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| - I was not amazed. Nope. Sometimes it's fun to act like a kid again. I love Dave and Buster's, but we were in the mood for go karts and it was too hot outside for Fiddlestix. I saw a deal online and should've realized then it was too good to be true.
We got 3 hours, some video game credits, and a meal for about $20 each. When I was reading the description online, I was picturing this: large pizza and salad buffet (ok, I wasn't really expecting a lot from this), indoor go karts, bowling, 18-hole mini golf course, rock climbing wall, indoor roller coaster.. I was sorely disappointed.
As soon as we walked in the door, I noticed everything seemed cheap. A lot of the paint here is sloppy, and in areas the floor is messed up. The furnishings are well worn. It looked like there used to be a large grocery/big box store here that was repurposed. I'd already paid for our tickets online, so we proceeded.
First, we ate the buffet. There were grubby grubby children all over- I have no problem with kids (or I wouldn't have come here in the first place) but there was no supervision whatsoever at the buffet, and some children don't know enough manners to be by themselves. I stayed away from a few of the items for this reason- not enough tongs and too many dirty hands touching noses and foodses!
The "salad bar" was pathetic. Plain iceberg lettuce and not much to go with it. The pizza wasn't much either, very bland but I can see kids liking it. The pasta was the same, along with being overcooked. For dessert I had an ice cream cone and a rice krispie treat...those are hard to get wrong. We each got a beer- it took about 10 minutes just to flag someone at the liquor counter down. Eager to go be "amazed", we quickly drank the beers in a faux garden and then made our way onward.
We went to the other side of the building to start our "fun". To let our food digest, we decided to go for the mini golf first. Probably 75% of the holes are just simple variations on straight lines and zigzags. The landscaping is pathetic..I think maybe it was supposed to be beach-themed? I felt like I could build something better in my backyard. Again, it was totally unsupervised so kids were running from hole to hole, going in the wrong order, and getting in the way.
Next, we tried the "indoor roller coaster". If you've ever been to a fair, it's a Himalaya. It's a very old, rickety, bumpy Himalaya. I had bruises on my legs after riding this. I was somewhat worried it would fall apart while we were on it.
By now, we were getting a little low on time and decided to go over to the go karts. There was a long, long line that seemed to move so slowly. They only had 4 karts, and only ran 2 at a time while the next 2 people sat waiting. We soon saw why- this go kart track is just a small oval. We decided to make the best of it, and anxiously waited our turns. At long last, we were racing! Well, that was until they decided my fiance was driving too fast and *electronically slowed his car*. That pretty much took all of the fun out of it.
After that, we used the credits on our cards- the games were not a great value so they were all gone within about 10 minutes. I didn't even win enough tickets to get good junk candy, so I ended up giving my card to a coworker for his kids.
Initially, we had thought about bowling after our time expired (you have to pay extra). However, by the time we'd been through the whole experience, we wanted to get out of this dump and back home. Amazing Jake's may be good for kids who don't know any better, but it's not a good place to try and have fun if you're just adults who wish they were kids.
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