Brandon S.
Yelp
Speaking as a former child who often went to Chuck E. Cheese, I knew what I was getting myself into. You know it's going to be packed when it's a Saturday in the single digits outside. You know kids are going to be running around, losing their minds with excitement. You know it's going to be loud, you know you're going to be outnumbered.
Got there around 11, and the place was moderately busy already, by the time we left at 1, there wasn't an empty seat in the house. We ordered a standard pepperoni pizza and the salad bar. Let me say this, the food was actually impressive considering the circumstances. No, I'm not high on Mountain Dew and Pixie Sticks, I was truly shocked at how good the pizza was. Low expectations perhaps? Perhaps, but it's definitely not bad by any means. Don't get me wrong, this isn't gourmet pizza, but for what it is and where it's at, I'd order it every time. Imagine a step above Little Caesar's.
The salad bar was even more shocking. The quality blew Ruby Tuesdays out of the water, not saying much, but again remember where you're at. The selection wasn't expansive, but everything was really, really fresh.
My only gripe is that the inside looked a little tired. Some machines looked like they were past the end of their life, others didn't work, and some we'e just taking up space. I understand these games have a hard life, but sometimes they need sent into the sunset. And by the way, the ticket payouts are a joke, you're lucky to get 2 or 3 tickets on most machines -- $5 bucks later you have a kazoo that breaks before you leave the place.
Applauded on the food, dinged on the the games, but hey, to a kid, this place is larger than life, who am I to critique.