Open till 2am Fri & SatSurry Hills · Est. 2016
Plug In. Level Up. Rule The Realm.
A cut-and-paste gaming den on Reservoir Street — a BYO-team esports arena, a floor of restored arcade cabinets, and lockable private LAN rooms. Sydney’s loudest place to press start.
What we run
Three floors, one realm
Every booking is walk-in friendly, but weekends fill fast. Prices are in Australian dollars and include a locker, filtered water, and a staffed help desk on every floor.
Floor 01Esports Arena Sessions
20 stations · 240Hz · teams up to 5
Twenty RTX 4080 rigs on 240Hz panels, wired peripherals, and ranked scrim scheduling. Solo queue or roll in with a full five-stack — our staff seed the lobby and reset brackets on the spot.
Floor 02Retro Arcade Floor
42 cabinets · free-play · all ages till 8pm
Forty-two restored cabinets from Daytona USA to Street Fighter II, all set to free-play. Grab an all-day wristband, chase the leaderboard, and let the CRT glow do the talking.
Floor 03Private LAN Rooms
10 seats · lockable · catering add-on
Lockable ten-seat rooms for launch nights, birthday lock-ins, and club tournaments. Bring your own bracket, add a catering tab, and keep the door shut till sunrise.
From the floor
Nights we photocopied
Filter the wall by what went down. Every shot was taken inside 68 Reservoir Street.
Winter Clash 5v5 Finals
August 2025 · 32-team bracket
Midnight Stream Wall
Friday capture-booth series
Restored Cabinet Row
The Floor 02 free-play line
Reservoir St Lock-In
Private room, dawn finish
The numbers
Ten years, counting frames
Voices
Straight from the queue
2:14Booked the LAN room for our Valorant squad’s launch night — 4080 rigs, zero lag, and staff reset our bracket in minutes. Best A$220 we’ve spent all season.
The retro floor is unreal. One wristband and I lost a whole Saturday to the restored Daytona cabinet. Bring coins for nostalgia, not for play.
Streamed my first ranked series from the capture booth. The lighting, the audio, and that azure backdrop made a bedroom streamer look properly pro.
Before you press start
Questions, answered
No. Every arena station ships with a mechanical keyboard, a wired gaming mouse, a headset, and a 240Hz monitor. You’re welcome to bring your own peripherals — there’s a plug bench by the door and every rig takes USB and 3.5mm.
Reserve online through the contact form or call us on +61 2 9357 6262. Rooms run in four-hour blocks with a A$50 refundable deposit. Tell us your bracket format and headcount and we’ll have the lobby seeded before you arrive.
We’re open Monday to Thursday 12pm–11pm, Friday 12pm–2am, Saturday 10am–2am, and Sunday 10am–10pm. Under-18s are welcome on the arcade floor until 8pm daily with a guardian.
Absolutely. We host everything from casual 5v5 nights to seeded 32-team brackets, with live casting to the stage wall and tiered spectator seating for up to 120 people. Chat to our events desk about custom formats.
Metered street parking runs along Reservoir and Foveaux Streets, and the Goulburn Street car park is a six-minute walk. We’re two blocks from Central Station, so most of our regulars roll in by train.
Find the realm
Come press start
Drop us a line to book a station, plan a tournament, or ask about a lock-in. We answer bookings within a few hours during opening times.
Call the front desk
+61 2 9357 6262Find us
68 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Hours
Mon–Thu 12pm–11pm · Fri 12pm–2am · Sat 10am–2am · Sun 10am–10pm
68 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Corner of Reservoir & Bourke, two blocks from Central Station