Portal Virtual Reality Arcade | Lounge

TLDR: super fun place to hang. A must try! Oh. My. Gosh. If you haven't tried Virtual Reality, you are missing out! This place is a great way to hang with your buddies or go solo and try your hand at VR. Tip: go and play with a group of friends before lunch or dinner. Then have lunch/dinner somewhere to discuss the awesome time you had. Tip: you don't have to stand the entire time! I played a Zombie Training Simulator and sat down to aim down sights. It was actually helpful in steadying my weapon and was somewhat relaxing--aside from the zombies of course. Service: you can book online, via phone, or walk in (a bit riskier on busy days). Headsets are cleaned between uses. Drinks/food are available at the counter. If you book online or by phone, you will pay then and there. First time? They have a waiver form for you to sign when you check in--it only takes a minute or two. You don't need to arrive super early. Just arrive on time. There is a little training session that you go through before you play, this isn't counted in your precious game time. Each booth can only have one player at a time. The cool part about this lounge is that there are bar tables and stools just outside the booth and each booth has a TV screen for you to see what the player is seeing. So, while your are playing, your buddies can enjoy food and drink as they watch you. All booths can interact with each other for multiplayer, but not all booths have the same games. Check out their website prior to booking to see what games you'd like to play on what booth. For those of you who are basically blind without glasses, fear not: you can wear glasses with the headset provided. I found it much easier on the face to wear contacts--glasses can fog up if you really get going on Beat Saber. I found that an hour is my limit before the sweat starts pooling on your cheek bones or starts fogging up your glasses. I played Beat Saber, which I highly recommend) and boy did I sweat up a storm in the headset. An hour should be more than enough for the avid gamer. That, or at least take a breather after your first hour and trade off with someone else. Headsets are cleaned between uses and the foam part velcros on/off and is switched out between players. I didn't experience any nausea from the games I played except one: Skyfront. This one made me do the wobble every now and then because I felt like I was going to fall for real. The choppiness of the game also made me slightly nauseous the faster I flew.

Very pricey, kicked us out 15 minutes into our time

Management should be improved; valuable service.

Love that it's also a cafe! And they serve alcohol. ? ?

Have good number of parking spaces. 12 booths to play. Great spaces for parents to sit while the kids playing. Friendly customer service. I would bring the kids here again to play.

I went with my husband and had a great time. We got two rooms which was a great idea and was able to play several of the games together.

It's the first rainy weekend after summer so we were looking for something fun to do indoors. Kids 10 & 12. Both like games. We remembered driving by a place called Portal VR Lounge where the old tack shop used to be. We had been kinda curious and were feeling up for a new adventure - so off we went! We didn't tell the kids where we were going so it would be a surprise. They are prevailing guess was that we were going swimming...

Amazing experience. Went here with my dad on my birthday weekend and adored it. Great customer service and great games. Recommend it for anyone looking for a good time.

We had a blast! It was my husband and my first time playing any kind of virtual reality games. The staff was very nice and helpful and got us started with a good tutorial. We played for an hour and it totally flew by. I was kind of disappointed when our time was up. We will definitely make the drive back out here to play again.

Came here with 6 other interns for an intern event, was super fun playing the multiplayer games together!

A Mom's perspective: I signed up my freshman and my sophomore for the shared hour. I clearly misunderstood what 'shared' meant. They took completely isolated turns for 30 minutes each. There was no way to cheer or coach or talk to the gamer, and the other kid and me had nothing at all to do for a half hour. Apparently if I had gotten them both their own half hour, they could have at least played virtually interacting. Too late for us, but hope it can inform you!

An hour felt really long! Super polite, helpful, and friendly staff. Very clean! We will be back!

Good spot for groups and definitely a unique experience.

Jill and Paul are the bomb!!!!!!

Have been to this location twice, and the Ballard location once. Always had a fun time. Staff is very helpful and give solid advice on playing and game selection. Great place to take someone of any age. Really fun group activity.