Main Event Independence

We went as a family outing. If you can, go before 5 pm for better deals. It's not an inexpensive place. It's fun and had a variety of things to do: bowling, laser trash, escape room, arcade, and suspended agility area. You can also get food service while at the bowling lanes, not just the restaurant area.

Its a fun enough time, despite everything being broken. Our bowling lane kept missing pins when it went to grab them. Then we got moved to the lanes next to ours, and it had similar issues and occasionally just claimed a gutter ball when someone actually got points. When we went to laser tag, my gun wouldn't work and it took swapping guns 3 times to get one that worked. My girlfriend and I then went to use the photo booth, and it bugged out and wouldn't work. Various arcade games were on the fritz and some

Had our son?s 8th birthday party here. Very communicative, and great service on the day of by Mikey and Becca. Prices were very reasonable and they were able to answer every question we had and accommodate our group in several different ways.

1 bar tender for the entire establishment. There were both a manager and several other employees in the area that did not assist her. Spent most of our bowling lane time waiting to be served at the bar since the service at the bowling area was non-existent. Would not recommend if you like to bowl, eat or drink.

J.D. and Mollie are awesome and were a wonderful help to me and my family during our visit! Thank you both for making our night even more special! I hope you both get a raise and all of the desires of your hearts. J.D., thanks for helping my son and I conquer our fear of heights - you're an angel and nothing short of amazing! I'll never forget you J.D. thank you! :)

Main Event can be a little pricey. I highly recommend going on Monday night. They have a all you can play under 15 a person in the evening. Foods not bad and kids had a good time. I would have given them a 5 but the bowling pins kept freezing and my kids were getting frustrated. The staff handled the problem swiftly but it did happen multiple times. Over all we had fun and I do recommend this place. ??

My daughter wanted to take a couple of friends for her birthday as she had gone previously and had a blast. Our experience was great we did bowling, arcade games and she did the gravity ropes which she loves!! We had there classic on the menu which was large pizza, cheesy bread and wings and it was good. Service was great for as busy as they were. My daughter loved her ice cream dessert. The manager was very accommodating and even gave our daughter a bowling pin for everyone to sign for her birthday even

Many of the games don't work. Its great that they give u the points back but how about we just fix the games. Also, there were kids climbing onto games that they shouldn't be on.. and when I mentioned it to an attendant he just nodded. PEOPLE WATCH YOUR KIDS!! Otherwise, it's a cool place. My daughter loves it here, so please FIX YOUR GAMES.

We took my son and two of his buddies there for our son's birthday. The boys had a really fun time.They did the challenge course. They played laser tag, and lots of video games. We had the nachos with guacamole,salsa and queso. Which was very good, I had the double bacon cheeseburger really good burger. My wife tried the Chicago style deep dish pepperoni pizza and she said it was very good also. Our son had the Buffalo wild wings. Although I think it was a little hot for him. Overall the food was very good

Terrible experience. Took my 7 yo for a boys day. Not that many games, expensive. Games end way to fast and didn't give a single ticket for exchange. The place is one big scam and would never go again.

Awesome service in the arcade area. Went to bowl, ordered food as well entering names. Apps and family bundle. Waitress kept asking if that was all..I kept adding things (teenage boys with me). Main dish came out within 20-25. When dropped she came and asked if everything looked okay. I mentioned we never got the appetizers. (Wings) when main entree included chicken tender sandwiches. She said ?I'll check? didn't see her again until for another 15 minutes, asked for refills and watched her tend to other lan

Was already a little irritable because we had to walk back to grab our ID. If you're going to ask to see our ID, then be straightforward. Don't ask if we have our ID and continue to talk with your counterpart and stop us from walking in like we're doing something wrong. Then the overweight security guard wants to tell me that they're at capacity, then proceed to say he's just joking as I'm already walking back to the car. If I wanted to go to a comedy club, I would've gone there. Just because you can't, doe

Decided to try Main Event for the very first time for my husband?s birthday. Like any normal person, I go online first to see what they offer, what the menu has on it and see if there are any specials. I saw ?happy hour? 9- close. Thinking this would be a good and affordable special to try, we set out. However, when we get there the young guy behind the register had no idea what I was talking about. They do not offer a happy hour and he could not tell me about any other specials when I asked. Hmmm?not a goo

Could definitely be fun but a fight was about to break out at one point with a bunch of teens. they had a few officers at the entrance but I think they should have 2 roaming the busier areas breaking up the congregating groups like we witnessed just didn't feel safe after that. Definitely won't go again on a Saturday night. Maybe sometime during the week will see.

Main Event is always a fun time. We bowled and played laser tag. Leah was a great waitress and her service was fantastic. I get is a 4 star as our pizza was pretty dry and not very good and out of 8 of us who played laser tag, 3 guns did not track the scores, which is not fun. I would say half the clips on the vests for laser tag were gone or broke. They need to invest in some updates for the laser tag vest/guns. We did get nachos and they were good as well as the pretzel sticks. Great atmosphere and overal

Megan and Tach went out of their way to help me plan our school field trip. This is the 2nd time this year we are taking our kids and they handle it so well. Always go above and beyond to make sure we are happy!

I'm so glad I decided to book my Son's Birthday Party at Main Event Independence. Everything they promised was delivered, but I think what sealed the deal was the helpfulness and competency of the staff, especially Raphael. I dreaded having a party for 10 kids after a full day at work, but he made it easy peasy. Thank you, Main Event Staff & Raphael, You rock!

Had a great time at Main Event. The staff members are friendly and helpful. Security out front to keep everyone safe. Will definitely go back.

Always a good time here. However only kids work here. It seems at least. Pool rental costs 11$ now which is insane. Use to be free. DO NOT EAT HERE. Took the person at the bar, 15 minutes just to talk to us when there was only one other group at the bar.

Nice place with bad service, all employees are high off mj(cant hide that red eye and smell). I get it you do not want to work, well then should stay home.

If I could give them place a No Star I would! I'm absolutely upset with their management. I've called 2 days in a row in search for my daughter?s backpack that had a lot of her important things that she needs for ?health reasons? that's she needs to carry with her. Yet I get the same answer.. like they don't care. My husband is going to try to call again and have them look into the cameras to see who took it. The employee who I spoke to also told me, she remembers seeing it in the party section and that al

If you are looking for a fun place to go with friends and family, then the main event is definitely for you. Super kids friendly and there is a little something for everyone. Loved their 12 min escape rooms. If you are scared of heights ?? I definitely don't recommend that walk thing. Looks fun but it's super scary, if high places is your thing, then definitely go for it. They also have a bowling ?? place so you can do that too. I won a care bear from the claw machine so that was fun :)

Staff was very nice and helpful! And the food is pretty good but the laser tag was my absolute favorite I'm have seizures and can't really do stuff like that plus since I broken my back last year hadn't done really anything for awhile and I felt as normal as I once was I paid for it later that night but it was so worth the pain! So for me this was a very special day and a wonderful place!

Go to Dave and Busters. The kitchen staff was clueless. We sat down to eat and after twenty minutes without a waiter we just went to the arcade. First game we sat down at was broken. Not a great experience

Jackson was our party host and did an amazing job! Very organized and kept us updated on everything. An amazing experience!

We had a great time at Main Event. Gabriel was amazing!!! He was so attentive and so polite. We enjoyed this day a lot!! Thanks Gabriel!

Food is just edible if you can get someone to take your order. Looked for a host to seat us like your signs say but no host to be found. Sat ourselves & waited 15 mins until the girl sitting at the bar on her phone like a customer finally came over to rudely ask what we wanted. I just stood up & ordered from the snack kiosk instead. The arcade is highway robbery. The fun card is expensive enough without the make believe activation fee. Then half of the games are out of order, missing necessary parts, dir

We just had a surprise party for my husband and the staff was amazing. They made sure we had all we needed and understood how to use the activities we had booked with our party. The food was hot and delicious. Ava was our hostess and she did an amazigjob.

Birthday party was fun but read the fine print. There's extra service charge of $35 I wasn't expecting. Food was slow but host was nice. Kids had a great time and that's what's most important!

Was in town visiting family. Thought it would be fun to bowl. First lane we were placed on was broke. Had to go back up to get a new lane. New lane was not working either. The entire time we were waiting to bowl out time was still ticking away. We literally bowled one game in the hour we were charged for. Asked.for a manager twice, never go one. Evertime someone had to come fix our lane we were told they would add time to our lane and never did. So glad I wasted my money.

We did a birthday pancakes and bowl. I added pizzas as well. Kids waited a bit on the pancakes and were not served as the itinerary showed. Cheese pizza was kinda blah, pepperoni pizzas were good. Jackson, our host was a young kid that served us. He did fairly well and I could tell he was new, kinda disappeared at the end and at clean up. He was attentive until we switched to bowling. Myself and family cleaned up the tables as I figure the hosts probably get a small fraction of what the party costs. Downfal

Did a party package here. The servers did not serve, we had to get our own drinks while watching staff standing. They would not give us the arcade cards till after laser tag, and therefore we were ask to clear our tables while the kids just started playing the games. Very load and chaotic, most of the staff are in high school. No adult in sight to run things smoothly.

Food took forever and was not very good. The games are fun. Had a lot of fun with my son there. They're gonna have to up their game on the food and food service.

Family Time !!! Kid's are having a blast here and so are us parents @ Main Event and enjoying the bar. A Big Thanks to the Bar manager Mark and to Issac for making me a delicious Old Fashioned that wasn't on the menu. Awesome bartender. And to Allie for the awesome table service ?? definitely recommend 5?

Wow!! I finally got to go see this place. It is Amazing!! The games are so much FUN! This is definitely a great place to take the kiddos and for us adults. The food was good and they serve alcohol. Games-> bowling, pool tables, video games out the wazoo, a photo booth, a store to redeem all your tickets from the games played- with nice things to get, and an above ground ladder course like something out of American Ninja, but safe because you're harnessed in, and the kids will love it! This place is Nice,

The food was in small quanity they gave me 2 chicken tenders and 18 fries for an orderz and another got 4 chicken tenders and a lot more fries for the same order, and cost, also the employees are so negative, they didnt explain laser tag and when I asked her a question she said she had no idea, and the register person is so negative she came in to work and not even 10 minutes in she didnt give the kids a good attitude.

We had a blast! My husbands company rented out the whole place for their annual company picnic. We bowled, played games, and ate some yummy food. Enjoyed our experience!

Great place for family fun with a variety of activities to choose from. The food was ok. Drink are good if you tell them not to overload with ice. Although it's a fun great place, it's also somewhat expensive.

Worst experience ever. Waited in line to get a card and bowling lane for an hour while one of the girls behind the counter just took other employees Starbucks orders and the other girl was the only one helping people. Booked bowling and laser tag after being told nobody showed up to work the escape room or gravity ropes that my son wanted to do. Then we got a table and sat there for 30 mins with not a single person acknowledging us, yet there were dozens of people behind the glass in the kitchen just standi

Food and atmosphere is great but services could use a little improvement and pricing per groups of 8-10 or more could be discounted a little more but other than that really cool place

Great fun with Family at Main Event, we purchased pass for all you can play ( not included Arcade games) we had loads of fun at bowling alley and Laser tags. It was great Christmas day outing, and we had great pizza too

You name it, they got it. Fantastic for a snow day lunch with the kids. Good food combos that include tokens for game play. One of the best arcades around.

Do not go to this establishment on the weekends. There's a whole bunch of little hot teenagers running around my food was horrible and nothing was done to rectify my issue. I will continue to go to Northland Main Event or Olathe. But the Independence location just has too many teenagers running around like it's the club smoking weed it was a hot mess AND some man punched some woman in the face, the police presence was heavy but still didn't deter that man from punching that lady in the face. It was just to

My twins had their 8th birthday party tonight and even with young staff they were professional, helpful, attentive, enjoyed the kids my host Raphael was so patient and accommodating we had a ball and will be back!!!! Thank you Chris and Tach as well with helping plan this wonderful birthday my boys said it was their BEST BIRTHDAY ??

Only giving this a 3 because for the price I would think bumpers for kids to the lanes would work whenever you need them not just at certain times. Lane attendant very unresponsive, but otherwise seems to be a fun place that offers many things to do.

About 40% of their stuff is either broken and or not functioning properly. Bathroom was in disrepair and gross. bowling was good but you can bowl anywhere and have just as much fun. Food was a little expensive but not bad. If you look at their hanging drink display above the bar it looks dusty which is something the health inspector should catch dont want dust bunny falling in your drink lol. I feel like this place has went down hill probably won't be back.

Super fun atmosphere with many options. Billiards, Laser Tag, Escape Rooms, Bowling, and Arcade plus FOOD. Nice spot for a date while the kids are preoccupied.

Awful service. We paid for a special event $100 for a family to have pancakes with Santa. Room wasn't ready when the crowd showed up. Not enough pancakes, no one taking drink orders. Santa was creepy, beard was falling off and he was re-adjusting it in front of the kids. My 6 year old was asking me why Santa had a black beard under the fake one. Game play was fun. Had to order more food since we were still hungry. $27 for kids chicken strips fries and some boneless wings. Tiny chicken strips. Wait staff was

I love this place! So many things to do. There's bowling, billiards, laser tag, and arcade! Not too crowded as well. We'll definitely be back!

Was way too much fun!! ?? We hope to visit again when we go out to visit our family. This place was well kept. We felt that our children were safe while in this establishment. It is well priced for time frames allotted.

Spent $50 on game credits and half of the games we tried to play were broken. Although the games were broken, they still took your credits so we ended up losing at least $20 of credits on games we didn't get to play. When we tried to find employees to help with this issue, there was no one around to speak with. The only employees we could find were the people at the front desk and the line was so long that we didn't get to speak with anyone. I'm upset at the amount of money lost.

Great family fun! We spent about 3 hours here and could have stayed longer there was so much to do. Very clean place. Arcade was big and tons of fun popular video games to play plus the old school games like pac men and skee ball. There are not a ton of pool tables but with so much more to do its fine. The specials are valuable so make sure to check for any daily or seasonal specials they have going on before you go. The food is not the greatest and neither is the wait time to get your food. Customer servic

Gave me a free game card for this review lol security outside you are getting carded to get in. It's fine overall but there's a ton of kids unaccompanied after 10 pm. Prefer NKC location.

Great surprise for my 10 year old! He loved it! We will definitely come back!

Had a small pepperoni pizza and a tiki drink. Erik my server was amazing and very attentive. At one point helping me figure out all the wacky things you can change. Games , screens and animation.

What a cool family place. We spent an entire afternoon with my kids and my mother in this place. Bowling, video games, laser tag and much much more. Great food great fun at a fair price. Some of video games are quite addicting and they were actually pretty good prizes you can win with the tickets points and cards. Bring your family and plan to spend the day. You don't have to spend an arm and a leg to get out of the heat and have a little fun with the family.

Excellent service. We were personally waited/served by the kitchen manager, Gavin. Couldn't have asked for a better server.

Ever since Dave and Buster's bought them and they changed their menu it is absolutely atrocious.

Hire more employees, kick out the teenagers that are not playing games. I get they need somewhere to hang but when they are standing in a crowd in front of your games using nasty language pushing and shoving in becomes annoying. Also hire cleaning staff drinks spilled everywhere. This might limit the fight that broke out and the police being called ! Get the place under control please! As it's a fun place to go to! Hate to see it ruined!

Michael the GM went above and beyond to make sure my son?s birthday party was amazing. Much appreciated and highly recommend.

Lexi was an awesome host & went out of her way to make sure the party had fun. Thank you Lexi for everything

We brought our grandson during the week after school and it wasn't crowded at all. He had a blast!

An absolute blast for the whole family! The staff is very helpful and will explain all of the games thoroughly. Great place!

We had so much fun bowling and playing games here! The food was great and the staff was very friendly

With all the negative reviews I was afraid to come here. BUT! I gave it a shot anyways and I was glad I did. If you want to avoid the very large crowd and groups of teenagers them either go in the morning like i did. Or go after 9 p.m when you have to be 21 or older to be allowed in. Me and my girlfriend did you ultimate package and got "unlimited" bowling ***FYI*** THE BOWLING HAS A ONE HOUR TIMER AND AFTER THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE FRONT COUNTER AND TELL THEM YOU WANT TO BOWL AGAIN AND IF THERE IS A LOT

We went to this location based off of Google stars, but unfortunately, half the games weren't working. Very loud and a lot of kids. Bowling was the best activity we enjoyed.

Me and some of my coworkers recently came and had a great time bowling. We also got down on the arcade games as well. The escape room was eh but was super cheap compared to others so not to upset it was still fun. We will definitely be back to conquer that course up top that thing looks like fun. Would definitely suggest coming and checking this place out.

Sent my teenage kids to keep them from doing things they shouldn't be doing. Thought arcade, bowling and laser tag was great for kids but nope they couldn't get in because they need an adult. Where would you like kids to go on a Friday night? I guess hang out at a party drink to much and drive home and kill a family of 4 on the way home. Stupid

Absolutely terrible experience, 75% of the games were either not working, or missing the balls or pieces to be able to play, the VR headsets on several of the machines were broken! Would not recommend anytime soon, very run down!

The granddaughters loved it. They did the gravity ropes and arcades. They actually won a few prizes and won enough tickets to pick some things from the store.

Nice place. Too many ticket games and not enough video games but overall a fun time

We had a good time at Main Event. We had dinner at the bar before playing lots of games. Warning, the price of the games goes up in the evenings or during busy times. We also played laser tag, too. The laser tag session was definitely long enough for a good experience. The laser tag area was very large with two levels and lots of places to hide. We called in our points from playing games for unnecessary plastic objects and left with smiles on our faces.

Very fun gaming center! There is an arcade, laser tag, bowling, pool and so much more!!! I enjoyed going here with my mom and playing ski ball and alot of other arcade games!!!

Don't go here for any kind of quality service. Game attendants don't listen to you when you state there's an issue with a game. They just get annoyed and mad at you for bringing it to their attention. Wait 15-20 minites before you're greeted even with several signs asking you to wait be seated. Stale chips. Cold food. Lots of staff just kicking it and chatting it up in the kitchen, which would be fine if you didn't have customers that are looking for assistance or simply to order something. It's fine if yo

This was our 2nd time visiting M.E. I decided I wanted to come here for my birthday celebration. Played shuffleboard and pool in addition to the arcade games. We spent $150 for 1.5 hours of fun. To some that's ridiculous, to others it's worth it. Just plan according to your budget and JUST HAVE FUN!!

The atmosphere is indicative of Dave and Busters and there's a lot going on. The staff I understand was quite busy, but they were quite inattentive to helping us fix our lane twice when it quit working. We complained a few times and finally got assistance from the manager towards the end of the evening. The food was quite tasty and the cool atmosphere of the bowling is why I'm giving this place 3 stars. We also had some obnoxious family next to us, which dampened the experience, but was no fault of the

My last visit to here was a good experience, mainly because my employer paid for everything, and we got to spend more than 1 hour doing any of the activities in the whole place. Only had one other large party there, and they left shortly after we arrived. Did not try the food, but plenty of people were ordering drinks in the bowling section. The Escape Room couldn't be used/operated because they didn't have enough staff on-hand/available (even though it looked like there were enough employees standing aroun

So we went on Monday after 4 they sell these cards for unlimited free play then you can buy this other card for laser tag billiards gravity rope and what ever so for 3 cards for arcade and 3 cards for the other stuff came to about $90 doesn't sound horrible but there's a catch you can't play any game that gives prizes or tickets that cost extra I spoke to 2 employees prior to buying our card and neither one mentioned that

I recently visited Main Event, and I have to say, it was a fantastic experience. From the moment I walked in, Nikki and Brayden at the front desk made me feel welcome and at ease. They were both polite and personable, interacting with other guests like they were regulars, which really gave the place a friendly, community vibe. Even though it was a quieter time with fewer customers, the staff was plentiful and attentive, making sure everything ran smoothly. There was security at the front door, which was re

I'm not sure who's running operations over there. Most of the games either didn't work at all or had some kind of malfunction during game play. The kids working there were very nice gave us our credits back for those machines that didn't work at all. I mentioned maybe putting a sign on them but no out of order sign went on to the games so that nobody else wasted their money on them. The process for putting the kids up on the gravity rope should be reviewed. It took some time getting all the kids harnesses

place is amazing and i love it here food and drinks are amazing shoutout to Jonathan for the promo

This place is falling apart. The bathrooms are filthy, service at the bar was almost non-existent. We went bowling only for the lane to crap out on us halfway through. We purchased game cards but half the games are either broken or a rip-off. They take your money and it's broken or it's just bad. I won't be back and I don't recommend this place at all.

Went to go bowling here; I highly recommend reserving your lanes and times as far ahead as you can if you plan to go on a Saturday or Sunday. Very clean tables and alley. The women's bowling shoes looked like they'd gone through a shredder... Larger sizes for the men were fine, but smaller sizes are definitely terrible. Super bad initial impression. The bowling alley bar service was very sparse so we ended up walking to the bar to order which seemed to work quicker.

Front desk ladies were rude.. so the experience started out ask expected.. games are duct taped, half working, will swipe your card but not play, balls stuck in games, headsets barley hanging the VR, etc. Horrible experience in Independence MO hoping other locations are better suited.

Good, as long as you know what you are getting into. The variety of games and activities is great, but be prepared to wait. I'd suggest to call ahead and not go on weekends, or when it's raining. I think the wait on bowling alleys and laser tag was 2+ hours. When we've gone during less busy times three girls burned through $70 bucks in activities and $30 bucks in game tokens in about 30 minutes, so maybe you could slow it with a pizza or pool but 7-9 bucks an activity can get pricey. The bartenders were abs

This was a fun and welcoming space. My bestie and I celebrated her Birthday there. We had a private lane and reserved the lane for 2 hours. There was concessions that offered, nachos, fries, burgers, wings, etc. There were adult beverages, reasonably priced.

Great place to take the kids and have fun,bowling,Lazer tag,lots of games had a great time with my granddaughter

We went bowling and it was a lot of fun. The food was surprisingly really good, we got the nachos. The one complaint I have was that it was a Saturday and they were packed and they only had one bartender. When the bowling game is timed and I have to wait at the bar for 15 mins for a drink, I'm cheated out of my money.