We just threw a child's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and it ran very smoothly. For $24/kid, each kid got $20 worth of tokens, pizza, ice cream, and a drink with collectible cup.
The party host did a great job keeping the party going and communicating with me about what was happening. The host took care of ordering all the food, brought out the tokens, and cut the cake and our host Lindsay was on the ball the whole time and made the event very easy to manage. For a kids restaurant, the pizza, wings and sandwiches are pretty good. I really recommend this for a quick and easy party.