Chuck E. Cheese’s

Nasty Nasty Nasty. Went there Saturday afternoon for grandson’s birthday party. Out of 10 of us, 6 came down with flu/​food poisoning? Staff wore dirty clothes, rags to clean tables were left in various places, and the food, well… something made all of us ill.

Took my nephew here yesterday, and was fairly disappointed.
1. Many of the games seemed almost designed to act more like slot machines, wherein the goal is to stick in money, play fast and be rewarded with tickets, and then stick in another token, etc. When I was growing up you’d often play for 30 seconds or several minutes on a quarter. Here many of the games lasted fewer than 10 seconds.
2. With as many kids running around and eating, the games are bound to get dirty often, and they were. But there wasn’t a huge effort to keep thing clean. I washed my hands thoroughly after leaving.
3. Many of the machines were broken. I did get some money back after complaining, but it get embarrassing to have to ask for your money back over and over.
4. Definitely don’t come here for the food. The pizza is lackluster at best. About what you’d expect.

My daughter invited me to a birthday party for my grandson here. The staff went above and beyond the call of duty in every instance. We ordered our food separately from the party because my husband is picky lol. The staff kindly apologized 3 or 4 times for not having Alfredo sauce for one of their specialty pizzas due to a refrigerator issue and the difference in what we paid for a cheese pizza was brought to our table before we even asked.
The pizza was out fast, and it was really pretty good. I wouldn’t put it on the level of Pitch, but it’s not that kind of place, and the cost is much lower. They also have a fully stocked salad bar… and beer ($ 4.25 for a 20 oz glass of Budweiser) to help you relax around all the wild kids!
It had been at least 5 – 6 years since I had been here, and I was pleasantly surprised by the changes. They moved the indoor playground area to the rear of the premises so it is much easier to view the entire game floor from your booth.
One of the things I liked best was the fact that they mark your hand with invisible ink with the same number as the child you bring, and it is checked upon your exit. Nothing is foolproof, but this makes it more difficult for a child to be taken by a stranger, or to exit themselves. This definitely puts them a step above Skatedaze in the area of child safety.
I would like to see the games/​rides clearly labeled as to how many tokens they take, because you have no idea until you sometimes have put too many in.

It was horrible. First thing I seen was one of the staff members eating from the salad bar with their bare hands. The place was dirty. Tables weren’t cleaned. The food was gross. I was sadly disappointed.

After reading through the reviews left by others, I felt like I ought to leave a good one.
We love Chuck E. Cheese! Mainly because it’s SO affordable! One token per game… winning!
The food may not be that great, but I don’t think it’s terrible. The pizza is okay. Haven’t tried anything else. But we mainly just go to play, we rarely eat here anyway.
I will say, of all the arcades in Omaha… this one will give you the best bang for your buck! I can give both kids $ 20 and they are happy campers! Whereas with Pizza Machine… we would spend a minimum of $ 80. Dave and Busters we’re guaranteed to spend more too. I understand you do get what you pay for, but the kids don’t care. They just want to play. My kiddo loves Chuck E. Cheese!
And, it’s not necessarily about me… it’s for the kiddos! Take your kids here and they will surely love it!
Weekends are crazy busy. We prefer to go during the week.

I keep giving this place a chance, but I’ve yet to have an enjoyable experience at this Chuck E Cheese. I’m trying to avoid sounding like a Negative Nancy, but I’m struggling to come up with any redeeming qualities.
Well, it IS affordable. All games/​rides/​etc are only 1 token a piece. But even for that price, it isn’t worth it.
½ the games are always out of comission. The food is horrible, and that says a lot because I was expecting bad food from the get go. The staff is okay, but when they are only two teenagers trying to run an entire arcade, things get messy.
Kids run wild, which I wouldn’t have a problem with if they were well behaved kids. But no. Chuck E Cheese seems to uneash a crazy, ticket hungry beast in all of these unsupervised youths. Tickets and tokens WILL get stolen — so keep a close eye on things. Also, don’t walk away from a table full of food. When you come back, ½ of your pizza might be gone!
Like I said, I go to this place knowing what a headache it is hoping that somehow things have changed.
No, no they haven’t. I need to stop trying.

Horrible experience. Several games not working. Tokens were dropped into games but nothing happened. Errors on the screens of 3 of the games… tickets not spitting out when they should have, ticket machine near birthday area not working… WOW. I was exhausted contacting the staff to either get the tickets my children deserved or getting their tokens back. Trash everywhere. Tables NOT cleaned 2 hours after the family left. Pizza was alright. We’ve had better where we live. Go to Pizza Machine and don’t waste your time or money!

My daughter had a birthday party of a friends here. They went all out with the balloons and cups and all but the food is horrible! No wonder they serve beer here make the food taste better. The place is really dirty. The games were soso nothing to really entertain the kids for long and the prizes as said before are just cheap trinkets.

It was horrible the place is nasty. The games weren’t working properly, my pizza was wrong when served. The service was bad only two people were working. The pop was out. I wouldn’t suggest going there if your a neat. freak or like to keep your kids
healthy.

My kids like this place, and we go there from time to time to play games. On the plus side, it’s not terribly expensive, but the negatives are many: The games and activities aren’t geared toward enhancing creativity or development– they’re for brainless entertainment. The food is dreadful and unhealthy. There’s a large stress on materialism as reward– the children win crappy, useless plastic trinkets for performing well in skeeball, etc. (And I realize I’m probably a little extreme and reactionary here, but I think this kind of reward throws values out of whack. It’s no surprise that it’s housed in a corporate chain.)
Like television, I think it’s fine in small doses as a mindless diversion, but if this is the only type of stimulation and play you are providing your children, they will suffer for it in the future. For a healthily contrasting experience, and at a lower price, take them to the Omaha Children’s Museum.