Reviews for CityCade Game Bar, Gastonia NC in Gastonia, NC
Cool place to visit, super friendly! Low priced beers and a lot of free games (my favorite is Ms Pac-Man) and coin-based arcade... games :). Highly recommend. Read more
Awesome places to go for old school games and my favorite pinball machines. The staff and owners are great people , always... friendly. And the hotdogs are awesome . I recommend the Volkswagen dog. They also have a fully stocked bar many new upgrades andhave different events nightly Read more
Went here for the first time tonight, staff was very welcoming and showed us around, even during a busy hour. We had a few... beverages and played a handful of pinball and arcade games, all of them were in fine working order. There's even a section offree play games! Definitely will come back next time in the Gastonia area. Read more
We really enjoyed ourselves here. The staff were so nice, the drinks were good and the food was good for a bar. We'll definitely... be back. Read more
I finally got a chance to check this place out. Most of the barcades are in Charlotte so it's nice to have one close to home. I... went on a Thursday night which is "guys night" and was welcomed as soon as I walked in, both the owners and the guests were veryfriendly. For Thursdays, about all games were free (at least for dudes) except for pinball, which were .50 a game. Normally it's$5 a person for unlimited play and pinball is $1.00 a game (ouch to $1.00 pinball!). There were maybe 6 to 12 people rotating inand out while I was there, so not crowded at all. Parking was abundant. It's about a 5 minute walk from Freeman's. Bar can turncash to quarters or can give you quarters from your bar tab for a 10% surcharge. Bar had food and drinks at fair prices. Thereare 2 gender neutral restrooms. There are a few TV's playing sports and comic book movies and YouTube videos. Place was openuntil midnight on a weeknight which was cool. There was one tv hooked up to a Nintendo 64 with a pretty large assortment ofgames. There were a couple party/board games sitting near a table. There was a fairly large area for outdoor seating as well. Ithink what made this visit special was how friendly the owners and guests were, felt like you were just visiting old friendsinstead of strangers. EDIT: Citycade did a reconfiguration and brought in a racing game, a shooting game, a beer pong game anda couple of pay to win games disguised as games of skill. I believe at this point they've gotten rid of the $5 cover entirelyand just made the machines take quarters, which I think was a good move. Pinball is still a buck which is a bummer since thereare better options out there for $.50 a game, but it's close to home at least and the price point isn't uncommon. Pinball seemsmaintained and Citycade has occasionally swapped out for different pins, which is nice. Bathrooms are always clean which is aplus. Only complaint is that sometimes it can get a bit hot in the building. Read more
Just went here for the first time and loved it. Good 80?s music playing the background and really cool arcade machines including... classic games and newer pinball tables like Stranger Things and The Mandalorian, not to mention the big 2 player shoot ?em upTerminator game. Places like this are hard to find anymore and I really appreciated it. Thanks guys! Read more
Great spot to hang out. First time going there and we were greeted as if we were regulars. Good beer prices and fun games all... throughout. Really loved the Stranger Things pinball! Read more
Interesting place. Games are pricey. They have fun events