Punch Bowl Social is a 25,000-square-foot, two-story “eatertainment” center located at Battery Atlanta near Truist Park, home to Braves baseball The gaming megaplex offers shuffleboard, fancy foosball, eight bowling lanes, an arcade, and karaoke rooms, along with a full bar and restaurant.

Described as a “vibe-forward social dining experience,” Your 3rd Spot is an amalgamation of various communal aspects of a restaurant, bar, beer garden, and club under one roof. Your 3rd Spot includes over 70 games to play, from billiards, cornhole, and curling to skee-ball, air hockey, and an arcade with video games and pinball machines. The patio is equipped with a giant slide, too. Looking to eat and drink? Your 3rd Spot serves dishes like potato torpedoes topped with deviled egg mousse and smoked caviar paired with draft cocktails, wines by the glass, and over a dozen beers on tap.

Top Golf on Ellsworth Industrial is more than simply a driving range, it’s a full-blown bar and restaurant built for players of every skill level interested in whacking a few golf balls down the electronically monitored links. Monitors measure distance and keep score. It’s a fun way to spend a day or evening with friends. All three levels and each kiosk are covered and temperature-controlled, and offer full bar and food service, too. There’s also a location in Alpharetta.

The Westside sibling to the Painted Pin in Buckhead, Painted Duck is billed as an old school “gaming parlour” offering 16 lanes of duckpin bowling, Belgian feather bowling, horseshoe pits, knuckleball, and shuffleboard. A large, opulent crystal chandelier hangs overhead at the entrance to the bowling lanes, and there’s plenty of seating in the lounge for eating family-style dishes while sipping cocktails.

One of the original new school game bars in Atlanta, Ormsby’s is located on the ground floor of Westside Provisions District, across from Brash Coffee. It offers everything from bocce ball and darts to shuffleboard and pool. This speakeasy-gaming parlor includes beer, wine, and cocktails at the bar and burgers, sandwiches, shared snacks, and even prime rib on its menu.

This bowling chain opened at the newly renovated Atlantic Station complex in late 2020 and features several lanes with lounge seating, a full-blown arcade, and a bar serving beer, wine cocktails paired with pub food. Bowlero is 21+ after 11 p.m.

The gaming and entertainment restaurant and bar in Sandy Springs is open to all ages and offers food and drinks, including a weekend brunch and lunch. Battle and Brew features a slew of TVs, gaming computers and consoles, and good, old-fashioned board games, too. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

This dive bar in Buckhead has been part of the scene in the neighborhood for more than 20 years now, and it includes a 1980s-style arcade near the main entrance called Arcadia. Grab drinks and then head over to the arcade to play classics like Ms. Pac-Man, Tekken, and Galaga surrounded by murals of characters like Donkey Kong and Super Mario Brothers.

Operated by local artist Grant Henry — aka Sister Louisa — this spot anchoring the Edgewood Avenue entertainment district may be the weirdest bar in town. There’s plenty of kitsch and religious memorabilia (that may or may not be blasphemous, depending on one’s point of view.) If downing beers and shots isn’t enough to entertain or ordering up some bar bites for nourishment doesn’t do the trick, Church features ping pong tables upstairs and sometimes hosts tournaments, too. Head back to sit on the patio between rounds.

Revery claims to be the nation’s first full bar with virtual reality technology serving draft cocktails, beer, wine, and bar snacks. Gamers rent semi-private rooms by the half hour and hour, which come with personal bar service and a variety of virtual reality games and adventure scenarios. The beverage-heavy menu is broken down by draft and stirred cocktails like a gin and tonic or the rum old fashioned riff Fever Dream, boilermakers such as Coors and a whiskey shot, local beer, and wine. Snacks like jerky of the day, popcorn, and spicy pretzels are also available.

The unapologetically retro-cool Midtown Bowl is an Atlanta institution. Opened in 1960, this is where some of the city’s most serious leagues choose to bowl. The alley offers 32 lanes, a full bar pouring a lot of local beers, and a food menu filled with everything from piled-high nachos and mini corn dogs to burgers, wings, and fried fish sandwiches.

The owners of the Painted Duck also own the Painted Pin, a boutique bowling alley featuring bocce ball, ping pong, pop-a-shot, darts, and ski ball on Miami Circle in Buckhead. At the bar, there’s beer, wine, and classic cocktails to pair with the shared plates, sandwiches, salads, tacos, and wood-fired pizzas.

Like golf? Fairway Social at the Maxwell on Main Street features a full-service restaurant and bar, a putting green, several bays with golf game simulators, and a rooftop patio. People can even join Fairway Social’s corn hole and golf leagues.

The owners of Twains Brewpub and Billiards (also in Decatur) opened Comet Pub and Lanes in the former Suburban Lanes bowling alley. Comet offers 32 lanes with iPad system scoring, TVs, and shuffleboard. The wrap-around bar includes 16 beers on draft and over 50 bottled beers as well as a food menu of typical bowling alley fare, like burgers, nachos, hot dogs, and even a pastrami Reuben.

For folks who love to read and shop for comics, play arcade games, and drink craft beer paired with bar food, My Parents’ Basement is the spot to indulge in all of that under one roof. What started as a pop-up became a full-fledged neighborhood bar and comic book shop on North Avondale Road in 2015.