Kickback Pinball Cafe

Cute place with pretty awesome sandwiches. Enjoyed playing some pinball while teaching the kids the art of a good flipper.

An awesome place to kill a couple hours. I love Medievil Madness! The local, retro pinball machines are also a fun throwback. Make sure to check out the floor when you enter.

Great Place for Lunch With Man Children of All Ages!
We picked this place to kick off our Christmas break with The Little Man and it was a total win!!!
Great concept! Pinball, coffee, tea & Italian soda and great food!!! Delicious sandwiches and even though the kid menu is slim it’s fresh & delicious!
Adults partook in The Scared Stiff (chicken, goat cheese & red pepper on ciabatta) and a Buffalo Chicken Sammie (pulled chicken with buffalo sauce) and it was delish! Also they have KALE CHIPS! They have multiple varieties & they are super tasty.
I just really enjoyed I could have good food and play pinball with my munchkin! While remaining the ever hip, current & trendy mom that I am (-;
Come here for a hipster alternative to Dave n Busters! The food is worth it!

I got to take my mom and brother here on a snowy day last year and it was an experience I’ll never forget. There were a dozen machines, ranging from the 1950’s and 1960’s to more recent (my mom preferred the older ones since you can «get more physical» with them — I had no idea she was such a wizard). There was even a game that one of the owners built from scratch! Delicious lattes, custom painted floors, and retro seating areas just added to the experience. I definitely wish there was a coffee shop like this on the West Coast. I’d be a regular here if I was local.

I do like this place a lot. I’ve been in for pinball but more often I go in for the homemade lemonade. It’s SO good! The habanero, watermelon and basil is the best! The last time I went in the service was poor from the woman behind the counter. Hopefully that’s not going to be the new normal.
The décor is so cool and really fits the neighborhood. It’s definitely a unique place and I really hope that it’s here for a while!

What a hipster/​cool place. You can get coffee or food and study and also play pinball machines. What a concept! I imagine that it would be fun to come here to study, then reward yourself for working hard with a game of pinball. The staff was super friendly and nice. I had the watermelon habanero lime etc. lemonade and it was SOO GOOD. It had a perfect kick to it. The games are kind of expensive… like 75 cents per game, some were only 50 cents. It had a very cool vibe. I also hear it’s BYOB so that would also be a huge perk.

This place is pretty amazing all around. If you like pinball, you have to come here at least once. When I stopped in, it was pretty crowded, but I had no trouble finding a table to play. Each game is pretty affordable too.
Their selection changes from what I understand. A few tables I saw last included The Walking Dead, Medieval Madness and several fantastic other tables.
The drink selection here is nice, and whoever made my mocha did an excellent job. The drinks are affordable, too, so that’s an added bonus. You won’t see Starbucks prices here.
Kickback has an excellent vibe to destress and have fun. Whether you want to game for hours, a few minutes or chill with a group of friends, this is the right environment for that.
I look forward to spending much more time here in the future and snagging one of their sexy t-​shirts.

Kickback is a really fun place, definitely entertaining for a couple of hours! The décor is fun and bright and really gets you in the mood for some pinball. The machines are, for the most part, in great shape — there’s usually only 2 or 3 down every time we visit.
Their food is pretty great, considering it’s all done on small machines right behind the counter. I’m an especially big fan of their DIY salad combinations, since you can get all kinds of exciting things atop your greens. Don’t expect to eat anything heavy, though their paninis are good.
Also of note, they’re BYOB and if you ask ahead, you can hold a party there. We invited some friends, brought a cake and some beer, and got a handful of tokens for everybody. It was tons of fun!

What a change! My friends and I just stumbled into this place while walking around the neighborhood. I easily could have killed hours of time here. We didn’t stay and eat, but would definitely consider it another time since it’s also BYOB.
It was also make a very creative date night!

Support local projects like this! Very nice staff, kid friendly atmosphere. Good coffee. All machines worked well. Will be returning with my son again. Take your head out of a smart phone for 2 hours and enjoy your life again. Bookstores, record shops, and arcades are all dying… Drive or walk there and check it out.

I live right around the corner from this Café. I won’t lie, I love me some pinball. I have been inside one time before, but just to look around. This time I came to hang out and to use the free interwebz. My fiancé is in love with their coffee so he came along with me. He got a latte and I was really excited to try the raspberry lemonade. The barista even allowed me to have a pre-​taste to see if I would like it. Lemonade is something that could be so many things, sour, too sweet, tart, etc. This blend of fresh squeezed fruit was perfect. Not to sweet, not to sour, perfect. Christopher’s latte was also delicious. I am not the biggest coffee fan, but this one was pretty good!
Now, why I came to the café was to use the internet. It worked, which is a good thing, but there were not many tables/​comfortable places to sit and to work. It was also really loud with the pinball machines. Not the most productive place to sit and work. I got done what I needed but I would not recommend coming here to work.
The pinball machines were also wonderful. It is a really nice place to come and hang out and maybe have fun with friends. It was more a hang out place than a get work done place.
I would go back, but not to work!

We thought it was a cool concept. However, the customer service needs work. A couple machines not in service, we lost tokens on one. Wish they served beer, it was BYOB though.

Only giving it four stars because I didn’t order any coffee or snacks. But loved it. I learned the world championship of pin balling is held in Pittsburgh. My favorite machine is the Indiana Jones one. Bring dollar bills and coins. Only put tokens in the pin ball machine. No coins.

I will say I did not try the food today. But it was nice being able to play a game of pinball with out screaming kids around. I had not played in years but they have a great selection of game. Some I remember from when I was a kid and new ones like the walking dead. I also have to say it gives great value for the amount you spend. I spent about 9 $ for an hour of play time and if I had not sucked I bet I could of extended that time.

Great artwork, pinball machines and great food!!!
What’s not to like???
The watermelon habanero lemonade is amazing!!!
Super friendly staff!

Very fun place to stop while in Lawrenceville!
About 15 pinball machines, old and new, that range from 50 to 75 cents per play. If you love pinball, definitely stop by!
Downstairs, there is a coffee shop with reasonably priced coffee, tea, and a small menu of sandwiches. The staff has always been very friendly as well.

really cool spot
coffee is. meh

I really like the concept of this place but was disappointed when I finally came to check it out. Yes, there are a lot of pinball machines from different eras but quite a few of them were out of order. I’m not sure if they simply didn’t have enough outlets or the machines needed maintenance but either way I felt the selection was lacking. The other problem with this place is that it’s too sterile. The place was entirely too quiet and didn’t seem to have much soul. This place could benefit from having some live music or at the very least some sort of stereo system playing an ipod throughout the establishment. I would also hope they’re applying for some sort of liquor license as this place definitely needs to start serving cocktails and beer. All-​in-​all I would give this place a 2.5 but there is definitely potential!
Quick Tip: Buy your booze ahead of time as this place is BYOB but the nearest wine store is a few blocks away. I’m lazy so I didn’t find that walk to be pleasant.

My Partner in Cuisine and I love Pinball (and food) so when we heard about this place a while back, we were really excited to try it. We finally decided to stop in for lunch a couple Saturdays ago and were not disappointed! The food was surprisingly excellent and the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, the upstairs (where most of the games are) was not open at the time, but we still stayed for a good two hours playing the games on the main floor. We did find it somewhat alarming that the place was so dead.
This place is a charming little hole in the wall and I hope that it can manage to stay in business. Even if you don’t care for pinball, at least come for the panini! I think the upstairs is open by now so the PIC and I will be back soon!
PS — Get a Medieval Madness machine and the PIC and I will personally keep you in business!

I have stopped by here twice now in the past couple of weeks. The first time was on a Saturday morning with my fiancé for coffee and the last time was on a Wednesday for lunch with my father. Both times there hasn’t been many people in the café which I find to be a shame. The inside of the restaurant is decorated whimsically as the floor is painted like the bottom of the pinball machine while the tables are made to look like bumpers. Besides all of that there are about 5 pinball machines with 2 of them being newer and 3 being of the older type.
Whenever I stopped by with my fiancé, I ordered an Americano as did she. The coffee was smooth and ended up tasting good without too much bitterness which I enjoyed. We also bought $ 1 worth of tokens (its frustrating to me that they don’t allow quarters) and played the Adams Family pinball game which we both enjoyed. Whenever I went with my father I ended up ordering the squealer for lunch which consisted of ham, mustard, rosemary and I forget what else that came out on a 6″(?) bun pressed like a panini, I really enjoyed the taste of my sandwich, especially the subtle rosemary hints at the end. While both my dad and I thought our respective sandwiches were good, sadly neither one of us thought that the sandwich was big enough to be a full lunch, much less justify the price that we paid. Due to that we ended up stopping at a Wendys on the way home. Even so my dad and I ended up enjoying ourselves after spending about $ 5 on pinball (Addam’s Family and Terminator 3) which is the real reason that we came.
The bottom line for me is that I would definitely head back here again in the future. While I do not imagine that I would eat here again due to the high cost versus amount of food given, I did enjoy what I had eaten and can really see myself stopping here on leisurely Saturday morning for a Americano and game of pinball.