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Central Pier Arcade

Tourist attraction Amusement center Video arcade Paintball center Go kart track

One of the Most Reviewed Tourist attractions in Atlantic City


Address

1400 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Website

www.centralpierarcade.com

Contact

(609) 345-5219

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (2.6K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 12 to 7:30 PM
  • Wednesday: 12 to 7:30 PM
  • Thursday: 12 to 7:30 PM
  • Friday: 12 to 7:30 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Monday: 12 to 7:30 PM

Featured Reviews


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  • 4/5 SAM 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place to burn time and have some fun. The have go karts in the back along with paintball shooting (not shooting eachother just targets). They only take cash kind of old school. Quarters are your best friend so be prepared.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Stacey M. 2 years ago on Google
    Best Arcade Games in AC for your money and most affordable area for your kids! Guaranteed Fun the staff is wonderful and so helpful always, ❤ My family has a great time everytime! I've been coming here 20+ years
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jillian L. 2 years ago on Google
    So much fun! Thank you, I will return ☺️ Love the arcade, love your go carts, games, and prizes ☺️☺️☺️ I won an avacado friend at the darts game, isn't he a cutie 💝🥑💝
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Debra F. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice to bring your family!! Go-carts, games, prizes, & paintball targets
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 JayShaun D. 1 year ago on Google
    It was fun. Lots of fun games like the fair. games like basketball. Balloons and lots of rides above the water. Very scary but I think it's safe. Lots of prizes and a great experience all together.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Tally N. 2 years ago on Google
    1 of my fav places to go in AC. Always a fun time. Lots of games, nice staff. Fun for all. My kids love it there & so do I.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mary G (. 1 year ago on Google
    Very fun experience on go karting. They have a camera man on the corner taking pictures during your laps. At first I thought it was just a random guy lol. But he took some really high end professional photos of us. I definitely got the AirDrop pics! It was affordable price. Would do it again!! Thank you! Overall Atlantic City was good to us! Stayed at The Golden Nugget. My grandmother loved the mobility wheels (it was her first time ever using them or even driving in her life). The Ferris wheel was a fun experience. I’m cared of heights but I pushed through. Friendly workers and friendly people!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Akuto S. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place for tickets and prizes BUT Almost all the claw machines are rigged. After dropping and grabbing the item, the claw will OPEN just enough at the top and drop the product. Every. Single. Time. Only on certain machines. The non-rigged ones function normally after the grab and stay closed when they reach the top
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Wei Shan C. 1 year ago on Google
    An old style arcade that has many and basic fun game to collect tickets. The gift selection is great too. We are family of 4 (7, 5.5 year old) and we spent 30 dollars for about 1.5 hours of fun there.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Sara V. 1 year ago on Google
    I mean it's an arcade. Games 25cents and up. Mostly up. Staff were friendly. We did go carts- 14$ per person. Wasn't worth it for time on track and car condition. Paint ball was fun. 10$ for 75 paint balls. Arcade type paintball. Load your gun and stand behind barrier. We had fun with that. Just make sure you watch where you are walking. Stepped on someone's dropped paintball and ruined my shoes. Spent 60$ on arcade games inside and teens exchanged tickets for 2 Keychains, 1 magnet, bunch of candy and 3 string bracelets for me. Overall- very expensive afternoon, but we can now check it off our list of things to see in AC.

  • 5/5 Jaslin J. 4 months ago on Google
    Very entertaining the weather was cold yet I had fun there was something to do

  • 4/5 Todd W. 7 months ago on Google
    The first time here, so much to do. A lot of tourist type attentions, but not overly expensive. Lots to do for my kids and much more to do for my wife and I. It's just a great place to visit

  • 5/5 Rosa R. 10 months ago on Google
    Absolutely Love this place. I take my Kim HD and my grandson every other weekend. The GOCARTS are soo much fun. It's a great place to tucker your kids out. The staff is quite delightful.. Can't wait to go this weekend

  • 5/5 Sharon L. 8 months ago on Google
    Stayed at a hotel on the Atlantic City boardwalk. And walked here . The ferris wheel is really cool for it has a light show on it. At night it really nice to watch it light up and do it's thing . Didn't ride the ferris wheel they wanted $12.00 a person to ride. We did get French fries, onion rings and gyros at one of the little shops on the boardwalk and walked the beach at night it was so much fun hearing the waves crash the beach 🌞🏖️ a+ experience worth going to.

  • 3/5 maria S. 11 months ago on Google
    It was awesome really enjoyed it and my grandkids even more.

  • 4/5 christopher r. 8 months ago on Google
    It was my first time going here on a date. And it was very clean quite and pretty much a nice place to be. The Escalator was broke which ment we had to use them like regular stairs. But other then that an amazing place to go with the family had an arcade games and more. Would have given it 5 stars 🌟 if everything was in working order!

  • 5/5 Ang F. 8 months ago on Google
    The kids love going here when we walk the boardwalk:) It's right next door to the 99 cent store! Also a good store.

  • 4/5 Kamrun N. 9 months ago on Google
    The Go Karts at the Central Pier Arcade is a fun experience. It's not a long ride, but it's still enjoyable. They capture high-quality photos while you're driving, offer it for purchase, and the photos are pretty "instagramable." There's paintball and arcade games. Overall, it's not too big but could be a fun time for kids and for adults trying to feel like a kid again.

  • 2/5 Anna 1 year ago on Google
    This place fell off, used to be bustling with people but it’s dead now. The games and coin machines don’t even give what you’re owed, we ended up missing coins and tickets. Everything here is sketchy but it’s still fun.

  • 4/5 Jennifer R. 3 years ago on Google
    Many things to choose from with tickets. The go karts are fun, $15 for adult and child

  • 5/5 Bro W. 2 years ago on Google
    Great Family fun, the kids love the Lucky Snake arcade, and me and my wife like to sit on the beach, so we all get to have fun together, I been to many beaches, some may look better than Atlantic City and Wildwood. Nevertheless ( The Jersey Shore) is where we have the most fun

  • 4/5 Dennis W. 1 year ago on Google
    Well today is the return of the Irish Saint Patrick's Day parade first time in three years since 2018 since the coronavirus messed everything up well we're back and it's packed and it's fun

  • 3/5 Chris J. 1 year ago on Google
    It was great even though there was no one in there besides workers. I and my fiance were followed by one of the helpers, but he overstay his welcome. He got annoying and we just left.

  • 4/5 Maxine P. 1 year ago on Google
    Wonderful peaceful vacation in Jersey. Most stores were open. And it wasn't crowded. Best time had during off-season!!

  • 5/5 Kristin C. 2 years ago on Google
    You can definitely spend lots of hours here by just walking around, watching other people, going to the casinos, do shopping or just chilling a the beach. I really like the scenery here as it has a really special feeling created by the houses and the piers etc.

  • 4/5 Bob W. 1 year ago on Google
    Most of the rides were down when we went. We did ride the HUGE ferris wheel. You can see for miles. Breathe taking scenery. Great place to take pictures from.

  • 5/5 William H. 1 year ago on Google
    Have been coming to this arcade for over 20 years. Still the same owner too and there are great games. You play for tickets and at end cash in for prizes and yes there are some nice prizes. Can't say enough good things about this arcade. Also has a lot of claw games as well

  • 1/5 John D. 1 year ago on Google
    It's actually quite a money making idea. In the middle of Atlantic City, they converted one of the older Casino resorts into an impossibly gigantic video arcade. Everything from old time pin- ball machines, to current video games and EVERYTHING in-between, including indoor race tracks,bowling, etc. Every few feet there are machines where you can buy or load up the required game card for from $20 - $50 bucks. So, you go on a family vacation, but the beach is closed due to riptide warnings. The kids are bored, most things are more adult oriented so you think ... let's go to the arcade. BIG MISTAKE. The kids go through more money than you would lose in the casinos and oh so much faster.

  • 5/5 Chadol B. 3 years ago on Google
    It was a fun place to visit! Feels good to feel like a kid sometimes;) wanted to try their go cart but there was a long a$$ line so will definitely ride next time


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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