New! Loaded Queso
Buster's American Kitchen

Buster's American Kitchen

1200 Poydras St Unit 601, New Orleans, LA 70113, United States

Pizza • Casual • Mexican • Arcades


"Every American has heard of Dave and Busters if you've ever looked into an arcade. The closest one to me is in New Orleans so even though it's only 35 min away for me I have stayed away till today.Parking here's a little maddening as can be expected anywhere in New Orleans area. Expect to pay 10$ to park. The arcade is on the 6th floor but the elevators only go up to it on the 5th floor or at least the ones I parked by didn't go up to 6th.Large arcade with several party rooms. I think the D&B experience is less about the arcade and more about the added in dining and sports bar area. The drinks here are okay....the service is Mid though. I was told we could order drinks and hit the arcade it's probably not the preference.I only had some drinks here with my guest so I only came to play not per SE eat.As legendary as an arcade ppl talk about. It's only about a medium sized arcade. I've reviewed larger arcades such as Big play in Biloxi. Some of the machines have broken buttons or are in need of service. One of the buttons on the sonic and Mario Olympic games was broken. The clown toss game also was buggy.There's paid for VR though on my visit which u had to cut a little short I did not find it even though I paid 6$ upgrade for one VR access. Yes u do have to pay for it.I also reserved a table which was highly unnecessary as the dining area was empty.I will say the major winning point here is the arcade is clean. The app is the real winner tho. You can add your own card to your phone and use NFC to pay and not have to talk to Tennant's which for the most part seem a little disinterested in attendees. Ex there was no one manning the prize booth. To pay for my drinks someone else had to try to find my waitress which took about 8 min.Overall it's an okay experience. I think the hype is more of the let down than the experience not being great. I still think I prefer Big play in Biloxi (which has go karts , bowling, laser tag , VR and still a dining exp) as the best arcade in LA-AL coastline. Tho there's 2 more I have to go to make that officialParking: Parking is a little maddening. There are signs all over about parking. Don't park till you've paid. However u have to drive in the lot and go up to the third floor. Then get out your car to pay the meter. Which the CHEAPEST option is 10$ for 4 hrs....."