Chuck E. Cheese’s

I get it Chuck E Cheese, you nailed the mind numbing, brainwashed children, sub par food, first job as a teenager market, bravo, something to be proud of. As I’m sure you are profitable, I just can’t see me latching onto your bandwagon even with my 10 month old quickly approaching the days of skeeball and spending tons of cash for very little tickets and then trading them in for $ 1-​$ 10 toys. Let me divulge.
So we went there on a Saturday for a 2hr birthday party which included snacks, pizza, wings, sandwiches, soda, and tokens. I will try not to get into too many details but a couple low lights are the following. The food really isn’t that god. The pizza is plain, flavorless, and overpriced. I know you need to cater to mostly children but save something for the parents to enjoy besides the smile on our kids faces. Wings are tiny, I mean choking hazard tiny. Although the sauced ones I tried had good flavor, I would just need to eat a whole $ 25 platter to get full. Ice cream is that stuff that the elementary school lunch room serves. Guess it’s safe for kids but the wife and I are determined that it got our 10 month old sick only 5 – 10 minutes after having a couple tiny spoonfuls. 2 drink minimum beers and wine, enough said. I don’t want to get drunk but something needs to help me get past the $ 250-​$ 350 sticker price I’m going to see after tip at the end of the night.
2 hours is really not enough time. I’m positive CEC does it only because they have people knocking down their doors to get in there for parties. We were there with 4 – 5 kids and were still opening presents at 2pm, had the parents and another kid helping with the opening of the presents just to make the deadline. Not a way a 3 yr old should enjoy gifts. CES tries to stuff too much activity in those 2 hours for anyone really to enjoy. Our birthday girl seemed overwhelmed at times and definitely confused. Poor kid. Maybe turning up the volume so everyone can hear the instructions or here’s a thought, take some of the massive profits and upgrade to 46′+ LCD TV’s.
So I guess I’m the 10% of the market that CES still has yet to tap into for which I say NO WAY! Your lucky I added the extra star because you do have a very profitable business and I applaud you for that.