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2601 W Lake Ave
Peoria, Illinois 61615
My kids love this place. I've learned great ways to maximize our visits for a lower cost, making it a more enjoyable experience. Some suggestions for people complaining about the prices.... Groupon has packages. I usually get the Family pack that has two 60-min play cards, plus a large pizza & 4 drinks... for only $54.99 (sometimes $49.99 on flash sales). The one large pizza is enough to satisfy my 6 & 8-years-old plus myself. The Chuck-E-Cheese website has deals. They have reward sheets, coloring sheets,
Seemed a little short staffed but everybody that was working were busy and friendly! Got my pizza order crust wrong but it was a really good pizza. My 8 yr old nephew had a blast!
Arrived at open , boxes on the floor, games dirty, manager had taken over a table with personal drinks and food paperwork, food took 40 minutes to make 1 pizza and boneless wings, shameful.
Very dull... play some Chris Cross or pump up music.. no energy to place... ordered the sampler and it came with 4 wings... unreal it's looks like Groceries store pizza , just unreal how expensive it was for the experience. Literally 83 bucks for the very tiny air hockey game that was the best of the place
It's all about the grandkids, and this place made them happy. I give five stars because of them. Otherwise, they would have gotten one star. The salad is good. I didn't care for the pizza. People at the counter had no clue about the online coupons that told you to take it to the counter when arriving at the place. The place was trashed, but I guess that's OK for babies crawling around picking up toys and putting them in their mouths. I come from that generation that I'm watching my grandkids. I had sights o
I recently visited Chuck E. Cheese to enjoy a fun day with my child, but the experience was completely ruined by the manager, Crystal. She is, without a doubt, one of the rudest individuals I've ever encountered in customer service. From the very start, she approached me with hostility and anger for absolutely no reason. I wasn't asking for anything unreasonable?just a drink and trying to have a nice time with my child. Her behavior was shocking, especially for someone in a management role at a place desig
We had great time celebrating my son's birthday today at chuckie cheese! Theres been a remodel since I was there last and it's been years. They took the stage out with the singing puppets and added a motion activity floor which was pretty cool! You do have to wear masks while you're in there and the capacity is 50 so there aren't alot of people. They do take Temps before going in & offer sanitizer also. I was nervous about getting all of my People in there because of the capacity limit but luckily we all g
We went there for my niece one year old birthday and we paid extra for the food and the trampoline my son which is 3 I pay even extra because I didn't know that my sister husband paid for it and the manger said that it wasn't work but then not even 10 minutes later there where a bunch of kids on it! Then one of your staff members said something so racist and so out of the ordinary it was ridiculous!!! Then not only that but they didn't check the kids that where leaving in and out my son almost left with a r
Prices keep going up, not worth it. Trampoline shoumd be included with the paid membership prices. Pizza is good but is over $50 for 2 mediums. Cheaper just to eat before you come.
Small crowd for a Tuesday afternoon. Did not have any food. Grandkids enjoyed their time there.
Busy Sunday. Little dude talked us into it. You pay for a certain amount of time now. 15 min...30 minutes was $24 which was good for us. He got to do quite a bit w Daddy. Got a sausage pizza and drinks. Good salad bar. The workers were very focused and did a good job.
Great time celebrating an almost 21 year olds birthday. Staff was hilarious and joined in the family fun.
Great atmosphere for kids to be kids! Staff is high calibur and truly care to make your childs experience great! Kudos to Rick, Crystal and Joe Ramos for new dance floor experience.
We had my daughters 4th birthday today. Everything was great. Penny our party planner was awesome. She made sure everything went smooth. The kids had a blast. Thank you!
Came here for my niece's birthday, and had a little bit of fun as a young adult. The games I feel like are a scam, it takes quite a bit of effort to get to at least 300 points and even then, there's not a lot of things you could get at that amount. But, the pizza was honestly really good. Highly recommend the spicy Hawaiian pizza (without jalapenos though). As little service as you get being here, it was great.
It's expensive for the food but for my daughter it's a really good deal to go play for an hour.
Friendly, focused and reasonably priced. Kids have a blast and beg to go regularly.
Mike & Hanna hosted my granddaughters birthday party, we had a great time! Love the remodel. I think the birthday experience is nice with the new interactive dance floor.
I do miss the anamatronic bears playing banjos, but the way the whole gaming area is run is fantastic! I can take my younger kiddo there, they have the most wonderful time, and I relive my youth at Showbiz Pizza! It's a great way to spend an hour having the best time with your family. If you haven't been for a while, take the time to take a kiddo and stop in. You won't regret it!
Did a small bday party for daughter on a weeknight for 2 hours. Service hostess was very good. Was on top of things throughout whole night and communicating what was coming next. Remodel the Peoria Location so less to do but updated arcade games and cleanliness was better than what it used to be. On a busy day, I feel like they lack arcade games but it worked out good for us on a slower night. Pizza was ok, but not like I remembered it from past. Over all we had a good time and would do it again. The party
The place had very friendly employees! The food was great! My granddaughter had an awesome time. We are planning another trip to see Chuck E. Cheese very soon!?
The manager there was the absolute best. Everyone had such a fun time. Worth the money.
Had a good time here. My son loved the visit. Of course, we didn't stay long enough. Was a great spot to kill some time for a bit while we waited for an appt. Great for birthdays. Came here for our friends birthday and even had a pi?ata too. Many tables, lots of games that are kept up. Chill packages. Pizzas are a little pricey but it is what it is. Great cheesy bread for sure. Good atmosphere with friendly employees! Thanks for a good time.
Over all my kids enjoyed their time, and that is at the end of the day what matters. Unfortunately moment we walked in we had an issue with the machine eating our money and once handing the manager the slip telling us to go to them for our refund she refused to give us our money back and only offered a time card after I had already ended up using my debit card to get the play cards it owned us. I didnt think we would have an issue getting our cash back from them before using my card to make the purchase. So
We had a great time!!! The one hour special was a perfect amount of time to play for toddlers!!! Great deal!!
This place was a mess, kids were unsupervised. The food took forever and it was dirty nothing was being cleaned up as well as the pop machines being watered down. I would not recommend.
Staff kept trying to short my family or over charge for things I already had apart of the party. Like double charging for adult drinks then telling us they didn't take out my son's cake so he didn't get one. Staff is rude and helped the families that came in after us before us and wasn't going to let my son do the ticket blaster til my boyfriend started snapping out about everything. Save your money and take your kids to fun city in Iowa instead!
Very clean and much, much better than we expected. I have not been to one of these in almost 25 years! The employees are really nice. The food was actually good, which I did not expect from Chuckie Cheeses. Got some pizza and wings. Wings were small but great taste. Granted it was not cheap food, but it takes a lot to clean up and maintain a place with 100 crazy kids going nuts. Kitchen staff did great. Got 4 beers too so spent $130 for four people total with games. Worth it for special occasions like t
Definitely recommend the stuffed crust pizza, it was so good! The young lady working the front end was patient and helpful in explaining how the game play works. Miss the animatronics and the ticket/token system but the awesome staff more than made up for any negatives. We will for sure return!
My local CEC I grew up with I still go to it even though it's a 2.0 and all employees are extremely nice including the tech and managers place is very clean and well kept most 2.0s arnt this good kept and usually don't get as many costumes but this place is always packed with people all day every day
Great Family fun. Staff is very nice.
I was nervous going in during a pandemic, but I was SO impressed with this location. It was absolutely spotless in terms of cleanliness (impressively clean). The staff was incredibly helpful and made my son feel like he was a rock star. I feel like this location has a solid understanding that we are in the middle of a pandemic and went above and beyond to make sure that their location is inviting, safe, and clean.
The atmosphere is for children I get it but dang! Substandard salad bar and completely overpriced wings! They had to be pigeon wings cuz that wasn't chicken geez! My grandson was happy but it hit my pockets pretty hard! We will be going to the park for free!
The Peoria Chuck E Cheese is awesome! The staff is super friendly and always willing to make sure the guests are happy. The location is clean and well maintained. We had the Summer Fun Pass and that was a great deal. We visited several Chuck E Cheese locations and Peoria was hands down the best. We have been to several Chuck E Cheese where the employees act like they don't have the will to live any longer, but the Peoria Chuck E Cheese is not like that. We would highly recommend this location to anyone want
Always have a great time with the family. However the prices are really high for games. And just wear a pizza it is like $40 and you got a large pizza and four drinks no game time at all. And it was $35 to $40 for 90 minutes of game play time.
2 staff members there. It's more like a arcade now . Not a fun adventure. When my son was a kid this place was packed. No mechanical chucky band. No costum chucky walking around
We have been twice, hoping the first time was a fluke. The staff is relatively abrasive, creating an unwelcoming atmosphere. Soda was also flat this time but I did t tell the staff due to them being off-putting. I'm not sure if I did, anything would have been done.
The staff was friendly. The food was hot and they stacked the salad bar when we ordered. Place seemed clean for being very busy. The food was expensive. Bought 45 min of play time. Then 45 minutes more. Last 5 minutes on card a lady swiped my son's card that was sitting next to him. Heard other parents say the same thing. My son screamed and was upset. The lady knew we was on to her and she got on her phone and hid. I do not recommend this place after 4.
Pizza was good, bathrooms not very clean, no one enforces the children to be watched by an adult so when my child is trying to enjoy a game or the seat ride children are just running underneath her and trying to unbuckle her seat belt and stealing her balls. Like I mean the establishment is fine just people need to actually be watching their children.
Security for the kids was good. Not really for kids older than 6 it seemed boredom set in quick. Was hella expensive for the games n food. The pizza was really good tho, looks like they make them from scratch.
The extra charges for each topping were a bit much for a small pizza!! The grandkids had a great time playing games, riding the rides and seeing Chuck E Cheese!!
Went there for a birthday and they got some good cake ??
There was people just standing there and they stole my kids card. then we had to go get a new one, and we have to follow our kids around so they don't steal their card again. and they did not do anything about it It was a really bad experience
You're paying to play games and eat pizza with a rat. What do you expect? The place was packed, but yet didn't seem like we really had to wait to play any of the games. Some of the games were unplugged or out of order. Took my son for a half hour. $10. We ended up with 3 suckers and a whistle. He was a happy camper, therefore, so was I. Not a bad place, just not great. Convenient location.
We love this location! We get the summer pass and go more than once a week! The staff knows who we are and loves our grandson!
This place has gotten very expensive. They also don't cater to the little kids anymore. Use to love going but don't feel like wasting 50 bucks for 1 pizza and four drinks and some play time. They were better before but I guess they are trying to compete with the competition in town. In all honesty I'd rather spend that amount at the competitors place and not here.
Booked party online selected to pay deposit in store since the party was the very next day. Everything was excepted an confirmation was given. Check my email again an my daughters party has been canceled. Called in an was told my party was canceled because the deposit which states I have 48 hours to pay wasn't payed so yes the party is canceled ,stated I could pay the deposit because we still would like to have the party scheduled for 7-9pm. My party is now considered a same day reservation and they don't t
Oh my how this place has changed I haven't been here in a few years and when I tell you I was very disappointed what happened to all the games what happened to the tickets that the kids used to get. The atmosphere was so dull and the prices are so high now what happened to the band that used to be on stage and Chuck-E-Cheese looks like he's on crack he wasn't engaging with the kids dancing nothing I was truly disappointed what happened to Chuck e cheese it use to be the place to go I guess not anymore.
I enjoy the games and the pizza, as do my two kids, but the location has had some issues in the last few years so it's not always the best. There are far too many parents that turn their young kids loose while there. I can't recommend going in the evenings, or when it's crowded, but if you go for lunch it's usually not too bad.
My kids loved going. We went to celebrate my son's birthday.The staff was really nice and helpful. We did buffet and were told if there is a pizza that we like to let them know. The staff made sure buffet had plenty of salad and pizzas. My kids had so much fun playing games. When we went to get prizes the young girl was super polite. Then we ordered a cookie instead of cake. They lady behind counter asked if we wanted Chucke to bring out to us. That made my son so happy.
This place needs shut down. We took our two children here on a Friday evening. It was dead. No chuck in costume running around. Kids were bored after an hour. Not to mention the strong aroma of marijuana where kids are playing. Spent $22 on tokens and left with 23 left. Will not be back. Might try the one in Bloomington.
At a friend's kids' birthday party. The lady in charge of the parties was fabulous! She did great with the kids and their feelings and was just a real down to earth person who understood all the craziness.
Terrible experience went there for our daughters 4th bday the food was Terrible. And everytime my kid tried playing a game some other kids would push her off or try taking her seat belt off a ride while she was on it. The parents of the other kids were not watching how Terrible there kids were acting. That ruined my daughter's birthday we will never go back there.
This kid casino has never been my preferred place to visit. Now everything is digital and they've removed the tickets, stage and costume rat mascot. Plus there is a max capacity of 50 ppl at a time. We took a selfie to verify our children upon arrival and exit.
Great caring friendly staff facility is clean sanitized and monitored regularly. Pizza salad bar refreshments all made fresh look taste fantastic. Definitely recommend bringing the kiddos here.
My children enjoyed themselves and I got a monthly membership. It's a win win..
Went to Chuck E. Cheese on West Lake Avenue Peoria, IL for my birthday (5/21) with my grandchildren ended walking right back out the door with 2 upset grandchildren, after driving 30 miles and calling ahead. What a horrible experience if I had corporates contact information they would be hearing from a very upset grandma. This establishment doesn't even deserve 1 star! During the call they told us how many people can be in the establishment and that reservations should be made 24 hours ahead. What they didn
Please do not bring your children here. Worse than happy Joe's. My kindergarten son came here for his birthday. And the teenage ticket cashier ripped him off tickets and told him he was done when he had more tickets. Luckily I was counting and called her out. Place is a joke.
Had grand daughters birthday party there. 1 hour into it,still no pizza for kids. Salad bar was so so for 9 bucks. TV'S on as stage were very dark. Color was off on then. Anamatons looked old and in need of maintenance.
My daughter loves it. I loathe going there except for seeing how happy she is. Many parents dont watch their children, the food is terrible and I personally dont want my child listening to vulgar conversations and cursing by other parents. This is suppose to be kid friendly. They need security to keep the "adults" in line.
I havent been tk chuck e cheese for over 6 years. And for a reason. The last time i went, the children were very rude and started fights. The employers there were rude to my family whrn they watchd my little siater get her fingers stuck in the coin slot. Parents stolr coins and tickets, and everything there was very expensive. The pizza wasnt good, or done! All the rides and games were dirty and beat up. Children also ruined pictures and the guy in the suit was very rude to me and my sister when we rook pi
Look, you don't come here for the quality of the overpriced pizza ?? and basically everything. But if you have kids and you want to do a birthday then Chuck E Cheese ?? is alright. It NOTHING like Showbiz Pizza was with The Rock-A-Fire Explosion band, but the kids enjoyed the much more lame version of showbiz known now as Chuck E Cheese.
Childhood memories??sad to see the new look but enjoy bringing my family. At times bathrooms are dirty and salad bar area but welcome to the generations that do not care of cleanliness. And that's my friends how Covid ??was born. I took my family to round1 and never again will I betray you Chuck E. Cheese Never again??
Busy and not enough staff on a Saturday night. We had to wait in a long line just for a drink cup. They removed the play area so now it's just video games and very little for small children to do. The games need to be serviced a lot due to malfunction and the games last 5 seconds before your turn is over. It's not a fun experience anymore and the space is so small it feels very crowded during busy times.
The best birthday party help ever!! Entertained the birthday child and his friends the entire 2 hours! Very polite, sweet, and helpful too! I'm about to have my birthday party there!!! Lol. I highly recommend it!!!
Tried to take my grandkids there, & was stopped by the Peoria Police officer due to a mob action fight had broke out; my grandkids were so hurt! It was awful to see all of the little faces upset because this is their place of fun !!
Really great but I can't say I enjoy how it is now. All the old decor and even the animatronics were taken out. This location was originally a Showbiz Pizza Place so the animatronic were the same as the original "Rock-afire Explosion" but underwent concept unification (retrofitting basically). It's kinda a part of entertainment history and just childhood memories. I know the redesigning is all from corporate but I do know of locations that still kept their animatronics. I sure will miss them, but I hope the
Great for young kids. My 5 year old loves it Great way to pass an hr or so. Also games well maintained and clean
Went for my grandsons birthday... Never again go again... There was a fight over tickets the cops had to come break it up... Parents didnt watch there children at all!! We would try to play a game or take a photo and other kids would steal the balls or jump in the photo.. Next year NO chucky cheese... The park would be a pleasant place for sure....
Not bad $25 for an hour of free play for kid. Best time to take your kid is during the week. Not many people and kids so it's not crowded and a mess.
Need to call ahead to find out about mask policy. There online policy and store policy differ. Management very rude. Floor staff new and unsure of what to do. Tables where dirty. When I asked fora cloth to whip table off manager filled her eyes at me.
My kids and I always go here and their gaming prices are pretty fair. The pizza on the other hand, isn't worth the $ in my opinion but the kids ALWAYS enjoy themselves!
It was nice but I noticed that there was no sanitation worker coming around wiping off the machines as people used it. Coronavirus is still out there and I felt like they should be sanitized as they played
It would've been 5 stars, but their prices for play are a little on the high side for bigger families and parties.
New birthday song combined with other patrons defeat the person of having a party. Instead sing happy birthday specifically to your child, order pizza, find random tables without the party package. Save on cost and confusion
Early in the day is definitely the best time to go. I only wish that their goody little prizes didn't cost so much... It's like $60, or 6000 tickets for this cheap little $10 gumball machine...
I wish it was 0 stars available. Placed an order for carry out. Told 15 minute wait. Try 30 minutes. No apology only excuses such as "it normally takes 20 minutes". Well its been 30 thanks but no thanks. Place empty as well so really no excuse. Customer service just as sad as the scenery inside.
On Sunday, November 12, 2017 from 9am-11am I attended a birthday party, in Peoria, Illinois for my great-niece. She turned 5. There was a young man, Our Party Helper, named DeSirgeeon. This young man, took Excellant care of ALL of us. There were ALOT of children, plus Adults & none of us wanted for a thing. He was Johnny On The Spot, at all times, making sure we had any and all needs & wants met. My 3 year old Grandson even gave him a hug goodbye!! He treated ALL those children with so much respect
Kids loved themself was a little crowded but still had a great time wish they would lower the prices on some of the prizes for how much people actually pay to come play there.
Absolutely Amazing customer service!!!!! Crystal was sooo helpful from the min we walked in the door, I had to ask her for a couple things and she meet our needs with a smile....thank u all again for being so wonderful for my daughters birthday
Went there today for my niece birthday and left with food poisoning! All they told me to do was call a number. Naw, I am calling the health department Monday and I want my money back.
Ordered 1 xlarge specialty pizza and 3 salad bars $58.00. Outrageous. No one's pizza is that good especially theirs!!! Mon., 17Feb20, 12:15 hrs. Stuckel Party
We had an awesome time. The place was clean. Alot cleaner than the other ones ive been to. Including the bathrooms . The staff was helpful as well. Food was tasty will be returning.
Had a bday party there and all the employees were great with the kids and super helpful! Would totally recommend!
We come every time we visit and bring our nieces. It's always been a good time. Fast friendly service.
Pizza was slow. Arrived COLD. Food has gone downhill!! Very disappointing;(
Kids love chuck e cheese. I wish they had more games kids get bored after 15 mins. Clean nice friendly environment.
Took my 6 year old spent about 50 bucks for tokens pizza n drinks.Me & her split the points.I would say go to the site first & see if they have coupons.
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