Dart Warz

I have to say, I think below was an isolated incident. It is so fun to come here, and I have been 2 more times and it was great fun.

Very poor customer service. While the on-​site staff are helpful and enthusiastic, the management in Idaho is unresponsive and discourteous; I emailed and called the management and no one responded to my concerns. Fortunately, Dart Warz no longer has a monopoly on soft dart games in the Denver area.

So awesome for families! Think nerd paintball!!! All fun no pain! Places to hide. Great staff.

I’m in my mid 20s, and this is one of the most fun things I’ve ever done. Strongly recommended for adults, probably fun for kids too.

Great fun lose track of time so fast doesn’t even feel like a hour vigilon is a great upgrade

I’ve taken my boys and their friends since they opened… My boys love it BUT we were there today and they had the nerve to short them almost 10 minutes!!! Mind you, they were NOT busy and I watched the time they entered the arena (when they start the clock), I came back for them 6 – 7 min earlier than when they should be done but 2 were out already! Then I find out that they had to wait another almost 5 min in the bunker when they entered the arena because a game was already in play! The new young kids they’ve got working are terrible and ignored my stance on shorting my kids time! Not sure I’d go back again! No way to run a business. Very disappointed and so were the kids. They knew they were not given FULL time!

Kids will have a blast here.
The music is too loud, but the kids don’t seem to mind. Price is very good for the amount of fun the young ones have…
Adults could use a little softer seat in the lounge area.

I cannot tell you how much fun we have here. I’ve brought my kids here twice and gone with adult groups twice. It’s a blast! The comment I read about it being filthy is just ridiculous. I’ve been there 4 times now and it’s been perfect each time. Try it out with an open mind. I guarantee you’ll have a great time.

My friend’s parents rented out a room here for the seven of us to spend an hour on a Sunday running around while the weather was bad.
We had a blast. It was so much fun, at least from my perspective. My friend didn’t have such a good time, she ended up getting a headache due to the loud «DJ’ who would play an obnoxious noise at the beginning and end of each game. After like 6 games we wanted the DJ to turn off the lights but apparently you have to buy a special package for that. It would have been much better in the dark.
The Arena A (aka the common area) was PACKED with kids. Super unsafe, kids running around everywhere. There is no where to secure your personal belongings in this Arena either, which makes it a little sketchy to leave your stuff on the sidelines. I’m so glad my friends parents decided to rent a private room for us, it was a much more intimate and fun setting.
In the Arena room, it’s literally just boxes covered with duct tape. We had a lot of fun, but it seemed like they spent more money painting the bathrooms than the actual arena itself. This could definitely use some improvement. The vests that each team wears were falling apart, definitely not new.
They give you glasses to protect your eyes which I really liked. A dart to the eye would NOT feel good. I was concerned with the cleanliness of the glasses but they assured me they wash them after each use.
They did have a wide variety of guns to choose from, they even had Nerf guns that shot out disks. That was pretty cool and made it more interesting, because not everyone had the same gun.
I’m giving this place ³⁄₅ stars due to the fact that I had fun and got a little workout from the game. They definitely could use some improvement, but based on the other Unilocal reviews from years ago, they have been improving. I’m optimistic, maybe they will be better in a few months. This place has potential. A great rainy day activity to get you and the kids active and out of the house.

Great place and great staff. I’m not going to lie about 12 months ago this wasn’t the best place you could tell that things needed some work and they worked on it. The staff now are great, nice and super friendly, everyone from the girls that work up front to the guys in the briefing room and the guys out on the field. They have done a great job improving the field, tons of bunkers and objects to hide behind. I hadn’t been there in a while and I thought I would give it a chance again and I’m really glad I did, they have improved alot.
When you go there and they ask if you want to upgrade your gun from the standard I would recommend it, the standard proton is pretty good but if you want something that shoots faster and more discs I would say to get the praxis or vigilon and it’s only a few dollars more to upgrade your gun.

My kids had a good time, but the place is filthy, understaffed, not a good value for your money and the staff is not pleasant especially considering we paid a few hundred to have a birthday party there.
Recommendation: Don’t pay the extra to have a birthday party. Overall, I give it a ⁴⁄₅ for fun (from a kids perspective) but ¹⁄₅ for cleanliness, overall value and customer service.

When they first opened, it was a great deal! Then the prices were doubled and rip off «gun upgrades» were almost full price! Don’t waste your money here. The owners are horribly rude to their staff and we saw her dropping curse words at one of the front desk girls, with kids and moms around! Unbelievable. Horrible and slow service and don’t forget the fist fights between overly competitive dads and teenagers. Not a safe place for your kid and a total waste of time and money.

When I saw a groupon for this place, I thought it’d be the perfect (and safe) opportunity for my friend and I to entertain her two boys AND take out some pent up aggression.
Pro tip: Mondays are «discount days.» Come if you’re on a budget, stay away if you don’t want a complete madhouse.
Pro tip 2: leave as much crap as you can in your car. there are no secure lockers here.
Pro tip 3: don’t wear jeans. wear your yoga gear or sweats.
1) sign a waiver at the little touch screen consoles
2) go to cashier. decide if you want to pay extra for an «upgrade» in choice of weapon.
3) Go take off your shoes and coat and store in their open cubicles/​hooks.
4) get in line at the appointed time.
5) you’ll be ushered into a briefing room, where you hear basic rules, get divided into teams, and get your gear. We all chose the proton gun, which is easy to operate, easy to load, and shoots a really long distance
6) then you’re ushered into the arena. Now it’s a free-​fer-​all.
We played for an hour and I worked up a good amt of perspiration. Dunno if it was adrenaline/​fear or an actual athletic thing, but we had a blast. It would be fun to have entire teams of people you know, so you could implement more strategy. A couple games, we played «capture the flag» and I think with more teamwork, it would’ve gone better. The way it was set up, no one was going to sacrifice themselves b/​c it increased the likelihood you’d get hit and be out for the rest of that round.

Staff is unfriendly and unorganized. From the list of nerf guns to choose from, none were available (except the cheesy one that comes with entrance). The facility is dirty.
All that said, the kids had a good time.

We called and got no answer. Showed up and was told that we could play in 45 minutes we just had to wait until the parties checked in. After we waited 30 min and they went to put our names on the list they told us they actually only had spots in 2 hours. Waste of time!!!
Their schedule is poorly put together, they never know how many kids are coming to parties and parties get the priority (pay a boat load and don’t have a private room unless you pay more)
Clueless and rude people that work there too!

Took my son and his friend here to play as a reward for working hard. We tried calling several
Times to put our name on the list but no one answered after several calls. We finally decided to just go in. The told us it would be a hour wait. The girl at the front desk was horribly rude to us and another group of kids. She was completely unorganized and unwilling to explain how it worked.
We had thought we would do a birthday party here but after the rudeness from the front desk girl, the lack of response on the phone, and the huge number of kids they pack into the tiny arena I think we will pass.
Good idea for a business but bad service and lack of management will keep me from going back.

Usually is a fun place, but this last experience was not pleasant. We signed in online to avoid the time filling out waivers at the place. We even called to make reservations so that we could be out by 4:30pm for a birthday party, but they told us that none were needed since it usually isn’t that busy on Saturdays.
When we arrived at 2:45 and got signed in, we were suppose to get briefed at 3:30. Kids waited until 4:10 to get briefed and then into the arena at 4:20. Nearly an hour and a half wait for an hour of play and of course late to a party.
The first few times we played here walls, chairs, equipment and staff were friendly and clean. This time in, they had only 1 person running the front and 1 in the briefing. Clearly understaffed. No staff announced the delay until a half hour past out scheduled time in. Walls and place looked run down. Paint peeling off walls and carpet worn and rolled up in corners.
Not sure I, nor my kids want to spend half the day just to get in to play for an hour. This place could be (at least it used to be) a great place for kids and families, but needs a lot of work to back to it’s high status.

Took my kiddos (6 and. 8) here today (two friends, same ages, joined us). Had some reservations before going. People of all ages can participate (no dividing by age groups). A few people told me they’d taken younger kiddos, only to find out a lot of older teenagers were playing. Each round, their kiddos were picked off quickly. Kind of a bummer, although I realize it’s probably not realistic (from a space to time perspective) to divide by age. That said, when we went, there seemed to be a high percentage, of the kiddos who were between 5 – 10 y/​o. My daughter and son, and their two friends, had a great time. I was happy with the experience too.
We got there when it opened (actually a few minutes before 11) and I’d say here were easily 20 kids there. **Word to the wise, complete the waiver online BEFORE you go to expedite the check-​in. I did and thought it was great that they already had me in their system. Easy! The girl helping me didn’t seem rushed to get us checked in which I appreciated. She helped us choose equipment for the kids, steering them away from those she thought might be more difficult for them handle. We were using a Groupon with $ 40 of free play time (paid $ 20). Even using with 4 kids there was money left over (it had to be used during one visit). Rather than processing it «as is,» the girl suggested upgrading the kids’ equipment to use the remaining money. I appreciated the suggestion.
Kids waited 5 minutes before their group headed into the «Briefing Room» to put on vests, eyewear and get instructions for play. That process took maybe 15 minutes. They then were released into the arena and fairly quickly began play.
I thought the refs did a good job. Perfect, catching every hit? Of course not, but they seemed engaged and interested in making it as fair as possible.
We stayed for an hour-​long session. The kids got plenty of playing time but would have stayed longer for sure. As a parent, I viewed the battles from a window on one side of the arena and then from a room along the back end of the arena. The cardboard boxes that provide cover in the arena for participants made it difficult to see my kiddos for more than a handful of seconds each session. If you’re there with friends, chatting will help make the time move. However, if you’re solo, a smartphone, iPad (or similar), book/​newspaper, might be a good weapon of choice. Of course, you also could participate yourself! (I plan to next time.)

What? I can drop my kid off for a couple of running-​around hours and walk across the parking lot to the winery and have a glass in peace while I wait? Perfect!
My son is 12 and went here for the first time yesterday. Basically, you check in (it was something like $ 8 per hour, but different days and ages might change that), choose your Nerf weapon (or bring your own and save $ 1-​$ 10 bucks; they supply the ammo — make sure your name is on your gun; you’re only allowed one gun in the arena unless your second one is the tiny one they offer for a dollar, but that seems silly), remove shoes, send him into the briefing room where he gets the rules and a team vest (orange or yellow), then he goes into the arena with a million other kids in orange and yellow vests and stays there until they let him know his time is up.
The room was filled with kids (and parents) of all ages. There are a couple of viewing areas — so you can watch behind glass (and not have to listen to the loud noises, thankfully — so for the hearing-​sensitive kids, you might want to hang around and make sure he/​she will be okay before you go get your wine). The room isn’t as large as I would have imagined considering how many kids are in it (they have two arenas and I wondered why they didn’t open the other — maybe they didn’t know it was spring break in Jeffco and were understaffed, which would also explain the long line to check in – but the staff was very friendly despite the crowd).
The room is brightly lit (so the Ref can see, I’m sure) and filled with black-​painted boxes and barriers to hide behind. The DJ lets you know when the game starts and you just start shooting, picking up ammo from the floor.
The rules were simple: ANY hit, except for ricochets, and you’re «out». NEVER argue with the Ref; even if he’s wrong, he’s right. No batting bullets away with your gun or you could hurt someone. When out, raise your arms and immediately go to your team’s dugout to wait for the next game. The games lasted about 5 minutes each, so you play lots and lots of games, with the teams switching sides between each one.
When your time is up, the DJ reads names off of a list and says «this next game is your last game». My son and his friends never heard their names, so we weren’t sure if they missed it or if they hadn’t called them yet. If it’s the latter, they let them go a little over their time, so that was nice. But we made them leave anyway when we thought it was about 2 hours.
A little extra signage would have been helpful:
* Make sure you fill out a waiver online or at their waiver area BEFORE you get in line (or have someone fill it out while you wait in line)
* Wait outside the briefing room until you are called in (people kept opening the door to interrupt his rules speech, and they’d be asked to wait outside)
* Go on into the arena when you’re ready, but wait in the dugout for the next game to begin.
We will definitely go again!

Love this place! My son and I have gone three times and have a blast every time. You can bring your own guns as well. The disc shooters work the best.
Staff is very friendly and plays the drill sergeant role well! Great place for the family to let out some energy. Also great for bday parties. Will be back many times to come! Oh, and they have been offering several coupons through Groupon and other sites.