INSERT COIN • CENTRALIA
Family-Friendly Arcade,
Restaurant, & Bar
2021: Best New Business
2022: Best Family Entertainment Spot, Best Inexpensive Date
2023: Best Family Entertainment Spot, Best Inexpensive Date
2024: Best Family Entertainment Spot, Best Cocktail
2023: Best Family Fun Center, Best Craft Beer
2024: Best Family Fun Center, Best Craft Beer
2025: Best Specialty Cocktail, Best Craft Beer
Where Lewis County comes to play!
Self-pour beer wall, full bar & restaurant
Fun for the whole family
Family Friendly
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VIP Mezzanine Party Room
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100+ Arcades
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21+ after 11 PM
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No Outside Food or Drink (except for birthday cake & ice cream)
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Family Friendly 〰️ VIP Mezzanine Party Room 〰️ 100+ Arcades 〰️ 21+ after 11 PM 〰️ No Outside Food or Drink (except for birthday cake & ice cream) 〰️
Our Arcade
Travel through time in our arcade and enjoy 100+ games ranging from O.G.‘80s classics, modern redemption games, claw machines, skee-ball and Virtual Reality experiences! Our retro games on the restaurant side are 100% FREE to play.
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Our collection of game titles includes classic video games like Donkey Kong, Minecraft Dungeons, Pac-Man Chompionship, Street Fighter, Tron, and more. We have retro video games that will ignite your nostalgia and modern games that kids love!
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We offer mini console gaming at select dining tables while you wait for your food and drinks. We have classic and modern consoles like Nintendo, Sega, Famicon, and more. Check out our delicious food menu, draft beer, cider, fun-themed mocktails, and cocktails!
Eat & Drink
Insert Coin Centralia offers a full restaurant with award winning elevated bar fare featuring hand stuffed burgers with fresh locally sourced meat (never frozen), smash burgers (coming 2026!), fresh sourdough pizza from Kalama Sourdough, salads, wraps, shareable appetizers, kid favorites & seasonal specials!
Our goal is to delightfully surprise you with high quality delicious food you wouldn’t expect to find at an arcade bar!
Quench your thirst at our full bar featuring a 26 tap self-pour craft beer & cider wall, fun themed mocktails & cocktails and Jell-O shots!
Book A Party
Looking to level up your next celebration or gathering? Book our VIP mezzanine party room that overlooks the arcade and accommodates up to 30 people! We offer different party packages including game card deals, pizza, soda pitchers & party decor! Insert Coin Centralia has over 7,000 sq ft of FUN!
For corporate/special events please email us at insertcoinevents@gmail.com
About Us
Dan and Keli Coleman are IT Manager nerds turned arcade bar owners. Their concept of Insert Coin was born after visiting Quarters Arcade Bar in Salt Lake City Utah. Being babies of the '80s, they were hooked on the idea of retro gaming in a social bar atmosphere. Throughout the early pandemic, the Colemans began collecting both retro and new arcade games from all across the great PNW. After months of searching for the perfect place, the Colemans found a 110+ year old building in historic Downtown Centralia Washington. There was a clear need for more family entertainment in Hub City, so after months of restoring the building to a more recent vintage, Insert Coin opened its doors on July 9th, 2021. Quickly becoming a booming community staple, Insert Coin Centralia has won over a dozen awards and has been featured in Seattle King5 Evening Magazine, The Seattle Times, South Sound Magazine, and the Best of Washington social media page! Just one month in, Insert Coin was named Best New Business in Lewis County. The community showed up, and never stopped. So Dan and Keli reinvested everything and opened a second location in Olympia Washington on September 13th 2024! 3 times the size, 3 times the fun, still family owned and operated, still powered by gaming!
Insert Coin
The name Insert Coin was chosen because every single original retro arcade game has "Insert Coin" across the screen and on the nostalgic coin entries. The name is a nod to this era and the memories it brings. However, with the owners being technology nerds, they wanted to blend the new with the old. Using a game card system appeared to be the way to go with no more coin jams, faster gameplay, and digital tickets (which are better for the environment). Game credits and tickets never expire, and with game cards we are able to offer cool features like a $15 all day pinball pass.
Insert Coin is a woman and veteran owned business.
Dreaming of your own Insert Coin? We are franchising! Direct serious inquiries here: franchise@insertcoinwa.com
FRANCHISING
Business Hours
Sunday - Thursday
11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday & Saturday
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Hours & Locations
Contact
General Inquiry: centralia@insertcoinwa.com
Marketing, donations & sponsorships:
marketinginsertcoin@gmail.com
Events & party bookings:
insertcoinevents@gmail.com
FAQ - Centralia Location
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We allow kids at Insert Coin from 11:00 am - 11:00 pm every day. Following orders from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, Insert Coin becomes a 21+ venue after 11:00 pm. All minors and other persons who are not allowed to consume alcohol at Insert Coin must leave the building after 11:00 pm. Our juke box also stops filtering music at 9:00 pm.
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Our standard restaurant, bar, and arcade hours are:
Sunday - Thursday 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday-Saturday 11:00 AM - 12:00 AM.
We are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and the 4th of July. -
Our game prices vary game to game. Everything runs on credits through the game card system. 1 credit equals 10 cents. So a 25 credit game would be $2.50 per play. Some are 15 credits, 20, 30, etc. We generally say that $30 on a game card will allow you to play for a good while as long as those credits aren’t all used on prize games (claw machines), those are much faster games and can add up.
Our game card kiosks also offer credit bonuses over $30 so you get more credits for your money. *Please note that our game card kiosks will split the dollar amount you select evenly among the number of cards you select (e.g., $50 for 4 cards = $12.5 of credits (125 credits) on each card).
We also offer ~30 retro games in the restaurant that are all completely free and we offer free console gaming at select dining tables. There is something for every person and budget.
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Yes. We have salads, bone-in wings & potato products.
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Yes. We would still have to activate it and tie it to your open tab though. But you can keep it forever!
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You can keep it for next time you come back if you are saving credits or tickets. Or you can recycle it in the designated blue or black Card Recycling boxes. Credits and tickets don't expire.
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The game cards are COMPLETELY separate from the self-pour tap wall cards. They are two exclusively different systems for the safety of minors.
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We do NOT provide refunds for game cards. There are NO exceptions for this and it is explicitly stated at the arcade kiosks. The credits and tickets last forever and the game cards can be used at both locations.
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In Centralia, customers can bring outside cake and ice cream for birthday parties. Other than that, No outside food is allowed.
For allergy concerns, please email us: centralia@insertcoinwa.com
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We pride ourselves on using local vendors when possible. Centralia’s pizza dough is from Kalama Sourdough Bakery.
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We use fresh meat from a local, Washington State ranch and hand press/stuff our burgers. They are never frozen, and never have been!
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We don’t do reservations. Seating is first come, first serve. In Centralia, we offer table service where servers will attend to you at your table. When all tables are full we will do a waitlist for walk-in parties.
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This is a common issue with banks, where they will show the pre-authorized amount pending for both the pre-tip amount and the post-tip amount. Only the final amount will finalize the next business day and the other pending amount will fall off. This has to do with who the customer banks with, we have no control over this. We have also never had an instance where the pending charge did not fall off.
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It is every Tuesday in Olympia and every Wednesday in Centralia. Customers will receive a $10 game card with every adult entree or 12” pizza and a $5 game card with every kids meal or 7” pizza. Lunch specials are exempt from this offer as of 2025.
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We serve our full menu open to close every day. No exceptions, unless something is out of stock.
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You can book birthday party at this link. We also have a tablet at the front desk to book. For special events please reach out to insertcoinevents@gmail.com
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Follow us on Facebook & Instagram and keep an eye on our TVs.
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It is tied to your phone number. You get 1 point for every $1 spent. Then each time you return you will be prompted at the end of check out to redeem. $5 off every 50 points earned and $5 off on your birthday month!
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Email centralia@insertcoinwa.com and allow 3 business days for a response.