The place is no longer there, I made a trip with my family and kids to visit but there's a department store that has been replacing mini city for several years now read more

My African American child loved this place and keep asking to go back. Keep in mind they do not speak english here and google translate my not benefit you as much as it does at a restaurant. The line to into moves slow because they have to check you in and give each child a safety bracelet that will also collect the data for the money earned and spent during their time. The parking is located right off the freeway but you will need to walk into the shopping center to locate the entrance to Mini City. Also I recommend you stay 2 + hours to fully enjoy the experience Mini City has to offer. read more

Wonderful place to go. Wonderful people that help kids play and learn. Try and go early because it does get crowded. Wish they had a place like thiS in the states. Make sure to bring your kids a water bottle because they will run around and have plenty of fun. Definitely will come back. Also the Manager Ramiro is great help with any questions you may have. read more

Love this place! It is totally a mini city! Kids can "work" just like their parents and earn points for working. And then "pay" for their play time. They can be a fireman, policeman, nurse/doctor, car wash tech, gas attendant, cashier, chef, construction worker, play on a professional soccer team and many others. They can climb on the ropes course, climbing wall, jump on the trampoline, etc. your kids can play for hours on end. Twenty something staff play along with your kids. Tuesday is two for one. You can hire one of the staffers for one on one play/babysit while you go for a movie, dinner or shopping at the connected mall. Clean environment. Drinks for adults and snacks available. Your kids can even "work" for the pizza place(extra charge minimal ) and make their own pizza. Your kids will leave happy and exhausted. We will definitely be back. read more

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After running out of places to see around LA, we decided to visit Tijuana for a family trip with little kids. There were 3 places we wanted to visit, CECUT, Mini City, and El Topo. We've been to Kidzania in Korea so we were happy to find something similar in driving distance away. We arrived at Plaza Rio little past 11am on Saturday and found a lot of parking. None of the staff spoke English and the way they spoke real fast seems like there aren't that many non-Spanish speakers that visit here. With Google Translate App and my forgotten 2 year of high school Spanish, I communicated the price, that we need to purchase their socks with sticky bottom for trampoline, and write kids name and my name for them to input into the watch which doubles for kids bank account. So as others has stated, like Kidzania, there are 2 types of experience that kids can do. First is work type where they earn money: fire fighter, doctor, supermarket cashier, farmer who milks and sells the milk, reporter, TV anchor, Radio DJ, etc. Each time you complete a task they scan the watch kids wear to pay them salary. With money earned, kids can do the second type of experience: driving a car, slide, zip line, trampoline, etc. Although time we went, I don't think they were deducting money for zip line and trampoline. So they inputted kids name and took pictures of them for their watch bank account. We went in and there weren't that many people. I think it had something to do with citizens of Mexico working the longest hours in the world which include working Saturdays. It started to get packed around 3pm. We decided to do the work type first to get money. First one that we saw was newspaper reporter. We spoke no Spanish so we used translator to answer some question that were given at the location. But later I saw that they actually went around asking question at different work stations to do reporting. Kids did the dairy farmer next where they fed the cow, milked the cow and went around to cooking school and market to sell the milk. Next was market where they asked whether a kid wants to work or be a customer. Luckily there was another parent who spoke English who told us when we stood there baffled at what the staff was asking. Next was firefighter where kids get to ride on a fire engine and put out a fire on a building. The building didn't have any drawing of fire so I think my kids were confused. Later I saw that there were bit more explanation for kids who spoke Spanish, including going down the fire pole. Kids took a break from all the Spanish and decided to go on the trampoline. My older one decided to make a pizza, which cost about $4-5 for a personal pepperoni or cheese pizza. Staff dressed them up with an apron and a chef's hat while he made a pizza. My younger one played on a climbing structure while my older one did the driving experience. In driving experience, you can be a driver, car washer, or gas station attendant. Rest of the day was just playing. My son went on the zip line twice. Went down the long slide by the entrance numerous times, went back to trampoline, and made slime in the slime lab which cost about 100 peso ($5). By this time, it was getting pretty crowded. We left around 4pm. There were a lot of birthday parties and kids by this time. Google Translator App came in very handy. I found out that there is no in and out privilege. Once you leave, that's a final exit, which is a shame since there were a lot of nice restaurants in the Plaza. Then again, it only cost about $10 per kids and cheaper for adults. We had breakfast, fed kids pizza that they made and juice. There were snacks and coffees available in Mini City. Kids wanted to stay longer to play but we a long drive back to LA. It was fun but in comparison to Kidzania in Seoul, it was bit lacking. For example not all stations showed how long the experience is, how much money they'll earn and so forth. Fire experience in Kidzania actually had water gun like in carnival games to shoot fire with picture of fire. Little things to make experience better, but then again it cost much more at Kidzania. We will be learning Spanish as a family an will return. read more

We took our 6 year old son here to celebrate his birthday since he had been talking about it for ages. Starting out it was very easy to find with the gps and the line at the entrance was not too long, although they had a slight system failure (internet maybe?) that set us back a few minutes, no biggy! All the employees were very cheerful and helpful. Once inside we found that the kids have to wait anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes for almost every "work station" which was ok since there was plenty to look at. Each "job" pays the kids around 15 points, to redeem at the end of their visit or save for next time. One of the things we noticed was that when paying the kids they sometimes fell short (sign said the job pays 20 and they would get 10 or 15) and when paying for things like the car rental they over charge (sign said it cost 30 but they deducted about 60 points). In spite of that, the kids have a blast and it doesn't really matter to them if they only get a lollipop on the way out. It's full of fun and learning experiences. Food inside is not super pricey compared to other restaurants though the selection is not that big. Only thing that really bugged me was that even after paying for entrance, certain things inside cost more, like the bouncy house where you had to buy special socks if the child wanted to play in it...all in all a fun experience and one I would likely repeat to see that goofy smile on my boys face! read more

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I love this place. One of the things that i was really impressed with and made me give this place 5 stars is because they wrist band each person in the family with an alarm for kid safety purposes. Im all about my keeping my kids safe! My kids enjoyed everything from preparing their own pizza to becoming doctors and even singing. My husband and I also had a blast! I think at some point we enjoyed it a little more than the kids did. Haha I would deffinitley recommend this place. The staff is average. read more

Spent a few hours with the kids here. It's really cute. Really is a mini city that keeps them entertained. They had a bouncy area, they drove little cars though a car wash. There were lots of little activities that replicated careers such as doctors, firemen, police and journalists. My daughter loved being a pretend doctor and now says she wants to be a pediatrician. Highly recommend this place. Not only is it a blast for them it really encourages forward thinking. read more

Great place to take the kids. They get to play like they are doctors, or chefs, or almost anything. It is located in the Plaza Rio, and is easy to find. There are also two movie theaters nearby, as well as a lot of places to shop, or eat. Lots of things to do here. read more