Insert Coins

«He said, ‘Your eyes are much too bright.
‘The things you say are never right,
‘The sins of all the world lie on your head.’»
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I am not one to publish anodyne reviews. Get over it.
I also do not allow HQ to have the final word on anything. Have fun deleting this every day; I sure will re-​posting it. I will post it every day. Every single day. Close my account if you have a problem with it, Unilocal®. Close my account.
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5 $ cover? Seriously … Five bucks on top of the 250 $ to play video games? Seriously?
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I indeed patronised this fine establishment before it closed. I walked in. Paid 5 $ cash with that denomination with the sixteenth President on it. Walked around looking for people I knew. Found them. Played some Mario Kart®*.
*Always choose Toad.
I drank some pineapple juice. (It was terrible.)
I drank some water. (It derived from Lake Mead, therefore delicious.)
One of the purses from our party apparently grew functional legs and walked off.
Note to the Flag Squad: Go ahead and flag anyway. We all know you will.
Flag early, flag with frequency.
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It was hot as frick in there. Hey IC, do you know that in 2015 there is such an invention referred to as climate control? A lot of the businesses in the valley employ its liberal use.
It was loud as frick in there. Hey IC, do you know that you are not a high-​end club, and that there is (video)gaming transpiring here, and thus some conversing is requisite? A bit of common sense would find that lowering the amps just a smidgen would be advisable.
I witnessed security unnecessarily batter an inebriated patron. I helped the guy up while the uniformed employees from Insert Coins stared. They were apparently paid to batter and stare. It’s one thing to eject someone; however, it is something else to eject him by violently pushing him on the asphalt on a sidewalk that is heavily trafficked by patrons and just passerbyers. Wonder how those skills/​job duties look today on that résumé they have to shop around now that IC is shuttered.
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When staff get their kicks out of sadistically hurting patrons for no justifiable reason, then it is pretty clear that the entire outfit is rotten to its core. It was not the first time either; however, Insha Allah, it might have been the last. Good riddance Insert Coins.
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Game over™.
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Rating: One-​star, «Eek! Methinks not.» (It didn’t close soon enough.)

Not much to say here.
I used to enjoy this place when they first opened and now… not so much.
Fast forward to a few months ago… they are closed.
Oh well.

Im so sad this placed closed. I dont go out very often anymore but i was looking forward to coming here on my birthday again. Last year was amazing

I liked insert coins. I wasn’t able to get to this place very much but everyone I’ve taken there who lived oot Loved it! They were amazed at the old games that took them back to their childhood. And then battles ensued. Lol FUN TIMES!!!

Would be a 3 because of the cost of drinks, but the idea is unique

I loved this place. And I’m sad that I am just now writing a review on it.
Sure the service wasnt great and some of their arcade controllers are broken, but I loved the music, loved the vibe and loved the fact that I can get f*cked up and beat everyone’s asses in video games.
BRING IT BACK! BRING IT BACK!

I came here years ago (in July 2012), and I remember having a really great time here.
Fast forward to today. The coin operated machines were pretty beat down. Every machine we played seemed to have something wrong with it (button broken, or a joystick that wouldn’t go in a certain direction).
Atmosphere seemed a bit off… with a rare number of people here for dancing (there was a DJ). Bar seemed slow, and it was easy to get a drink.
It’s a place I’d check out again next time I’m on Fremont, but my expectations are much lower.

Insert Coins is both a great place to start your night in DTLV or end it here. A friend and i made it here after «The Great Vegas Festival of Beers». We were already fueled up and need to top off the tank a little more. The beer selection was decent with your typical corporate big 3 but also had a variety of craft and Euro brews to choose from as well.
One great feature of Insert Coins you don’t find many places is the great choice of throwback coin op arcade classics like Mario Bros, Tetris, Street Fighter, and Atari Classic Pac Man. I feel this is a great place to hold on to my youth when I play these games. Most game have been made to handle your adult beverage either on the side of the machine or near the coin slot.
Another enjoyable benefit of going to insert coins is the music. The sound system is nice and loud and the selection of music respectable. They play just about everthing you can imagine from hip hop, punk, reggae, and then they have frequent EDM Dj’s mostly during the Weekends. The Light up bar is really cool looking as well. The bartenders could have been more attentive I thought. I saw many people impatiantly waiting for drinks several times for several minutes with out being acknowledged. Just an observation.
This weekend is there 3 year Anniversary so make you sure you stop by and have a drink and toast to Insert Coins for many more years to come in #DTLV.

The one place that I can play Tetris and compete with friends while at a bar.
I don’t know much else besides that.
The interior is nice, with a mix of posh (with the blue lights or whatever at the bar) and down to earth feel due to the video games. The dance floor can be fun if people are grooving and the music is good.
I like that this place doesn’t get too crowded, and you can actually dance without having to go to a club.
There’s a $ 5 charge for men. I’m not sure what days, but definitely on the weekend.

If I could I would’ve given this place 3.5 stars, but I’ll just give them 4 because I had a nice time. This was one of the 3 places we stopped by that night. I went here on Thursday night with one of my old college friends and it was actually a cool place to hangout at. That night the bar light was blue; I loved how the whole bar counter was lighted up. I thought that was a great way to brighten up the place because it was pretty dark in there. My friend is a big gamer and he loves his liquor, so this was the perfect place for him. He told me I needed to check it out! Apparently they had a lot more games before, but I thought they had quite a selection still. They had your old arcade games, Nintendo games, Xbox games, and etc. I’m sure they would be really fun to play drunk haha!
I felt like it was kind of dead or the place might have seem that way because it’s pretty big in there. It was a Thursday night so it could be just a slower night, but it is Vegas. It really didn’t matter to me honestly. I wasn’t there to see anyone, but to hangout with my friend. The bartender we had started off great in the beginning, but he slowly forgot about us towards the ending. He made me a drink with fire ball and something similar to rumchata. It tasted like Christmas in a cup; my friend later got one too! We ordered around 10 drinks that night and the last couple of drinks were filled with ice. Blessing in disguise or bartender trick, so their customers won’t feel like dying the next morning? Which I totally did anyways! Haha! Who knows…
I would definitely come back here on my next bar hop.
Ps~ Ask them to make you the rumchata and fire ball drink if you want something sweet with a kick to sip on.

From 3÷17÷15
For St Patty’s Day, we decided to hangout on Fremont Street, and also check out Insert Coins. Once you enter this place, it’s like you just went to gamer heaven *Cue the harps!* It was nothing but awesome everywhere we turned, games from my childhood, lounges with consoles you can play, and animé on the TV’s– can you nerding out!
After we came down from gamer overload, it was time to get some drinks, the prices were pretty reasonable and the cocktails made strong. We sat down in one of the seats with the gaming console then turned the SNES on to play Super Mario All-​Stars, but within minutes we were told we had to rent the lounge area. In other words, it’s like VIP or bottle service at the club to play the gaming consoles. I don’t know how much it cost and didn’t bother to ask.
Anyway, we went to the arcade section of the bar and decided on a game of Marvel vs. Capcom 2, one of my all time favs and a classic for sure! I have to say this was a pretty enjoyable place; I shall return.

I’ve been in this place a few times over the past couple years. It’s nothing particularly impressive one way or the other, just a typical bar with overpriced drinks and the novelty of some outdated video games (a lot of which don’t actually work). In Vegas, it’s not particularly hard to find cheap drinks or local bands that don’t even charge a cover. So, paying to watch some band you never heard of and paying way too much for drinks in a half empty bar is just not that impressive or anything worth going out of the way for.
But what would really knock their rating down to zero stars (if that was actually an option) is their overbearing and violent bouncers that recently beat up a guy who they didn’t like being on the sidewalk out in front of the bar and then broke the phone of a witness who was videotaping it. You can watch that video, in which three of them beat and choke a guy while he is lying basically motionless on the ground right here:

What’s the point of going to a bar/​club/​lounge? To have fun, that’s all. And insert coins is fun, you’d have to try to not have fun here.
Cheap drinks, fun video games, cool bar keeps.
The music is always cool here! For real, the girl DJ, DJ88, she is my favorite. She does old school hip hop, mixed with edm, with funk, disco, moombathon, your adrenaline will enjoy her. And so will your eyes, she’s a looker, but what’s most attractive about her is her skills and enthusiasm.
But yeah, I like this place, add it your bar hopping adventure. Trust me.

If you’re looking for a cool bar to hang out at and play some games in the process, look no further! We went in and ordered some drinks. Prices are comparable to most bars on the strip. As long as you are drinking, you can play games for free at the bar. Selection isn’t the widest (bar or machine wise) and they will not switch out the current game in the system.
Most of the bartenders were super friendly. Some of them looked like they’d rather be anywhere but there. They offer bottle service which allows you to play any console game you’d like all night. Cool idea but made me want to play other games even more.
They have a DJ at 10 pm but no one was really dancing. Music was great though and added to the overall atmosphere.
I would say add some variety to games offered and PLEASE get a few pinball machines! Beyond that, worth a trip if you are on Fremont Street.

Eh, if I was here for about 15 minutes I might be able to say I enjoyed myself, unfortunately I was here way too long and this place brought me down. I think everyone can agree video games and drinking are fun but you’ve got to have the right games to really make it a treat.
Insert Coins game selection isn’t very good, I guess finding classic games from the 80’s and 90’s is becoming harder and harder with so many Barcades popping up all over the place, I’d advise Insert Coins to try to find a dealer to up their stock. They just don’t have enough quality games to peak my interest, after playing two I was utterly bored.
They also have a dance floor and DJ but her mix was all over the place and didn’t appear to entice anyone to the floor. An empty floor does not make for a fun party.
Staff was decent, nothing special about them but they were attentive enough. All in all this place really let me down, as much as I enjoy games and drinks, they have to be good games and drinks to make me happy.
PS, they also have a bathroom attendant, why oh why does a divey place like this need a bathroom attendant?

Arcade games are just a good idea. Always. I don’t care if you just got done with your drinking, your just getting started, or youre not drinking… youre just here to play arcade games. This is a place where you can come and enjoy your inner child. Your inner child that likes to drink and get down to some funky music on a tiny dance floor with a weird DJ.
Insert coins is just another reason why east Fremont street is just about my favorite part of Vegas. The place is fun, the bar isn’t full of video poker, and the crowd isn’t made up of the latest Southwest flight from St Louis full of drunken bachelors.
Load up your pockets full of quarters folks, you just may get lucky here (that is… lucky enough to beat your new strange friend at street fighter… trick: just hit the red button fast and a lot.)

While I enjoyed this end of Fremont versus the touristy area, Insert Coins was a «bleh» experience for me. Personally, I think the arcade game idea was cool… but it wasn’t integrated into the rest of the bar atmosphere or décor at all. The games were just… there. Line up against the wall and a standard square bar for drinks in the middle. Seemed as though someone bought a bar that shut down and threw some arcade games in to capitalize on the novelty and nostalgia.
Didn’t totally work for me, plus I thought the drinks were pretty pricey compared to others in that walking area.
What did me in was when I asked for a water…$ 3. I asked for tap water and they said «no, we can only sell you bottled water.» Not only is that environmentally unfriendly, but it is a load of crap and a scheme on customers to take more of their money. Yes, you are in business to make a profit… but find another way than customers trying to stay hydrated while having a good time OR by providing a drink for their DD.

After a failed attempt to come here during my cousin’s bachelor party, destiny had brought me back here!
My cousin and I went to go pay a visit to a friend hosting an event at the Vanguard Lounge. Right next door to the Vangard, low and behold it was Insert Coins! Video game nerd nostalgia alert!
My cousin, friend, and I decided to pay a visit to Insert Coins. Once we stepped foot in the building, I had to take in the view of the nicely decorated interior with an island bar, surrounded by arcade machines. Off to the one side of the bar was a lounge area with more video games! After browsing around the building, I went a grabbed a chair at the bar. At the bar besides alcohol were numerous Xboxes with flat screen TVs hanging overhead. I picked the Xbox that had the game Marvel vs. Capcom 3, which was one of my favorite video game mash ups.
While being entertained by one of my favorite games, I was accompanied by another gentlemen by the name of Jameson. He also brought a friend with him named coke! Those two together are great company. Alcohol enthusiast will get this. After playing a couple rounds of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, I decide to walk around the room to find another arcade treasure to play. I ran into old friends such as Double Dragon II, Terminator, and Street Fighter II just to name a few.
After spending some time here, I felt accomplished. A failed mission is now a victory! For any video game nerds, like myself, this is the place to be! But, if you’re under 21, sorry you got to wait till then.

Good music. Good old school games… I’ve enjoyed hanging out at Insert Coins since it opened in Downtown LV a few years back whenever my friends and I are in town. It’s chill and the drinks arent too expensive. It’s a good place to spend a few hours… It’s always good to listen to some golden era hip hop while playing some Street Fighter II. My only gripe is that some of the buttons would be out of order on the machines. This was the case when I first played Street Fighter II there. I thought there should definitely have been an ‘out of order’ sign on it. There probably wasnt cause they know people want to play that game. But having only 4 out of the 6 buttons operational, left me for slim pickens opposite anyone that played me.
The last time I was there we ran into some fellow friends also visiting from Los Angeles and they had bottle service that night. I forget the exact amount for their 2 bottles but it was extremely low compared to any club on the strip or any of the «higher end» clubs in DTLV… So that was good to know. Also bottle service tables there have gaming consoles so you guys can play games at the table. Pretty cool… And what was also pretty cool the night we went was that there was an impromptu dance circle that had members of the Jabbawockeez and Super Crew putting on a show for us amateurs. Only in Vegas right?

This is a great concept but seems to fall a little short in the fact that half the games I ever want to play are broken. But there are so many positives still to share.
They have prime real estate when it comes to the East Fremont District being smack dab in the heart of it all. Step up to the bar and take a look at the TVs up above, see a game on there you like? Give the bartender your ID and get a wireless controller in return. Totally cool!
Get table and bottle and get your very own console to hook up to the big tv at your table. I’ve seen PS4, XBox 360 and original NES, SMB3 of course lol. I also saw a table w/​a Genesis once playing none other than the one and only Sonic. That would definitely make for a great evening out w/​friends.
They have put on numerous concerts in the back area also. We recently saw Pharcyde & Slum Village which, minus the technical diff w/​the audio, was a great time!