Reset

So a small group of us decided to try this barcade back in December. If you’ve ever been to a barcade before you will hate this place. If not, it may be ok.
I’ll start with the games. It’s small, so there isn’t very many. The 2 pinball machines you have to pay for and the Mario cart. The rest are free, but they all don’t work. Double dragon didn’t function at all. Xmen had a dead joystick, TMNT had a joystick that wouldn’t move up, and the Street Fighter joysticks were so loose it wasn’t even playable. So that entire experience sucked.
We the decided to eat. The waitress’s were surprisingly attentive in noticing when we sat and asking what we need. Four of us then decide to order food and the waitress attempts to remember it all. Why must you waitresses try this? WHY?! it’s not cool. No on cares if you can remember it all. Write it down. So of course all of our food is messed up. Not one of us received the proper food. We had food runners that kept trying to deliver the wrong food to our table. Then when we got our food all of ours was wrong. Every last one of us. The food itself even though it was wrong was presented good and did taste satisfactory. Except mine because it took forever to receive. After everyone received their food, the waitress comes by and informs me that they are out of my dish. Seriously? You didn’t know that when you punched it in and you didn’t find out until you brought everyone else’s food? So I ordered another dish and I didn’t get it until everyone else was done with their food about 45 min later. Disappointing to say the least. One of my friends blurted out that it should be comped and the waitress agreed.
My friend got charged for the wrong food she brought out and the menu price of an item he ordered was $ 2 off. So she fixes the bill and brings it back, he hands her his card and guess what? The original higher amount got charged. Like he wouldn’t notice? So she got all frustrated with us and just gave him a $ 5 bill instead of fixing it.
I stopped going to Bar 145 because of the terrible service, I was hoping Reset might be different. But with bad service and games that don’t work, there really isn’t a point of going here. Hopefully they get the games fixed and the kitchen/​service issues get resolved. I will check it out again later and re-​review it.

Reset is pretty good. The old school video gaming concept is certainly a draw. The games I am most familiar with are there; Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Galaga, Space Invaders, and more. Those are free. I was surprised all pin ball games require payment as do just a couple of the most popular video games (aka Pac Mac).
The service was decent. Our server was moderately attentive in Reset even though there weren’t more than 10 persons in the place on a Saturday around 1PM. Bloody Mary was tasty; good pour of Jameson. My pal and I dined on the app «Green Bean Tempura» and it was good.
Other reviews mention «elbow room» and I would agree. The video stand-​alone consoles are jammed together too tightly. My friend didn’t have room to put his beer down between machines at one point; that’s a Debbie Downer for sure. The games were clean and the atmosphere was well appointed.
Reset is A-​OK in my view but for serious gamers looking for play time and a night on the town they may be turned off by it all. I say try Reset on a Saturday at lunchtime and you’ll feel welcome and have lots of room to spin, shoot and cheer.

Sooooo disappointed, I wasn’t expecting Dave and Buster’s but working games and some elbo room isn’t asking to much, right? Drinks were super expensive, the serve yourself bar is really interesting, but a rip off. We didn’t eat there because idc how good the burgers may be, but 20 bucks for a burger is ridiculous. Here’s to another disappointment in Toledo under the guise of something fun to do in Toledo. Ohhhhh yeah, the art is pretty awesome though.

The features are awesome! Plenty of draft beers and retro games along with awesome game-​inspired art everywhere. It’s the type of bar that most of us 80s and 90s gamer kids have always wanted to visit or own. But it’s a victim of its own success as the place gets unbelievably packed at peak times. Patrons can spill over into the connected Bar 145 next door but on a Saturday it’s just chaos. Perhaps if there were 3 more of these or if it were expanded to be 4x its size a lot of money and happy customers would be made. I probably will give it another try but it will have to be on a weekday.

Totally disappointing. Maybe my expectations were too high.
Waiteess was borderline competent. Not informative. Seemed annoyed at our questions. Very short, and not friendly at all.
Evidently you can request a video game console to your table. This was not explained to us. Matter of fact, nothing was explained to us.
They have quite an extensive list of beers. They were out of the first 3 different beers our table ordered. So the beer I ended up drinking was $ 8.50 a glass. That was information that I would have appreciated before seeing it on my bill. The beer list doesn’t have pricing on it.
My bill came out to $ 26 and some change. The waitress did not give me any 5’s in my change. Was she trying to guilt me into a $ 10 tip? I always tip at least 20%. That would have been about $ 5.20. Should I have to ask for different change?
Nope. $ 3 and the coins… sorry.
The arcade games are butted up side by side. No elbow room at all. Somebody playing one game made it almost impossible to play the adjacent game. Also, several of the games didn’t work. (Gorf, Street fighter II, and Pac Man ect…)
Most arcade games are free (great job there). But the few that are not were not labeled as such. This made it very confusing for all the patrons. People, one after another, approached this particular game, and after several frustrating minutes trying to start it, gave up and left. I felt it was my job to keep an eye on that game to help inform the unsuspecting victims before they wasted their time.
Also, the restaurant next door which is connected inside, had a wait for tables. This sent patrons who would have otherwise never stepped foot in this place over to stand around and crowd the place even more.
Overall, I don’t think I would avoid the place altogether. I just don’t have any reason to go back. Hopefully this place gets it figured out pretty soon. Once Dave and Busters opens down the street, their clientele will be spending their money on a real barcade…
End Rant.