Nerdvana

It is a very fun and interesting dining experience which you can choose your table based on what game system that you would like to play (like PlayStation, XBox, Nintendo, Switch, board games). Food is great, we ordered the dragon eggs , chicken and shrimp , shrimp and grits. The menu items are very nerdy vibes. This place also kids friendly. We came here after we went to National Videogame Museum which is just 5 minutes down the road, and by showing your wristband/receipt from the museum you will get a 10% discount on food except alcohol items. Worth to give it a try!!

Where to begin? As soon as you walk in the ambience and hostess let's your nerdy ass know you are in for an experience! Pick your console, order from a premier choice of cocktails (and mocktails!) and some amazing food. Then settle in to game while your order is brought and prepare to enjoy yourself with the entire experience!

The concept of playing video games is fun, but the execution was very disappointing. The service was poor — we only saw our waitress twice, once for drinks and again only after asking another server to find her, despite the restaurant not being busy. The food didn’t help the experience. The churro pancakes were inedible due to unmixed baking soda throughout, and the shrimp and grits were bland. The only highlights were the Parmethean sandwich and the deviled eggs, which I would recommend. Overall, this had potential, but the lack of service and inconsistent food quality made it an extreme letdown.

Always a lovely experience 💚 it's the perfect place to take your nerdy date! Food is fantastic albeit on the pricier side, so do be prepared. Service is always so sweet. And save room for dessert!

This was such a fun find! The drinks were top notch, and the food was good to the last bite. Highly recommend the Irish Gin drink and the flatbread! They dont skimp on the chicken or goat cheese! Our server was so easy to talk with and made sure we got what we wanted to eat! The ability to play old and new school games while there was just the cherry on top. And if you visit the National Video Game Museum before hand, you get 10% off your bill with your wristband!

I usually don’t leave negative reviews for restaurants — if I don’t like a place, I simply don’t return. But I think sharing this experience might help others who are deciding whether to try a new spot, especially for a special occasion like we did. The place itself is nice, but the prices don’t match the quality or service. We paid $26 for a chicken thigh with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts, and $12 for a kids’ mac and cheese. When you’re paying a little extra, you expect the food and the service to reflect that. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. I didn’t finish my meal, and neither did the kids. The waitress never checked in to ask if everything was okay. We were celebrating my wife’s birthday, and she asked if they did anything for birthdays. We weren’t expecting a free dessert — even a simple “happy birthday” would’ve been appreciated. Instead, the server just said, “Not really,” and that was it. Overall, it wasn’t the experience we hoped for, especially for a special occasion.

Nerdvana is fantastic! Great food and gaming nostalgia all in one spot. The Mac & Cheese Bites are a must. The Short Rib Poutine is incredible—add a fried egg and thank me later! Son & wife loved the quesadillas. Go try it!

Absolutely amazing I love the atmosphere and the food! The servers are always kind and knowledgeable as well. Would recommend for just the food! The video games are just a gigantic plus. This is the perfect date night location 10/10 from me :)

I took my boyfriend here on his birthday for drinks and games. There was a wide selection of drinks and there was food. We did not eat this visit. You have your own screen and video games at your table. I did not recognize the video games available at our booth (selections and gaming system varied by table). We decided to play a board game instead of a video game, and had a nice time enjoying our drinks and a competitive game of Scrabble. The server was friendly and efficient. Vibe is family-friendly and lively.

Checked out this new family-friendly spot -- Nerdvana in Frisco, TX! @nerdvanabytes Free video games while you eat?! Such a fun vibe and the food was actually so good. Their specialty cocktails? 10/10 -- seriously, you'll love them. Great family-friendly fun and an awesome experience for all ages! ‍‍‍ Service was a little slow but everything else made up for it! Definitely add @nerdvanabytes to your list of places to visit in North Dallas. Tell them @foodiesonthemove_ sent you! . . #northdallas #friscotx #dfwrestaurants #dallaseats #exploredfw #dfwblogger #videogames #thingstododallas

Finally able to check out this location. What a cool concept to play games while dining. This would be a fun date night spot. We decided to check it out and sat at the bar for drinks. It was really fun playing video games and just hanging out. The service was okay. We will be back to try the food.

Very fun and very good. We learned about this place from visiting the National Videogame Museum. If you go to the museum beforehand, keep your wrist band- you get a discount! We enjoyed getting to choose between board games or video games- we went with old school SNES. The place was very clean. We thoroughly enjoyed our food and drinks. The food menu is digital, so you scan the QR code. Lots of fun and creative food names. Some items are available noon to 4pm and other items available only after 4pm. We ordered the Benedict and the chicken and biscuits, s'mores and banana pudding. All were very good. The restrooms are located at the front and were very nice and clean water closets, with clear "vacant" or "occupied" lights and signs. My only disappointment was the screens are all mute- so no Mariokart music or DK music. All screens are set to mute- which would make sense to keep the ambience nice. The main music was enjoyable and not overpowering or loud, but it was a little disappointing to not hear some of the original SNES tunes. All in all, a great experience. We're looking forward to coming back!

Great place for drinks and playing games. Not so much when it comes to the deserts. The cheesecake tasted weird, pass on that. The smores one wasn't too great either.

I highly recommend this place to hang out or even for a first date. Right off the bat it's a nice restaurant that offers lots of games and delicious food. They keep it clean! The game equipments are cleaned after every use so you don't have greasy controllers or tables. Everyone is friendly and they are helpful when you need anything. They have tons of gaming consoles so you can test it out. You'll know if your partner is a sore loser or a good character by playing games and you can actually hang out with your friends for some good fun! They have bartenders that will make you some tasty drinks. Don't worry about the food, it's pretty good. You have 2.5 hours max to play and they ask you to spend at least $15 per person which is doable and reasonable. We picked the ps5 console but should have picked a different gaming console because we e didn't have many 2 player games on it. Hence, not a 5 stars. But I was told other consoles will have more multiplayer games. The food is actually great! And quality is there! When I heard about this place I wasn't sure if I'd like the food thinking it was going to be like some crappy bar food. However, these are great!!! My fav is the steak fries! Absolutely delicious and fairly priced! Side note, they have a dog friendly patio!!! (No games allowed outside though but great if you just want some food and a change of scenery) Highly recommend!

A fun place to go outside your regular meal. Each table is equipped with some kind of console where you can play video games. There are also board games you can borrow from the back. The cocktails were great and the environment was clean.

I took Jason to Nirvana Fun Place knowing what it was--and it quickly became his favorite spot! Now it's our go-to for date nights and hanging out with friends. The food? Surprisingly (and ridiculously) good. The drinks are on the pricier side, but with their creative themes, the fun atmosphere, and overall vibe, they're totally worth it. Whether we're in the mood for a chill night or something more lively, Nirvana always delivers. We've tried multiple food items and drinks but I have simply wine & chicken bite pictures. Will be better about pictures Service is always good! Does have a 2.5 hour max table time - kinda stinks

finally made it back here for a second time and ended up sitting at the Nintendo switch table again lol. This time I got an order of the mac and cheese ballz again and Then I ordered the high steaks sandwich. The sandwich was actually pretty good. It was a bit salty but I still enjoyed it. I think it would've been even better with some mushrooms added on. The fries here are always good. Again, a lil heavy on the salt this go round but it wasn't so bad that it wasn't edible. I kinda like salty food anyways sometimes so I thought it was pretty good. I had a great time here again and so did my date. Cant wait to go back again to keep trying more menu items. So far I have not been disappointed with either meal Ive had here.

I tried the Bricks Chicken yesterday and it was really good. Service was good as well. We went for my son's birthday and he had a blast.

We went here pretty late on a Sunday, so it was very easy to get seated. Interesting layout, super friendly hostess, clean booth and table. Upon arriving you'll be given choices between board games and several consoles- from a switch to an Xbox to a Nintendo OG- we were given our controllers before we even ordered drinks so we could get started finding a game right away. We had ready had dinner so we opted for drinks and desserts. All were very good. We were playing a putt putt golf game and were nearly done when we realized it was 10 mins before closed so we wrapped it up before the game could tell me I'd lost horribly. Our waiter was prompt, friendly, and didn't forget about us while doing his closing duties. His name was Shay I believe and I could totally be spelling that wrong but if you get him, may you treat him well. This metroplex is so large I try not to hit many places over and over but this will definitely be a fun one to revisit, try their full menu, and bring friends. I had an awesome time, all terrible golf performances aside.

I had never tried this place even though it's been there for several years. I have family that have gone and they rave about the food, but I was hung up on the fact that it was a video game restaurant. I'm not a gamer so there was never an appeal to go, but this time I got roped in. . The food was great! The gaming entertained our large party but I did not partake. Everyone else seemed to enjoy it. Now the food --loaded fries, poutine, steak sandwich, deviled eggs, mac & cheese bites, spinach and artichoke dip and the crispy chicken biscuit brought raves from everyone around the table. We actually ordered a second tray of the deviled eggs. They were so good. Sidenote, the horseradish aïoli that came with the steak sandwich was fire. I would order that on the side of everything!

We've been to Nerdvana 3 times now and have enjoyed ourselves every time! Wait times have typically been less than we expected, and the one time we did have to wait we did it at the bar, which might be my favorite place we've sat! The food and drinks are so much higher quality than I went in expecting, and they have a great selection of both! Some highlights: *The poutine fries are the BEST thing on the menu, highly recommend! *Some favorite drinks are the Diamond Butt Stallion, Moonstone LLD and Mad Moxxi. I love that all their stuff is named after video game culture! *Service has always been friendly and awesome! Some suggestions: *It would be nice to have set games (like 2-3) on each console, so that you know no matter where you sit you'll have access to at least a few of the same games as anywhere else. Like every Switch should have Mario Kart, every Xbox should have Jackbox, etc. *During one of our visits, we were at a table that seated 4, and had 15ish games available on Xbox, but more than half were single player only? It would be nice if they had a better selection of local co-op games, we were surprised there were so few options at that table. *Game volume would be nice, even set low enough so that it isn't overwhelming. All suggestions are meant with sincerity as we love this place and want to see it continue to thrive! We'll definitely be back!

Samantha was our server. She did an outstanding job. The poutine is amazing! Our son always has a great time here playing video games. It's a great place for family and friends to get together for good food, good drinks and a good time .

What a fun place for game night! When you arrive, you get to pick your game console. There are certain games downloaded to each console. There's an expert gamer that patrols the restaurant in case you need help. DO NOT order a skinny margarita. It was so gross I spit it out and had to order something else. The regular margarita was fine. Happy Hour lasts until 6:30 pm. The food was okay. The braised short ribs might not have been braised long enough, the chicken was grossly tough, and the Brussel Sprouts were crazy salty. On the plus side, the brownie and ice cream was good enough. Next time, I might just sit at the bar, have a few beers, and play a few games. The food isn't worth eating.

It was such a pleasant surprise! We were just cruising through Frisco and as first timers, we did not expect the super fun experience we came upon. Our boys love video games, of course, and were delighted to see that they had food offerings along with adult beverages. Mom and dad had a blast along with the boys. Will be back again when we're in the neighborhood.

I wouldn't go for the service..... ( they don't care here ) I gave this place 5 stars some time ago. And i almost never give 5 stars. The food has shape shifted over priced sad food. The time it took to get our food was crazy and then it wasn't good. Not much has changed as far as ambiance, I'd be nice to see more games to play on the consoles. Now the bad part... I posted the shot of two empty glasses to show the down fall of the service here. Not only did a person stop by to drop off our appetizer but another service picked up our dishes and not one of them bothered to refill our drinks. I believe we saw our server a total of 3 times the entire time. Next time I'll just go to Jake's

This place is awesome!!! It was suggested to us and it did not disappoint! I had some spinach artichoke dip, we had the mac n cheese balls, poutine and I ate the Strongfork's Parmethea Sandwich (I.e. chicken parm). The service was awesome, as well! But the best part was the video games! Playing games at the table used to be forbidden until now! Eat and play!! Will definitely be back!

Food was 5/10. I remember a few years bad it was definitely 2/10 it was really bad but these pass few times have been good. good job Nerdvana will come again Great place for family and friends!

Great experience! Came around 6pm on a Friday and didn't have a wait. Would really love to see more vegan friendly options as snacking and drinking is a nice way to pass the time but it's really limited. Would come back occasionally but the snack options limit the frequency! Service was great and attentive.

Really cool spot for gamers or anyone with kids to enjoy some video games while eating or drinking. They told us 45 min wait for a table but the bar is open. Looking around i seen 6 empty tables so idk what was going on. I ordered the super smash it was decent. I like my mojito more minty. Ill for sure be back

Nerdvana is amazing! The staff is incredibly nice, the food is very well made, and I love the amount of games the place has to offer. The prices are on the higher side but given how many games Nerdvana operates it's understandable. This place is wonderful for groups of friends!

Wow, just wow! I've always been a big nerdy guy but never had I tried a video game cafe. Kyle was my bartender and he made our drinks great. Macy was our server, she was friendly and on top of things. Fun time , good food, Highly recommend.

Cute little restaurant! I love the idea of being able to have a date night here or meeting up with a group of friends. You can pay video games while you eat! Chicken and biscuits wasn't good. Both were dry. I LOVED the coconut shrimp, but wished they gave you more. The drinks weren't amazing, but not bad. Our bartender was helpful. A little overpriced, but I liked the concept.

Total rating 4.5/5 (so I'm going with the 5 star) Nerdvana is a completely exciting (for me) experience for dinner. If you love games, or you have kids and want to do something fun, this is the place to go. You can choose from a couple of different gaming stations to enjoy during your food experience. There is a "game master" who walks around helping anyone who has issues with their games. The food itself is solid, yummy "bar style" food to enjoy while playing.

This is an outstanding, Hip, trendy place for drinks and video games. We chose several appetizers to share along with several drinks. Servers are friendly and attentive. Next time we will play games. Also there is a specialty coffee shop for the morning cup of Joe- I hear it's great. I will be back!

Nathan and Alec...thank you for all your recommendations and great service! This place was so fun and delicious drinks and food. Highly recommend Nerdvana. Ask for Nathan - he is a part Of an amazing team!

A very fun concept! Prices are decent, food is very good, service is quality. Great vibes. While the food is good, I was disappointed with the selection. Great taste none-the-less.

Great food, from their scratch kitchen. Equally as delicious drinks, mine even had glitter in it & gaming for the kids. Happy kids = happy life.

Nerdvana definitely lives up to its name! Nerd heaven location where if you mixed gaming, food, drinks, board game, and an overall fun experiencing into one you get this lovely place. It's an interesting concept as you are greeted with a few pieces of instructions of $15 minimum buy per person and your choice of PlayStation 5, Xbox, PS4, board games and other gaming systems. From there it is exactly what you expected with playing games, eating, and drinking. Overall this place did its trick in entertaining our group of four kids and two adults. Only criticism I would put is the food is severely lacking as its quality is that of what you think at a pub or frozen food you can make at home. However the entertainment, great service, and overall fun experiences pushed it to a 4/5 stars.

My partner and I went on a couples date with friends on a Saturday night. Since Farm and Feed closed, I was happy to discover this spot. We had the selection of PS4, Xbox, Nintendo, and board games to play. Customer service was great, the food was good with nice portions sizes, and we had no issues with the games. We have already planned a day to go back! Definitely an upgrade to other similiar spots.

After driving by this almost daily, making too many mental notes to visit, finally today took the fam here in the evening for games and snacks. First up Frisco downtown is freaking annoying. It's like someone decided to come up with the worst, most confusing parking, annoying and build it. Anyway, there is reserved street parking in the back plus a public parking structure too so parking was aplenty. We were greeted by the hosts and they asked us board or vid games. We chose vid because kids ... And then PS4 vs switch with the former winning as we have a switch at home. We were advised of a $10 minimum per person, fair enough. So table for 4 turns out this particular PS4 only had 3 controllers ... Ok. One person cannot play. Wife lost out. The PS4 had about 15 games. A decent collection. I wish there were more coop or multi player games ...m actually wish they had more games as we found ourselves wishing we had taken the switch. We made do with something called gang beasts. Food was just ok. We had coconut shrimp, Mac and cheese bites and the jalo popper dip. Kids had ice cream. They wanted hot chocolate but for some reason they don't serve that here. They have milk, coffee, chocolate milk but no hot chocolate? Like just get some nesquick or nestle dudes. I wanted a latte but they only had cold brew and drip at that time. Boo! So the food ... Meh. It was reasonably priced to it's credit but flavors were just mediocre. The coconut shrimp and Mac and cheese bites were served with sonic boom sauce which is kind of like bang bang sauce. Mac and cheese bites would have been better with ranch. The jalo dip was pretty solid though. In the end we spent about 34 bucks just below the min. I was not hassled about it. The service in fact was generally good except our server stopped checking in on us after a while. I wanted to get a drip coffee but ultimately by the time he came back we were ready to go. Would I go back? Nope but my kids want to so we will. They want to play the switch next time and I'm like we have one at home but they claim it's not the same. Damn right it's not. There isn't a $10 minimum at home!

This is my son's favorite go to restaurant. A bit pricey but the feed if really good and always consistent. Bonus playing video games in a cool atmosphere. There's a minimum spend here but worth while.

Nerdvana was such a fun experience! I loved getting to play games while sharing drinks and snacks. All of the staff were extremely helpful and kind. For food, we ordered the spinach artichoke dip and the brownie rampage. I would say the food is pretty average. The brownie was a bit cakey and less "brownie" texture. I really enjoyed that they warmed the brownie so that the ice cream melted over the top! The strawberries on the brownie were also super fresh & delicious. In terms of drinks, I was hoping to try the Nightshade but they were unfortunately out of butterfly pea tea. I ordered the Moonstone LLD instead which was a lemony lavender drink! I enjoyed it and thought it was a very pretty drink, but it was very lemony! I would not order unless you REALLY like both lemon and lavender. Just a heads up that you are asked to order $15 worth of food & drink to play games. They also have a huge selection of beers on tap which I will definitely be back to try in the future!

My family and I had an incredible dining experience at this restaurant! The food was simply amazing and bursting with delicious flavors that left my taste buds dancing and my belly full! The customer service was exceptional with an attentive and friendly staff member named Andrew, who went above and beyond to make this an enjoyable outing. This place exuded a fun but also relaxing vibe allowing the kids to play games while eating. I was impressed by the swift service which allowed for a seamless and delightful dining experience. We order appetizers , main course , and dessert and it was all very delicious! I only got one photo.

The cutest latte art during winter! The cafe is connected to the restaurant and I enjoy going to both. The restaurant is a perfect date spot... you can eat and drink while also having fun playing games ($10 minimum food purchase to play and soo worth it)!

Decent. Food was good, but apparently we had to pay extra to switch tables with a different counsel so not a fan of that policy. However it's a pretty fun experience

I visited with a group of 7. We were seated quickly. The drinks were really quite tasty and we had fun playing a board game at the table. I will say that one member of our table was perusing the drink menu and the server snatched it out of his hands, I'm assuming to demo to us, but it seemed rude. We also came straight from work and we weren't allowed to bring our water bottles in and while I understand why, most of us came in an Uber, so it wasn't convenient to store them. The food was high quality and we got our food pretty fast after ordering.

Drinks food and games! Who could go wrong! This place was super cute and fun. We had a great server, but bartender just had low energy, which is why the four stars! I love the idea of a games place where you have lots of options to play with everything! Board games and different Nintendo or Xbox! We order lots of apps so we could try everything and it was all good. Strangely enough the fries were sooo sooo good we ordered two extra sides of them and the chicken bites were amazeballs too!!! Coming back for more games and drinks!

Went for the first time last week with my family and played so many board games. The service was a 10/10 food was great came out fast and was hot would rate it 8/10. Will definitely be back with friends

Came here on a whim last weekend! It was the 2nd time we've been to Nerdvana and it wont be the last! This place is so fun! When you walk in, you have the option to choose whether you want to play with video games or board games. Both times that we've been here, we've only played with board games. There's a variety of board games to choose from! We picked battleship this time and last time, we did connect4! Basically, easy games to teach a toddler, which made it a fun family game night! As for the food, it was all delicious!! The menu items have very clever throwback names. The food is made to order coming out piping hot! Everything was full of flavor and not what we expected! Highly recommend and we'll be back!

Fun and food!! You get to choose the game system and the game you want to play at you table! Food was delish! Such a fun eatery and environment!

Food Cocktails MarioKart Settlers of Catan I promise you I'm over the age of 13! . Seriously though- Nerdvana is great for all ages. Great HH specials T-F 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. No reservations are accepted so plan accordingly. Although, waiting isn't too bad with craft beers & cocktails.

Great concept for young kids and families. They have board games and video games. Expect a wait on the weekends. We had to hunt down our server every time we needed something. He kept trying to push us to buy drinks. Food and drinks are priced at a high point. Each person have to spend at least $15. I'd go there to try a board game before buying but definitely not for the food.

My friend took me here to game and try their vegan burger. There was a bit of a wait, which is to be expected if you come here, simply because it is a attraction/experience. I opted for the veggie burger with LTOP and it was pretty good. The fries were the best part! I found that the impossible burger was really salty. I also thought for the price it wasn't that amazing, it was like 15 bucks. Comparing the taste and price I think next time I would rather go to McDonald's get their burger(5 bucks also the impossible patty), and just order a bunch of fries and cherry coke next time! I really liked how clean and up kept this restaurant is. I will say my server wasn't super attentive, but you wouldn't want anyone too attentive either when gaming, so I think it was a happy medium!

Love the atmosphere, great options for those interested in playing video games and eating. The food was well prepared and tasted good. It is pretty expensive but worth the experience. Waiters were nice!

My friend and I got a ps4 console. We got the burgers and Mac n cheese balls. The Mac n cheese balls were good. French Fries were very average. The burger was good. The buns were crispy. The appeal of this place is the games, not the food. Death Squared and overcooked 2 we're fun coop games we enjoyed.

Was this an amazing time! Of course! The restraunt was super cool and such a fun concept. My boyfriend and I had so much fun. We would do some things differently though. We got a table with an XBox and there was only one solid game that we wanted to play. The other ones were hard to navigate, crashed, or did not include a multiplayer mode. You are stuck with the table you pick so got to be smart about it. Next time we will be going for a nintendo switch! The service was distracted, I ordered wine and it took me 15 minutes to get it the second time around. We were there for a while and only got checked on three times or so, less than what was necessary. We spent a lot this trip but we will probably just pay the 10 dollar minimum per person and get a fountain drink and an appetizer next time. The flatbread was good, so I would probably just stick with that over the other things we tried. After this experience I feel like I know what to expect and what to choose next time for the best experience!

I tried both the "fireplace" and regular lavender lattes with oat milk... The fireplace is habanero and caramel and while it's REALLY good, I ultimately couldn't get more than two sips in so I ordered a lavender oat milk latte to replace it... I'm not sure but it looks like they use oak cliff coffee for their espresso beans. They also appear to use the Pacific barista series oat milk and it was soooo good and frothy! I can't figure out how the games work here, but supposedly they have board games to play while you're here on the coffee bar side. The restaurant side has video games while you eat or drink! Love coming here and will definitely be back!