Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2016 USD ($) States Stores Province $ / shares shares	Oct. 30, 2016 USD ($) States Stores Province $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2017 Stores	Jun. 07, 2016 USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Number of stores | Stores	88	88
Number of states store operates | States	33	33
Book overdrafts reclassified to accounts payable	$ 11,115,000	$ 11,115,000	$ 14,180,000
Construction allowance receivables	$ 3,876,000	3,876,000	$ 13,097,000
Long lived asset impairment loss		$ 0
Share repurchase program authorized amount					$ 100,000
Repurchase of common stock, shares | shares	132,221	170,615
Repurchase of common stock, price per shares | $ / shares	$ 41.84	$ 43.16
Excess income tax benefit related to stock-based compensation plans		$ 9,124,000
Dave And Busters Holdings Inc [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding common stock owned	100.00%	100.00%
Oak Hill Funds [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding common stock owned			18.00%
Board of Directors and Management [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding common stock owned	1.00%	1.00%
Canada [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Number of Canadian province | Province	1	1
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Number of stores | Stores				4
Credit Facility - Term [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Unamortized debt issuance costs	$ 674,000	$ 674,000	$ 834,000
Adjustments for New Accounting Pronouncement [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Excess income tax benefit related to stock-based compensation plans		$ 9,124,000	$ 16,834,000