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Dave & Buster's

Restaurant Bar Bar and grill Event venue Cocktail bar Sports bar Amusement center Video arcade Corporate entertainment service

One of the Most Revieweds in Fair Oaks


Address

11958 U Fair Oaks Shopping Center, Fairfax, VA 22033, United States

Website

www.daveandbusters.com

Contact

+1 703-259-4050

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.00 (1.9K reviews)

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Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: games (13) time (11) service (10) drinks (7) good (7) great (7) Dave (6)
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  • 5/5 Carl C. 1 year ago on Google • 70 reviews
    Dave & Busters was awesome, this was my first time and the staff was incredibly patient. The bar charges $3+ for a Coke, and $15+ for a Long Island. While both drinks were good, this is pricey considering the area. However, $100 for game tokens will last 2-3 people around 3-4hours which is great because this location offers a giant selection of games. Over the location was super clean, including the shared VR equipment. With all of its offerings, I would recommend Dave and Busters for families and adults.
    11 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Michael D. 6 months ago on Google • 430 reviews
    Pretty fun arcade, good games, and the food is good. Great drinks!! Absolutely PHENOMENAL service!! They go above and beyond the call of duty at the Fairfax, Virginia, Dave &Buster’s location. I lost a phone; I had left it sitting at one of the games. I frantically searched, and I retraced all of my steps in the mall. I was looking everywhere! The employees were great; said they would alert their manager, Jeff, and they would for sure find the phone if it was in their establishment. They asked for a description of it and treated the situation as if they had lost their own phone. They found it and returned it to me with a big smile. They were extremely professional and nice about it! I can’t say enough good things about their service and professionalism. A++

  • 2/5 Anna G. 4 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    If you’re just coming to play games, it’s great and fun. But the service for food is below average. Took about 30-40 minutes to order our food and server never come back unless you wave him down after waiting for a long time. Also saw a mouse in the dining area, servers and manager did not seem to care since they continued to sit people in the area. Food was eh.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mikki 4 months ago on Google • 20 reviews
    I love going here for the games and such. There are times when they don't work, or things get stuck, but that's pretty expected during peak times and everyone is playing them. The staff is quick to respond to any issues though! I do wish there was more of a toy/item selection in the ticket store, but they sometimes have cute things to get. The best time to go is during off-hours or right when it opens!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jorge M. 8 months ago on Google • 12 reviews
    We had a birthday party for my sister there this Sunday and everything was great. My sister had invited all of her friends and we had a great time eating and playing together. I ordered the Ribeye steak and it was delicious. The whole party ordered various types of meals and all were very well cooked. The drinks were good too. Great service and atmosphere. 5/5. I’ve been going to this Dave & Buster’s for years now and they never fail to live up to expectations. I can wait to return next time.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Kevin M. 6 months ago on Google • 23 reviews
    Typical loud D&B’s, but not overly crowded and the kids always have a blast. Good number of TVs to see all the football action. Service is a little slow but I don’t think it’s the servers fault, think they either need to hire more to reduce the table/server ratios. I see the managers standing around not doing anything productive that I could tell and they don’t circulate to check on any tables. Place is kept clean and mobile security was visible and friendly. Overall, happy kids means we will go back.

  • 1/5 Shannon C. 3 months ago on Google • 21 reviews New
    Update: Went to the website and filled out the form per the reply from the business below. That was over a month ago and I have not heard from them. Came here with a group of 15 for my wife's birthday. We had a great time until it was time to eat. I had made a reservation weeks in advance, so it wasn't like the large group was unexpected. Everyone's food took an extremely long time to come out, with some members of the group waiting over an hour for theirs. My wife ordered a salad and it still took an hour to get to her. We spoke with a manager who never apologized. He did say they would "take care of it" which I guess was discounting each bill by 0.20-0.40 cents. CENTS. It wasn't until those whose food took the longest spoke up about how they felt they shouldn't have to pay full price for a meal they waited this long for that 3 of the 15 meals were comped. I understand that things happen, but there was no accountability and no trying to make it right. This is just poor customer service. What should have been a fun day out for all was overshadowed by the very poor experience we all had while dining.

  • 5/5 Garrett P. 3 months ago on Google • 17 reviews New
    Went on a Wednesday, the games were half off every Wednesday. We had a blast and were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food as well. Plenty of stuff for the 4 year old to enjoy as well 😊

  • 5/5 Annie N. 1 year ago on Google
    We are so glad that this Dave and busters is the nearest arcade place in new property that we are moving into. The place is really clean and most of the gaming machines are well maintained. Also we want to commend the staff and whoever the person that returned my husbands Wallet when he lost it that night. The main reason why we will keep coming back in this Dave and Busters… kudos to the staff that is friendly, professional and honest.

  • 1/5 Carlo S. 6 months ago on Google
    Service is terrible. Seated ourselves and didn’t receive any service for 35 minutes. Finally approached the wait staff if we could get help, that’s the only reason we even got service. Ordered drinks, and after 10-15 min they still never came out. Ended up walking out and going to lucky dog next door where we got MUCH better service. If you’re gonna come here for games, just know the service for food and drinks is absolutely horrible. Go somewhere else.

  • 5/5 Laura R. 1 year ago on Google
    Is huge! You have different type of games, I stayed for 3 hours and there were still games I didn’t get to tried. Your card will hold your ticket and believe me the prizes are really really good so definitely are worthy to try to get as much as you can. The food is great, I got the mushroom burger and it was by far my favorite one around this area so definitely you need to give it a try!

  • 2/5 eddie l. 8 months ago on Google
    The experience overall at this arcade was mediocre at best. To begin with, upon entering the building, no one was at the front desk to greet us or let us know what to do. This caused some minor confusion, but we managed to figure out how to pay for our arcade cards...which were ridiculously expensive. It's hard to remember the exact price, but it was something like $25 for each of the four cards we were purchasing at the minimum, totaling at $100. The arcade cards didn't even get us that far, because each machine demanded a fee of about 10 chips to play one round of one game with barely any ticket reward. (My brother also noticed that some games required a sort of premium party upgrade to even function). The amount loaded on each of our cards got us about seven games each. When we finished, in disappointment, we moved on to the reward store. Each item was insanely overpriced for what it was, there being foam squishy penguins selling for 90 tickets, which was over the amount I had on my card. The mood ring I ended up getting was 50 tickets (it was made of cheap plastic). None of us were able to buy anything unless we combined the amounts on our cards and then some, buying more tickets by going out of our way to find an employee in the place who knew how to help us. The only pros of this experience were that the few employees (I only saw two during the entire thing) were very polite. The place seems well kept and clean. The few games we were able to play were fun (despite it being a complete sensory overload and instant headache at the eyestrain and noise).

  • 1/5 Lauren S. 4 months ago on Google • 1 review
    don’t waste your money on your drinks here. Poured it out without the ice. It was $10. Go to a real bar. This was also the second time I ordered the drink because it had no alcohol the first time. Stay away!!!!!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Liz I. 5 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    We love coming here for date night, but good god, the bar service is the worst. We’ve either waited fifteen minutes for the one bartender to notice us, or have to ask one of the three bartenders that has been walking past us back & forth if we could get a drink & see a menu. The last time we went (Saturday night), they were supposed to be serving until 1230 and we still had an hour. We got the feeling that not one of the three servers really cared to serve us. I finally asked and we got drinks. Never offered a menu. We went back up to get another round & the bartender served a guy that walked up after me while I patiently waited. I was in clear view, and know he saw me. I get wanting to end your shift on a Saturday, I work retail. But did none of the bartenders want a tip at the end of the night? Taking my cash tip from me was the fastest they’d moved towards us all night 🤣 Being ignored is just an awful feeling when you’re trying to spend money at a place. Otherwise, we love going for the games.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Happy-hour food
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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