The Jungle Fun & Adventure

I just found out this location closed. That’s disappointing. So many of my childhood memories are of this place. (And of Bamboola… can I hear a holla if you remember) This place, when I was a kid, I remember being absolutely filled, crammed with children. It was terrific fun being in this GIANT play structure for hours on end. Making new friends, no parental supervision, coming out only to ask your parents for more money for tokens. Everything was kept decently clean. As clean as a place can be when it’s being occupied by hundreds of sweaty, smelly kids with no knowledge of personal hygiene.
Once it got to my youngest brothers turn to frolick around in the building, I could notice that the Jungle had gotten a little worse for wear over the years. Oddly enough, they never replaced, fixed, or improved any of the things I had played with. If I remembered a swing being broken 6 years earlier, it was still broken 6 years later, judging by my brother’s reports of his own adventures. If this is what finally caused this Jungle to close, sadly all good things must come to an end.
This is my goodbye to you, The Jungle. Forever will you remain in my fond memories.

Fantastic place to bring young kids. You can sit and relax and they can go wild. And it costs all of around. can’t remember exactly. but around $ 10 /​kid. Adults free. What a bargain for a few hours of semi-​child free relaxation and the kids can just GO.
Wish the seating was a little more comfortable for adults. Also wish the food was good and more options. They do over charge for food, and it isn’t great.

Went there for a couple of hours — and spent the next two weeks trying to eradicate HEAD LICE.
You might say — oh — he probably got that from school…
WRONG. This is the two weeks that school is shut down for winter vacation (christmas time) He’s been home the entire time. So to entertain my son, I took him and his cousin to the Jungle.
Where in the Jungle did he get it? I dont know. Could be in those giant punching bags that hang on a rope that kids get knocked around in… maybe an infested kid got knocked so hard the lice fell into my sons hair.
But what I actually suspect is that my son was giggling and laughing so hard, that he kept falling and sinking in to the bottom of the ball pit… he was so tired he just stayed there in the balls. I suspect after 500 kids a day jumping around in the ball pits — lice probably are infested at the bottom of the ball pit.
Spent the next two weeks chasing head lice and hosing down the house.
Not bad for a $ 7 dollar investment; By the way — Lice shampoo will run you another $ 15.00

This place is awesome! My daughter loves it and I feel safe even if she gets away from me for a minute, since there is only one way out. I also like that they cut off your wristband before you leave and make sure you’re taking home the right kid.
My daughter ran from me and an employee walked her around til we found each other.
I docked one star because a lot of the games in the arcade are out of order.
I am considering having her third bday at The Jungle.
One last tip, the other location is horrible. It’s small and the play structure is surrounded by rides that cost up to a dollar each.

After checking out the super cool Super Frank’s in Pleasanton, I was hopeful that the Jungle would be a similar space to spend a few hours with my active toddler. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough to keep me or my two-​year-​old entertained for more than an hour. I guess that’s not entirely true — I’m sure if I left it up to him, he’d be giving the huge play structure a go, but I’m pretty sure he’d be trampled on or hit in the head by a preteen zipping down a slide before a second hour was up.
The space is definitely geared more for the 3+ year old crowd — they have a toddler zone, but the play structure in there doesn’t even have a good stairway for toddlers to climb up, so I was among a line of parents who had to keep pushing their little ones up the ramp and yanking them out of the ball pit. And when my son would walk through the building, it was too easy for him to find a slide or tube that could lead him into the heart of the huge jungle gym where the only way for me to keep a watchful eye on him is to awkwardly wobble through as well. I wish they had a way to safeguard those entrances, because I most certainly did not want my two year old to unknowingly battle it out in a net dungeon with nineteen running grade schoolers, simply because they placed a nice little tube slide at his eye level.
And yes, the place is gross, filthy, and smells like wet feet. I find it kind of strange that they make kids take off their shoes, but don’t force adults too — so you still get all the grossness from everyone’s shoes but now with the added danger of accidentally stomping on some kid’s sweaty socked foot. I will probably regret not giving my son an immediate bath when we got home… now I’m thinking that my initial thought of «hey at least it was only $ 7» will change once it becomes «I paid $ 7 for him to get hand foot mouth disease.»

The Jungle … for the pure enjoyment of the kids running around like wild beasts is great… it’s safe, they get all of their energy out and you as a parent can somewhat relax.
There’s WiFi, sweet!
Music is actually pretty good
Have your kids meet some kids and they’ll be off playing for hours.
I’m not too sure on the cleanliness… as I sit here looking around its fine… maybe others are coming on a busy Sat or Sun, but it looks find to me.
$ 7.95 for Kiddos to run, climb, jump indoors all day seems like a great rainy day option to me!

I took my son here on «Toddler Tuesday» last week (⁸⁄₂₈). Three days later, he had a fever of 104 degrees, and «Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease». This place is FILTHY and full of disease! I wish they’d sanitize and clean more often than they do (assuming that they ever DO clean the place). At least it didn’t «smell like pee» that day, as most reviews stated. After a trip to The Jungle, and a very expensive hospital visit, I think it’s safe to say that we won’t be returning to The Jungle.
Bottom line:
PROS: Kids are drawn to the place because it’s fun
CONS: It’s dirty, it’s not sanitary, and it is outdated.

This place is better than The Jungle Island. Theres a big play place for big kids & a toddler area, which was perfect for my son. He loved it, and had a great time. The girls at the entrance/​register are nice. I also love how they take your shoes for you and put it in a container with a number that is on your wristband. My son is 16 months old and he had a great time! I also brought along my 8 year old sister as well and she had a blast! She made friends while we were there. They have an arcade upstairs & a small food area downstairs.
I love this place! Def will return again. & soon.
Toddler Tuesdays: $ 4 admission! (thats why we went today, cause its Tuesday =))

Came here for my Godson’s 6^th buttday party. We had the Lion room from 12 – 3. His party was from 11 – 4 so that meant for an hour, us adults were left sitting in the food court area while we waited for our room. Once the party started at noon, it was a well-​oiled machine: Pizza party, where the kids were entertained by a great staff and immediately followed by cake. Once they were done eating, off they went to run around until they called it quits and wanted to go home.
PROS:
* Well orchestrated party. Pizza and cake. No time for the kids to get bored.
* Lots of things for the kids to do.
* Staff is friendly.
* Leave when you want to, even if your party is over.
* Kids also get tokens to play at the arcade.
* There is a ‘quiet’ area. Thank God.
* Pizza better than some kid-​place establishments I’ve been to (Chicken pesto was pretty good).
* Free WiFi (although we couldn’t get ours to work).
CONS:
* THIS PLACE SMELLS LIKE PEE!!! As soon as me and the Canadian walked in, I turned and I didn’t have to say a thing, his face said it all. How often do they wash these things down? I’m guessing NEVER!
* Amusement/​arcade games are old and mostly ticket-​dispensing machines. That would be alright except for the first 100 tickets trade-​ins are mostly candy and weak toys.
* THIS PLACE SMELLS LIKE PEE!!!
The kids had a blast running around. In fact, by the time it was pizza time, the kids were already sweating from running around so much.
I just don’t know how hygenic this place is since it smells like a downtown San Jose parking garage elevator at 3am. I didn’t want to touch anything what more play with the kids in the balls or run around.

We planned our 2 year old’s birthday party here. The kids had a lot of fun, but the way they execute these events is quite underwhelming. Here are my specific reasons
1. The hostesses) were basically just time keepers. Ushering us from one planned event to the other. They weren’t making sure all the kids had enough beverage, all the guests got cake, all the kids left with their goody bags or that they took the balloon that was meant for them. My wife basically had to run around doing most of this and in the end the kids left without the things that were allocated for them.
2. One of the reasons people organize events here is to outsource a lot of the organization of birthday parties out. Apart from point #1, the Jungle handed us a chunk of coins to be distributed among all the kids. Why couldn’t they just do that?
3. The room was dirty, there were stains on the floor in multiple places, the floors were dirty, the bathrooms were dirty.
4. They have a bunch of bizarre rules — no ice cream cakes. Made no sense at all.
The kids really enjoy all the obstacles and such and have a great time but I’d recommend against organizing events here. Or at least go with the expectation that you have to do a lot of the manual labor yourself.

I’m not a big fan of this place but my kids love it. they are almost 4 years old and they can spend 2 – 3 hours there easily.
when they were younger, they would get overrun by older kids, so they would prefer to go to the balls pool and the area for toddlers that is quite limited. Now they are capable of climbing in the mazes and love it
I don’t like the fact that they wouldn’t allow you to bring your food there or won’t let you go in and out, this is pretty bad. their food is basically junk pizzas.
I think older kids (5 – 7) will have a great time there and it’s probably a great place to host birthday parties for older kids.

All of the complaints and gripes about this place are for the most part valid. Parents don’t watch their kids and allow them to go absolutely nuts. This place is like the testing ground for your children. I brought one girl and one boy, gave them $ 10, a switch blade and a first aid kit, wished them best of luck and was off to the bar. 6 hours later my children emerged as winners. Management informed me that we were no longer welcomed and that CPS has been called… before the S in CPS was said my 3.5 year old stuck the manager in the shin with a shank made from soda cups.
Needless to say, my children love this place. It has helped them grow into the sort of adults I would expect them to be.

I wasn’t expecting much… actually, I was expecting this place to be filled with rowdy, sick kids and I was expecting the play structures to be too big for my toddler but I was completely wrong because The Jungle is AWESOME!
My very timid two-​year-​old had so much fun playing first in the toddler play area and then he even ventured onto the big playground area and totally conquered it. I was so proud! He is currently sleeping off all the fun now and this kid does not like to nap.
My 9-​month-​old is also still napping (he doesn’t like to sleep either) after having a blast in the ball pit.
We went on a Wednesday at 10am and left at 1pm. There was like 4 people there the whole time. I love empty, fun, clean places for my kids to play and that is what The Jungle was for us today. Maybe it isn’t that on a Saturday but I’m not about going anywhere on Saturday. It is all about weekday fun!
I would have given this place 5 stars but I was less than impressed with the customer service. The girl that worked the front desk wasn’t very friendly and seemed extremely bored… but if you’re really that bored, feel free to hold the door open for me and my double stroller…

The smell of urine punched me in the nose as we walked in through the front door but it was either pay the entry fee or have the kids drive me up the wall on a rainy day. The person who checked us in was awesome and let us know we could get a discounted admission if we purchased a calendar, so we did.
The indoor playground is set up like a three story hamster cage, with tubes, mazes, obstacle courses and some ball pits. If your knees are bad and you can’t get in there with your kids, you get to run along the ramp on the inside, instructing your kid (s) how to navigate so they don’t get stuck in a corner. Was it better than being at home on a rainy day where they would trash the house? Absolutely! Would a germophobe have a nervous break down if they came here? Absolutely!
As far as other facilities go, the food here did not look impressive. If you like eating pizza from other chains that have a rat as their mascot, you might be okay with the food here. We saved our money for a trip to Pizza My Heart, instead. The bathrooms were okay. I was impressed that there were hand sanitize machines available just about everywhere. The only thing that I couldn’t locate was a drinking fountain. If it exists, I didn’t see it.
Near the end of our visit, they finally broke out the disinfectant and eradicated the horrible stench of stale urine that was haunting our noses. Ah, relief! I wish that they had done that sooner.
As soon as the kids got home, it felt like I was in charge of a hazmat clean up team. I had the kids throw their clothes directly into the washing machine and scrub themselves down. I guess that’s to be expected anywhere that you have any large group of kids running around, getting their ya ya’s out on a rainy day. They’re nice and tired now so that is a job well done Jungle!

Dated. This place needs improvement. Good concept letting the children run wild… but there has to be some kind of supervision from either parents or staff. This place is literally a zoo, all the kids are hyped up on sugar with no manners. It reminded me of the kid in the movie Just Go With It with Adam Sandler & Jennifer Aniston. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll know what I mean.

I liked this place! I can see how some people say it’s like a zoo, but what else can you expect from a kids play place? I went right when they opened and my 5 yr old and 3 ½ yr old got to enjoy the whole place before it got crowded. We actually stayed there til 1 pm. 1 hour of them playing in the jungle gym area, an hour for eating and an hour to play games and ride rides. I bought a coupon from mamasource and used it today and I have 3 passes left. I’ll definitely be going again! My kids loved it!
I would say however that the food was ehhh… reminded me of great america food or cafeteria food… but it was good enough for the kids though. It wasn’t that awful.

If our kids where happy so where we:)
Had our Birthday Party here last weekend for our son and nephew:) They had a blast!!! From the moment we walked in we were greeted in the birthday area entrance we registered our party they took all the party things and place them in our cart then told us they would call us to the party room…
The jungle is just a fun for all ages place and we did a great choice picking this location. We had a Party of 17: ages 2 – 9 and they all loved it. the kids ran around the entire place. The toddler area was perfect for the little ones. The older kids well they just ran around the enitre time. All the kids seem to enjoy running through the entire place being active rather than other places like Chuck e Cheese where all they have are video games.
During the actual Birthday hour they helped us set up (they did the cleaning and also brought in all of our birthday gifts) The hostess then called our party in the room and had all the kids settle in and have them seated and ready for pizza and drinks:) Our hostess where very nice answered all our questions and made sure all the kids had drinks and were eating. They played guessing games while they ate and I spy to keep them entertained while they ate. They brought out the cake and helped us sing them happy birthday:)
Our boys seem to have really enjoyed themselves as well as the rest of our party. We shopped around before choosing this location. some places have just one hour max. Others is renting out the place for few hrs and also count in the cleaning as part of the time. However this place we asked our party to arrive at 12:30(knowing most would take forever to arrive) also so that the kids would have enough playtime! Party room available at 1:30 and out by 2:30:) perfect timing kids get to run and play… And once the party room is over they get to still have unlimited play time:)
Knocked off a star: The only thing I can say I dislike about this place is that this paticualar day it was extremely hot inside. so maybe crank up the AC…

OK honestly –I can’t stand places like Chuck E. Cheese, which I call Chuck E. Coli. I just find that places like it can make an afternoon really unpleasant!
When you first enter, kids have to take their shoes off. It’s $ 7.95 for kids, and parents are free. They put the shoes in one of those plastic bins and fasten a hospital-​type Tyvek bracelet on w/​a number written on it to match the child’s. Then you’re off to do whatever. There’s an arcade, a big maze where kids run, jump, climb, etc., a toddler area for kids 3 and under, a jump house, and a food area.
It’s been rainy here and winter break for most kids so it was busy. We got there at 10:30, ½ hour after opening and there were quite a few children there.
Staff seemed spare, two at the front register area and one at the food area. So none of the staff are monitoring the kids. I think it’s important, especially in the jump house b/​c I or another parent is responsible for yelling at someone else’s kid to be more careful. It’s actually the parent’s responsibility, but let’s be real: A parent of a 8 year old kid isn’t going to be running after them constantly in a place like that as if they’re a toddler. Anyhow, a few kids were getting crazy in there and then they started throwing balls from the toddler area’s ball pit back and forth through the opening in the jump house and it was getting way out of hand. None of the staff came by so I went to the front to report it.
My daughter took a little bite of pizza and spit it out immediately. The «fresh baked cookies» looked and felt suspiciously like Chips Ahoy straight out of the bag.
I didn’t venture to the arcade at all, second floor. Glad I didn’t after reading other Unilocalers reviews.
The women’s bathroom is pretty gross, they need to clean it more. Especially seeing that the seats and the floors around the toilet are cleaned more often.
There are hand sanitizer stations all over, w/​auto settings so you don’t have to touch it. That was pretty cool. I like that.
Everything seemed kind of dark and worn out, but it’s a kids place so I guess that’s just the way it is.
We spent an hour there. The kids kept running back to us, they were obviously overstimulated with tears in their eyes and looking sad. My daughter said soon after, «I want to go now».
For the money we paid it was worth the hour out but after we left, my daughter said, «I don’t like The Jungle, it’s loud and makes me feel nervous». I won’t be going back. It’s dirty, loud and most of the kids are running around like crazy and don’t seem to care if they hurt anyone as they’re doing it.

We were there yesterday taking shelter from a hot day and out of the house playing.
Our experience was Awesome as always. We got our tokens promptly returned by the staff from the machines that were not working, lots of kids were there and it was only $ 3.48 to get in for the whole day!

We’ve been taking my niece here for a couple of years now, and since it’s only about 5 minutes from my house, we come here pretty often (maybe once every 2 weeks). Everytime we mention «The Jungle,» my niece shrieks because she’s so excited.
The Jungle has the largest indoor climbing area that I’ve been to, and I’ve been to quite a few with my niece (both in Norcal and Socal). While it’s not maintained super well (there are a number of areas that they should clean, repair, and/​or replace), overall it provides great fun and entertainment for kids.
Recommended for children 2 – 8. Since it’s so large, it never gets too crowded, although this location does get pretty busy on the weekends. If you have young children and want to avoid the crowds, I’d suggest coming here during the week, especially in the morning.
Prices are reasonable at $ 8.95/child for unlimited play on the weekends and $ 7.95/child during the week. Adults are free (no limit on the number of adults per child).