Main Event Austin

A very nice place to spend some time with your friends. The games playground area is in great condition, the bowling section it's great but the tables and sitting spot near it is kinda small and you may be very close to other partys. The bar section is clean and very well lit, the pool tables are in a ok condition but you may find a lot of the cues very deteriorated, some of the tables are stained (all this is very understandable due to the fact that they are free of charge to use) and good place to practice you game to be honest. The staff has been amazing all the time I had been there and is all across the different sections of the building, kudos to them (sometimes you can see them exercising a lot of patience and being very professional to those "no so good customers")

First time coming here. They had a lot of game options. Bowling/pool/laser tag/arcade games/party rooms. We got the laser tag option and played it 3 times which was worth the money. I believe the play times were 8 mins long which felt good enough. Sadly the putt putt course was closed for some reason. They do sell a package that includes everything minus the arcades which would have been a good deal it mini golf was open. All of the arcade games worked and were pretty easy to get bonuses for tickets. The prize room had really good options compared to other places. We felt our money was spent well here. They also do military discounts. Will be back in the future.

We came here on a Friday night and were able to start bowling right away — no wait at all! The lanes were clean, the atmosphere was lively, and the staff was super friendly. 🎳 We also checked out the arcade, which added to the fun. Great spot for friends or family, and we’ll definitely be coming back. Highly recommend!

I used to love coming to this main event with my family, it used to be pretty cheap and affordable, now the prices are super high. The food over the years has been unpredictable, with the food being decent the first few years, then becoming old and disgusting, and now back to half decent, but also very expensive. The chocolate shake was okay, the shirley temple was good, the fries/pizza/pretzels were mediocre. My favorite activity used to be the rock climbing which has been taken down and replaced with this Gel Blaster activity, which is basically a weird laser tag. I heard from a worker that they took down the rock climbing because they got sued for a kid becoming paralyzed. The laser tag has been “upgraded” meaning they have new suits and guns, which work okay, but are still hard to use and confusing. You have to sign up to use the laser tag but it doesn’t make any sense because barely any people play it. The suit smelled disgusting and like it had never been sanitized. The bathrooms also smelled disgusting, the women’s bathroom had a sanitary dispenser which was completely empty, and most of the toilets had some disgusting concoction in them. If you want a locker it’s 25cents which doesn’t sound bad, until nobody has a quarter/change including the employees. Mini golf course is so vandalized and broken down, everything from the walls to the decor has holes/writing/and who knows what else. It used to be kind of difficult, but they’ve dumbed down the mini golf way too much. Another thing that people have to enter spaced out. Some of the attractions in mini golf like the pirate ship were just broken in general. We tried to play an arcade game, but a card cost $3 each, I had a card from the previous visit, and they wouldn’t accept it, or allow us to recharge the credits on it. Crazy high costs for few games. Bowling was pretty fun, the pins weren’t the most reliable, but it was good. Overall we still had fun as a family, but it was peppered in between disappointments.

Had an amazing time at Main Event! The atmosphere was fun, the food hit the spot, and the staff truly made the experience even better. Carl was an outstanding server—attentive, friendly, and made sure everything ran smoothly from start to finish. Jimmy and Brandon were also top-notch—both super helpful and clearly focused on making sure guests had a great time. You can tell the team genuinely cares about their customers, which made the whole visit feel special. Will definitely be back!