This is my second time coming here. Came here on a Sunday. I asked about becoming a VIP member to save on tokens, but the catch was spending $100 or more. Got me there, so I got it! My purpose was to play the big claw machines, as I wanted the Big Labubu. You can trade 2 big plushies with one that was hanging on wall in the claw machine. Worker was super helpful and friendly. He decided to move the big plushies around to help me out a little. I was successful.. after so many tries lol. I had so much fun! Didn't get to in the small plushies, but the Big Trade in was the Big Labubu! I was so happy. Thank you Fun Factory Kalihi for making my day exciting! Will be definitely be back! read more

Fun Factory - This was the Labubu (Secret) I got from trading in 2 big Plushies. Thank you Fun Factory Kalihi! - Arcades Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This is not a large location, but they do have some selection of games. The price is not what it used to be back when Fun Factory was the place to hang out. Went on the weekend here and it was empty. read more

Wow! all I have to say is... AWESOME! I'd say come here to play games , have fun & book a party. Party section must have 10 people minimum @ $25 per card @ 90 minutes of unlimited play time per card. HENCE, the $25. Card is reusable & reloadable. You can also add more cards if your party is more than 10 people. Each card can add money to the usage. Bring your own food & drinks. NO ALCOHOL! Bring your own cake & decorations. No glitter, confetti or Piñata. Keep it Simple & nice! But also HAVE FUN! Doesn't matter MY PERSONAL FEELINGS... PROFESSIONALLY, this place is really outstanding and CLEAN!!!!! Not crowded, plenty of room to MOVE AROUND, for the little ones to BE SEEN & to run. Not run playground style BUT... run as in going from game to game! AND as a parent, we want to make sure the party area is SAFE from the doors or strangers. They have a secured private section for the party. It's really well organized and most importantly, NEAT WITH ATTRACTIVE FUN GAMES! See photos for flyer on parties. Thanks for looking guys! Have a good one & stay safe! A hui hou MALAMA PONO Birdie read more

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The nostalgia! The fun! Came here recently looking for something to do and it was a great choice! Surprisingly, 20 dollars can get you quite a bit of plays on their games. No more tokens, everything is electronic on play cards. These can be purchased at the desk. Lots of machines to reload new or old cards. This location was clean, secure, and fairly empty on a week day night. More fun for you and your party! Wide variety of games. All were functioning and fair. The cool part is Fun Factory has double dollar days so you get twice as much points on your card to play with. These are usually week day or holiday specials. read more

Came here an hour before they closed. The lady at the counter was super helpful and got us set up to play. She even told us to make sure to come back in Thursday for a special. Place was clean and every machine worked which is rare. read more

Daughter wanted to come here to play games. Hubby and daughter loves to play games. As we entered, there was no one inside except us but it started getting busy later on in the afternoon. The lady working here was nice and super helpful. My Yelp buddy, Michelle R. got to play a few games. Good times! My daughter and I played air hockey. There's plenty of games inside. Before leaving, my daughter wanted a stuffed bunny rabbit. Hubby got her the bunny rabbit with his points. There were cool games and awesome prizes to win. Big thumbs up from my daughter. We will be back over and over. read more

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I love specific games involving basketballs, shooting or racing. I gave fun factory 5 stars because my friends and I had a blast playing with no one else around. Once u know how to get tokens from the fun factory card then u don't need humans in here to help. Loved the privacy- took a pic on how empty place was - I never saw a worker in there read more

Fun Factory - Arcades Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This is the best Fun Factory on the island, the facility is nicer and they have better customer service then all other branches (especially Mililani). Though this location is far from me, I always make the trip to hang out at this location. Especially for some fun time you cannot beat 50% off on Tuesdays. However, the real reason I come here is for the great customer service. Today I found that I misplaced my Gold Card that I had gotten at the Mililani location. I tried to get assistance from them but they basically told me oh well you didn't register the card. I did feel upset because even though it was my fault I lost the card they didn't tell me my card was not registered when they upgraded me to Gold. I registered my original card previously and at the time they told me I didn't have to do anything when I got the gold card. So I figured the registration carried over. Silly me I know, I was naive. Fast forward I decided to get assistance from the Kalihi location. They were able to help me, I was able to get my card back, and they provided me with the warmth and kindness that is lacking at Mililani. They made me feel better about the situation, so much I decided to stay and play and had a great time with my dad. Thank you Kalihi Fun Factory! If Management ever reads this review, please commend the two fantastic ladies who worked today during thanksgiving at 1400. Whenever I come in they always welcome me and with a smile. They should probably lead your customer service trainings. read more

Fun Factory - Power Roll! - Arcades Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Kaeo was very kind and attentive. My girls were playing and walked away from some tickets. She came to look for us and gave us the tickets. Thanks again for your kindness! read more

This particular FF location does not have much by way of video arcade games, but my 3 year old boys still had a lot of fun with the rides and video driving games. We came here to celebrate a birthday. As part of the party package, each person gets a swipe card that entitles you to unlimited play on video games, rides, and 20 plays for the games that gives you tickets (i.e. skeeball, basketball, claw games) for 90 minutes. For adults, it may get kinda boring, but it's great for the kids. The cost for the host is $15 per person, and there is a 10 person minimum. The best thing about this location is that they have a seating area for parties, equipped with lined picnic-style benches and tables. You are free to bring in your own drinks and food (we catered from Panda Express which is located in the same shopping center). read more

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Yikes! I always get coerced into going here haha! to play that sliding coin game or the almost impossible claw machine! but what fun! since we aren't in Vegas haha! and the silly toys you can get with the tickets you win, good thing I got kids to give them to. there are lots of games to play for both kids and adults to keep both occupied. parking can be a bit hard as Kam Shopping Center can get a bit busy. but what a good fun thing to do to change the humdrum of life... read more

not sure if any admins if fun factory kamehameha shopping center read this but .... please bring back initial d arcade. there is only a few initial d arcades on this island and back a decade ago you guys were one of them. this was the go to spot for intitial d battles. i think you should get rid of those two cruisin' racing games because those are too easy, please bring back more challenging racing games. there is a niche of arcade racers who are looking for a game thats not midnight maximum tune. initial d or battle gear would bring loads of car enthusiasts to have fun and enjoy read more

Fun Factory - Midnight Maximum Tune 5DX+ - Arcades Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I brought my son here since we haven't set foot in an arcade since pre-COVID. I was pleasantly surprised that there wasn't very many people and there was the ability to spread out as this seems like a bigger location. One star taken off as the claw machines seem rigged. You can pick the item up perfectly and it holds on to the item until you start moving to the side then all of a sudden it loses its grip and drops the item. Totally rigged claw games! Son loved the games so it was a great way to burn off some energy and have fun together. The ticket redemption prizes were also pretty reasonable. read more

This Fun Factory is located right smack dab in the middle of Kam Shopping Center line of shops between Times & Longs Parkings tight here and super busy at all times Love how big this location of fun factory is, definitely much bigger than other locations on the island great staff, cute décor, and big seating for parties!! definitely will return next time we're in the area!! read more

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This place is one of the establishments that was here from what I could remember as a little kid..oh and longs drugs too..who doesn't like fun factory?..my kids love it and so do i..not much has changed at this location except its arcade games but still looks the same i also noticed theres a party area in the back now..will try to bring my kids here more often to show them where daddy used to go to have fun. read more

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Went in today hoping to get in some practice time while waiting for the wife to finish work. Walked around to check what games they had first. This was a good thing because they have so little bit games. There wasn't even a Street Fighter 4 hows that and what games they did have I wasn't interested in playing. Will check out Pearlridge and Mililani later. But yeah this location is very disappointing! #Yelp 365 016/365 Date Visited: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 read more

Fun Factory - Kalihi Fun Factory - Arcades Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Manny And Christian are literally the most kindest workers, best customer service and just overall nice, love it

I reserved the back of this place for my sons birthday party and it was horrible. As soon as I walked in to set up and such, the trash from the previous party was just sitting there next to the table which was for me to put the food on. The actual trash bin did not even have a liner in there. There were 3 workers that night. 1 actually did his job, one was hanging out in their office and the other was playing games and giving free tokens or games to all his buddies on the race car games!! I actually had to ask them for a trash bag and line the bin myself!! NEVER going to plan a party there again. AND will not recommend that place for parties to any of my family/friends. read more

Mostly all of the machines worked! Great way to spend some time indoors and beat the Hawaiian sun! My two year old had a blast! Located in the mall right next to the Ross! Lots of parking! read more

they kept telling me to leave or they'll kick me out cause i was sitting down in the jurassic park but when clearly i was playing the game 2 times.they can lose me as a customer LOL.and the crazy part is i be going there everyday giving them $5 by playing and they gonna be doing me like that. read more

These franchises has been around since when I was a kid, and they're still around for the current generation. Shows how old I am, but eh. The FF I used to frequent is still there at Market City Shopping Center, but since this discovering this place near my work, I decided to check em out randomly. I walked around to see what new games they had and most of them I've already played in one fashion or another. The choice of games were somewhat disappointing, but they do what they got to do. I don't think this was a walk down memory lane, per say. Not sure if I would come back. Sure, I do business in Kam Shopping Center, but I always did bypass FF after that. Better ways to spend money. read more

back in the day, this was the spot to be after school. I remember when street fighter was THE GAME to play. there would be tournaments held in here. the good ol' memories. years had passed, stores came and went but fun factory is still standing. this place still looks the same as it ever did. the single token basketball "hoop shot" game is still in the same spot. I also remember that they experimented with a mini café located near the entrance but i guess it didn't work out since it was there for only a short time read more

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Probably one of the cleaner FF on island. It was pretty empty, despite going there on a weekend. There was just one staff, but he was able to assist everyone and he was friendly. Although there were not as many games as the windward mall FF, it was more spacious and entertaining than the Kahala Mall location. Parking was a little hectic- the lot was pretty crowded, being in a shopping center with relatively high turn over...but we still found a stall quickly and near the entrance. This location can host a small party, and was set up for one. Good to know! read more

The fun factory here is pretty small. Well, very small. Not well cleaned also. The staff weren't too attentive as they seemed more interested in their sell phones. Most of the games here weren't in English either, so my daughter wasn't able to understand or get the full enjoyment. After about an hour in I needed to use the restroom and they do not have public restrooms. All of the games were in working order. It was a great place to pass the time. read more

I loved coming here when I was a kid, up until middle school. Yesterday was the first time in a long time coming here. After eating ice cream at baskin Robbins, I suggested my friend that we should bring her 3-year old niece to fun factory. To be honest, part of me wanted to see how the place looked and maybe play a game or two. That wasnt the case. The place looked the same but there are some added new games. Majority of the games were for boys. Also, they use card for most of the games instead of tokens. Like seriously, I still like the idea of tokens. It's good to get with the technology but it's "fun" factory, not "techno" factory! I don't think I'll come here again! The games for the kids are ridiculous and not too mention, the workers aren't very helpful either. ***Yelp Challenge 12/365 read more

LOCATION: inside of kamehameha shopping center. next to yummys & honu bakery. SETTING: they have alot of games for the kids, oh! and even adults to go and enjoy haha. once you walk in, good luck getting out because your kids are going to want to stay in for a very long time! they also now have a party section if you ever want to make your childs party there :) smart idea! PRICES: the prices depends on how much you want to put inside of your card for your child to play. alot of the games take a bunch of coins out so i suggest you put a good amount of money so it lasts a while. PARKING: lots of free parking right outside of the store :) read more

Spent an hour here trying to kill time while we were waiting for family to have lunch next door. Honestly, I still remember Fun Factory back in my younger days, especially the one that used to be in Kuapa Kai. Back then it was the place to go for video games. Anyway, this place seems very similar to that old location. It's a pretty good size. However, being on the mainland now, we are spoiled by places like Dave and Busters which not only dwarf Fun Factory, but also offer food and drink. read more

Great place for kids mostly now that all quarter machines are taken out. Still can have fun if you like racing games, tekken, beatmania, claw games, and/or push games. All games require a game card you can load points on at the front counter. There's always an employee there so you don't have to wait long to load up your card. All the employees are friendly. Sometimes it gets hot when the AC isn't working. But now that there's a lot less machines in there, it's a lot cooler. Most of the games cost a 4.0 credits which is equivalent to $1. Not bad a deal. read more

This was the second Fun Factory we been too since we been in Hawaii, we had a lot of fun and my daughter enjoyed herself, she won over 1,000 tickets and got a few prizes. We will definitely be coming back to win more. read more

The new girl needs to be educated in common courtesy and customer service immediately!! She was completely rude!! We normally come here alot but haven't been here here in a while,and usually have Great customer service but not 2nite!! read more

Super clean very friendly staff and kids loved all the machines and they enjoyed all the variety of prizes!! Definitely coming back

One of my favorite fun factory locations on the island, I've won the most prizes from claw machines here, including a really huge plush. I love the selection of games, they have the Japanese beatmania machines and Percussion master, and it's not crowded like some other locations read more

What a bummer...I love taking my 3 (almost 4 year old) to Fun Factory when I am able to pick him up a little earlier from school but it's going to be hard to go back. I've spent hundreds of dollars in the last few months getting multiple VIP cards and then finally finding them all and just reloading the 1 card. That being said I'm going to slowly use up my last reload and be done with Fun Factory all together. I can find another activity to do with my son. We recently went to Dave and Busters to test it out. We walked into Fun Factory and my son ran up to his favorite game. We swiped the car as usual but there was already a ball sitting in the lever so my son pulled it and WON the big jackpot! He was excited because I always told him the hole with the letters JP is the best one and he finally got it. We took pictures and a video of him standing at the machine but I also was concerned because I wanted to make sure we got credit for the game. I spoke to the worker and she checked the system but it wasn't in yet. We walked away while it was still counting and put our card through another game. As soon as we did that...potty crisis...so we went to McDonald's and came back. I asked again and when we checked there was no credit for the game. I understand that it isn't the employees fault but I was still very very upset. There's wasn't any empathy and when I asked to speak to a manager I was told to call on Thursday Morning. Mind you this was Tuesday afternoon. Rather than speaking with the manager, I figured I'd voice my displeasure this way. I gave it a week to Simmer down and it hasn't gone away. Fun Factory just lost out on literally $1,000's of my money over the next few years because they were unable to work with me to give my son the credits he rightfully deserved. My youngest is almost of age so I'm pretty sure my spending would've doubled. We'll do other things and if games is the choice we can go to Dave & Busters. What a shame, Fun Factory, we had a good run but I can't support you anymore. read more

Wow, things have changed. Now its all card swipes to play games, no tokens (Ala Dave and Busters) but the prices of the games are rediculous. $5 wont get you very far, but I thought it'd get farther then 2 games and a wack-a-mole. read more

What a great place to have a party. U get to bring ur own food. If u r the only party u can be there almost all day, they give the birthday girl a present, u get free game play for 90 min (min 10), and over at the Kalihi fun factory they were taking pictures of us and offered a picture cd. The experience I got here was great the staff was excellent and it was way cheaper than chuck e cheese. But I must say that I think the parents had just as much fun playing the games just as much as the kids. Thanks fun factory I will be doing this again. read more