Round1 Bowling & Arcade Santa Ana

My friend and I went here on June 2nd around 5pm-11pm ish. Splurged a lot at the machines and honestly it is. A better deal to get their black card instead of red card if you're going there for a couple hours on the machines. But for games it is better with red card since they are way more time consuming. The only thing that kinda bummed me was that for one of the rythm games was it was all in Japanese. That's not the issue, but it was difficult to navigate to translate to English. I already slid my card but I left it and went to a different game lol. Genuinely enjoyed that night.

I've been to a few round 1's and this one is the closest to me. I had so much fun and even won a 100 marble jackpot. I woman crane machine and earned a total of 1700 tickets. The people were friendly, and even though some of you reading this will have an issue with it, they all wore masks. They were friendly and genuinely seemed to be happy to be there. I can't wait to go back c:

Absolutely amazing. I love the private karoke rooms. I enjoyed how the bowling balls looked like basketballs and there where couchs instead of chairs. I didn't like how the unlimited hour was only for green games and there's was only 4 or 5 games. And the paid games cost so much for 1 play.

I used the frequent the Round1 location in City of Industry back in the day so I was happy to see they had a location out here in OC. The Santa Ana Round1 is located at the Mainstay Mall so I found it pretty close in comparison to the City …

best claw machines of all Round 1s in LA area best selection of anime figurines ive seen compared to burbank, lakewood, and puente hill's locations. almost all of the skill machines (including treasure road conveyors) had the miku figures + some unique to this location POSITIVES: [ + ] pole in the hole machines required 2 holes for one figure - which is the MAX difficulty (1 hole is already insane difficulty for most casual visitors), however, the miku figures inside make it far better than burbank's exploitative claws. i treat this as a positive because anything beats mindlessly throwing money at the gemini machines [ + ] the treasure road machines actually have a READABLE pink arrow. playing this feels good (compared to puente hills' impossibly fast speed and worse prizes) additionally the prizes inside - many mikus - were placed sideways and centered on a single rail (other locations place the boxes length wise over 2 conveyors which reduces the certainty of which to target) restricting the figures people ACTUALLY want to skill machines is the best way to encourage actually learning the skills to win - yes it will take tons of money to tune an untrained eye, but learning to win is so much more satisfying than sinking 100s of dollars into a claw machine (and not even being guaranteed the win) [ + ] There were a couple semi randomness based - machines like plinko and a pusher that accumulated score overtime towards the figure inside. both of these were very forgiving. the score based one seemed almost impossible to pay over retail price of the figure inside, and plinko had a generous amount of winning spots [ + ] this venue has the best skill : gambling machine ratio compared to burbank, lakewood, and puente hills. [ + ] smaller size of the location made staff easy to find as well as keep all the machines stocked (an issue in every other venue, burbank especially) [ + ] didnt play but they have the usual lot of japanese rhythm games in good condition [ + ] the deliberate placement of good figures in high difficulty (but not random chance) cabinets made the machines feel cared for and that someone actually understands what players want [ + (as of 7.31.25) ] this location has the most miku figures ive seen in skill cabinets, where ive previously only seen them in payout based machines NEGATIVES: [ - ] this locations INSANE difficulty machines could steer away casual visitors (considering the $3.50 per try). that said, the claw machines are not any better IF NOT worse than the challenge here (at least you actually have some control over your money spent) [ - (as of 7.31.25) ] while personally not a fan, the lack of prizes for dragonball and one piece could deter some players NUANCES: [ ~ ] of the four mentioned locations, this one is definitely the smallest in terms of arcade. the environment also feels a little older than the others, but the great cabinets made us overlook this entirely [ ~ (as of 7.31.25) ] if you do not care for miku figurines, then this location probably is not for you [ ~ ] if you do not like skill games and want less effort (but more expensive wins) i do not recommend this location [ ~ ] unless you are capable of these skill games, this location is probably not the best for a date * OVERRALL a very good location for people wanting to win GOOD figures and actually care about LEARNING how to win them. i wish most round 1's followed this location's mentality about what prizes go in what machines and how many skill machines there should be - this location deviated the most from the money hungry claw filled other locations. the management here is great and everything done here should be the norm for every round 1

Very good DDR and PIU location with a dedicated technician that handles any pad issues as soon as they're reported. Orders of magnitude better care to the dance game community than other dance game owning competitors. Has rhythm games I'd never even heard of, and lots of them. My only complaint is the parking situation; extremely competitive at the front door, and after the rest of the mall closes, you can't leave from any door except the front door.

Pretty busy Round 1. With there was more crane games than ticket games but it is what it is. Price shop has alot of the floor figures in exchange for tickets which is pretty cool. Lots of Miku figures to win and even some Hololive JP branch plush are still there.

This new one is off the hook on everything! UFO catchers and ticket games, including Konami's Golden Railroad, is quite fun to play, especially with the claw machines that could be between medium hard to easy to win. Plus, their ice cream is wonderful too, as it is very cheap (99 cents for a scoop!) and you can also enjoy Japanese food there too like ramen for example. Overall, I am satisfied with the Mission Viejo location. Get your game on!