The Village At Edgewater

Listen, Im a FT stay @ home dad with two girls; 22m and 4m. Ive been to Jump St, Little Monkey Bus, Treehouse Discovery, many, many malls, public playgrounds, etc.
I have to say, its clean, its easy, its affordable, yes I said affordable. I have friends who take their kids to gymnastic, various music, and self defense classes who pay in the hundreds for only a few sessions.
The staff and the other parents are the salt of the earth, another reason I like it. No hidden agendas, just real people who are down to earth who care about kids.
The music and yoga classes are only $ 6 or $ 8 with no membership, which is only $ 15 a month. You get an hours worth of singing, dancing, and learning for only $ 6…are you kidding me? Where can you go for an hours instruction music or yoga for $ 6 or $ 8?
The coffee, and the food is great. I’m pretty sure most parents feed their kids chicken nugz a time or two, but the other hand made items are well worth it and are «prepared». Its not McDonald’s!
Lastly, if you want free… go to the malls, if you want dirty, go to the playgrounds, (both are huge petri dishes) if you want good social clean fun for you & your children; check out The Village. Its a locally owned small business people, not a huge national franchise. Get it?!
Oh, did I mention if your a member ($ 15 a month), its free unlimited play for your kids and there are free weekly art/​craft classes? Can you get that at the Westminster Mall?

I decided to come back an add a star to my review. I was contacted by the owners in a request to return and re-​evaluate their business. I have declined to return, but the fact that they are trying to make it better and were very polite and nice compelled me to come back here and give them that extra star.

I took my son and his friend to The Village at Edgewater and they LOVED it. The moms were friendly and the play area kept them entertained for a couple of hours. The food was far and away the most delicious and healthy choices I’ve seen. I wish The Village had opened when my kids were younger – a fantastic place for moms with young kids to make meaningful connections. Highly recommend!

Spending $ 2 was ok for my not-​yet-​walking 1 year old, but I can’t imagine spending $ 6 for a walker. The play area is pretty tiny.
However, the atmosphere and the food will ensure I don’t go back. There was a group of catty moms/​nannies ignoring their young toddlers as they gossiped about other moms, and a frequent visitor told me that is the norm. Certainly makes an outsider feel uncomfortable! Plus the owner watched me like a hawk for our first 15 minutes there, I think to make sure my baby actually didn’t take a step on his own (really, do moms lie about that?).
And then the food — my iced mocha tasted like instant coffee and hershey’s syrup (for $ 4+). The burrito was edible, but not great. Pretty disappointing, given that I passed up getting a mocha and AWESOME burrito just a couple blocks down at Edgewater Coffee Co.

I take my 14 month old here at least once a weekend for play and eats (nice days out bad days in).
Recently we’ve been participating in the lineup of classes they are providing on the weekends. We just did the Saturday morning ‘Toe Tappin’ Toddlers’ with Maureen and that was excellent (and cheaper than the Tennyson Music Together program). Next week we start sign language. It’s nice to have a dedicated place to go where she can be safe and entertained and where Mommy can go brain dead for a minute.
We purchased a membership during the March Membership Madness Month and the rate is well worth it. Already paid for in 3 visits. Plus we get discounts on the classes with the membership.
They also offer discounts on food and classes when you do combos. Plus they extended their 10-​punch card deal which allows you to drop-​in to ANY of their classes at any time.
I love their food and while it can seem pricey I would suggest you consider that all portions feed at least two people and they are more than happy to box it up for you.
I can see where older kids might not appreciate the play area but I think that’s why they recommend up to age 6 only… I would say maybe 4. But the cooking and arts and crafts classes would entertain the older kids while the younger kids wore themselves out running amok.
As for safety I’m not sure how a previous reviewer’s 3 year old opened the gate as I fumble with it sometimes. Maybe some previous entrant did not latch it correctly?!

Full disclosure: I’m a friend of one of the owners of The Village.
I’m in town for a day before heading out onto the ski slopes for Spring Break, so I thought I’d come by and catch up with my friend. I don’t have children, so my experience of the Village is limited, but it looks like the little ones are having a good time in the play area. The play structures are low to the ground and definitely geared towards younger children.
I sampled a couple of things on the menu: the agave lemonade soda, the breakfast burrito (with bacon!), and a caesar salad. I found all three to be enjoyable, filling, and healthy. I would much rather pay for the items here, which are fresh-​made with conscientious ingredients, than fill up on pretzels and Cinnabon at a food mart in a mall. If you consider the staggering childhood obesity rates here in America, I think it’s great for a local business like The Village to promote better eating habits in our next generation.
I think it’s unfortunate that the Unilocal filter has cut out honest reviews (and business responses). The Village has only been around for a few months, so I hope they’ll have a full chance at creating a destination that aims to please both parents and young children.

Very nice set up. Very clean. My daughter had a great time. The food looked great, but I did not order anything. I will be back.

I was excited to try out this place and several playgroups that we’re in were trying it out. We got the $ 7 deal on a 1-​month membership, which is a great deal. So we’ve gone about once a week. However, I don’t feel that it’s quite worth the $ 6 a day to take my 3 y/​o to… When my daughter turns 1 it will be $ 11 to bring my kids.
It’s a great concept: enclosed play area, healthy food, various classes. A few things I would do differently. An area for eating and hanging out that’s more conducive to groups larger than 2 – 4. Maybe have the entire place be playing /​eating that way kids can run back and forth. Have 1 class included in the price of admission, with optional additional classes (music, cooking, language, etc). Ordering and getting your food is confusing. You have to order where you come in, but the menu is by the kitchen. Sometimes they bring your food to you, sometimes it sits and gets cold until you come get it. Food is kind of overpriced and tastes «okay».
This place can get crowded in the mornings, especially if there’s a birthday party going on. Was there once when there was a party and it was really understaffed and there wasn’t enough space for all the adults standing around in the kids’ play area. Maybe allow birthday parties to have the area to themselves for an hour before they open or in the afternoon?
I was expecting more… It has potential to be really cool! Maybe in the summer time they can put a fence up and have outdoor seating and playing?

I went here today for the first time with my 20 month old son. It looks like it is gaining in popularity, but most of the moms I talked to were on their first visit so hopefully they’ll get repeat visitors. I got a month-​long pass for $ 7 and will try it out all month, but the normal monthly rate is $ 15. I would actually pay that all winter long, only they require a 6 month-​long commitment. If they rethink that and allow you to buy passes month-​to-​month I would join again, but at $ 180 a year it doesn’t seem worth it. I didn’t try the food, but it sounded good, so I’ll try it next time to support them. I like the concept and there aren’t many things like this in the area. I wish the Colorado Mills mall would put in a play area again. The Cherry Creek play area is bigger and free, but usually crazy busy. They do offer music and art classes and I’m thinking of buying a pass, since at $ 4.50 a class they are cheaper than any of the rec center classes I have found. Hope they have time to work out the kinks and stay open.
Oh, the sign also said they are getting a liquor license soon, so it might be fun to meet my husband there after work some day for a drink while my son plays — hope they have good happy hour deals!

Exorbitantly priced pay for play considering the play area is so tiny and the soft climbing structures so small. Someone mentioned Westminster Mall — those play structures were a lot better — and there were more of them if that tells you anything. A 3 and just turned 1 year old cost $ 11 just to play. The three year old could also easily open the gate to the play area, so it defeats the purpose of an enclosure since bigger kids are in and out running around and letting little ones out with them.
The food was fine, nothing stellar, but also ridiculously expensive. A few Ian’s Dino chicken nuggets, a bowl of Mac and cheese (with a little bacon and — no exaggeration — three limp and brown-​edged broccoli florets), a tiny sliver of very dry carrot cake, and two drinks was $ 19.
Absolutely, without a doubt, not even close to worth it. I was so excited to try this out, but we won’t be back, and I’m pretty bummed about the huge waste of money the one time we did go.

A friend invited us to The Village for a playdate Friday night. As they’ve only recently opened, it was free for all attendees. The place is in a very unassuming building in Edgwater — it’s hard to see, especially at night.
Anyway, once inside, it was a pretty sweet set up. They have stuff a la Cherry Creek’s giant breakfast play area for the kids in a gated area. It actually might be the same stuff that used to be in the Westminster Mall’s play area, come to think of it. Same theme. There’s seating set up all the way around for parents to be able to observe.
There was a balloon guy there making creations for all the kids, which went over really, really well. That was a smart idea.
On the downside, they had a musician playing when we arrived who had his speakers amped to drown out the shrieking of God knows how many kids. As soon as we walked in, my daughter was covering her ears. She wasn’t the only one. It wasn’t that he was a bad musician by any stretch of the imagination, but rather a bad choice of venue — he was a coffee shop kinda guy. Fortunately, he closed up shop shortly after our arrival.
The low ceilings aren’t really conducive to the collection of that many kids in an area, to be truthful. The sound has nowhere to go, so that shrieking I mentioned? Dude. It’s loud.
Also, while they do have food and drinks available, they’re not cheap. A friend of mine got an «iced» coffee made (meaning they steamed her milk and then dropped ice in it — still puzzled over that one) and she was charged five bucks for it. But they’re new, and I’m sure the pieces will fall into place soon enough.
I do like the idea behind The Village, and I’d like to revisit it when it’s not so crowded.