The 1up Arcade Bar - LoDo

Bar · Union Station

The 1up Arcade Bar - LoDo

Bar · Union Station

1925 Blake St, Denver, CO 80202

Highlights

Dive into Denver’s lively basement arcade bar, where classic pinball, retro games, fun cocktails, and good vibes await nostalgic gamers.

1925 Blake St, Denver, CO 80202 Get directions

the1uparcadebar.com

@the1uparcadebar

$10–20 · Menu

@afar

"Games Galore at The 1up Inspired by Brooklyn's Barcade and Portland 's Ground Kontrol, The 1up is Denver's take on an arcade bar. Stocked with 15 pinball machines, 3 skeeball lanes, giant Jenga sets and 45 classic arcade games including Donkey Kong, Frogger, Pac Man, NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat, The 1up is a dream for grown-ups that refuse to grow up. Make sure to bring a stash of quarters as the game prices haven't grown up either (.25 cents for arcade and skeeball games, .50 for pinball machines)."

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Mike S

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This place was a fun way to burn a couple hours. The drinks are fun premixed cocktails. The staff is friendly but feels like they are overworked. They have several of my classic games staples; Tron, TMNT, pinball, couple light gun games. They also had several 4 player pacman, which is great.You can put $20 in tokens on your tab (no less). The problem is that all the games take a single token and it's hard to go through that many by yourself. They do have a machine that does smaller denominations.

Serena Becker

Google

The drinks were way over priced and incredibly sugary. When you change your money, they give you tokens not quarters. So I have a purse full of tokens because I put a 20 in. The staff was not very friendly. It definitely needs a good cleaning. But the selection of games was fantastic. Most of them appear to be working. The bathrooms were not kept very well, however.

Aaron Bertaud

Google

This worker ruined my experience. 1. Drinking on the job 2. on his phone the whole time 3. i noticed a machine was wobbly and when i let him know he laughed and then replied “they’re all wobbly bro”, then immediately went back in his phone. *photo attached for proof Other than that the games were classic and very fun.

Holly Tumbarello

Google

I always love visiting 1Up! We went on a Friday night after a Rockies game and it was very busy. We still were able to play all the games we wanted, just had to wait in line for some of them. Good selection of games and a lot of different kinds of pinball machines. Even though it was busy, we didn’t have to wait too long to get drinks although it was hard to move around inside in certain areas. I personally enjoyed the Pac-Man machine which allowed 4 of us to play at once!

E Routh

Google

Great place to have some fun, arcade games worked well and it wasn’t too crowded on a Friday afternoon. I just think that the drinks were a bit expensive and we were told before even sipping it “the drink has about two or 3 shots” as a fair warning or heads up in case we ask? Not sure but wife and I are lightweight because we don’t drink really at all and with these drinks we felt nothing, despite that it still was a great experience 😊

Elicia Cano

Google

Great service, staff was nice and when we accidents spilled a drink and cup they quickly came to clean it up and even offered a replacement. Don’t put your drink on the slanted games, there are small drink ledges in between :) $20 for a bag of tokens wasn’t bad and they lasted us a couple of hours. Even when they picked up and got busier we still have plenty of options for games. Fun place to have some fun cocktails and play some games!

Caliub Carlson

Google

Great place and great staff bartenders are very friendly and definitely know good customer service definitely a place I recommend when looking for a cool place to go with so friends

Danny D.

Google

My wife and I love this place. We enjoyed playing Pac-Man for hours and playing some pinball machines. This is a must when coming to Colorado. They also have twisted tea on tap

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Mike S

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Serena Becker

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Aaron Bertaud

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Holly Tumbarello

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E Routh

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Elicia Cano

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Caliub Carlson

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Great place and great staff bartenders are very friendly and definitely know good customer service definitely a place I recommend when looking for a cool place to go with so friends

Danny D.

Google

My wife and I love this place. We enjoyed playing Pac-Man for hours and playing some pinball machines. This is a must when coming to Colorado. They also have twisted tea on tap