Smileys

McHenry, United States

3.5

Closed now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
Free Wi-Fi

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Telephone:
+1 301-387-0059
Website:
smileysfunzone.com
Address:
72 Fort Dr, McHenry, MD, 21541
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
Yes
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Good For
Lunch, Dinner
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Full Bar
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
Yes
Dogs Allowed
Yes
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (McHenry) 02:19 Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Smileys is the regions largest family amusement center with a full service Bar and Grill providing table service, take out, and delivery. For your convenience, we now offer online delivery and take out service which can be found on our website www​.dclsmi​leys​.com

We are known for our excellent pizza, our jumbo wings, a variety of subs and wraps, and of course our FAMOUS Signature Brew City Cheese Fries! We also offer full service casual dining entrees like NY Strip steak, Grilled salmon, Maryland Crab Cakes (no filler here), pasta bakes, and excellent fast service. Think ESPNZone or Dave and Busters? Smileys Fun Zone has four bowling lanes, indoor bumper cars, two go cart tracks, bumper boats, Smiley’s adventure style mini golf, batting cages, laser tag, and video and redemption arcade games. Check out cabin suite-​Stay & Play packages!

History

Established in 1996.

Smileys Pizzeria opened at Deep Creek Lake in 1996 after owner Jonathan «Smiley» Kessler opened the full service restaurant to complement the F.E.C he opened in 1991. Smiley (a nick name since college) jokes. «never eat in a skinny mans restaurant! We have an excellent staff of chefs and cooks lead by James Evans an accomplished chef and staff member at Smiley’s for more than a decade. Megan Redinger has worked at Smiley’s for over fifteen years and is now the general manager of Smiley’s and its staff of up to ninety depending on the season. Smiley’s is proud of being a long standing business member of the community and feel we handle the demands of a highly seasonal business environment exceptionally well. Some days we see 50 guests and the very next day may serve over 1000 guests. We designed the space to appeal to a broad spectrum from families, college age guests, and seniors. We offer great food and very reasonable prices. We Deliver to the greater McHenry area.

Meet the Manager

Megan R.

Manager

Megan Redinger started working at Smiley’s in the mini golf course as a fifteen year old. Today Megan is an accomplished manager of a seasonal staff that ranges from 30 to 90 members. Megan enjoys every day and greets most customers that come in the doors. Megan truly is the face of Smileys and the basis of the great customer service we provide.

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20 reviews of Smileys

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Place rating: 2
Baltimore, MD
I liked the crinkle cut fries. Bowling alley style pizza. As in, not good. I would not go back especially with so many other places in the area
Place rating: 4
Sterling, VA
Ordered delivery. Great pizza! Fries are not so good though. Reasonable prices.
Place rating: 5
Westerville, OH
Took a party of 36 into Smiley’s last Saturday night (1÷30÷16). They were very gracious and accommodating to our large party. The kids loved all of the games in the downstairs area and the adults loved hanging out upstairs with some great drinks and some pretty darn good wings. We ordered 5 orders of their 35 pc wing assortments and pretty much tried every sauce they offer. We highly recommend the Fiery Bleu Cheese sauce if you like spicy and the Dr. Pepper wings were very tasty as well. Will definitely make this part of our annual trips to Wisp in the future. Very relaxed atmosphere!
Place rating: 5
Jessup, MD
Here in deep creek with a group of friends (15) during a snow storm. We couldn’t get out of our driveway, so we ordered food and planned to walk to meet the delivery. Not only did they get all of orders right, Aaron walked through the snow to meet us to delivery our food. Amazing service.
Place rating: 4
Potomac, MD
Took the family here for New Years Eve dinner. Excellent service. Great food. Fun atmosphere.
Place rating: 2
Arlington, VA
We came here for the game room, laser tag and go cart racing. The arcade games required you to buy a game card. There was a very limited number of games and he room was almost like someone’s basement. The games were inexpensive but the selection was limited. A group of ten came to laser tag but they only had five working vests for us so only half of us could play. The bowling was interesting and could be played using the game card but not laser tag. In the end, one of my Friends went to check his ticket amount for a prize and the attendee said he played games that didn’t give tickets so we left without prizes.
There’s a restaurant upstairs but we didn’t try it. The go cart station was closed– not sure if it was because of the weather or because it was getting dark out. We were disappointed.
Place rating: 1
Oakland, MD
Waited forever for the waitress to come take our drink order, than waited about 20 minutes for her to bring our drinks… we finally got up and left after waiting 30 minutes. There was only one other table of 2 there
Place rating: 4
McHenry, MD
Good pizza and chicken cheesesteaks. Gamerrom is dirty and half of the games are broke
Place rating: 2
Tempe, AZ
Brought our kids. Most of the games are not working. Spent $ 100 for $ 150 card. It’s just OK.
Place rating: 4
Silver Spring, MD
I don’t eat meat and was very very satisfied with their veggie burger, Louisiana Po’Boy, and the crabs ms macaroni and cheese bake. The food was delicious! I really enjoyed the broccoli and cheese soup I received on the side of my bake. On each occasion I received my order by delivery. The delivery man was very polite and helpful when he forgot an item I had ordered. A friend of mine has been to the restaurant. They said that sit in dining has larger proportion size. Over all I am very happy with my experiences with Smileys!
Place rating: 4
New Brunswick, NJ
AWESOME PLACE!!! I was staying at the Blue Moon Rising (Another AWESOME PLACE) and extended my stay. I wanted pizza and searched for a place that delivers! Smileys is awesome! they were fast with delivery and the food smells so good. Freshly made!!! Love the wings and Gluten Free Pizza! Will order from here again whenever I’m up at BMR!!! :) Love MD! :)
Place rating: 5
Hagerstown, MD
We were staying at the Blue Moon Rising and had to find a place to get pizza on Valentine’s Day as the wait anywhere else was ungodly. Wasn’t expecting much but was I wrong! The Pizza crust was a little crispy, yet chewy and sweet. Not so much cheese that it was overpowering but just enough and with a wonderful flavor. Got the Beer Battered Fries which really hit the spot. Just as surprising was my Wife’s Veggie Burger which was cooked just right, perfect toppings and seasonings.
Will absolutely order from here again.
Place rating: 1
Port Washington, NY
Ordered from here because it was the only place that would deliver to the hotel I was at. Ordered a cheese pie, it was very disgusting. Most frozen pizzas were better than this. The quesadilla was at least edible.
Place rating: 4
Valley City, OH
We got a cheese and supreme pizza, BBQ wings and Chesapeake dry rub wings. Delivery was in the time told, order was right and food was good!
Place rating: 1
Frederick, MD
While the staff was nice and let our kids run around since the place was empty (maybe due to off season? We were there on a Friday afternoon early September), the food was less then wonderful. The pizza tasted like it was pulled out of the freezer and heated up. We ordered a total of 24 wings. 6 wings cost $ 5.99 and the. You add anywhere from $ 1.75-$ 3.25 depending on the sauce you want. Crazy crazy pricey! Thought they would be the largest, tastiest wings ever for that price.
Nope! Average size and hardly any sauce at all. Below impressed. Maybe they actually cook better during high season time. Not going back there anytime soon.
Place rating: 4
Silver Spring, MD
Food unexpectedly good for a place with go karts. The kids were happy, service was good. I would go back if in town for vaca again.
Place rating: 5
Herndon, VA
What a great afternoon! Our family stopped by over our spring break. We were in the true ‘off season’ for Deep Creek. When we arrived, we discovered that only the bar was open. Upon seeing the disappointed faces of our three girls, the staff managed to find someone to ‘open it up’. Our girls spent HOURS playing everything from duck pin bowling, to laser tag, to bumper cars, to the wide selection of games. The game area was quite clean and in great working order. We even managed to get in a game of mini-​golf before the weather turned! The ice cream was great and the full bar really topped off the afternoon.
I would like to acknowledge the staff. The team members of Smiley’s were excellent and really made us feel welcome. They truly went out of their way to make our afternoon special. I would highly recommend planning to spend some time at Smiley’s while at Deep Creek!
Place rating: 5
Ephrata, PA
Our family stopped at Smiley’s after an exhausting day at Wisp’s outdoor challenge park. Needless to say, we were all hungry, sweaty, and dirty… perfect ingredients for some pizza!
Yes, Smiley’s is an amusement-​a-​rhia. Part amusements, part pizzeria. Like a good mullet, all business upstairs, all party for kids downstairs. Typical deal where you buy a card with cash on it, swipe to play, and points/​credits are loaded on the card so you can redeem them and keep the Chinese economy in good shape. Kids had a blast, but we stuck to arcade games… didn’t try the 2 go-​cart tracks, mini-​golf, laser tag, or batting cages. Go carts were around $ 6 – 8 per ride, laser take was $ 6 per game, etc. Certain game/​ride packages are available on different nights of the week.
We sat upstairs at a booth overlooking the lake and ordered a large half pepperoni, a small chicken buffalo, and nachos for appetizers. Nachos were decent; pizza with pepperoni was good, and the buffalo pizza was decent, but maybe not as good as the regular pizza. Everyone was happy, ate well, and offered no complaints.
Service was solid. Drinks were kept refilled, and the nachos came out quickly to stave off the initial hunger pangs.
All told, I’ll throw 4 stars for the food, atmosphere, service.
Here’s the kicker, and the reason for the 5th star: we are in town as part of Believe in Tomorrow’s respite vacation at their house at Wisp. Believe in Tomorrow gives families of children with cancer or life-​threatening diseases a time out, a respite, a vacation– call it what you will– and local companies pitch in make the stay even better. Wisp, fwiw, let us ride/​play all day, fully complimentary. Thanks. AND SO DOES SMILEY“S. They offer families like ours free drinks, appetizer, and pizza… and $ 13 in games.
So, a big THANK YOU to Smiley’s. This is a good organization, doing something worthy, offering us a meal and some games in their restaurant. Way to be cool.
Place rating: 3
Arnold, MD
I guess this place gets great reviews because it’s one of the few options in the Deep Creek area, but I was less than impressed. When we first walked in with our group of seven, we were welcomed by a surly hostess who proceeded to sigh loudly when she saw the size of our group, and then began to berate the bartender telling he he’d have to help wait tables because she was too busy. But to give credit where it’s due, the bartender was great… very friendly and he did a pretty good job of taking care of us.
As for the food, it was just mediocre. The Asian chicken wrap was actually pretty tasty, but the Thai skewers were a bit bland and the chicken was dry. The wings (which we’d been told were the best in the county) were just OK, nothing special. But I guess for the location, it was OK.
After eating, we decided to try out some of the games. Here again is where the bartender was a gem… he shared with me that by buying one of their game cards, I’d actually get enough of a bonus to practically get our meal for free, which was great and earned him a nice tip! But then we headed out to mini-​golf, which is where the chaos ensued. First of all, there was nobody manning the mini-​golf section, so we had to go across the parking lot to the laser tag area to pay for our golf. The course was very crowded, with lots of rude people pushing their way past who didn’t want to wait for you to finish the hole.
Then we moved on to the go-​karts, where the guy working apparently thought he was a state trooper… sucked the fun right out of it. It’s called a raceway, so why yell at people for going fast? Isn’t that the idea?
Finally, we decided to go inside and get some ice cream. They had ONE person working the ice cream counter, and there was a line at least 10 people deep. And the person working the counter was in no rush to move it along. We ended up leaving without the ice cream and going to the ice cream shop near the grocery store instead.
Maybe the employees just get tired of dealing with vacationers, or maybe my expectations were just too high, but Smiley’s was not the highlight of our trip in my opinion.
Place rating: 4
Dunkirk, MD
I have a lot of friends who frequent Smiley’s so that their kids can play and have a good time. I kept getting out of going there, but I have a toddler now and even though there isn’t much for him to play with (little playground outside) at least it is very kid-​friendly.
I was really pleasantly surprised! Everyone in my party got sandwiches, and they were all great! Particularly, the Spicy Thai wrap and the chicken cheesesteak. The prices are fair, if not, quite low for DCL, burgers were $ 5.99 with chips. They also have free wifi. As for the activities, they have go karts, arcade games and mini golf. They do have a day pass for $ 32 which is pretty steep for not much more than a beefed up arcade. Oh, and they also have their own Lakeside Creamery inside, so no waiting in lines on Rt. 219!
Overall I really enjoyed it and the service was fantastic!