Empire Alternacade

Great venue for early drinks and fun games. Amazing staff A++

Came here on a Wednesday night around 7:30pm and it wasn't too crowded. Great range of cocktails, as well as beers, ciders, spirits and mocktails. Comfy lounges to sit on and a variety of old school games such as air hockey, pinball machines, arcade games like Pacman and Street Fighter 2, car racing games and even a couple of old Nintendo 64 gaming consoles with Mario Cart! Pretty relaxed vibe. Lots of Covid measures in place including having to sit at all the games. This made air hockey a little tricky. Most games cost $1 to $2 to play. I got a sub zero frozen cocktail which cost $16 but was easily equivalent to a couple of drinks. Slight drawback is that there is no food service. There is a pizza place a few shops down and they do allow you to bring food in. They also have a kitchen opening in the near future. Definitely a fun night out.

Tasty cocktails, but the sour note of the night was when they tried to give me a drink they had taken off someone else. After collecting my drink off the other person they walked past my table, pass it off to a different server while behind the bar and try and give it back to me. When I requested it be made again, she asked why... You gave it someone else. Her response 'Yeah, but he didn't drink any.'

Awesome and unique place which I really recommend to visitors. Great service too - bubbly blondie was upbeat and welcoming

Awesome staff. Chill place

Love this place! Beer, good games. Everything you need

Great pkace for a staff party. Thanks guys

Alcohol and games, my new favourite place on Cairns! :)

I even had a couple of games of pinball. Different and enjoyable.

Great place, good selection of arcade games, nice beer