Dave & Buster's Phoenix - Scottsdale

I do enjoy my time at Dave & Buster's, but I rarely play on any of the arcades anymore. When arcades go cashless, it suddenly seems to jack up the price. Spend $10 minimum for an even number of tokens while every game takes an odd number, leaving you with tokens left over to make you feel like you need to buy more. You always have at least 1 leftover.

Staff are always very polite and kind. One time at this very Dave & Busters,
I arrived and waited for my date, I ordered a drink and waited... and waited... for 4 hours. Staff kept checking up on me, and when I finally asked for the cheque, because my date stood me up, they gave me the drink for free and wished me luck.

The atmosphere is always bright and cheerful, I haven't been bowling, but I have spent hours upstairs in the arcade. Everyone is smiling.

It has my favourite arcades machine, Halo Fireteam Raven, though it doesn't have the Halo card reader, which tracks your stats online. I'm not sure if this is a technical issue, but I'd love for that to be fixed.

I came here on a Saturday night, and the bartender Daniel at the bowling alley was fantastic. Honestly made my friend and I's night. Great conversation and service. Really quick and even had made us some surprise drinks. It was some type of berry margarita.

I recommend if you are coming here to grab food and drinks. Ask if Daniel is working. Makes the experience so much better.

And Lastly THANK YOU DANIEL!

Came here to watch the ufc fights. We got there early so we could eat and it wasn't too busy. It's a huge place that has a section to sit and eat and be served, a sports section where you are served further away, some bowling alleys and upstairs a huge arcade room. We sat and ate and had a few drinks first. The waitress was nice and brought our orders to us pretty quickly. The boneless wings were good, it was nice we could choose 2 flavors. The frys were great! Then we got a Flatbread pizza to share and the cheese was definitely not baked long enough. I also got a couple of drinks which were A+ I would come back to order them again. After we were done, we went over to play pool for the rest of the night. It's nice they don't charge you upfront, they charge you after you bring the pool supplies back. I then ordered a second drink from the pool tables and there was no taste of alcohol and the glass was nearly all ice. Super inconsistent from the SAME drink I ordered earlier. I would go back but only order drinks from the restaurant side if I'm actually seated.

Great place with a tons of games that were all in working condition. I was surprised on how good the food was. Service was 'ok' but she was trying to take care of both the bar and tables. Front desk downstairs was the most friendliest guy!! I think his name was Caleb and his tag said "he likes to dance" - he really started our experience off right. He has awesome and had the BEST customer service!!! The bathrooms are not clean but that was the only issue we had, everything else was great!