Chuck E. Cheese is a video arcade located in Akron, Ohio, in the heart of northeast Ohio. The venue sits at 2779 W Market Street, a busy commercial corridor on the western side of the city, making it a familiar stop for families, birthday groups, and casual visitors looking for coin-op and token-style play.
The Akron entry is filed under the video arcade category in our records, with the kind of daytime-into-evening operating schedule you would expect from a destination that caters to after-school crowds, weekend family outings, and evening visits. As one of the more widely recognized names in American family entertainment, the location is part of a brand that visitors tend to seek out by name rather than discover by accident.
If you are new to the area or just scouting arcades around Akron, this page is part of the larger interactive arcade map and the broader arcade finder directory. You can also browse nearby venues like THE WORKZ on the Riverfront and Quarter Up Bar + Arcade if you are putting together a multi-stop arcade crawl across the city.
At a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Address | 2779 W Market St, Akron, Ohio |
| Phone | +1 510-243-1111 |
| Hours | Sunday 11AM–9PM; Monday–Thursday 10AM–9PM; Friday–Saturday 10AM–10PM |
| Rating | 4 out of 5 from 802 reviews |
| Best For | Family-style video arcade play |
The Scene
The Akron Chuck E. Cheese carries an overall rating of 4 out of 5, drawn from 802 reviews in our records. That puts it firmly in the well-regarded bracket for a video arcade of its type in the Akron market, where visitors have rated the venue positively enough to keep the average comfortably above the midpoint across a sizable review base.
Detailed review highlights and a written review summary are not available for this listing at this time, so we are unable to share specific themes or quoted feedback from individual visitors. What we can report from the underlying record is the headline figure: a 4-star average across 802 reviews, which is a meaningful sample size for a single arcade location and gives a reasonable, if broad, signal about how the venue lands with the public.
If you are planning a visit and want to set expectations, the venue is classified as a video arcade. Think of the core experience accordingly, and check the hours table above before you go. Owners or managers who want to add deeper editorial context to this page — including a venue-written summary, photos, and tagged themes from real reviews — can claim the listing and supply those materials directly.
Games & Machines
The record we have for this venue does not list specific games, cabinet lineups, redemption machines, or prize counters, so we will not speculate on what is currently on the floor. What we can confirm from the venue record is the category: this is filed as a video arcade, which signals that the bulk of the play is built around coin-op or card-based video cabinets, driving games, and similar electronic amusements rather than a curated pinball bar or pure barcade setup.
For a venue classified as a family entertainment center brand like Chuck E. Cheese, that generally points to a mix of skill-based video games, ticket and redemption games where applicable, and rides or attractions aimed at younger players. If you want a hard inventory of machines currently on site, calling ahead using the number in the table above is the most reliable route until the listing is updated with a full games-and-machines breakdown.
Visiting
Chuck E. Cheese is located at 2779 W Market Street on Akron’s west side, in a commercial stretch that is easy to reach by car from most parts of the metro. The address places it among other retail and dining destinations along the W Market Street corridor, so most visitors arrive by vehicle given the suburban layout of the surrounding area.
Hours follow a clear family-oriented pattern: a slightly later 11AM opening on Sundays running to 9PM, weekday openings at 10AM closing at 9PM Monday through Thursday, and extended 10AM to 10PM hours on Friday and Saturday. That schedule covers after-school, evening, and weekend slots without ever running into the late-night bar hours typical of an adult barcade, which lines up with the venue’s arcade classification.
The venue record does not include an age policy, food and drink details, or a party-booking field, so we will not invent those specifics here. For birthday parties, group reservations, menu items, or any restrictions on younger or older visitors, the venue’s own phone line at +1 510-243-1111 is the right first stop, and the brand’s website at chuckecheese.com can fill in current program details that go beyond what our directory holds.
To see how this venue stacks up against the rest of the Akron arcade scene, open the arcade map to compare pins across the city, or use the arcade finder to filter by category and hours. Other Akron-area entries in the directory include THE WORKZ on the Riverfront, which offers a different riverfront-flavored take on local play, and Quarter Up Bar + Arcade, a bar-and-arcade hybrid for adult-leaning outings. Venue operators who want to round out this listing with a richer description, more photos, and verified review themes can claim the listing through our directory.