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    Kids Empire Hardegan

    2.7 (23 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Dance floor with disco ball

    Awesome place for kids to play! Hours of entertainment. Kind of expensive, $19.90, but we'll worth it. That price gets you in all day, even if you leave for awhile and come back. Very clean and very cool inside (if you are just watching, bring a sweater). Adults can climb and play as well. Colorful, clean, and fun!

    I guess she needed a break from doing nothing

    PLEASE READ!! I recently decided to throw my daughters 5th birthday party at Kids Empire Hardegan on Sunday, September 24th 2023, and I wanted to share our experience. Her party was for 10 kids and paid for in full a few days before the event. Come the day of the party we check in at 1:35 and the staff was very inattentive and the space isn't cleaned nor set. My sister set up the tables and swept the floor! Two nice sized piles of dirt and food was swept from the small area. When I asked the staff about the cleanliness she stated that the company doesn't have a overnight cleaner. So none of the equipment that the children are playing on is never sanitized and the floors were disgusting. The staff with the bad blue wig did come out and mop the floor during the time of my daughter's party and left cleaning solution at one of tables the entire party. They give you gallons of water and 2 liter bottles of drinks. They have unlimited gummy bears which they just pile up on paper plates and give to people no packaging just out of a bulk bag of gummy bears. I don't know if gloves were used or anything honestly. They do not have any pitchers nor ice at the facility. We had no party attendant and literally had to come and ask for everything while the staff laid around on counters or in the back room on their phones! The pizza that is apart of the party package was supposed to be ordered and there by 3pm. The staff never let us know anything and when I inquired about the time of the pizza being delivered ( because they do not have any food they order it from somewhere) at 3:30 I was told the pizza would take another 45 minutes to an hour to arrive! The pizza never came and the staff never said anything else about it! The kids had a nice time on the equipment but were starving and had to just eat snacks that we brought and cake. No staff knew who their manager was because they claimed he hadn't had his first day of work yet and couldn't get in contact with their supervisor to be spoken with about the upkeep of the facility and the party coordination! The staff were the absolute worst and were all lazy. We ended up leaving the Party 45 minutes early feeling completely ripped off for $400 bucks! This company needs some major help when it comes to customer service and with cleanliness of the facility!!

    This is ball put in the toddler area! Super big and lots of room for play!

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    It was packed and it was hot and it wasn't fun The staff was nice, but the kids were crazy and it was hot. You can't breathe and vinyl.

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    My kids always have fun when I bring them here! There is a lot for them to do and Ruth was helpful and nice!

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