Dave & Buster's front-of-house staff are only the start of its frustrations. It's American pub grub with the occasional pop of international-ish flair - a cloying Thai peanut dressing here, a surprisingly good order of green-chili chicken tacos there - always safe and sanitized, of course.īut these Applebee's-esque dishes come at the price of, well, sanity. Holy crap again.Īt its best, Dave & Buster's food is like that of a well-run Applebee's. I had decent guacamole and an excellent Patron margarita. So when a salad came out with leafy greens, candied pecans and strips of medium-rare steak, the "holy crap" I uttered was genuine, heartfelt.ĭuring a happy-hour visit to that glowing bar, I had pot stickers heaped with a slaw of shaved Brussels sprouts in sriracha honey. The thing about awful first impressions is they set the bar low.
Where Saks once hawked designer jeans and pricey face creams, Dave & Buster's now hawks noise, flash and low-key mayhem. This 40,000-square-foot sports bar/restaurant/video game emporium opened April 8 in the former Saks Fifth Avenue end unit at Bell Tower Shops in south Fort Myers. MORE: Best Naples restaurants 2019: JLB picks their 25 must-try favorites MORE: 5 great burgers in Naples, because National Burger Day - JLB Picks MORE: Dave & Buster's fuels fun with 40,000 square feet of food, video games, more There was one other table seated.Īs first impressions go, this was not promising. We sat for several more minutes until a beleaguered-looking server finally found us. They piled up stacks of menus, then ushered us to a booth away from the beeping and flashing of the arcade. Another counter housed another pair of employees, these ones marginally more engaged. We fumbled through the glowing, TV-plastered bar area first, then spotted quieter rooms off to the sides.
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