Namco Funscape Manchester Reviews Summary

Arcade Games

Pros:

• "The arcade has a lot of different games which is good."
• "It's didn't have a lot of space and it's not the typical arcade of 2p slot machines (though it does have a few), but it had a lot of variety of games."
• "This place is so much fun for people of all ages... They have some of the latest games and VR machines."
• "Great mix of arcade games with some nostalgic ones updated."
• "This is a great arcade with loads of fine games."
• "They have a new Halo Fireteam game that is awesome, also a Tomb Raider shooter. Very good."
• "Really good arcade, lots of games to play and the bar is reasonably priced considering its location."

Cons:

• "The arcade has a lot of different games which is good but they frequently don’t work and are usually dirty or covered in food or drink."
• "Games where kinda fun and prizes where good but what really annoyed me and my friend was when we won a pair of head phones but they didn't come out the machine."
• "Having arcade machines that expect money each level, EVEN when you're winning is a scam!"
• "The claw machines are the biggest scams I've ever seen and everything seems smaller n rubbish."
• "Arcade is mostly ticket machines with very few games."
• "A lot of the coin machines don't work and you might lose your money by inserting notes in them."
• "Want to play sega rally, time crisis, resident evil, house of the dead. Basically any decent arcade game they don't have it."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Very clean with plenty of staff dotted around too."
• "Staff was friendly once we found someone."
• "The staff are always polite, friendly and helpful."
• "Staff is very friendly. All games of machine is checked regularly."
• "Staff were really pleasant and helpful in all areas."
• "We had an amazing experience today due to safe and hygienic facilities but also due to extremely helpful, courteous and respectful staff."
• "Big shout out to Mark who went out of his way to make sure my son got onto the VR machine and set up the screen he wanted."

Cons:

• "Inattentive staff interested only in ripping you off."
• "The time was around 4pm rubbish staff not doing the safety checks properly."
• "Been here on multiple times and today staff were incredibly rude."
• "Poor service, lane kept breaking down. Staff uninterested."
• "The staff member operating it was a little rude."
• "Her attitude towards customers stunk. Rude, disgusting, last time for us for sure."
• "For a busy friday night there was a lack of any security inside at all which is appalling as there are kids in these areas."

Facilities and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Nice atmosphere and goes neon in the evening."
• "The lanes and seating areas are clean and spacious."
• "Very clean and staff are helpful."
• "It is Absolutely amazing gaming arcade for toddlers and older kids."
• "The bowling arena is nice and they have multiple lanes to play."
• "Great fun and not too expensive."
• "The place felt safe, clean and in line with the gov. guidelines."

Cons:

• "Went to bowling and our lane was faulty the pins kept getting knocked down as resetting so sometimes took 10 mins of resetting just to get them to stay without falling."
• "Pool tables and bowling alley need some TLC."
• "It is quite dark and dingy inside, which isn't great."
• "The draw back was the bowling which kept stopping and I kept going to reception to sort it."
• "Toilets are sub par and could be cleaner, look and feel a bit dilapidated."
• "But a few of the machines were broken and it didn't feel super-clean."
• "Ticket machines aren't the best. Music is far too loud."