our food in the bar area and it took roughly 20 minutes for 2 beers to come out. I bit perturbed however, when the food came out I was a bit forgiving.
I ordered a Hawaiian Pizza which came with FRESH pineapple bits, sliced jalapeños, applewood bacon and had a teriyaki sauce on it. I also asked for the Sweet heat BBQ sauce that I saw came on the BBQ chicken pizza. When I say this pizza was amazing!!! I absolutely loved it and the BBQ sauce was very delicious. My boyfriend had chicken tenders with the mustard sauce. The sweet mustard sauce Was delicious as well. We enjoyed our activity and dinner.

I came here for a work event at lunchtime. They set up a buffet with food. The queso was good everything else was terrible. The burger buns were cold, straight out of a package and the burger patties were even colder.
The bowling was fun, so three stars.

I love this place!
There is so much to do and the bowling is the best.
The prices aren’t bad at all and every second is so worth it.

Came bowling here on a Wednesday night. I think the prices are pretty reasonable ($ 30/​lane/​hr) with $ 3.50 for shoes. They’re easy bowling shoes with velcro and weren’t too used looking. There were plenty of balls and a good amount of seating space. Billiards seemed like it would have been fun too.
My gripe is really with the service. For the hour we were here our ‘server’ came over to us once and only after 25 minutes of already being there. We gave up and instead just started walking over to the bar to order drinks. The bartenders there were cool and pretty fast, so they clearly weren’t the issue here… For the one round of drinks we did manage to order through the ‘server’ she never came back to give us our receipt, even after our hour on the lane was already up. We had to track down another employee to find her. Another thing that bothered me was that the menus at the tables were sticky and disgusting, they probably hadn’t been wiped down in weeks… gross. Is it really that hard?!
So the cleanliness is suspect and the service sucks but the bowling was a lot of fun and we had a great time! The lanes are in good condition, nothing required a re-​set while we were there and we managed to get the whole game with 5 people played in the hour we paid for.

It is a good place for all around family fun. The costs for food and drink may be more than you prefer, but you are paying for the nice convenience of it all in one place.
The times I have been here, the staff has always been good and the garlic fries are probably some of my best guilty pleasure food when bowling.
Games are fun with the family and the prizes are really not worth the amount of tickets you need to win, but that’s where the money is made you could say.
Overall, you can come here for bowling, eating, drinking, video games, or rock climbing with the family for a fun simple time.

Main event is cooler than Dave and busters for sure. but it has some rather serious issues. Namely no fighting games. I couldn’t find a Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter arcade anywhere despite the host of arcade Machines. I mean not even Tekken. its like they have some sort of no arcade fighting machines.
I also decided to try the Lazer Tag. it cost me just under 20 bucks for two people. When I got inside for directions they explained the obstacle course and the dropped the big bomb. no running. That’s right lazer tag in a huge obstacle course and you cant run to avoid being shot you just have to stand there. They gave us infinite lives and I guess it lasted about 15 minutes but it was not worth nearly 20 bucks for two people.
The best part is that they do have the Star Wars Battle Pod. the bad part to that is that you pay 2 bucks win or lose. so you pay 2 dollars beat a level then pay 2 more dollars if you want play another level… basically its an unfair money drain.
I like what they are trying to do here and there is always room for improvement I’m sure this palace is great for birthday parties fro 4 – 8 year olds but there is nothing here for an adult.

I came here last weekend for a 6 year olds birthday party. There were about 8 or so other little kids and their parents that showed up. We all went into this room that reminded me of a horrible conference room from an office building from the 90s or 80s. The room could have used a coat of paint or some cool murals on the wall — something. It was painted a plain boring beige/​tan color. The only thing adding to the drab look was the balloons and our smiling faces. I am sure the kids may not have noticed, but I did.
Anyway we were served pizza, drinks and cookie cake in the room. I think we had it for about an hour. Then we all headed out to play games.
The games were similar to what they have at Dave and Buster’s or even Gatti Town. The games here seemed a bit older and less taken care of compared to the other two places. My favorite game to play is the one where you drop the coin and then it pushes the other coins off the ledge. They have the same game at Dave and Busters and Gatti Town. The game here was not consistent with the number of coins it would give you when you swiped your card. Sometimes it would give me 3 and sometimes it would give me 4, 5 or 6. It was a bit frustrating and I feel like I got ripped off a bit.
A big plus for this location is that they have the Star Wars Battle Pod game and it was a big hit with our group.
I feel like Main Event could do better and maintain things a bit more.