Chuck E Cheese

Great place.  Not sure why all the negative reviews.  Very clean, helpful staff, and pizza was decent.  Can't expect much more for a kids place.  Our 2 year old had a great time

I need to start by saying that this is the best Chuck-E-Chees ever!

I know they are all the same.  Terrible pizza, a less-than-mediocre salad bar, disgustingly dirty games, etc.  (However, this one was less dirty than most I have been to.)  Let's be real though, you don't come here for the food.  You come to get your gaming on!

The highlight of this place is the split levels.  You have to order your food, tokens, etc. from the first lever.  But, if you so desire, you can sit upstairs.  They will still bring your food to you, it is still safely contained within the restaurant, and you have a view of Centennial Lakes Park.  Not bad for an adult!

Now, I don't get to Chuck-E-Cheese that often.  But, this one seemed to have more and better games than others I have been to.  Maybe because it is in Edina?  Either way, the prices are standard.  (If you join their email club, they send you monthly discounts.)

If you find that you have to go to Chuck-E-Chees for any reason, go to this one.  We both know that neither one of us is dying to go here, but if you need to, this one has the edge.

Why isn't this place cooler? Literally.

I'd like to thank the parents of all of my kids' friends for never hosting a birthday party here.  I don't care about the pizza (which I didn't try) or even the noise level (crazy loud, but expected)  What kills me is the air conditioning.  I only went to CEC for the air conditioning.  And it failed me.  

The kids had fun, the grandparents seemed fine.  The crowd was fine.  The games were fine (skeeball!)  But subpar air conditioning = I'm not going back, not unless it is a drop off party.