Dave & Buster's Jacksonville

Despicable but not surprising. The “chicken tender entree” is what I ordered. The chicken was inexcusably small. $13 for that is a disgrace. The “game day” or whatever it’s called for $32 was horrendous. And not worth the $$. I would pay $16 max for that garbage. The drinks (Kentucky mules) tasted like well water. Ordered to get the “unlimited game pass” card to the games for $60. after waiting for it AFTER our food was finished (should have been brought out while we waited) we were told it was unavailable. Spicy Korean wings were gross too. Would not recommend coming here for food or drinks ever.

Be cautious when ordering drinks off the paper table tent during happy hour, the Gold Rita is listed without a price and surprisingly is not included in the advertised happy hour deal on the same table tent that states: “cocktails, beer and more 50% off”. Our server didn’t mention this (for fear of “offending us”). I was shocked to later find out each single cost $31 due to a special tequila ($100 for 3 after tax)! I thought I was at an arcade 🤷‍♂️?!. To top it off, the drinks did not come as pictured, no orange or lime garnish and gold mix is brought wrapped in plastic bag left on the table. They ran out for one drink asking ”do you mind”?! If I’d known they were $31 and not on special, yes, actually I do mind. No explanation for the missing garnishments. It would NOT be offensive for a server to state, “great choice, just so you know that’s not on our current happy hour”. To me, it’s intentionally misleading displaying a cocktail next to the happy hour that’s not included. Let me know if you could/would read this fine print in the picture when ordering a drink. I felt taken advantage of. Top tier alcohol typically are not pushed on the paper table tents at typical restaurants. I offered to pay half by honoring the happy hour deal and said they were unable, after negotiations with the manager, they were removed from the bill. Comment below if you have a different viewpoint, agree or disagree or think I’m being a Karen. Happy to discuss or clarify a point.

Visited on a Wednesday afternoon around 4PM-ish. Typical D&B location, extremely loud inside. Bathrooms were absolutely filthy.. Zero maintenance!!! haha But, what I wanted to touch on is how broken, uncalibrated and fraudulent the gaming machines are. Several times across multiple different game machines, aftering scanning the arcade card onto the game kiosk, the system would collect the coins from your game card, but not actually recognize or start the game. Additionally, the joystick/handle to the Pacman game needed to be cleaned or recalibrated. When attempting to go left and right, the joystick wouldn't recognize the direction or input. 4 other machines had broken game parts, such as throwing the ball at the fabric clowns. And at least 3 machines weren't operable at all. Seems like a pathetic D&B location, tbh. No maintenance priority or money to dedicate toward this.

We arrived around 1 p.m. and it was great timing. We were able to play all the games we wanted to without waiting. The music playing on the intercom was good. The location was clean, and the staff was friendly. We did not eat because we were having so much fun. We definitely will be visiting soon. 10-19-24, we ate at the restaurant and it was very good. The pizza was not tough, and the wings were flavorful. The staff was decent, and the games were okay (very expensive).

Friendly staff, the food is good and very attentive servers. Fun place to be with friends, family or your significant other. Also, great place to watch games, mma, etc.