Asheville Retrocade in Asheville

Great place all pinball &arcade give 10000%

When I went to Asheville for the first time last year I went here for fun and I gotta say it was very fun. They had a mix of older arcade games and had new consoles you could play with. They had og games like Pac Man,Galaga,Basketball and so many more mixed with new PlayStations and Xboxs

The Asheville Retrocade is a great concept but fell short of our expectations. Firstly, there was only one staff member working when we went on Tuesday afternoon about half an hour after opening. He had to manage the bar and check people in so the check in process wasn't super smooth. We didn't think it would be super crowded on a random week day but we were wrong. Understandably, there are no longer COVID restrictions but this place was PACKED and we felt super uncomfortable. It was raining out but we didn't expect such a big crowd. All of the games were already occupied, especially downstairs. We asked the guy working if there was a time limit for each game since there are a limited number of game stations and Skeeball lanes. His answer was kind of snappy and was basically no, people can hog an entire game for the whole day if they wanted. It's an "honor system" but there is no guarantee anyone will abide by it. We played Mortal Kombat and Forza which worked great on the Xbox. We also tried to play Halo and Grand Theft Auto V but got an error message saying the disc was required to start. Overall, more staff needs to be hired and if you're at all concerned about COVID, this is not the place for you. Not the place's fault, but...