Great experience for a kid's bday party! When I called to make arrangements, I spoke to Angelina and she was super helpful and professional. Likewise, our party host Jasmine was amazing. She was attentive, friendly, and on top of every detail which made the party go smoothly. I was also impressed with all the employees who were in charge of the tracks. Every single one was so helpful, polite, and super hardworking. I really, really appreciated how they were extremely conscientious about safety. Parking was a breeze. Plenty of spots along Recreation Road. So convenient. And I liked how they allowed us to store an ice cream cake in their freezer...many places don't allow that. My kid, a huge Baskin-Robbins fan, was so thrilled about that. There is a Baskin-Robbins store close to Go-Kart World, btw (on Avalon Blvd). So easy to just pick up a cake and bring it to the party w/o worrying about the ice cream melting:) The kids (and parents) had a blast. But it was all the employees that I was truly most impressed with (including all the staff at the ticket counter). I don't get all the negative reviews about the rude staff here. We didn't experience that at all. Tip: I think (in general) if a customer is polite and gracious toward employees, it can go a long way. One usually reaps what they sow... Thank you everyone at Go-Kart World! You were all excellent. Note: you do breathe in a lot of exhaust fumes here. Many of the arcade games didn't work. And the whole place is a bit run down. None of this bothered me, though. Everyone had such a great time that these things were mostly trivial. I do recommend that if you go for a kid's party and have the chance to ride the karts, do it! It is really fun. I got a chance to do the euro karts and they offered more of a challenge than the regular karts. You have to wear a helmet for the euro karts cuz you can go a lot faster...vroooommmmm! read more

Took my son & nephew to celebrate my sons 12th birthday. It was our first time here and They had an amazing time. We will definitely be back again... On the downside I would suggest adding a smoking section away from kids (like my son that has asthma) and non smokers. That would have gained the extra 2 stars. read more

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Sammie at the front and the operators have huge problems with Black people today!! We were waiting to get on a ride and the man just left! Then 10 minutes later he comes back with a taco! Sammie is eating chicken nuggets while shes ringing up my tickets! This is a timed placed so if we have to wait for someone to go get food our time should not be deducted! Shes yelling we short staffed I cant watch the cameras. I didnt ask you to Im buying another ticket which makes it a total of $100 that I spent. Being a single mother that $100 hurts especially not to be treated right. I say racist because my kids meet new kids at the track. When their time was up the man told them your time is up so they started to leave i told my kids say bye and leta drive. The man scanned my sons wrist band and said you only have 15 minutes. I was like wow we just got here then he went to scan my son younger sons ticket and said his time is up! Im like how we just got here and my kids got their bands at the same time. He was like go to the front and talk to theo lady. So I had to leave my older son alone to walk to the front to see what the problem was Mind you I keep buying 7 buck tickets to ride with my boys. I ask Sammie why is my kid time up I paid for 2 and a half hours. She told me well if he scanned it thats what it say??? Im like hu??? Then a young man was like let me see your wrist band and he said oh no you have and 1 and a half left. So we had to walk back and talk to the man to teach him how to read wrist bands. On top of the fact that my kids went to get back in line to ride again and the man just walked off!! And yes my brother did come up their and you are a lier my bro was in his job uniform and said nothing to anyone!!!! So for you to say he said or did anything is a bold face lie!!!! And I refused free stuff because we dont need free stuff we need to be treated with respect!! And for you to get on here and do what you did shows volume and Im going to share you rely to the news!! And I told the Owner the person who said he was owner that "If I was up here acting a fool" it would be a problem!!! You are a lier and the "Owner" tried to get me to take my review down.. Why???? Im letting you know how I felt at you business. Still feel discriminated against. Don't assume all black people know each other!!! You tell me how 15 minutes no minutes end up being an hour and a half oooh big difference on top of the fact that I came to buy another ticket and the "Owner" stopped me and said did u write the review all in my face I felt threatened and if my brother was such a problem he would have stood their while we were talking. He went to his car!!! So I hope your rant made you feel good but I stand at my point WE WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST #BLACK LIVES MATTER!!! #OUR FEELINGS MATTER!!! #YOU WANT OUR MONEY RESPECT US. THE OWNER IS BOB!! YOU CANT TELL ME HOW TO FEEL AND YOU ARE MAKING IT SEEM AS THOUGH I WAS ROWDY WHICH HURTS MORE!! I WANNA BE TREATED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. YOUR TIME IS UP AND WE ENDED UP LEAVING EARLY BECAUSE BOB THE OWNER WAS TO GET ME TO TAKE MY REVIEW DOWN !!! read more

Thanks so much; you guys were great!!! Terrific fun for an eleven-year-old's birthday party!

Awesome place to have fun with fun for the whole family.The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. It's also a safe place.

All the female employees were really polite and nice. Most guys weren't... They need to specify or better said, advice the customer about height requirements as you pay, so it works best for the customer. You get to the line for rides and find out your child can't go in or alone... Fun place over all. Classic spot... read more

The park has 6 track but 2 of the tracks have FAST cars just for adults and regular cars for lots of fun ... Go to the big track and ride the euro cars. They are WAY FUN. Those cars require a helmet . Track is pretty technical plenty of room for passing. The slick track other cars two they are a little hidden so you have to ask for them . They are way past and a lot of fun for drifting Overall very fun place get your information on what tracks and what cars you want to ride before you start... read more

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Took my 10 year oLd daughter with me on a secret Mommy & Me Adventure. Of course I Love to drive and was happy to share a go kart with my daughter but was happier to Let her drive her own go kart. We went on a weekday and had pLenty of time to ride aLL tracks. Next time LittLe sister gets to go with us. read more

This place has gone so downhill since I was a kid it's really sad. half of their games, well.. more than half don't work and steal your money or are missing parts. They completely overcharged at the snack booth, see my picture of the 'personal pan pizza' and did I mention a cup of tap water is a dollar? Management here must really not care anymore. This is probably why the place is empty on a weekend. read more

Go Kart World - Pay for a personal pan pizza..get two slices of regular pizza instead... - Amusement Parks Near Me - Carson, California

Where do I even start? Go Kart World? I'll say more like "Go-kart sloths" These carts are so slowwwwww and filthy. After paying for a 2 hour wristband, we left in about 20 minutes. THANK GOD we went through Groupon. Hey I'll tell you what, if you want to immediately experience that thing called buyers remorse? Come here! This may be a chill place for small kids but if you're an adult, forget about it. Like really, forget about it. read more

Witnessed three kids (minimum) get whiplash and cry. This place has ice packs on the ready as it apparently happens a lot. Zero safety, zero adult supervision. Employees all looked like high school kids. read more

Our first time here and had a great time here. Go Kart World is a great place for the family. Other than go karts they also have a arcade. The staff is very good with Covid-19 precautions. We will be coming back. read more

Found a Groupon for this place, so i decided to take my 5 year old. He had the best time. We happen to show up when they just opened on a sunday, and it was dead. We had the whole place to ourselves the whole time we were there.. Lots of different sections of go kart. Small children section, and then for older kids and adults. There was also an arcade area that was fun. they had a number car section as well. I don't think my son was the only one having fun.. Mommy also loved to drive the cars:).. I would totally recommend it.:) Just go early. When more people started to arrive it was a little busy and the lines got long.:(.. read more

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Go Kart World is a smallish amusement park focused on go karts with 3 tracks and a small bumper cars ring focused on smaller children. My 6 year old niece was able to driver her own bumper car while she has to ride with me on the go karts. This place is effectively run with lines moving reasonably fast. The tracks are not huge but also not small and they have up and down slopes with tight turns. I would recommend this as an option for families or even a fun date night. read more

I am giving a five star review as my expectations were pretty low based on the other reviews. It is an outdoor Go-Kart place PEOPLE, right next to the 405 freeway; not a new pristine, indoor facility. We were there for a Birthday party for our 5 year old grandson, pizza was good, and party staff were excellent and cared about our comfort and happiness. Bathrooms were clean. Ride operators were patient. We did not get to enjoy the indoor games, but saw people using them. I would not hesitate to go again. And would recommend the place, just temper your expectations with the reality of the circumstances of this business. read more

It was so fun that my soul ascended into heaven and I gave god a spiritual High Five. I started openly crying on the track because I've never had this much fun. Truly amazing - Karen read more

What an amazingly underrated place! The facility is clean, the staff is friendly and the tracks are fun. I came during the day so maybe it's a different experience during the night, however this place gets a full 5 stars from me. read more

Worst experience I've ever had. Workers are rude, cars really bad. Not worth for your money. Try another place .

Came here with girlfriend and our two kids and we had a good experience. Place was fun and I felt the business enforce good practices during phase 1 of the emergency recovery. Everyone one was wearing a face mask and they check your temperature before letting you in and provide disposable gloves. What I like is that they let our kids ride with us as passengers on the big tracks, because they didn't meet the height requirement to ride alone. But that's okay because they're just 6 and 4 and they enjoyed the races. We were able to ride on 5 tracks for 100$ which seems fair to me. Overall, fun place for what it is and the kids love it. Thanks Go kart! read more

Why did it take me more than 15 years to head to this place? Being a Carson native and seeing the "Go-Kart World" sign every time I head southbound on the 405, the thought of going there someday in my life has always been ingrained in my mind. I even thought about having my 30th bday bash just to get a kick out of my friends and family, but opted for a traditional 90's house party, aww what a night...... Anyways, back to the review, Go Kart World is a decent shot of go-karting experience for the kids. To all you wannabe fast & furious folks, by the looks of things, you could definitely see you were at the wrong place. It's a good family venue, since the karts aren't as fast as other tracks in SoCal and they have a mini-arcade for the little ones when parents realized that some of the kiddies don't make the height requirement. We tried the super, turbo & drift track and by far I had the most fun at the drift track. It's a single loop on the smaller track but it's tons of fun trying to beat your friends without bumping (it's against the rules....which I'll get to later) and the thrill of lapping a teenager is just too much fun! The super track has alittle longer loop with a little more power, but yes to what everyone has mentioned before, the go-karts here don't give you the horsepower that adults crave. Go Kart World is a decent place to visit if you are in need of alittle fun activity and just so happen to be driving on the 405 and stop for gas or directions, take a break and cruise on by. A few side notes: wear either a light jacket or long sleeves, pants and some gloves since this place is alittle run down. I was in a desperate need of hand-sanitizer after finishing with the tracks. Just a word to the wise ladies, you don't have to get all dolled up at this place, the fumes from the go-karts kill any type of good-hair day for anyone. Fun side note, check out all the warning signs that they post at Go Kart World, they had me cracking up the whole time. Some of them are so blatantly obvious but I guess they do get some customers that just need to be told directly.....too funny. Check them out! read more

Go Kart World - Go Kart World rules - Amusement Parks Near Me - Carson, California

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Every year our nieces and nephews are in town for the summer they always want to go back to Go Kart World. read more

Go Kart World - Amusement Parks Near Me - Carson, California

DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT COME HERE!!! From other reviews you know it's a pretty shitty place: old and outdated, dirty, and etc... but if that wasn't enough, the customer service is TERRIBLE!!! A man, supposedly a manager, named Jesus began an extremely rude conversation with: "It's too late to let you ride". Mind you, at this point we're standing off to the side and not even speaking to him. He then follows to harass my sister by telling her there's no way he can let her ride the karts, and it's too late to do it today because they "have cameras and insurance had already seen it". All of this, because she had a previously broken finger (which happened over a year and half ago) and had a splint on it to try and slowly help bring it back to a straight position.. all part of her finger REHABILITATION. He gave her NO opportunity to explain what it was, and kept raising his voice, interrupting her and rudely repeating over and over that "It was too late" (what?!). She tried reminding him of the CONTRACT we had JUST SIGNED, which took all liability off of the company in case of an injury. (Does he even know about the contract?!) In disbelief of this man's manners, terrible customer service, and aggressive demeanor, we let him know we'd be leaving because we couldn't be at a place where that's how the manager treats his customer. To which he replied with: "I'm not being rude", "This is my tone of voice, and it won't change"... obviously still not understanding his manners are utterly unacceptable. This is my FIRST yelp review, because I never write these. But we were so disappointed, that I just had to let everyone else know: DO NOT COME HERE! (1 star because I can't give a negative rating) read more

Had a blast!! Tracks are fun to do, the only suggestion would be having the carts be similar in speed. Other then that great way to burn time in the sun! read more

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The lines are very long to get on one ride and once we got on it wasn't even worth it. The customer service is pretty good and the rides go for a long time but what really ruins it is the waiting. Plus the breaks are kind of broken on some of the rides. read more

Go Kart World - One of the best tracks - Amusement Parks Near Me - Carson, California

Totally fun! Great outing for my boys and I. The GroupOn 2 hours wristbands for unlimited riding was worth driving 1 hr 15 mins to travel 21 miles in peak traffic. The savings help buy dinner at 800 Degree Pizza in Westwood. read more

Go Kart World - Amusement Parks Near Me - Carson, California

Place needs an upgrade the go karts are breaking down the seatbelts are holding barely holding on.

Finally went to this go kart place I've seen off the freeway for years. A caring, friendly staff that just seemed bored. Clean enough for a place that is adjacent to the freeway, but could definitely use a refresh. Ample parking, and easy access. I didn't try the food. The main reason people come here is for the karts. I'm very tall, so I have fitment issues anytime I'm in a public karting place. I've learned to deal with it. But the karts. We drove the Slick Track, the Turbo Karts and the Super Track. Shredded seatbelts, non functioning adjusters, and poorly maintained steering, brakes and engines were the order of the day. Seriously, I could barely steer my cart on our second try at the Super Track. The toe was so far off, that a slight turn to the left severely flung the car to the left, and it would almost not turn right at all! The first run at the Super Track, and my kart had no power! I got lapped twice! The operator (Jesus) acknowledged something was wrong with the kart and offered me another ride, as well as letting me know he was pulling it off for the day. So all in all, not what I expected. It was fun to try to drive around the problems with the karts, but that's not what I came for. I think this place needs some investment, mechanically, to bring the karts up to snuff. One driver came in at the end of a run and had no brakes and crashed into all of us as we waited for the signal to get out of our karts. One child was hurt or shocked enough to start crying. This place has so much potential. read more

This place is run down to the ground cars are really slow they used to go a lot faster the car I was driving felt like it was falling apart steering wheel was vibrating heavily. I will turn the steering wheel just a little bit and the car will lose control it was bad. I don't know if I'll come here again. My family is party if seven so I spend good money here but the quality of the cars are just not worth it any more. read more

This place is a joke ! Take your kids to mulligans or something. Went for a birthday party and The staff were not friendly what so ever, like they had attitudes and didn't want to be there. The girl we had I don't know her name she was Hispanic kind of heavy set her communication was not up to par. The arcade game area took my sister money twice but they gave us the coins back. But also the games were dirty i mean black on the games (like when the last time y'all deep cleaned) Then you have big grown ups playing as well and it's like really lol...it's more for kids in my opinion. The pizza isn't good BUT the fruit and wings and salad were yummy. The go karts are barely functioning. All I can say about birthday parties don't sit in the area by the door if you have a big group coming. Forgot to take pics sorry ! Was So agitated and hot lol. Don't waste your money here. read more

I had come across this business a lot over social media, and decided to visit. To start off with a tip, I don't suggest the daily pass. I don't think they offer enough for an individual to spend more than 2 hours there while still finding it entertaining. I was disappointed for three reasons, one being that this place has not been keeping up with improvements that are available nowadays, I felt like they have not undergone any renovations or improvements since probably a good decade. (Based on pictures from 2008 that I had seen). Second, their go karts were mostly either broken down, they would have to push you when the race started so that the kart's motor can start running, or half the rubber from the steering wheel had come off and so the steering was all sticky. Just a bunch of issues that are fixable I just don't think they put enough care and time into this place. Lastly, maybe for kids it will be more enjoyable, but given that you have to be a certain height, (which mainly teens and adults are meeting the height requirements) I would assume that there would be a nicer race track and not just two that we had to go on like 4 times because the other ones were all too childish which I don't see the point of them being there if you have to have a fair heigh to ride. Overall, I don't think it was worth it. I wish it was more up to date, with some type of improvements. read more

Trash. Overpriced, bad customer service, and outdated. Dont waste your time nor money

I've only been here 2 times and It's fun! I only wish it was a little bigger and they had more arcades. The prices are decent. I haven't tried the food because the kitchen thing is never open. The location is old so it's not visually stunning but still fun. It's best on the weekdays because it's not that packed. read more

The people who work here are so nice. The sweet girl who gave us our tickets was a breath of fresh air as she genuinely carried a conversation with us. It's nice to go out there and just have some fun on go karts! read more

This place is so much fun. I took my 3 year old there today and he had a blast! He rode with me on the 2 big tracks and then drove by himself on a little kiddie ferrari 4 times. They didnt have a designated kiddie area, so he rode on the track all by himself. It was awesome. Great first time for him. We will be back. Thanks! read more

I'm writing this cause of the terrible comment Go Kart World wrote me back. This place is out dated, very unclean, needs repairs, worn out games, broken games over all 1 star rating. They state they're always redoing the place, repainting areas constantly and have a full time cleaning crew with what I seen this isn't true. Please post your pictures here if you're saying I am wrong for saying this?! I've done commercial construction before, I've own a restaurant before and for Go Kart World comment makes no sense to me with my past experience. Show me I'm wrong on this! For all the fellow costumers who will be showing up good luck. read more

Had my son's 11 Birthday there yesterday and was compelled to write a raving review! Adults and kids had an amazing time! My kids and guests had never been and they absolutely loved it and wanna go back! Staff was friendly and party was stress free! Facility was clean. Go Karts were a blast! Definitely recommend a Birthday party here! read more

People are rude and this place is depressing. Not kid friendly staff. Everyone looks miserable. Spent over 200$ and what a waste. Euro carts aren't fast. Track and supplies are old read more

Awesome location, we went there for a work event and had the best time. The staff is really friendly and does a great job of providing instruction before you start to make sure you understand how to operate the car, the layout of the course, etc. Would definitely recommend this for big groups, it was really fun. read more

Kick me off track in 20 min for bumping when these other guys are flying around the track ramming into people and they come after me for one bump. read more

I came to bring my son here its about 30 min from where we live . We do have a closer similar place to our house called Speed Zone but that place is ridiculously packed.The lines are too long to wait for a chance to ride the go kartz. Thats why we came here to Go Kart World. Yes this place is old you can tell from the kartz and tracks. But the wait was wonderfully short my son loved it he couldnt care if it wasnt all new he had a blast. Prices are great and they have lots of tracks would recommend it. We came on a Sunday afternoon dont know how crowded it will be on Friday or Saturday evening. read more

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