Convenient location to stop by before watching movie at Cineplex and/or going to grocery at Loblaw next to it. Spent big coins during their double redemption event. Totally worth it! read more

OHYO Fun - Arcades Near Me - North York, Ontario

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Made the trip to North York with my friends to check this place out and needless to say, I am not really a fan. Having been to other claw places such as claw and kitty and KoiClaw, the staffs are much more helpful there. The price is not easy to win, in fact you need to play like 3-4 times in order to win as the claw will just open and drop the toy randomly. This is very annoying as you are basically just having to drop like 12 coins (4 coins per play) in order to get one toy. Therefore you don't end up with many points to exchange for gifts. It just seems like there is zero strategy involved as regardless of what you do the claw will just open before it gets to the prize drop box section until you play it many times. I notice by the 4th try I had done a very bad grab but the claw held tight enough for me to win the prize. Anyways, probably won't be back again as it was not worth it. On top of all of this it was not an easy location to get to. Giving a two star is being generous IMO read more

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Came here on a Saturday night and Carol helped us navigate their membership system. She was quite helpful throughout the process, and it made for a very pleasant and fun visit. Their space is pretty big and their membership system is amazing, giving 15 credits every month, and 80 tokens during your birthday week. read more

You know what... After many more visits, I'm starting to like this place a lot more. This place is now my favourite claw machine arcade. So I started frequenting all the claw machine arcades in the GTA and now I can see things more clearly then ever before. So lets talk about OHYO 2 main competitor... CLAW ME BABY is way to popular now and their location is way too small to handle all the people. It smells like sweat with all the people in there and the queue in front of the machines is annoying. CLAW & KITTY suffers from the same problem as Claw me Baby but thankfully their location is a little bigger so it's less annoying. However if you go on the weekend when someone is hosting a birthday it's super packed!! I also don't like how they close so early. OHYO does a lot of things right. Pros - I LOVE how this place is so spacious! Ton's of room to run around and lots of available machines. - Underground parking also makes this place convenient to come on a rainy day. (Free parking after 8pm once the parking attendant goes home for the day or just buy $10 grocery at Loblaws) - Their coin dispensing machine is a time saver! Have you ever line up at Claw & Kitty? The line is like 10min long sometimes! - If you purchase a membership you actually get more value over time with all the free tokens they give you. Their promo are good deal as well. - Employees don't follow you around. When I was bad, I appreciated how the employees at the other claw machine arcade followed me and helped me. Now that I have a better understanding and feel of how the machine works, I don't like the feeling of somebody looking over my shoulder. - Pay attention to their instagram for events! Cons - They really need to get some real official Pokemon plushy. I'm not really interested in the unofficial aliexpress stuff. - Holy moly!! Their machines are rigged!! The claw is always so effing loose!! Even thou, I lose like crazy here, I'm still coming back. Good change of scenery from the other places and at the end of the day its just a source of entertainment on a boring Friday night. When you eventually win, thats when your night starts getting live! read more

This place is probably the worst of all the the claw games type places in the GTA. The reason I say this is purely from experience. At other places my kids have gotten the prize or missed them. I don't expect 100% accuracy here as they are running a business. What's shady is this place allows the grabbing to happen but once the claw moves the prize/toy is dropped. Pretty much rigged. And again I say this only because at other places we"ve been able to get the toys/prizes at about 30-40% success rate. Staff is meh. Decor is roomy and clean. read more

With a number of new claw machines opened up in GTA over the past year, I think OHYO is...not bad. For me, there's two things going for OHYO First, is their membership system. If you spend $100 in one go, you can get a VIP card. With this card, during your birthday week, they give you 80 tokens for free. Furthermore, you can also get 15 tokens a month, which is 3.75 plays on their plush machines (obviously, they made it that way). So every 4 months, you'll have enough for 15 games, assuming you physically drop by OHYO once a month to get your free tokens. As a gacha gamer, I have no problem letting my freemogems pile up and then just using it all at once. Certainly not for everyone of course, but I pass by north york centre regularly so it works for me. Second, is their redemption system. For each plushie, you get 2 tickets. However, if you redeem 20 or more plushies, they are worth 4 tickets each. I usually like to bring a group to go for some claw machines as a social event, so for $10 or $20 per person, we should be able to collectively turn in enough plushies to get the double redemption. And you can keep the tickets on your VIP card for future use, so you can just save up your points for something bigger. They are also opening up a new location downtown in Spring 2024, and the membership system applies to both locations, which makes it a bit more accessible for more people. Overall, it's still cheaper to just buy plushies on aliexpress, but as a venue for claw machine socials, it's pretty convenient. read more

Looking for a fun place for kids of all ages.... This is the place to go. This claw machine arcade is so much FUN! It has a variety of different machines with cute plush toys. The plush toys are actually good quality. The price for tokens is pricey.. but what do you expect from an arcade right? You can choose to become a member and bank your left over tokens or plush toys for the future. There are a few attendants who can help you out if you need assistance or have questions about the place. You can even redeem some cool prizes if you win lots of plush toys. We kept on playing one machine because my son really liked the plush toy.. but I kept failing in getting the plush.. this really nice attendant opened up the machine and helped me out.... I think he felt sorry for my son LOL! Thank goodness because I was about to loose it on that machine. Overall a great place to pass the time and have some fun. Highly recommend visiting! read more

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Located right at the entrance to the TTC inside Empress Walk, you definitely will not miss it. The inside ambiance and lighting reminds me of old school arcades. We walked around but did not try any of the claw machines. There were lots of staff walking throughout helping patrons and explaining how the tokens and machines work. We found in the back corner of the arcade, they have a shop called Spare Time. You can redeem tickets for items or just purchase them outright. They have a big selection of blind boxes including LuLu the Piggy. They also carry Studio Ghibli merchandise and paper theatre items!! The prices are market price same as elsewhere but they have nice stock. Will be back for more blind boxes! And maybe try a claw machine or two. Everyone we saw there were winning prizes so the machines should not be too rigged :) read more

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good experience with Carol At Ohyo fun at north York centre! Awesome place to spend with kids read more

Super fun arcade with Hong-Kong and Japanese inspired games and art. Inside the mall, and just opened ( about 2 months), this little gem is a cute date night place, a place to go release your inner child, take photos for the "gram" or just chill out. I like the vibes here. read more

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Been to this claw machine arcade a couple of times since it's in a pretty convenient location at North York Centre. However that's the only good part as the claws at this place are so weak and does not matter how good your claw machine skills are. The claw releases just before it goes above the chute and takes around 6-7 tries to get the actual plushie based on my own experience and from watching other people playing. More like OHNO Not Fun! read more

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An awesome spot for a date night, with instagramy vibes and cute prizing. OHYO Fun opened up their doors around Fall/Winter of 2022. At the time, I had seen their Instagram posts promoting their open and decided to visit as I was always interested in going to a Claw Machine Arcade. When you first visit, the location is kind of hard to find so I'll instruct you how to find it. When you enter Empress Walk on the street from Yonge, on the main floor you'll want to go to the right, into the hall that has an escalator going down. When you go downstairs and take a left you'll see the bright OHYO Fun sign. Upon entry, you'll be met with what I can describe as an exceptionally designed arcade. From the light fixtures, to the decor, to the art installations such as the Silver Mouse character as well as an awesome KAWS-esque Astronaut that you can sit next to and take photos. The process to play games is simple, you go to the cashier where the prizing is in order to purchase a card and load with tokens. I forgot to take a pic of the pricing for tokens but I can say that it isn't the greatest value and can be kind of expensive. I went with the option around $100 that grants you a lifetime membership that offers 15 free tokens every month. An FYI, you must visit every month to get the free tokens as they will not automatically load on. Each game ranges in cost but most are 4 tokens each. As for the machines, it's a claw machine arcade. There will be times you will be outright played by the machine where it'll automatically drop your prizing before getting to the chute. I recommend searching up tutorials on how to win at claw machines before coming, because if you understand prizing placement and claw mechanics you can be like some of the people you'll see at these arcades with carts full of prizes. A little piece of advice, if you win a prize in a machine but want to swap with another prize in that same exact machine, ask an employee and they'll gladly swap it out. Speaking about employees, service here is great, they're well staffed and always willing to help with machines and reorganizing prizing. When you're all set and done, you have the option to swap out the prizes you won from machines, of which each prize is equal to 2 tickets. Prizes for trade-in range and can get pretty high for things such as Anime Figures, Pokemon Plushes, and general jumbo plushies. They also sometimes have specials on trade-ins, such as for the Kirby and Hello Kitty plushes I won as gifts for friends of which only cost me 4 tickets each which is really low compared to other popular characters. Overall, although it might be pricey, I think OHYO Fun is an amazing spot for a date that will makes for an awesome surprise for the person you're taking out if they're into this kind of thing. read more

A fun place for people of all ages! You can bring your family or hang out with friends here. OHYO Fun has 10+ claw machines that take coins (2+ coins depending on the games you play). Each machine is filled with cute plushies to win. Membership cards are about $100 and it comes with 200+ tokens (coins). When you win plushies, you can exchange them as long as you're still in the place. The interior is filled with neon lit statues and decor giving it a modern vibe. They have carts you can drag around making it the perfect place to put your winter jacket and belongings. All in all, it's a fun place to be. The staff are helpful and friendly. read more

OHYO Fun - A lady playing a claw game - Arcades Near Me - North York, Ontario

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The staff is pretty non-existent, and unlike other claw machines places, the staff don't really help or move away from the main counter. They just huddle around the front desk and talk amongst themselves. Machines are really difficult to win any prize. The one prize I did manage to win was a toy lamb, but it had a hole in it... When I realized this, it was too late as I was already out of the place. Would not come back as it seems they don't really care about whether people are struggling or getting anything. read more

Lisa at the downtown location was so kind and helped us a lot on our experience! We had so much fun! would def come back

This place is so adorable and they have more options than Claw and Kitty and other pop up claw stores. Their selections are undoubtedly more adorable and more enticing so you could be satisfied even if you don't exchange for the ticket items. They also gave a store which sells random box items and other cute merchandise so you can buy them even if you don't win Do be prepared to spend some money however! read more

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literally amazing. carol helped me today and gave me a token when i needed just one more. Def would recommend for a cute lil march break trip read more

Really convenient location at the Empress Walk. It's on the last floor next to the Tim Hortons. They have a lot of prizes which is nice, but honestly I do not think any of it is worth it. It comes out to around $1 per coin, and then each machine is 4 coins per play. It's expensive compared to other crane game places. They started adding food to their crane machines which I thought was interesting. In terms of the figures you can exchange for, be careful because it is a mix of replica and authentic figures. read more

Great place and the customer is service is excellent! I think everyone should come and visit.

This place is really fun! Yes the claw machines are hard but you just have to find out what the trick is. These machines let you win every 1/6 times someone tries. We spent 100$ around there & I got about 15 stuffies ! read more

OHYO Fun - Arcades Near Me - North York, Ontario

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We heard about this new claw machine arcade and definitely needed to check them out since there barely is any around North York without having to go all the way to Markham! This might be the best claw machine in Toronto with so many machines and prizes! The decor is very enticing and beautiful that makes your excited! Be sure to spend a lot because you will be addicted! The machines are not extremely rigged and it is possible to win things with the right techniques! The people who work there are very nice and would be more than happy to lend some guidance when you need it! read more

OHYO Fun - Arcades Near Me - North York, Ontario

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Carol is sweet. Lots of fun for family. recommend to come here with friends and family for a great night read more

Very fun to stay around in and hang out around! Location is very convenient with lots of restaurants and even a grocery store on the basement level! Though, it may be hard to get prizes at first it's not THAT rigged compared to my previous experience with Japanese acrcade games. To compare 1/4 payout win vs the 1/30 I faced in other games. read more

My new favorite arcade. It's a GACHA arcade! Very unique concept. Every stuffed animal you win you can trade it in for points to get bigger prizes! The reason why this place received a 3 star for me is because they charge quite a bit to play one single game, it costs FOUR TOKENS to play and on top of that the cranes seem to drop the stuffed animal seconds after grabbing it securely making it very frustrating to actually win a prize. The prizes are very unique especially for anime lovers but some of them cost WAY TOO MUCH for what it's actually worth, luckily they give you the option to just outright buy the prize with money instead. Overall a fun place but it's a very money hungry business and I don't think it will last too long with the way they charge things. read more

This is an amazing place to go have fun with your friends and celebrate birthdays. Claw machines are super easy to win .We Spent 2 hours and won around 60 plushies. This place is very fair and super easy to win. It is a pretty big claw machine arcade place with so many claw machines. Staff are all super friendly and also really want you to win, they give tips and tricks as well as encouraging you and rearranging the claw machines! The staff goes above and beyond and they help you win! Great customer service. I went for my birthday and they made it a very memorable birthday! As well as the quality of the stuffed animals being really good! Highly recommend going to this place! read more

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great place had a really good time carol is a great worker as well, this place is in a good location and it has lots of games to choose from

I highly recommend this place a very fun and entertaining ,carol is a great employee. She was very helpful.

SCAMMERS BEWARE!!! This arcade is just a huge rip off and scam, The claw machines clearly drop the toy the first 5-6 times, no matter what you do. The machines are obviously rigged, you can fully see it opening right before the chute. When you show the staff they just pretend nothings wrong. read more

I found the machines are rigged. When I spoke to staff back in October why the claws would suddenly open (not the plushie falling on its own), the guy explained that the claws are made that way that you will win every like 3rd time or something. IMO it did sounded like there was manipulation unlike claw and kitty, and claw me baby. The only good thing is the prizes selection is best I had seen. Too bad though overall. read more

Very spacious, lots of cute stuff, i can get one of the stuff toys in just 2-3 claws. Sometimes i exchange it for tickets, i haven't exchange the tickets for bigger stuff though. read more

Honestly I've been playing claw machines my whole life, this place is downright RIGGED. the minute you have a perfect grab, the crane drops it because of the weight distribution. There are places way better than this to spend ur money at. (Octo and Claw and Kitty). Do not waste ur money here! read more

very fun and entertaining I will for sure be coming back, carol is great an employee she was very helpful

Beware if you are paying by debit. Yesterday I was charged twice within 5 minutes of $22.60 each after the person serving me switched machines, I was under the impression that the first transaction didn't go through . When I realized after checking my account today, it was an experience trying to get that back. I was asked multiple times if I had a credit card to perform the refund despite the original payment method was debit and I didn't have a credit card anyway which I expressed. Apparently it's harder for them to find debit payments than credit card payments in their system, if I didn't have a membership card it would have been impossible to prove that I only asked for $20 worth of tokens. They did refund me in cash in the end but that experience will not be forgotten even with the apology. read more

this place is very cute and has a lot of sanrio toys and stuff animals with really cute things to buy