The Coin Slot

346 E Front St, Traverse City
(231) 642-5661

Recent Reviews

Orena

Great bar with plenty of pinball machines, cool retro games like this memory test, a few multiplayer fighting games, and a pool table. Nice craft beer selection, theres also a pretty good pizza counter in the back corner with awesome vegetarian options!Only thing that annoyed me is they sell shooters for $6 a pop- pretty steep when a pack of 10 at the gas station is $10.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

K Cheesman

Great music, fun games, and tasty beer. Americana to the inch.

Atmosphere: 5

Ryan Wolters

Fun spot in Traverse with large selection of beer and pinball machines.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Josiah Schrotenboer

I loved celebrating my birthday with friends here. It was a great environment for fun and drinks and the pizza was amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amy P.

I stepped inside and into a 1980s and 1990s portal! Pinball machines and video games lined the walls. Kids playing pool and Two Sons Pizza serving up the best food. The man at the pizza counter was friendly and communicative. All that was missing from this experience was cigarette smoke - if you're an 80s child you'll know!!

John Russcher

Fun bar with some great pinball machines.

Atmosphere: 5

Carissa Smith

Such a fun place!

Atmosphere: 5

M Brun

I can see this being a popular bar at night time.However, compared to other arcade/bars I’ve been to, this place is just OK.Pros: GREAT beer selection, I mean fantastic! Attentive staff. Pinball has a large selection of themes.Neutral: pinball games are $1 each. That’s $1 for 3 balls. I give it a neutral because I’ve been to plenty of arcades that had $20 cover. And here I only played $10 worth of games. Which leads me to…Cons: not a wide selection of games. Most the pinball games you could tell were the same maker & new. So although the backgrounds & themes are different, they played the same.Don’t come here for old school 80s/90s arcade games. Only arcade game is Simpsons & only 1 of the 4 characters worked correctly.Did not try the pizza so can’t attest to the food.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Beer Drafting House Render

Jen Tyson

Great spot for an after school slice and pinball games!Vegetarian options: Several vegetarian pizzas, lots of vegetarian beveragesParking: Usually easy to find a meter, or free parking by the courthouse 2 blocks awayKid-friendliness: Great for kids before 9pmWheelchair accessibility: Ramp available

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tiffany Trail

It was fun, was sad some of the games we came to play weren’t at the location like the website said — but overall it was a fun time. Can’t rate food because we didn’t dine

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Matt Haws

Very few arcade games. Some broke. The one we tried to play had a busted joystick. Probably wouldn’t go

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Mary Nguyen

Went to coin slot after 7monks (awesome place btw). Disappointing. There’s a ton of pinball machine. $1 to play ONE game. Sorry that’s a rip off. We played Simpson arcade instead. Controls are not working correctly. Don’t play Marge. There’s 5 arcade games max. Don’t expect a ton of video games. Bunch of locals that stared at us the whole time. Did I say it was disappointing. F this place. Never again.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Jason

Great vibe. Great beers. Great pins. Had a lot of fun here. I visited many years ago when it was still a retro arcade, love seeing the switch to pinball only. Great variety of machines from multiple eras. I'll definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Stephen Lee

Place is trash pinball difficult Is set to high for a casual player.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Zak Koprowski

The bartender/server/host was a great experience. Great environment and awesome vibe. Come here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Beer Drafting House Render

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