Dave & Buster's

03/09/09

Best first date

by CSMobileUser

I went on a blind date at dave and busters in maple grove. I got there early and started a tab at the bar,then walked around the place. That way I didn't look lost in front of my date. The bartenders were very helpful when it came to buying power cards, and when my date arrived they suggested a great drink for her to try. It was nice because we weren't hungry right away so we were able to leave a tab open at the bar and play games for a while. When we came back to eat the bar was starting to fill up(which just happened to be the bartenders name, ironic). Fillup made sure we had a great dinner and suggested the salmon, it was incredible! When we were done eating we decided to play more games. Dave and busters made this one of the smoothest dates I have been on.

01/05/09

Great atmosphere, crowded, fun for the kids and adults

by smithula09

After reading the reviews on here, I'm a little suprised, since I've always had a great experience at Dave and Busters. Yes, the salmon is served medium, like a steak, since it's "sushi grade" as my server (and the bold print on the menu) stated. No they don't let parites have a table until 75% of them are there, but suppose you owned an establishment and people would come in, take up a table for 20, and then only 10 would end up showing up? The restaurant can't seat other people, and you take up space for hours on end, and then let your kids run wild in the game area while you sit at the table.

I've always liked the food, but don't go to a restauarant on a busy night (Thursday-Sunday a.m.) and expect your food in 2 minutes and instant seating. Your out because it's Friday, a holiday etc, and SO IS EVERYONE ELSE. When your quoted a time, it's when they expect the other people to get up, the hosts are not fortune tellers. As for the minor policy, what if the kid you were with had to be brought back toyour table because you wern't with him and you wern't told about the policy?But all that aside, my food has always been fresh and good, and to order (I change everything I order), and has never taken more than 20 minutes. Drink service can get a little slow, and the one time I did talk to a manager about my food, he was kind of rude,but he looked like he hated the world anyway. So I would recommend asking for anyone BESIDES Jim, if you have a problem. The only other rude person I've met there is a bartender named Jay, seems to be the Js in that place, so I just deal with another bartender.

Bottome line, it's a bar, it's an arcade, but with better food. Don't expect a quiet evening or Chuck E Cheese, if you want quiet go to a quiet place to eat. Since when are arcades quiet?????? And the heading above is wrong, they don't serve pizza, and don't have two bars at this location.

• Pros: happy hour is great, fast food, high energy, volume
• Cons: slow bar on busy nights

08/31/08

Dave and Busters a bust !

by Sweatnbullets

My third trip to this Fun place is my last. I was served raw Salmon, overcharged by 60 dollars, then after review 30 dollars, then in the end of the bill Fiasco, I was undercharged 10 dollars, and the other tab in our group was stuck with the 10 dollars. All the food was bad, my Daughter threw up her burger, and my final overcooked salmon made me ill. The worst dining experiance ever...............

• Pros: Video games
• Cons: everthing else