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Overall Total Score
4.5 out of 5
Outstanding | 5361 reviews

What User doesn't like about Up-down:
Place had a cool atmosphere. Old arcade games and two bars (one upstairs and one downstairs). Pizza was ok, 5$ a slice. Staff was great, all pretty nice. The one issue is the arcade games themselves. While the games are cool and I wanted to play them, half of them are broken or don’t work. Good luck finding a working ski ball machine. Even though there’s six of em, you won’t find any that register the 100 point corne... View all feedback. What User likes about Up-down:
There are a lot of fantastic arcade games and the two floors make the place feel very spacious. The pizza is also really good - the slices are huge! This is my favorite place in Des Moines! View all feedback.

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Gastroranking-it
5.0 ★ from 50 reviews
Alex
15.10.2024 - 07:02

This is a DSM staple. Such a great atmosphere and wonderful staff that work here.

Ryan
15.10.2024 - 07:02

I've never seen staff members be so quick to respond to a fight starting up. 1 guy RAN full speed from 1 end of the bar to the other and had it handled in no ti...

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Deanna
15.10.2024 - 07:02

I ate before I came as I didn't see any vegan options on the online menu. I took my date here, we had a good time reliving teenage memories with the 80's arcade...

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Elise
15.10.2024 - 07:02

It's the best pizza slice in Des Moines in my personal opinion! The pinball ain't bad either. My recommendation is the Princess Peach Punch if you are a fan of...

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Michael
15.10.2024 - 07:02

Updated back to 5 stars. Everything has been great the past few visits.

Menu
4.0 ★ from 8 reviews

That is one of my favorite places in the moines. Drinks are good and the pizza is amazing! to play many old arcade games to bring back memories.

I live in Portland, land of the barcades, and whenever I travel to Iowa I try to spend as much time at this spot because it beats out 99% of the barcades in Ore...

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Cool little arcade bar in the east village right next to Wooly’s. Lots of old retro arcade games, pinball, skee ball. Most were working but several were not. De...

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Great little gaming bar. Fantastic place to waste some time. Friendly staff. Playing classic pinball games is always a really neat expierence. Their quarter mac...

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Place had a cool atmosphere. Old arcade games and two bars (one upstairs and one downstairs). Pizza was ok, 5$ a slice. Staff was great, all pretty nice. The on...

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Google
4.4 ★ from 1990 reviews
Gastroranking-us
4.5 ★ from 1793 reviews

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