Barcade

Absolutely positively love this place. I love the vibe, the diversity , the drinks and the food. The crowd it brings in is mellow, the drinks are made well.

The bartenders are cool and def know how to make a drink.

The food is fricking delicious ! I ordered tacos, loaded pubs fries and a hot dog. all 10/10. made well delicious and brought straight to your table.


I spent $20 on coins to play and I was playing for hours and still drinking and eating.


highly recommend for anyone in the area or looking for a night out with friends .

Great place with a bar and lots of games. It wasn't very crowded since I went on a Tuesday evening. The happy hour is from 4 to 7 pm and the beer and wines are all a dollar off.

Tried their Junglebird cocktail, a rum based drink which was pretty good. The service was faster too. Lots of games like pin ball, pac man are available.

Good experience overall.

I love visiting barcade in NYC but this location fell short for me. It was on the small side (the Williamsburg location is my favorite and much larger).

Half the machines I put in tokens for just ate the token and didn't work. Then I was given tokens from the machine that were too big to fit in some of the games?

Overall just a frustrating experience here.

I've visited Barcade a few times on separate weekends and it's just not my thing, so I'm calling it quits. The small setup creates a too-packed house so you can't maneuver too well when you're there. There are other arcades to explore to avoid the unavoidable mad house that is Barcade. Forget getting a drink, it's impossible to get to a bartender as other reviews have mentioned. This might be a better place to visit during off hours, but I think I'll skip it when in JC.

Great location but what's with the power tripping staff? Bartenders are good but there was a worker there, not part of security but the bar's staff, giving really obvious, rude stares as soon as we walked in. The man shook his head at my friend before we even sat down to order (which my friend explained was typical for him). He took his time scanning our IDs and said the bartender would be over. My first interaction in this place was so unpleasant and it was clear he was making us feel unwelcome on purpose. His attitude was contagious and it just really killed the mood of the whole place before we could even get drinks, let alone play games. Had a drink and left with extra coins bc the vibe was not it.

I've been to Barcade a few times, but never to this location. Out the others I visited, this one was definitely the smallest, and most crowded.

I think that the concept of this place is supppper smart. Arcade games that are nostalgic for adults plus alcohol and bar food, it makes total sense.
I do wish that this location had some chairs or seating so that you could actually order food.
I would have loved to grab a bite to eat from here because the food is pretty good, but it was so packed that there was no way that could happen.

I couldn't get a bartenders attention if my life depended on it.. there was just so much going on.

The games are always a fun time but a few of the machines were broken or took our coins and didn't work. Again, it was so packed that there was no way to contact or let anyone know.

No shade to Barcade because I do love it but I would not come back to this location.

What a way to spend a night out and play video games!

Great setup once you walk in, it's open and inviting. The bar is centrally located with many tap beer options available. Indoor seating with low and high tables, and outdoor tables. The pricing is reasonable, and more so for the tokens, and game play.

A few issues are:
-Some machines kept swallowing my tokens and didn't register the game. So it cost me more tokens than the game asks for.
-Only video games are available. They don't have hands on games like a Dave-n-Busters (no bball, skeeball, etc).
-There is a wait for certain games if you're interested in playing since they only have 1 available.

Other than that this is a nice spot to grab drinks and play some old school video games.

FYI:
If you start a tab at the bar you can ask the bartender for tokens and put on your bill when you close out.

Cool spot. I was super excited to visit this baracade, but there were bad vibes from the BARTENDERS.
They made my experience unpleasant, and they made me feel uncomfortable.
Not only did it take a while to get my beer on a nonbusy day, but one of the bartenders would look at me and give a smirk and help out whomever arrived. I sat down at the bar, and nobody was sitting there. I made it during happy hour, but I didn't get the happy hour special. Once I got my drink, the bartender told me I couldn't sit there because someone was already sitting at that exact same seat. I moved because it was not a big deal, and nobody was sitting there. WTF!!!!!
There are much better bars around the area. Don't waste your time with this garbage of a place!!!

Good drinks and fun vibes. Was a bit busy, but the bartender was working hard! Would go back!

PROS: This place was as cool as I expected it to be. Games all around and of different genres too. They had many drinks, food available, and the games were cheap.

CONS: They only had 3 one person bathrooms which always created a line. The bartenders weren't the friendliest and the there was not enough room to walk around in. Most of the games were knock offs as well. You had some original games like Donkey Kong, Pong, Galaga but 85% of the consoles I saw were similar to original games but changed up.

OVERALL: The reason for why I gave it a good rating despite more cons is because it's a unique bar that you won't find anywhere else in the state that I enjoyed going to. I may not be back, but if you haven't gone yet I would try it out.