Probably more like 3.5 stars but I'll round up since the kids always have a blast here...surprisingly not as terrible as I had it pictured in my head, the Hicksville outpost of the mouse themed child casino is about as clean as one could hope for, most games are working most of the time, staff are mostly attentive albeit often stretched way to thin to take care of everyone quickly but that's not their fault.
Some tips: first, download the app and create an account - even if you don't get one of the monthly passes you'll still get coupons for discounted food, trampoline area etc. Second, if you're going to order food do it when you first get there as it can take a while, we've found if we place the order first thing the kids get a good amount of time to play and can then come take a break for food before doing it all again.
Aside from the usual visits we also did my son's birthday party here a few months back. They have a systen where you can book online and the store will then call you for the particulars. This is one area where I do feel they could use some improvement. The package we picked came with pizza, drinks & dippin dots for the kids. The coordinator who called a few days prior insisted they we could only pick one drink type and one dippin dots flavor for everyone. Weird as we could've sworn we'd seen variety at other parties we'd been there for. Sure enough we confirmed with some other parents that they'd had no issue getting 2 or 3 drink options etc for their parties, not sure why this person wasn't accommodating but it is what it is. They also need to do a much better job having the right number of cards ready for the kids, we gave a count when the coordinator called and they were about a half dozen short leaving some kids waiting to get started on arrival. Same goes for having the correct number of plates, cups etc for them. The party turnover was abysmal, literally stood there waiting at our arrival time for the party before us to finish and clear their stuff out of our area before we could get to the tables, frustrating when you're given a timeframe and are expected to be out when it's done. They really need to give a 15 or so minute buffer between parties to accommodate the changeover. Those annoyances to one side the party wasn't as crazy expensive as I feared and my son had a blast which at the end of the day is all that matters.
So bottomline if you're cool with your ears bleeding for a few hours while the kids get overstimulated by flashing lights and dancing mice it'll be a great time for all. Hopefully they sleep well for you afterwards. read more