Round1 Bowling & Arcade Reviews Summary

Category: Amusement center

Address: 358 N Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801, USA

Phone: +15165952080

Rating: 4.2
based on 277 reviews.

Entertainment and Facilities

Pros:

  • "So much potential. The space is big, lots of games and the area downstairs has bowling, karaoke, ping pong and pool."
  • "Round1 Bowling Amusement offers Entertainments for the families."
  • "It's a fun night out with or without kids."
  • "Very spacious, entertainment galore, karaoke room, bowling, arcade, pool playing, ping pong, private parties, child friendly."
  • "A great place with a wide variety of activities including countless arcade games, bowling, billiards and snooker tables, karaoke rooms, you name it; Round 1 has it all."
  • "As an arcade, they have everything! Arcade, bowling, karaoke, billiards, darts, table tennis."
  • "Great place for all ages. An arcade with fighting and music games, there are claw games if you want to win something for your date, rhythm games to work up a sweat, the classic shooter style, and beer and bowling for the older crowd."

Cons:

  • "The downside: so many games are out of order."
  • "Many machines were out of service."
  • "Lanes are frequently not working and been shutdown."
  • "17 games out of service as well."
  • "Half of the game give u errors when you try to swipe your card or are just out of order."
  • "Almost all the games are broken and they charge extra credits on the other games to make up for it."
  • "Half of the bowling lanes are closed resulting in an hour+ wait in order to bowl."

Pricing and Value

Pros:

  • "Everything is very reasonably priced!"
  • "The rates during the day during the week are pretty affordable."
  • "Also they also have fast food and plenty of alcohol, the prices are reasonable too."
  • "Stuffed animals are all Japanese brands and high quality unlike other crane machine toys in other arcade centers. $2 draft beers and $1 ice cream cones."
  • "The pricing to play in the arcade is good since I paid $55 for 300+ credits."
  • "The prices for bowling, karaoke, and billiards were very reasonable and I would even say cheap, especially if you arrive earlier in the day."
  • "They have an amazing selection of arcade games, and all of them are priced well."

Cons:

  • "It can become pretty expensive and some machines ate my money."
  • "For $46 (incl $2 card fee) to play claw machines that are rigged, it’s a waste of money."
  • "Extremely overpriced games."
  • "Its a nicely designed arcade with plenty of claw machines but if $20= 115 points and pretty much every game is 10-13 points per play.....you'll finish that money in less than 10 mins."
  • "The prices are high and the prizes are horrible."
  • "But the prices are way high for regular visits. Most games are $1.50-$2 per play."
  • "Very pricey experience, I went to the arcade part of Round1 with my friends, ended up spending $150 just for the 3 of us to run out of credits within an hour and a half."

Staff and Customer Service

Pros:

  • "The staff are pretty nice and willing to help you, should you have any questions."
  • "The service from Harrison was beyond amazing. He went above and beyond for my party."
  • "The staff at Round1 Hicksville is friendly and helpful."
  • "The worker at the counter was very pleasant."
  • "I’m so pleased with the General managers Chris and Mike for helping my Fiancee recover her card when she had lost it."
  • "Vinny is an amazing young man. He always greets us with a smile."
  • "The staff was super friendly and helped when we wanted to try winning a prize."

Cons:

  • "This place is poorly run, understaffed and needs improvement."
  • "When I want also to talk with the staff about certain issues that I was having they didn't believe me, and gave me quite a bit of an attitude."
  • "Staff ignoring us mid-conversation and walking away."
  • "Customer service was absolutely horrible."
  • "They closed the bar at 9 and never reopened because they were short staffed."
  • "We thought we had a party host but they did nothing."
  • "The one complaint is the staff was nowhere to be found when you needed them."

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