The Daytona Beach area delivers one of Florida's more concentrated pinball scenes, anchored by two notable Ormond Beach venues. A dedicated pinball lounge and "Florida's original pinball diner" provide substantial collections, while beachfront entertainment and a South Daytona VR complex round out the options.
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The Ormond Beach venues stand out for pairing pinball with quality food and drinks in family-friendly settings. Both maintain well-curated collections spanning vintage classics to modern releases. The beachfront and VR options add pinball to broader entertainment experiences.
Here's where to find pinball across the Daytona Beach area.
| Venue | Area | Machines | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flip's | Ormond Beach | 28 | Bar |
| Cafe One Pinball Diner | Ormond Beach | 22 | Restaurant |
| Daytona Glow Golf | Beachfront | 10 | Entertainment |
| Back Alley Lanes | South Daytona | A few | Entertainment |
Sports bar and pinball lounge · Ormond Beach
Flip's operates as a neighborhood sports bar and dedicated pinball lounge with the largest collection in the Daytona area. The family-friendly venue pairs 28 well-maintained machines with elevated bar food, craft beers, and wine. The rotating collection spans vintage 1970s machines to 2025 releases including Attack from Mars, Metallica, Godzilla, and Star Wars: Fall of the Empire.
Pinball diner · Ormond Beach
Cafe One Pinball Diner bills itself as Florida's original pinball diner, combining 22 machines with scratch-made comfort food, house-baked bread, and freshly ground coffee. The family-run breakfast and lunch spot near I-95 offers indoor and outdoor seating alongside a collection featuring Godzilla, Rush, James Bond, JAWS, and Avatar.
Entertainment center · Beachfront
Daytona Glow Golf LLC brings 10 pinball machines to the Ocean Walk Shoppes on Atlantic Avenue. The family-friendly venue combines a 20-hole blacklight mini golf course with air hockey, prize games, and a programmable pixel floor. A pinball league provides structured play for regular visitors.
Entertainment center · South Daytona
Back Alley Lanes VR-Cade spreads pinball across a 15,000-square-foot family entertainment center featuring an Omni VR arena, eight bowling lanes, a full arcade, and a sports bar restaurant. The South Daytona venue offers 6 modern machines including Venom, Godzilla, and The Mandalorian alongside party and event rooms.
Daytona Beach's pinball scene rewards visitors who venture to Ormond Beach. Flip's and Cafe One together offer 50 machines in distinctly different settings—elevated bar food and pinball lounge at one, breakfast diner and scratch-made comfort food at the other. The beachfront and South Daytona options add pinball to broader entertainment outings.
Colin is the chief pixel pusher at Kineticist. He's a lifetime gamer who became enamored with pinball after taking in a family copy of the 1979 classic Joker Poker (the EM version). Since then he's bought, sold and repaired many machines, competed in all kinds of tournaments, and contributes to This Week in Pinball, the New England Pinball League, and Pin-Masters of New England. Previously, Colin spent over a decade working in marketing for agencies and tech startups. He also started and ran a music blog, happy hour website, and wrote a regular craft beer review column for Central Track in Dallas. Once aspired to be an artsy film director.
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