Selden Batting & Grand Prix

Brought my nephews here on Friday afternoon. They got free coupons from Raymour Flanigan. The go-​karts were no better and no worse than others on the island but the batting cages were poorly maintained. Most don’t throw out 10 balls. Usually they only throw out 6 – 8. The balls also land at your feet. The arcade was terrible. Very few games, mostly claw machines. I could get all past that except for the fact that I had to go back to the main desk to get reimbursed for coins I lost on the games. After the third time I demanded my money back but the manager who was on duty said they couldn’t give refunds. Even though I demanded several times saying the machines kept taking the money, she still wouldn’t give me my dollar back. I mean it’s 1 lousy dollar. It wouldn’t break the company. Their no refund policy caused me to give it one star. If they refuse to give refunds, they should have their equipment working. Who needs this nonsense going back and forth to get a refund.

Great batting cages and go-​karts. They have some good deals in local advertisements and coupons. You save money if you buy a sheet of tickets for the cages or karts basking have a snack bar and ice cream on site.

We drove by this place and decided to drop in for some old-​school fun! $ 7 per person for about 10 minutes on the Go-​Karts! The course is small with 2 lanes but it’s fun going round and round, faster and faster especially on an empty weekend afternoon.

Hats off to the gentleman with a heart of gold who runs the Go-​Karts.

Terrible place, run very poorly. Go –karts are decent but it’s a small track so the line is super slow and the staff is slow. In the arcade, half the games were broken. We would never go back. A waste of money.

The place itself is okay. Kids love the go carts and batting cage. But the personnel stink. They are not only not accommodating, they act like they are doing you a favor. I passed on doing a birthday party, not from the prices, but the people.

Go karts and batting cages…
We were out and about and wanted to kill an hour so we hit up the Selden Batting cages to swat a few balls and take a turn around the track — all in all a fun day out.
The batting cages offer a variety of pitch and ball choices and we were able to grab a 30 minute run with little effort. There are helmets scattered around as well as bats, but my honey came equipped with her gear so it was batter-​up. The timing of the machines seemed to be just right and gave us plenty of time to hit a few then switch off.
The go carts were sort of fun except that there were way too many little kids out there — so we couldn’t get a full on road race going as we spent much of the time dodging little kids who couldn’t drive.
The track was small but hey, this is what you get on Long Island so that’s the way it goes.
All in all a good day but only one bathroom (at least only one we could find) which could be problematic if you had a lot of little kiddies along.
Great way to kill an hour.
Parking in front.

The kids love go-​karts and so do I. We’ve tried the arcade and batting cages here but honestly, when we go here, it’s all about the go-​karts. They have about 25 gas powered karts and a cool track. We usually buy enough tickets to run a few rounds and we RUSH to get back on line after the race is over. The kids are always dying to tell us about how they got cut off or sideswiped. I love the family time we spend here.

SJ and I just go here for the Go-​Carts. The arcade area is horrible… you are better off going to DnB for better games.
I have been eyeing the batting cage. I definitely need to try that out.
The last time I was there one of the worker was so grumpy… seem to be grumpy at everyone but i guess some of the people deserves it because some people are just plain rude.

Even though I have a license to drive a real automobile, there is such a thrill about go karting. After having a great dinner and a movie date on Saturday, the bf and I drove by and were pleasantly surprised that this location was open for business. For $ 20 we got 4 tickets, giving us each 2 rides. So much fun.
But also this place makes me realize that if I ever have kids, I will teach them not to be punks who think that crashing into people and being jerks on the road is awesome, lol.

(Go Karts, «Arcade» aka crane-​prize-​room {no arcade games besides Dance Dance Rev}, Pizza & Ice Cream, Baseball/​Softball batting cages)
I came here with my Dad on a Weds night to help him practice for an upcoming company softball game, and it was pretty well-​populated with younger families. 10 pitches for $ 1 (with an extra 10 for $ 5 and so forth.) which I guess is a decent price
BUT the pitching machines need *some* work: most rounds we batted, we got less than 10 pitches (6 was the lowest, 8 was the norm). Added to that, about half the pitches were either intended for people 9ft tall, or were thrown by some sort of pitcher with Cerebral Palsy, because they ended about 6in off the ground.
«Why not 1-​Yelp?» you may ask, well they DO have an ice-​cream/​flavored-​ice stand that actually looked pretty decent (lots of toppings, dippings, flavors). And the families there all appeared to be having a good time — hard to dump all over that.

If I was 10 I would probably think this was the greatest place on earth. However, being an adult and seeing the value in things I can’t let this place get such a high rating. I’ve taken my baseball team here a few times for batting practice and when you’ve paid for 45 minutes of a batting cage and you spend 15 minutes waiting for the balls to get scooped up and relaunched at your kids head — I see no value. I wore out a path to the front desk trying to get them to reload the damn ball machine. If you go there — stick to the Go-​Carts. At least you get a few minutes of the wind blowing through your hair in stead of standing there waiting on a pitching machine.

There is a go-​kart track here, a few arcade games/​skil-​crane, but I’m writing about the cages, cause that’s where I drop my tokens. Baseball and Softball with varied speeds. Not a bad place to take out some aggression.. . but not enough bats to go around, so bring your own weapon. You might want to put on a pair of gloves if you are like me and don’t do this type of activity often enough, and you want your hands to look normal the next day.
There is a Checkers next door for some sustenance. Fun Depot Batting & Go Karting has a picnic table.