Bobby Dee's Arcade

Bobby Dee's Arcade

Reviews Summary

This arcade offers a mix of experiences with mostly positive feedback. Many praise its fun atmosphere, variety of games, and helpful staff, especially noting family-friendly appeal and good prize selections. Several highlight the air conditioning and fair pricing. However, some criticize broken games, weak claw machines, and high ticket requirements for prizes. A few mention issues with staff attitude or payment changes. While most enjoy repeat visits, a handful of negative reviews cite poor prize quality or management problems. Overall, it’s seen as a solid boardwalk arcade with room for improvement.

About This Listing

Wheelchair Accessible

Who Can Play?

Most arcades welcome all ages (some may have age restrictions for certain games)
Minors may need parent/guardian supervision (policies vary by location)
No gaming experience required - games range from beginner to expert level
Comfortable clothing and closed-toe shoes recommended for safety
Valid ID may be required for certain attractions or age verification
Groups and parties welcome (advance booking may be required)

*Note: Age restrictions and policies may vary by arcade. Check with your local facility for specifics.*

First-Time Visitors

First-time visitors may need to sign a waiver or register for a game card. Staff are typically available to help explain games and provide tutorials. Some arcades offer newcomer specials or free play sessions to help you get started.

Common Restrictions:

Age-Based Some games may have height or age requirements for safety reasons
Capacity Popular games may have wait times during peak hours

*Note: Policies vary by arcade. Confirm with your local facility.*

What to Bring

Cash or card for tokens/credits (some arcades are cashless)
Valid ID for age verification or membership signup
Phone to capture high scores and memories (check photo policies)

*Note: Payment methods and requirements may differ by arcade.*

Preparing for Your Visit

Check arcade hours and peak times online before visiting
Eat beforehand or check if the arcade has food options
Bring friends for multiplayer games and competitions
Wear comfortable clothes you can move freely in
Avoid bringing valuable items that could be lost or damaged
Check for special events, tournaments, or discount days
Set a budget for games and stick to it
Stay hydrated, especially during long gaming sessions

*Note: Tips may vary by arcade type and location.*

How to Get Started

Most arcades accept walk-ins, but call ahead during busy periods or for large groups. Check for membership deals!

Other Helpful Info

Most visits last 1-3 hours depending on games and group size
Popular games may have longer wait times during weekends and evenings
Many arcades offer unlimited play packages or time-based pricing
Some locations host tournaments and special events regularly
Prize redemption available at many arcades - save your tickets!

*Note: Policies, pricing, and features differ by arcade. Contact your local facility for details.*

Features

Wheelchair Accessible

Contact Information

Address

3600 Boardwalk

Wildwood, New Jersey 08260

Customer Reviews

Beware the fake labubu's in the claw machines! I won an Exciting Macaron monster labubu today. After getting home and taking a closer look, these are knockoffs. Starting with the box, the box is not muted pastel, nor is there a holographic QR code or PopMart logo. The labubu itself has too many teeth, paint overspray on the teeth, and the nose is not black light reactive like it should be. Save your money.

Got there early Monday morning and parked. I informed OWNER that I would be there until 8. OWNER asked me to leave my car key just in case it had to be moved. HE TOOK MY DAMN KEY HOME WITH HIM! Staff tried calling him at 8 and I called him 45 TIMES & texted him several times. Someone from his staff went to his damn house to get me my key! No apology from him AND MY NEW CAR WAS KEYED IN HIS LOT!!

I had a fantastic time at this awesome arcade run by a cool family. They have a great variety of games and prizes that made it a really enjoyable experience. We had a blast!

Had so much fun today at the arcade. A variety of stuffed animals were in the cranes compared to the other arcades.... So excited that they actually picked up the toys!!

Clean, kind and courteous employees, great selection of games and prizes. The only arcade we'd ever consider visiting in wildwood.

Arcades and claw machines can use preloaded game cards and will automatically add "tickets" to these cards so it eliminates the need to carry around tons of tickets. My girls enjoyed the selection of games and claw machines.

So fun. People were nice. Prizes werent great. Good for rainy days

Was fun but they wanted like 32000 tickets for a cup and at the gateway casino arcade we had 8000 tickets got pot pan set cutting board Cooking utensils and still have tickets left the photo is from better arcade

We love Bobby Dee?s and play and save our points every year. I am giving them 4 not 5 stars because prize availability has gone down over the years. If you want something they don't have they will go order it and give it to you or mail it home which is a plus.

Awesome arcade! Prices are fair. Rewards are quality. Place is kept clean. Plenty of game options.

Not a bad arcade. Had fun eith their new baseball game. My son and hubby enjoyed it.

Best arcade on the boardwalk. Play the right games and you win big. Had a great time and kiddos were happy?one got a jersey and another got a big Cookie Monster.

The man who works at the water game trying to get folks to play is absolutely horrible. Most of the things that come out of his mouth are very offensive and sexual, and just down rigjt rude.. Not very family friendly way to speak with families on the boardwalk.

I had never been to an arcade where I didn't walk out feeling ripped off, until coming here. This spot is just plain awesome. Most of the games are $1 per round. The claw machines are legit. We had so much fun. Will definitely be back.

Nice clean arcade, friendly worker. I had fun.

Had a lot of fun here with the kids. I was going to be mad that 1300 tickets (spent $30 to get that much) could only get two packages of gummy bears and a twizzlers (all fun sized). However turns out each ticket is worth 10 points, so everything was cool. Only complaint was that a lot of games were out of order.

Been going to wildwood since early 80s. Easily best arcade on boardwalk for fun and family games. Save your points and you can get a great prizes also! No other arcade on boardwalk has been so fun. Not just a one time experience but and overall experience over multiple visits with many other arcades visited. I definitely recommend this arcade. We played the wizard of oz games and was able to collect all the cards multiple times for many points. My fianc?e won me two authentic basketball jerseys one on the f

This used to be my go-to spot with the family on the boardwalk, but they have changed the way you pay for the games, which in turn has changed the whole vibe of the place. They now use those cards you have to put money on to play the games. To me, that is just a big sign to go somewhere else. So that is what I did and went across the way to the mariners and had fun because this is no lo ger the spot.

Went in since they had a decent price for parking ($5 when I went). Had some fun with my family while in there. Guy behind counter at the prize booth was nice to my son when we were cashing in his tickets. Would recommend.

Great arcade we have been going to for years. The new Avengers game is AWESOME. The staff is great, Best has been there for years and treats you like family. The new help this year is really on top of their game too!!

Honestly didnt even get a chance to enter before wanting to leave! My older mother has a hip disability and had sat at an empty seat of the water shooter game for a moment when the older man running it immediately told her to move or pay! As she was getting up he proceeded to mumble ?fat a**? forgetting he was wearing a mic, letting everyone hear. When confronted and asked for his manager he refused and began threatening us with a license to carry!!! The whole situation was horrible and disgusting, hopefull

I tried this arcade out and actually did a video here for my YouTube channel. They had some really cool claw machines with some nice prizes! Redemption area was a little on the high side to win stuff! 1,000 tickets just for a air head candy! So claw machines cool ticket games are a little bad! Place was really clean for as much foot traffic it got so that was great!

Really just an amazing place. Took the kids here & had a blast. There is a water gun game right out front. The guy running it was amazing. Remembered the kids every time we went past. Called them ?sharp shooters? for winning every time we went to the boards. So much personality. Just a great guy. Also, My son took his prize tickets from the arcade over to get a prize. He was a about a hundred or so tickets short of getting the prize he wanted. I offered to pay the difference and the guy at the counter gave

Had to seek refuge from the rain and the Pier closed, it was fun . Better then sitting in room with nothing to do. However, when we asked a question about ticket redemption the girl at the counter was a bit snarky. Like we were idiots for not knowing how it worked.

It's an arcade, but nothing too special. A good selection of games unlike the neighboring arcades which were 90% coin pushing machines. Games aren't too expensive but you're crazy if you think you're gonna leave with anything more than a handful of twizzlers and an empty wallet.

Love their watergun game, for 2 players only, u get a decent size prize unlike other places u get a teeny tiny one. Def spent too much money on this onky but worth for fun with family with prizes. Worker was energetic and nice. Next to the water game there is a machine for $5 play till u win a medium size frog ?? so that's a bonus. Next time will def check out the rest of the arcade.

Wonderful wonderful wonderful we played Wizard Of Oz, Willy Wonka and Wizard Of Oz Emerald City. Just a wonderful time ( prizes are not that expensive)

Nice arcade. Kids win tickets with every game except claw machines. U can also purchase the toys Or if u don't have enough tickets u can pay the difference to get the prize u want. Even slot machines 4 adults

Awesome arcade! Staff was friendly and prompt..we won a Jordan Jersey, and several other things! Last June we won the Bo Jackson jersey!! We will be back as many times as we can, gonna need some more Jerseys soon lol

I had such a great time at Bobby Dee?s! The afternoon watergun guy was so good and pulled me in to play, I even won!

It's small but is very clean and has some cool giveaways too. I was trying to win the happy paiter guy Bob something, I can't remember the last night. And I came close a hundred time. But I guess it wasn't in the card. But guess what the worker stopped me before I got far and said yo dude I'm gonna give you one because you should have won one anyway. Do yourself a favor. Don't even mess with the big head ones lol.??????there are still nice people in the world. Don't let the news fool ya.

Some of the games are broken, which is a bummer. Not enough variety to spend a ton of money, but if you are looking for something to do for a little bit it's fine. Avoid the cups game because it doesn't register when you hit them.

Hope you budgeted for this. Prices here are double what you'd pay in most arcades I've visited (at other beaches.) 50? for Skeeball and $1 for just about everything else. A couple of the other arcades we checked out seemed to have less kid-friendly games. After this one we were too disgusted to look at any others.

Sort of better arcade than Ricky?s. The stuffed toys in the claw machine are heavy and cant be picked up by the claws. But still a little bit better than Ricky?s rip off machines.

Fun, but they will suck your pockets dry... especially those claw machines! They're crazy rigged! However, if you don't mind throwing your money away, it can be a lot of fun for the kids.

We absolutely LOVE Bobby Dee's. We stay at Wildwood every summer. While there we make a trip there daily. We have won so many prizes out of their claw machines.

Typical boardwalk arcade. Great air conditioning which is nice on a hot summer day. The staff was helpful and friendly. My two daughters had a blast. Prize selection was pretty good too!

gone here the past two summers on my wildwood trip! it's so much fun and all the games are great! also love how the tickets are all x10! GREAT PLACE!

Don't come here. Go to Eds. Multiple games cost twice as much. Bowling game gives you 2-3 frames for more than Eds gives you 10. Break the Plate game is broken.

Had a blast with my son! We got to play for a good amount of time and it wasn't unresponsible. The giant hungry hippo game is a must try!!

The kids love this place. However prices for rewards are in the thousands... so accumulate those tickets, you will need them... have fun

Cool place. Nice historical arcade that's been around forever. All the games are up to date and fair. That's right... They are fair. Good job Bobby Dee's!

Very friendly people that own and work in Bobby D's never had a problem with games all these games are always up-to-date and of the newest kind prizes that you can win vary depending on what you're looking for

I have been playing games at this venue for 6 years. I love it. We have decorated our patio with all the beach things we won there. Can't wait to go back!!!

Good place fun games, just like all hook grab games, not very many set up to let you win. But still fun to try. Over all good place.

Ok games. The amount of tickets you need to get items is way too high. It is cheaper to buy most items. The house is definitely winning.

Pretty fun place. Good games that give tickets and some pretty cool prizes and gifts for higher ticket totals. We visited several times during our visit to Wildwood last week.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THESE CLAW MACHINES!!!! They are nothing short of a rip-off? if they loosen up the claws anymore they will fall off the machine all together.

Best ran games in town!

Lots of fun with the kiddos. A good variety of games. Wish they had a bit more like racing, air hockey or more arcade games but still fun.

It was nice but the crane machines are set to high meeting crane machines are set up today with payout every x amount of dollars they're selling it too high kids don't have fun

I loved it! I went on my Vacation with my Mom and there's so many cool games. I played my first coin pusher here.

It's very excellent arcade because i always enjoy win lot of prizes from their claw machines plus their customer services is very helpful when i have shocked time if the machine gets stuck

Really cool. Lots of arcades. Good for the kids, you get tickets from many games to go exchange them at the counter at the end for some little prizes.

Came here as a kid 30 years ago, and now I'm bringing my kids back. They love the skee ball. There might be other arcades on the Boardwalk, but this one is a tradition.

I've been going to this arcade since 1990. I loved it then and I love it now! Always a winner and always a prize!

I was always here when I would get to the boardwalk ever year the ramp that is right next to u guys I would always win something from the front games with cool stuff great place going to be there on August 1??

Great fun place to win some prizes and play a few games! They have quarter crane games and play until you win games! Great confidence booster for little ones to win something!

This is my favorite arcade in Wildwood. The Wizard of Oz game is one of the best games to play. Lots of cool prizes. Great staff as well.

Owner was very helpful and made our experience very pleasant. WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING BACK!. It's a must if your going on the boardwalk.

This was an awsome arcade with prizes you can actually win. Play card machines made it super easy to check points and add funds.

Great place with tons of games and pretty good odds of winning. Skee ball, coin push and tix!!! Classic NJ fun at its finest!

The games are very entertaining fun environment for all ages. Ticket pay outs are better then most arcades.

My favorite place for arcade in boardwalk.

spent way more time there than planned. had fun thats the main thing. agree with another review. .avoid the claw games

Love this arcade. My grandson had so many tickets in a short time and not much money spent.

Great variety of prizes. Fun ticket games. The claw machines are tough but fun.

Staff is very nice, but the games dont give you tickets most of the time ??

My granddaughter scored 41000 on skee ball. She had a blast.

Great games and a fun place for you and your family I always have a blast

We loved playing the games there, but the prizes we got didn't work! Was kinda upset about that!

Me and my girlfriend won alot of prizes. They are a good arcade to go to when down in wildwood

Fun place that has AC on a hot day at the beach. They were short staffed but still kept the place well managed and were friendly!

Start these kids gambling now so they don't get ripped off when they're old enough for A.C.

Very fun arcade, great price election, and we got 3 Toto's in one night ....

Pong machine needed a adjustment sunk a few before it registered them but in all its it's a fun place

A typical arcade, nothing special. There were weirdly competitive adults there that looked like they spent a lot of time there.

Went here with family cause they enjoy playing the claw machines there and they did win....

Great place on Wildwood N.J. boardwalk for coin push and other arcade games.

I feel like I the money i spend translates to a decent prize. Great workers as well.

Always a great time!

Looks a little scary but Nice staff and reasonably priced games.

Only arcade we like on the boardwalk love the people who work there very friendly.

Expensive and you need a lot of tickets to get anything good and don't play the crane machines because they're cheat

Love it we got the Willy Wonka golden ticket in the coin dropping .. lots of fun

Not much Variety in different games would be nice to have some racing games

Fun place to play games and other games too!going back next year

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What’s it like visiting an arcade today?

It’s a mix of nostalgia and high-energy fun! Many arcades blend retro classics like Pac-Man and pinball with modern VR games, racing simulators, and rhythm challenges — often with music, lights, and a social vibe.

Is it better to go alone or with friends?

Both can be great! Solo visits let you focus on your favorite games, while going with friends adds competition, teamwork, and laughs. Many people plan arcade meetups as a casual hangout or even date spot.

What should I bring to an arcade?

Usually just yourself and a way to pay (some arcades still use coins, others use cards or apps). If you're competitive, bring your A-game. If you're social, bring friends or meet new ones over multiplayer games.

What’s the best time to visit an arcade?

Weekdays or early afternoons are usually less crowded — perfect for focused play. Evenings and weekends bring the buzz, especially at barcades or venues with DJs, tournaments, or themed nights.

Can I meet new people at arcades?

Absolutely! Arcades attract a mix of casual players and serious gamers. Whether you're jumping into a four-player co-op or chatting between rounds, it's a fun, low-pressure way to connect over shared interests.

Are arcades still just for kids?

Not at all. While many arcades are family-friendly, there are also adult-oriented ones with full bars, 18+ nights, or vintage nostalgia themes. Arcades today cater to everyone — from first-timers to lifelong gamers.

Are there events or tournaments I can join?

Yes! Many arcades host regular competitions, retro nights, cosplay parties, and more. Whether you're into high scores or just want to watch and vibe, events add an extra layer to the experience.

What if I’m not great at arcade games?

No worries — arcades are about having fun, not being perfect. Try a variety of games, ask others for tips, and remember: the vibe is more “let’s play” than “let’s win.”