Will never book here for my kid's party ever again. Our daughter was happy to have her birthday party here and we booked it two months ahead of the occasion. I tried to call them on the phone to get some info but no one answers. When I went in person, I was told that I could only book online and that a week before the event, a party coordinator would call me for the final confirmation.
They offer three party packages. The cheapest is super basic. The next two include food, goodie bags and a return visit for the birthday kid. The difference between them is that the most expensive also includes game cards for the kids. All of the packages are for 10 adults and 10 kids, and guest over 65 and 11 months and under, are free. At least, this is what is supposed to happen.
I received a text message five days before the event date from their, "party coordinator", that detailed extras to be purchased and what to do to make changes. I couldn't call anyone back and when I texted, I didn't not receive any response. I didn't hear from them again until the day before the party. They called in the morning while I was at work and left a message, and again I was unable to reach anyone.
The day of the party, we arrived later than we would have liked because we were delayed at the bakery for the birthday cake. We did arrive 30 minutes before the event time but they would prefer you to arrive an hour before.
I explained to the girl handling the party transactions that we had six guests that would be in attendance that were over 65 years old and I was told we would not have to pay for them. There were 10 kids in total and 19 adults. For whatever reason, they had my husband pay extra for 6 people when we should have only paid for 3 extra since 6 adults were over 65 years of age. One parent and child ended up paying for themselves which was wild.
I did not realize this until it was too late, as my husband and I were in two different places, me, tending to the party room and him, greeting guests. When we were initially shown to the party room, I quickly decorated it in the theme my daughter requested before the event began. The person bringing the food was in a bit of a rush and wanted to bring it when people weren't even in the room yet. I asked that he wait 15 minutes and he ended up bringing the cart five minutes later. We ordered an extra "tray" of chicken fingers which is a ripoff - there were maybe 20 pieces of chicken in the box and it cost us $50. They only brought us 2 pizzas when the Deluxe package was supposed to include 3. I had to go and ask for condiments because none were brought. It's funny, because when we arrived, they knew exactly how much to charge us for the remaining balance but failed to ensure we received everything included in the Deluxe package.
There was one employee, an older man that was working the kitchen (maybe the manager?) that was totally on point and he was our only blessing. Everyone else seemed to not care about their job and I just feel like maybe don't work in a kids' entertainment venue if you're going to half-ass everything.
Our package included goodie bags for the kids, which I forgot about because they never gave them to us. I had theme-related goodie bags that the Billy Beez bags were supposed to also be added to. Half of the children left before I got them. I had to go to the front and ask for them. The girl tried to give me extra in an attempt to make up for forgetting to give them to us in the first place. They also forgot to give us the BB shirt for my daughter.
I've gone to my cousins' kids' parties at places like this (in NJ) and I feel like they do way more at those places, including serving the pizza to the kids, cutting and serving the cake, and being in the room to help wrangle people to sing Happy Birthday. $500 is crazy to spend for staff to overcharge you, forget to give you items included in your package, to not adequately prepare you or even be available for contact prior to your event, and to not even be present to help with the event. What's included is an obviously broad description of what they actually do.
Children are able to remain in the venue for as long as they'd like, so even after the 90 minute party room window, you can stay and use the facilities until they close, as long as you don't leave because there is no reentry. They did, however, allow us to go pack our stuff in the car and return. In the actual kiddie area where the children play, there are many older kids that are allowed to rough house which had me concerned. They were up there with kids much smaller than them, with no concern about their behavior. This spot is ghetto asf. The only saving grace is that neither my daughter nor any of the other children were the wiser.
A two-star rating is two stars too many.
We even tried contacting their company via the feedback submission form but no one has contacted us and it's been over 2 weeks. Customer service is definitely not their forté.