Dave & Buster's

(512) 346-8015

9333 Research Blvd, #A600
Austin, TX 78759 30.383249 -97.741047

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Neighborhoods: Gateway, North Burnet - Gateway

Hours:

Sun-Thur:11:30am-Midnight

Fri-Sat:11:30am-2:00am

Price:

$$

Last updated 10.19.11

Category:

Restaurants, Sports Bars, Banquet Rooms, Family Entertainment Centers, Bars & Pubs

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard

Bar & Pub Special Features:

Happy Hour, Bar Menu

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Private Rooms, Date Spot, Group Dining, Carry Out, Dine At The Bar, Bar Scene

Cuisine:

Traditional American

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What People Are Saying About Dave & Buster's

Featured Review

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In Short – This massive entertainment complex lures customers in with its arcade, then keeps them there by way of a spacious eatery serving pizza, pasta, burgers and finger food. Classic games like billiards, skeeball and shuffleboard are balanced by electronic counterpoints such as Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede and virtual-reality simulators that re-create an 18-wheeler ride or a Star Trek voyage. Of the two full bars, one comes with a 20-screen videodome designed for armchair quarterbacks.

Editor's Tips

Know Before You Go:
Dave & Buster's is primarily geared toward adults. Minors must be accompanied by an adult, with each adult assuming responsibility for no more than four minors.
4 Star Rating: Recommended

01/12/10

great place for a night out with friends.

by nerd of austin at Citysearch

When I feel like going out to drink with my friends a bar can get pretty boring and too loud to even talk at. D&B has large selection of food and drinks with a pool hall and video games to keep us occupied. For me the only drawback is that unless you watch your money it can go pretty fast.

2 Star Rating: Below Average

01/01/09

to many kids

by blackboy30 at Citysearch

dave and busters have to many kids and a lot of drunk parents not watching them,the games are geared for adults or older kids the food is greasy and service is to slow,and the prices is outrages.

  • Pros: nice games
  • Cons: to many kids running around.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

11/22/07

Awesome place with wonderful service. Promt, friendly, great family fun

by shaunaluan at Citysearch

I took my children with us. I have a 10 year old who threw up at our table, our server was the best I have ever seen, he came over, helped us to move tables, cleaned up the mess for us and they gave my son a free t-shirt, with no bad looks or judgement just a "woops that happens are you ok", how many nice places do you think would have handled that well. It's fun but classy all at once, one review called it a grow up chuckie cheese...please it's classic and wonderful..Those people don't have kids and should eat somewhere that don't allow children if you don't like them...reminds me of people on planes who complain that a child has made noise, ride coach~ LOL in short this a great place for first date or a time for a family dinner...would recommmed all the way:)

Shauna

  • Pros: Fun yet classy, games are more adult but stilll ok for an older child
  • Cons: maybe the food wait, be prepared to wait just a bit during rush time
1 Star Rating: Poor

07/28/07

Wow, when did this turn into Chuck E Cheese with drunk adults?

by shaft28 at Citysearch

So the wife and I hadn't been to D&B in about 5-6 years (living in Portland where there was none). We decided on dinner and some games one Saturday.

Dinner, low end chain food. Our waitress said "the cheese soup is the best" - it was inedible. I mean horrid.

Whatever, I wanted to get my game on.

We got on the floor and man were there a lot of kids. I don't remember D&B having kids in it - or at least they had to leave at 8pm or something. Not anymore - place was packed with rude kids with no manners and no adults watching them even though signs posted say parents have to attend them.

So all the games are 1-2 like ski ball, hoops, air hockey and then 47 versions of House of the Dead and a handfull of coin games for obsessive gamblers. It sucked.

After wasting money on most the video games we played the ticket machines that worked 75% of the time at best - good luck finding someone to help you or serve you a beer. Again vision rude 13 boys running amok.

And then it got later and the night life picked up. Or I should say really undersireable people started filling in and even better brought their rude kids.

We went to cash in the tickets and the little room was a mad house. I had a little girl cut in front of me - I called her on it and she pretended not to speak English. I caled her on that too. The cashier laughed.

Never again.

3 Star Rating: Average

01/05/07

Poor Service

by tx2007 at Citysearch

I was disapointed when I went there and it was so busy that it took the waiter over 15 minutes to bring our drinks. I had heard good things about the drinks, but to be honest, I was not impressed. We asked for a menu more than once and after 30 minutes of waiting finally got one. Then it took our dinner order a very long time to arrive. I would not reccomend going there hungry. I think I'll be avoiding that hot spot.