Rolling Robots

Came here to check it out in person and the customer service from the start was just garbage. The attitude from staff (young lady) was rude and insulting. I really hope they retrain their staff because this place has a lot of potential.

Neat place at first look and the kids seem to love it. We’ve been to both the old location at the Americana and the new location. both for birthday parties.
both times there was a combination of construction /​play and birthday lunch with cake.
I found it all to be a bit disorganized, a lot of the robots ran out of juice just when the kids got going but overall a pretty decent experience.

THE BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER!!! Bing and her gang were awesome! I couldn’t have asked for a more professional, kind, patient, helpful and accommodating group. We hosted my daughters 8^th BD there and every kid left with robot in hand and a big smile on their face. I highly recommend Rolling Robots for parties or just a great afternoon of robot fun. Rolling Robots is perfect for both boys and girls. My daughter loved it. She’s still playing with her table top robot weeks later. The bonus is that the robot is the party favor! The space in Glendale is so cool and they have lots of great merchandise for purchase. Thank you Bing!!! You went over and above to make our experience wonderful.

My son loves these classes. The place is a bit disorganized, but I was finally able to resolve an issue with their website and billing after much persistence. Also, there were a couple of occasions where my son was disappointed (literally in tears once) b/​c his efforts to work on his project were futile due to a bug or technical issue on their end. Hopefully, they continue to improve, b/​c the concept is great and the kids do love it.

My son just had his 7^th birthday party here today, we have about 13 kids, and 25 adults, they all had a blast! We choose «Propeller Racer» as our party favor, kids learned on how to built the racer, then take the racer home with them which are awesome! All my friends told me their kids not only learned something scientifically, but also had a lot of fun playing with the robots!
George, the owner is very nice and attentive with our request and the staffs are wonderful and patience helping out all kids to build. Birthday party is all about fun, this place is not only fun but also educational!

We had my son’s 7^th birthday party here today. He chose to have a Minecraft party — since we don’t allow him to play video games online, he was really excited to get to play with all of his friends.
The employees helping with the party were really great. They made sure we had everything we needed and were really helpful with the kids while they were playing their game. And they didn’t mind my two year old running around (they have a little section of the store with toys that are perfect for kids that age to play with too) and even let her «play» Minecraft with the older kids.
And when we were done, they provided us with a wagon we could use to haul everything back to our car so we didn’t have to carry it, since we had parked a couple blocks away.

Well my 4 year old has been asking to come here for almost a year. Walked in and was greeted with a bizarre blank look by whoever was working. Then when I expressed my sons excitement to come here, we were told he’s too young (which was fine and apparent) and then told to come back in a few years. Super Strange Encounter and won’t be back. What a disappointment.

The concept is awesome but for $ 500 I think at least an extra hour should be added to these events
You’re so rushed you really can’t enjoy any one aspect of the party
Not the battling that the kids absolutely love
Not the building because you’re so concerned about the food getting there and getting served
Not the food because your shoving the food down your throat so you can use the last 10 minutes to sing and cut the cake
All in all the kids had a great time but it went by so fast I missed most of it :(
One more hour would really help!!!

Just had our son’s 7^th birthday party at Rolling Robots. We were blown away by the entire experience! It’s edu-​tainment, at it’s finest! When we arrived, they allowed us to decorate the room a little early. Then they started pumping some fun tunes while the kids were each given a remote control robot to battle in the giant Robo arena for 30 minutes. We had a full house — 20 kids … and they all had their own robot! Fantastic! Then they moved into the party room/​lab where they each child built a robot propeller car, led by Jason, the Robot Master. He and his team did an amazing job managing a group of 20, seven year old kids – not an easy task. He even added humor to the process, which the adults couldn’t help but appreciate. Once the cars were complete, food was served and a great time was had by all. They were extremely well staffed and VERY helpful. They even helped us carry all of our decorations out to the car. We received a ton of compliments from parents who loved the educational aspect behind the party … many parents said they would be bringing their kids back. My only critique is that it could use a little face lift. It looks like an older property compared to Pacific Palisades, L.A., etc., but it’s still worth it! Huge props to Jason and his entire team who helped make it such a great day for our children. We’re raving fans of Rolling Robots … and we’ll be back!

When my son upgraded to VERSION 8.0 this was the most LOGICAL place to celebrate.
The children BOLTED over to the Battle Arena and went NUTS over the robot battle. They had a BLAST assembling their robots. Each kid gets to take home their own personally assembled robot, making Goodie bags OBSOLETE. After building the robots everyone was GEARED up to eat. This was the easiest birthday party ever; I even had time to make a homemade robot cake. No need to stress about cooking, decorations, cleanup, etc. What’s not to love about this place?
Bleep… Boop… Bop…Bleep
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i went in with my son and asked about booking their space for a birthday party. the guy with LONG hair told me: one room was $ 295 for 2hrs. the other room was for $ 275 for 2hrs. then there’s the minecraft room for $ 100.
fair enough.
i asked if some of the kids could do the robot battle if they didn’t want to do the minecraft room/​how much would the robot battle cost — he rambled saying the kids won’t be interested in the robot battling… «they are ONLY interested in the minecraft.»
and how they haven’t worked out the pricing — and walked off.
2 minutes later — a dad who was attending a birthday party there — came out of one of the rooms and asked the SAME long haired man «hey, is it okay for some of the kids to battle the robots?» to which he replied with enthusiastic head nods «yeah! of course! absolutely!»
i’m confused. i didn’t understand why he gave me one answer, and the dad another answer… so i approach him and ask (to confirm) if the robot battle was an option at birthday parties, to which he replied «yeah — but the kids are only interested in minecraft.» and walked off as if i was REALLY bothering him…
???
IF you go in there, try and talk to one of the other guys if you can, because the long haired guy is super unpleasant. or maybe he is just ‘selective’ with who he wants to do business with.

Great place for my 7 year old’s birthday party. He and his guests had a blast. Come to think of it, the Dads seemed pretty into it too. I liked that we could bring in our own food or order pizza. We had our own room. The staff were great — enthusiastic, friendly and great with the kids. My son had a great time and has already asked to go back for his next party. Only drawback and why I didn’t give 5 stars was that it was pricey. But they were great to work with and made for a great party!

I recently had my son’s 9^th birthday party in the new Location. That was fantastic!!! He had a lot of fun. Kids enjoyed their robot competition and assembling their own one. That was a combination of fun and technology in a scientific and joyful environment. It seems that they had enough activity to be be bored for a second. Two hours full of entertainment and learning !!! Staff is really nice and friendly.

I know this is mostly a kids store, but I love it! I’m absolutely obsessed with the plush, talking Cyberman dolls from Doctor Who, as well as all of the other awesome things they had for sale. The DIY robotics toy kits made me kind of upset that I’m not an 8 year old boy. But whatever to that because next time I have some extra money, I’m totally buying one anyway.
The only reason I didn’t give it a full 5 is because they didn’t have a Gundam model kit, which is the whole reason I wandered in off the street in the first place. But I guess it’s my fault for blindly assuming they’d have something like that. Also, even though the salesmen were really nice, they did kinda make me feel awkward about shopping there for myself as a grown (–ish) woman. Especially when I wanted to play with the battle robots :/

Best party EVER! Everyone is still talking about it. Staff is wonderful. Many thanks. Hoping you will open a location in Santa Monica-​lots of kids and nothing interesting to do especially for boys! I selfishly pushed the idea of this party on my son because I wanted to participate myself-​I was not disappointed. Hmmm… maybe I’ll have my own robot party for big kids :)
Julius’ teacher asked him to bring his robot to school for show and tell.
Best-​Zelda & Family

I just had my son’s 8^th birthday at the new Seeley’s location of Rolling Robots. The new space is great. It has a raw industrial and cool vibe there. My son had a great time. The parents and kids seemed to enjoy themselves. The Dads liked the bathroom doors.
Jason and Staff did an awesome job of assisting, guiding, and entertaining the partyers. Jason was funny and just a little irreverent (think Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka)
The kids enjoyed the build, got to take their projects home, and also got Robo-​bucks that could be used to purchase items in the store.
There was plenty of space for parents to mingle or not. There was ample space for outside food.
Best of all, I sit here writing this review very relaxed, nothing to clean up. I know my son will have great memories of the time shared with friends and robots. The day the earth stood still for a moment.
Domo Arigato from Russell Roboto’s Parental Unit.(Betty R.)

This is a little boy’s idea of heaven. I was really excited to come here with my 4 year old nephew. He ran in and got to grab as many sample toys as his little hands could. We browsed and left. I was hoping for more demos on the floor but I guess we got there when the batteries were low :(

We hosted our son’s 5^th birthday party here, and we had the best time!
Our son hasn’t stopped talking about it and now has in his head to create some kind of giant robot with spare parts from our kitchen.
The staff was very friendly and attentive and the 2 hour block of time worked out perfectly. We did have a lot of late arrivals and it felt like we were a little rushed getting started, but once the kids started playing with the robots it all flowed really well.
The party started with a demo of some high end battle robots, then the kids all got remotes and got to play head to head in a 15×10′ battle zone. After that the staff gave everyone a robot building kit and the kids all built their own little robot. The kit was small and simple, but very challenging to the 5 year olds. Staff demoed and helped assemble until everyone’s robots were built. Then we ate and had cake.
6 staff were assigned to our party — helping demo robots, helping with food, asking if we needed any help. Pretty great service.
The party package came with pizza, which was very convenient but it was pretty meh Papa John’s — some local spot with a solid pizza would beat it in a heartbeat, but who cares, really. :) We brought in our own cake and salads, they provided everything else which made things really easy.
Rolling Robots is located at the Caruso extravaganza «Americana at Brand,» or the Grove North, as I call it. With all the stuff we were schlepping I was concerned about the walk from the parking garage to the shop, but we used the valet and they produced a bell-​hop who wheeled all of our gear. Rolling Robots paid for our parking as part of the birthday package, altogether it couldn’t have been easier to get in and out.
We got lots of compliments from parents and I saw lots of very happy kids running about, that’s what counts!

A few months ago my son went to a friend’s birthday party and came home with a cute little rollie robot that he built at the party. The robot was like a primitive Roomba (minus the vacuuming) that would change directions when bumping into things (although it would fall off a cliff, unlike the Roomba). I was really impressed that my 7-​year-​old built that thing. He had so much fun he asked to have his 8^th birthday party there.
I booked the party online and Colin called to follow up with me a few days before the party. He went over what the party would be like. Upon arrival, the kids would be given remote controls for the robots in the battle arena and they could battle against their friend’s robots. When all (or most) of the guests arrive, they would start the robot building workshop and build the robots picked out by the birthday child. There would be some time for cake and pizza at the end. The birthday child got a cool Rolling Robot T-​shirt, which my son asked me to put it on him immediately and wore it all through the party.
Colin suggested that we choose a different robot for our ago group because the one my son picked out may be a little too challenging for the 7 – 8 years old crowd. We switched from the Tin Can to the Propeller Racer on Colin’s recommendation. Several Rolling Robots staff members were around and assisted the kids as necessary. At the end of the 30 – 45 minute workshop, everyone built a cool moving vehicle. Several parents, myself included, were impressed that the kids could follow instructions and use the tools effectively. I really appreciate Colin’s suggestion on the robot because a more challenging robot may not work as well within the allotted time and may cause undue frustration. The boys seemed to have a lot of fun. This morning at drop-​off, I saw a kid brought his propeller racer to school for show and tell…
The facility is not that big. It would probably be perfect for 12 –15 kids. We had 18. It worked but some of the kids were sitting at a different table during the robot building workshop and some did not get a remote control during battle time and had to share. But all in all, I thought the robot party was fun (for the boys) and educational. Although it was not cheap, I got to walk away, leaving all the mess behind and each kid went home with something he built and hopefully learned something in the process.
The host of the party gets valet parking validation and the concierge at the Americana was really helpful and assisted us with our party supplies and presents.

Cool, as cool can get for kids to get a hands-​on look at robots! I just had my son’s birthday party here, and if there is one advice, I’d suggest, it’s that this place is definitely more catered to kids at least 7yrs or older. *Despite what the age group says for our Dinobot assembly
From the getgo, the customer service was on point: 150% on a score of 1 – 100! I was really impressed! I found the site when I was searching the web for original and different birthday party venues. For my son, he loves anything that entails assembling, and gadgets lately.
I made my reservation for my party date online with a ten children-​minimum at one price, and $ 25 for each additional child/​robot kit. The order form requires $ 100 deposit and allows you to order a sheet cake ($ 50 OR SO) They just supply a few birthday banners, nothing to rave about, and table cloths, I brought everything else I’d need. Anytime I needed to have a question answered, they immediately replied to any of my email inquiries within 24 hrs. Alex was especially polite and helpful. I was able to decorate a small narrow space in the back of the store with a party banner, balloons, small icechest, and food and cake. Once arriving the day of the party, I was assisted with carts at my car to help carry everything for th party. I’m sorry I can’t recall his name who had helped me, he had glasses, and a goatee, and he was the one who took my parking ticket to have validated at a different location. *Validating is only for the event hosts. Even though I was 20 minutes late, they assured me it was ok to go a bit over the scheduled event times, as there wouldn’t be another event after mine. I was so relieved!!!
There was just enough room for about 12 – 20 kids to be seated comfortably. Adults would have standing room. While I was advised parents did not need to stay, I’m so grateful that all my parents were present because most of my younger guests needed all the help they could get. We had about 4 Rolling Robot technicians/​staff helping our group of ten children. Overalll, the kids really enjoyed assembling their Dinobots and they are battery-​operated motors. Even a week later, ours has stayed in tact *with the help of some double-​stick tape too.
I created his birthday invitation using metallic miniature party bags and turning them into robots, and placing inside the invitations that Rolling Robots provides on their website. The maps are even enclosed on the invitation. I had to include a map of the store location, though, and valet/​self-​parking information (even a list of all the venues at Americana at Brand that DO validate as a courtesy)
Rolling Robots is located at Americana at Brand, ON Colorado (opposite end of the water fountain) There’s a Pinkberry and Jamba Juice *or maybe Juice it Up?.. next to them. If RR is on your left side, then self-​parking is immediately available just past them. We were not able to park Valet due to a Farmer’s Market going on that Saturday.
All my guests received a 50% off coupon too, I believe.
While we did not get to battle our robots, there is a small arena displayed and for $ 3, visitors can also battle the robots already assembled in this arena.
I did not have time to do any shopping myself, but I definitely plan on returning and checking things out again when I can! Thank you, Rolling Robots for a memorable birthday for my son!