Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Shamrock Family Fun Center in Springfield
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Location on the map
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, US
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Phone: +1 937-325-2301
Opening hours
- Monday:12–8PM
- Tuesday:12–8PM
- Wednesday:12–8PM
- Thursday:12–10PM
- Friday:12–10PM
- Saturday:12–10PM
- Sunday:12–10PM
Comments (102)
My son had his 3rd birthday party here in September. The staff was less than helpful, the party host that was appointed to us handed us our plates and such and walked away. We did not see her for the remainder of the party. All of our guests were confused at where to go, no one was able to get their wristbands because they were understaffed and the staff they did have was just standing around chatting. There were a group of kids there that seemed to be one of the employees children, or of some relation to them. They were unsupervised and cussing. My three year old (and all his friends) were subjected to VERY graphic inappropriate music. When I finally spoke with a manager about it (after waiting 10 minutes), she said there was nothing they could do since someone paid for it through the jukebox. When getting water, they would only give us teeny tiny cups. I ended up purchasing extra drinks just so our guests didnt have to make 100 trips to the fountain for water. With our party, we recieved cards to play the arcade games, however only about 5 games were working. All the games kids were interested in were shut down. We will definitely NOT be paying to go there again.
We took kids ageing from 1.5 yrs to 14. They had fun for the most part. The biggest issues were the staff and overall cleanliness. We had to wait over an hour for a pizza. When we went to buy drinks, the staff was rude and short. The soda machine was a complete mess. The bathroom floor was so sticky, my shoes stuck to the floor. To be fair, a lady had spilled her entire alcoholic drink, but nobody ever cleaned it up. We were there for 5 hours. Later, the bull broke and almost hurt my niece. She only weighs about 90 lbs. The soccer field needs a better attendant, the balls were rarely inflated enough. He would take his time texting while walking over to the inflator. Definitely need more staff with positive attitudes. Seriously, we could of overlooked a lot of these issues if the staff was just nicer. Even my 5 yr old cousin commented on their sour attitudes.
A cool idea. Not sure if Id host my own event there. All supervision is left to adults, which is fine but Im not sure what stops someone else from walking out the door with your kid...
When weather is cold, driving to Sky Zone or Get Air in Dayton feels far away, this is best choice you have in town. My son had fun time here with great workout. Making friends here seem easy and staff is very friendly. Only suggestion that I like to suggest is fixing their pagers so that they dont have to shout out to everyone over loud mic system to announce so and sos pizza is ready. Many times, I wish I should have brought ear plugs ;(
They only have certain things for the kids to do at certain times. The food is expensive, your not supposed to bring your own food or drink in. But you can bring a cake or cupcakes if your having a birthday party. You have to reserve your spot. Make sure you bring sanitizer for everyone and make sure you and your party use it. But if your looking for a good way to entertain your kids this is the way to go.
THE WORST EXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER HAD THROWING ONE OF MY KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTIES! The only reason i am giving them a 1 star is because i cant give a ZERO! I reserved a spot from 6-8 for my daughters 5th birthday party online which required a $50 deposit. So when I arrived about 5:45 my tables werent ready, they had canceled my reservations because somehow it said I reserved at 4-5 so they wrote me as a no show. So then Cara took care of me as setting up the tables quickly for me which I appreciated. She told me she would take care of it. So i signed in every kid that would be there at the party so they could recieve their wrist bands and game tickets that came with the reservation. But every time a kid came in it was a hassle to get the wrist bands that should have already been given to me since i already had reseved the spot. The lady at the front counter was very unprofessional and rude when handling this easy task. Then I asked for my daughters cake and ice cream to be brought out at a specific time and that never happend. I had to go get the ice cream and cake myself. Then the candles i was promised were a 3 dollar charge that I got into a argument with the so called manager who cursed at me. Thank God for my wife who was there to keep me calm. I will be seeking to get in contact with whoever is running the show there. The whole staff was very unprofessional and unorganized. They kept giving the excuse that the party lady was let go early because she did 12 parties today. So omce again there should be someone that can take over for her. Its a place for parties. This establishment should be better prepared! I will no longer have anything to do with this place!
I am here right now for a birthday party. They are totally understaffed for the number of parties (5-6) that they have going. They also have dirty music in the juke box. Not music kids should be hearing. I’d have give a 1* rating but the pizza was decent.
Wonderful place for kids birthday parties.. they had a blast
Great place for families, I didnt think the price was bad, you pay a one time admission and they kids can play all day. The place was clean, staff was very friendly and attentive. I will definitely bring my family back for another visit.
Wonderful experience. Great bowling, good food and affordable drinks in the bar. They even put in a bounce area and games for the kids. well worth the money. Staff is great! keep up the good work.
1st visit a few months are there where some older girls (10-15) running around and knocking little kids down. One of them happened to be my 3 year old epliptic multiple times. We informed manager Jordan and he did nothing but be rude to us! He defended the girls stating that they are going to run around.2nd visit tonight a little boy (10) threw a hard plastic ball several times after being asked about 10 times to stop and he ended up pelting my 8 year old niece in the face and she got in his face yelled at him and accidently spit on him and this little boy hit her with his fist in the face, again manger Jordan stated that by spitting on him she assaulted him and there for he was allowed to assault her back!I have never been so disgusted by a place in my 33 years! I will not be returning again!We where also to the wrong price over the phone less than an hour before arriving!
First time I have ever been there and hopefully the last time. It is 20° outside and there was no heat in the building, it was only 52° inside. How can you operate a business without heat?! The carpet was filthy. Not someplace I want to take my family again. Oh yeah, and the ceiling is too low for indoor soccer.
Since my review on Facebook was deleted by them here we are and I will also review to every site that they are accepting reviews on. Do not book your childs birthday party here. We had our party booked for August 6th before that date we were called to reschedule for August 13th because they had overbooked the parties for August 6th. The day comes we get there with our party and the facility is closed. We were not contacted in anyway about the closure. I make a review on Facebook and they responded, that the facility had been closed since August 1st, how if you were overbooked for parties August 6th and you scheduled our party for August 13th. Very unprofessional and poor management. Then to say on Facebook that everyone was contacted and those who did not put down a deposit and contact info were not called. Well we had a deposit and they had our contact information since they had previously Called to reschedule. Lies and excuses. Do not go bowling there go anywhere else but there. Also I dont appreciate them insinuating that we had not placed a deposit just apologize for your mistake and not blame your incompetence on the customer.
I dont want to give this place even a 1/4 of a star but, this review will not post if I dont click on a star so let me just tell you this place is awful for many reasons but my biggest problem with them, and the reason I will never use them or recommend them to ANYONE , is because I had my daughters 6th birthday party planned at this place x 2 months but, on the very day of the party when I go to decorate our space, they were CLOSED for renovations. I had no notification of this of any kind and all I got was an apology and my $ back....ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????? So I got to go back home and tell my little girl that the party she had been waiting for and soooooo excited for is canceled. We had people in from out of town and several other people from the area literally on their way to the party as I was being told it was canceled. This was the biggest display of unprofessionalism if I have ever seen one. We had a party here a couple years ago and they were not the greatest place (dirty, smelled moldy) then but my daughter insisted she have her party there again so against my better judgement we planned another one there but NEVER again.
Our last visit at Shamrock was very unpleasant. I called a day ahead of time to reserve lanes, but when I arrived they had no record of that. I double checked and I did call the right phone number. They were very understaffed, and at least one employee was unnecessarily rude. We were lucky to get any lanes, considering a band was taking up most of them. They would play a couple songs, then take a long break, then play a few more, then take another long break. So there were gaps where no music was playing, and we couldnt use the jukebox. Getting drinks was a disaster. First, we would have to wait 5 minutes in line at the bar, only to be told once it was our turn that we needed to go wait in the other line to order our drinks and receive a ticket. So then we would wait another five minutes in that line and get our ticket, and then return to the original line and wait another five minutes and finally get our drinks. We were very disappointed in the whole experience. The Birthday Party was nearly ruined, thanks to Shamrock. Next time we will probably go to Northridge Lanes, even if it is farther away.
Shamrock has really let its self go! And the bounce house prices are now 10 dollars?! They got a decent business but would it kill them to put LOCKS on the bathroom stalls in the womens locker room, with the money theyre making? Or even replace the plastic tables and chairs? No... I dont think so... Half the games in the arcade dont even work and the staff watching the bouncy house section was terrible! The guy watching kids at the wipe out was TEXTING! and there were kids on the other side that kept going up and down the slide hogging the whole thing! Yeah... Thanks for the terrible experience Shamrock Lanes, next time Ill just go to Northridge.
Personally I do not like it and I do not feel it is Sufficiently set up for handicap people; especially the restrooms.I find it dangerous for so many adults to just stroll in with no children.
Was just there today had a great time! The staff did great given how busy it was and the pizza was really good. Love the atmosphere very family friendly.
I cant believe they took out the bowling alley. I bought here as a child and there are no more Bowling Lanes in this bowling alley. If you are not a parent or you dont like kids this is not the place for you. Run away very fast
Good food and a great place to take the kids,only problem we had was the staff had their own kids in there as well and made it hard for paying customers to get in the inflatable balls in the indoor soccer field,i feel the staff shouldnt have their kids on the job unless they are paying customers not right for the paying customers,although the manager was quickly to respond to the situation,he took care of the situation right then...
Great for kids, better than Chuck e cheese. The staff needs to change the music to more kid friendly. Otherwise a great place
Used to be fun for kids & adults. They shouldve left some of the bowling lanes in, the games are too expensive, and it seems like there is less bouncy houses then before.
Very good time. Had our Daughters 8th birthday party. Everyone was very accommodating and helpful for everyone to have good time.
Its usually a nice place to go but today has been awful. Its very hot in here. Air is not working. Kids are playing and jumping and complaining how hot they are.
Great place. Took my daughter and she had a blast. Food was good and employees are super friendly
EXCELLENT!!! I HAVE TAKEN MY NEPHEWS THERE 3 TIMES SINCE THE BOUNCEY HOUSES OPENED! IT HELPS TO GO EARLY .THE STAFF ARE WONDERFUL ! WHEN THERE IS SEVERAL BIRTHDAY PARTIES IT WOULD HELP TO HIRE EXTRA STAFF. WE LOVE THE AREA FOR THE CHILDREN. IT IS REASONABLE ALSO . THANK YOU!! SPRINGFIELD OHIO NEEDED A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY INDOORS. ONLY$7 PER CHILD FOR ALL DAY . WE HAD TO LEAVE AND COME BACK DUE TO APPOINTMENTS BUT THE KIDS LEFT THEIR BRACELETS ON AND WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE PLAYING!!FOME KATHY SPENCER
Kids love this place! 1 price for the whole time they are open that day! Pizza was pretty good!
Had a wonderful time...I am so glad that Springfield has such a wonderful place for our children to go and play safely! Thank you!
Plenty of activities, clean and safe. A little pricey but worth it. Loads of fun for kids and active parents!
Came day after xmas, closed for employee party. Not advertised on web or on doors, sorry lost a party of 10 kids and $200 went to chucker cheese
Customer service was excellent. Great pice. Well worth it. Kids had a blast!
I always thought this was a bowling alley but its a great place to take your kids to play!
Kids loved it as well as one of our adult family friends, who actually went on the bouncers.
Wish they still had a few lanes for the adults whole the kids played but pretty good for younger kids.
This was pretty cheep and amazing pizza 🍕 bounce houses were great staff were really nice loved it
Getting drinks was a disaster. we had to wait 20 minutes but the manager was helpfull. We had one round from the house.
Great place for kids very nice people a lil expensive on the food an drinks but great activatys
We went to a birthday party there and EVERYBODY HAD AN AWESOME TIME...EMPLOYEES ARE SUPER FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL
Wasnt crowded at all... 40.00 playtime included dinner and soft drinks!
Good pizza great place to let the kids run and have some adult time with friends
Family friendly.. Very great place to bring children ages 3-10
I think its pricey for just some bouncy house. And not all were even open. No attendant on the floor at all.
Its fun I went their with my cousins and they have a wipe out center in the bouncy house area
Service was terrible and it was so hot inside you couldnt breath I will go somewhere else next time for a birthday party. Never again.
Great fun for children and adults. I will definitely go again.
I was a little disappointed with the party coordinator. But great place for kids to run wild.
The kids had a blast and theres plenty to do.
Great place for the kids. And wow the pizza was awesome.
My 1.5 year old loved it!! Will definitely return!
We love Shamrock! Its close to our home, lots of fun & variety, affordable.
My kids loved it teens to toddlers all loved it.
It was perfect for my kids and fun for me as well!
Great place for a birthday party, the kids love it!
They messed it up on the inside I would piss on the steps before I piss in the bathroom... booooooooo shamrock sucks ass
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Fun for the kids adults it sucks miss the bowling lanes
The kids had a blast loved every minute of it
Love the new play area make kids what to come more
Great place had a good time with the kids
Great place for small kids to play.
It was a great time we will come back
Great for kids birthdays but outdated..
Pretty fun place, kids had fun
Came in at noon and was treated like we were the only people that mattered
Great place to take your kids
I love tje bounch houses .
Could be better. Games are over priced.
My grandbabies love it here.
I felt like I needed security there
Over priced for activities that are available.
Great place to take kids
Great place for kids!
Fun place
Great family recreation spot
You have all kinds of fun here
Havent been there in awhile
Great fun for the kids
Cool place for family
Lots of fun
Very tacky!
Good family fun
Lots of fun
Great for the kids
Great food!!!
Kids liked it
Kids adore it.
Clean fun place
Kids loves it
Great place to be
Extrodinarly fun
Bolwing
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Total reviews rating 3.8
102 Reviews for Shamrock Family Fun Center 2023:
Review №1
2022-05-13Mr. Jones is an advocate for youth awareness, as well as community togetherness! This recreational center is worth anyones time!🤝🏿✊🏿😎 Great for the whole family! Photos coming soon.
Review №2
2018-04-14It is a fun place. The kids did have a blast. I have really small kids and being mixed with the roudy bigger kids was a challenge. Food was good and priced how you would expect. The staff was good even though some of the guest kept them busy. Been there twice now and both times the kids fell asleep in the car on the way home. It really burns off the energy.
Review №3
2018-11-30Terrible experience. Staff was super rude it ruined our whole time. I spent about $200 dollars and will never spend another dime at this establishment. The sign says all children must be supervised by an adult. Yet, the employees had their own children in there who were not being supervised. My oldest daughter had a wonderful birthday party here a few years ago. Not sure what happened since. But from now on we will find somewhere else to go.
Review №4
2018-09-13Not sure what to say about this place as Ive been here on a couple occasions. I always worry about places like this being a breeding ground for the worst cases of sickness. Each time I was there, I had to ask for something to clean the table where we sat. This made me also wonder how often (and with what) the equipment is actually sanitized - because we all know that parent who cares less about anothers child and drags their sick kid in to infect any and everything they come into contact with.Also, I saw where someone said that all supervision of the children is left to the adults (rather than the employees).First of all, the place isnt a daycare...God forbid that a parent actually has to be responsible for their child.I mean - you take your child to the park/playground and have to be responsible and watch out for them there, right?If you cant make the time to be a parent... dont have the kid...period.There seemed to be enough to keep a kid entertained as well as some things for older people (pool table - or the opportunity to actually get in there and PLAY along with your kids in the various activities).The staff seemed okay but to be fair, I didnt really have much in the way of interaction with them, other than to pay and get my drink and food order handled.Although I actually miss the bowling alley that was here, I will say that the concept behind this is worthy.
Review №5
2017-11-08The kids definitely loved it and at some point we will be back foe some more family fun
Review №6
2018-03-05The first time we had my sons party here there were a few rude employees but overall the kids had a blast so we decided to have our daughters party here and it was terrible. Money down the drain. Its filthy. People who work there are about worthless and lazy including the manager. I have a big family with a lot of kids who will not be coming here. You just lost a lot of business. This place needs new management and staff. I wouldnt recommend anyone have a party here.
Review №7
2018-11-04I remember when this was a bowling alley. It was ok then. I was a bit skeptical a lot then changing to a place like this, but it wasnt too bad. We paid just $10 per kid and they could pay all day provided they kept their wirst brands on.What I liked best was they layout. We could sit up anywhere in the top area and see the whole bouncy house area to keep an eye on our kids. So you could easily let your kids play and burn off a lot of energy.
Review №8
2018-10-26We looked this place up as something fun to do to get out of the car for awhile during a long road trip passing through town. When we first showed up I was a little worried about the area of town we were in..... When we went inside the place was huge and offers so many things for children to do for a very cheap price. Our daughter who is 4 enjoyed jumping on all the blow ups, riding the bouncing bull, and kicking the soccer ball around in thier inside the soccer court. We sure enjoyed our time we spent burning off some energy! This is a fun family place for children ages 3 - 10 It has alot of potential....
Review №9
2018-09-23Large indoor bounce house with ~10 blowup toys, so plenty to keep the kids busy. The place was a little dirty, and the concessions/food ordering was a little hectic or poorly staffed or both. The bathrooms were dirty. Still, if you are okay with the dirtiness and poor customer service, the bouncy toys are enough to keep the kids busy for 4 hours at least.
Review №10
2018-12-09Was a party guest here this evening. Not sure how the host mom liked the experience but I thought the place was kind of a hole. It was freezing cold, shabby looking in some areas, some of the womens restroom stall doors wouldnt lock, only one soap dispenser for two sinks, one paper towel dispenser was jammed and the other one was empty. Purchased a soda that was free refills, went to get a refill and it tasted like plain carbonated water. Not great customer service. Not really enough seating The kids liked the actual inflatables area, but we wouldnt go back on our own.