Imajine That

Needs a good cleaning. glad there was plenty of sanitizer for my son. My socks were black and had dust balls when I left.

This place is fun for my kids but needs a serious cleaning. I will not go back again after how dirty it was our last visit a few days ago. I doubt they ever really clean this place, it’s disgusting. Never again!

This place needs a serious cleaning. Every time we go The area rugs are dirty, the playscape is loaded with inches thick of dust bunnies. I like that you cannot wear shoes, however, many of the workers walk through with shoes on and most guests wear their socks into the bathrooms — so the germs would spread anyways.
Lastly, the bathrooms are gross and stifling hot everytime I’ve gone.
I gave this place 2 stars because the staff are very friendly and the kids seem to love it.

Nice place for kids. Lot of activities. Friendly staff. Good food at reasonable price. Recommend anyone who has kids between 2 to 5 years old.

Went here for the first time with my 2 year old and a friend and her 1 year old. Went on a friday, it wasn’t busy at all. Upon entering and really walking around we discoved practically no toys to play with at all, just a large area to run around. The grocery store was the only area that had any play items other than the baby area. All things were broken, dirty and missing pieces. The equipment was smelly and dirty. The next day both of our children became sick with colds-​not a coicidence.
I won’t ever be going back again. Its a shame-​they have such a great space, but it needs alot of work.

This place was ok. My friends 4 yr old had a good time. We painted ceramics which was a nice activity they had and adults can enjoy it too. It seemed clean and the staff was friendly. We ordered pizzas and sat at the café. It was good for us adults. My only complaint is there should be outlet covers everywhere! I was shocked to see many locations didn’t have any. When we first got there my husband had to pull a little girls fingers away from a tel/​data outlet in the area where the shoes are kept. Granted it’s low voltage but still. And the electrical outlet right next to the tel/​data did NOT have covers. Any kid could stick something in them. Come on Imajine That people and take the time to add outlet covers. I can’t believe a building inspector or just anyone with common sense hasn’t picked up on this.

We’ve been here a few times with my 21 month old daughter. I thought this place was ok, and even though most toys there are pretty well used kids still have fun. And there is plenty of things there to do — bouncy house, slides, supermarket, ride on toys — great place to be for a kid. The reason I gave only one star is because of today’s visit. The place was over crowded which is fine, my problem was that a lot of the kids there were older kids around eight years old. They were riding those ride on toys like maniacs! I’m not sure where the parents were… They almost knocked my daughter down, even though I was following her everywhere it was still too dangerous for her to be there. Those kids were flying around the corners not caring much about anyone else. Of course the parents should be paying attention to what their kids are doing, but ImajineThat should probably have someone supervising and wouldn’t be a bad idea to set the age limit. We are never coming here again!

Love this place !! I take my daughter at last twice a week and she has sooo much fun! Very clean and a lot of variety for kids and parents… also good that it’s right in the same building as Sals if you get hungry

I took my 3 & 5 year old last week (mid-​week in the summer). This was our first trip. I liked that parking is easy. We went up in the elevator and I was happy to see bathrooms were easy to access and that the Imajine That space is separate from other businesses so I didn’t have to worry about losing one of my kids if they run off or disrupting anyone with the inevitable tantrum when we have to leave. Both kids had a great time and we stayed for several hours. There weren’t very many other kids there which definitely made it more easier. (I’m a full-​time working parent so it’s not often I get to visit these types of places & it not be a mob scene!) I agree with some of the other reviewers that some of the toys are not new & perfect — some of missing pieces and «well-​loved», but kids don’t need perfect. The kids had a great time. I think the food is a bit of highway robbery, but it’s no different from any other kids venue and I was pleasantly surprised at some of the options on the menu. Much of the food is made by Sal’s so you will have to wait for them to make it downstairs and then for it to be brought up if you order something other than pizza. We ordered a few slices and they came out hot & tasty in just a few minutes. Overall, we had a blast & we’ll be back the next time we have a staycation, but will check out getting library passes next time.

I had a fantastic time here today with my 1 y.o. He can’t walk yet and wasn’t able to enjoy ALL of the activities, but he was able to do MOST which was awesome! It is extremely clean inside and you have to leave your shoes out in the foyer before entering. Most things are in good working condition, some things need replacement (ie some of the toys in the infant section.) I really had a good time and my babe spent almost 2 hours there with no complaint. The only thing that kinda stunk was that some parents really don’t watch their kids. a girl about 9 years old came in the infant section and actually sat in the bouncer and was shoving another kid around… right near my little guy– he could have gotten hurt. There are signs that indicate the area is only for babies, but their parents should have corrected that behavior.
The employees are fantastic and I loved the place overall. You can’t control others behaviors. So, all in all, I highly recommend!

Café took over 30 minutes for us to get 2 slices of pizza and a grilled cheese sandwich.
It wasn’t even busy.
Won’t bother coming here again.

Came here for my daughter’s 2^nd birthday and it was a fun family day out! We got passes from our local library that made admission completely free. My 2 year old’s favorites were the bounce house and the dino jungle gym. My 5 year old loved the supermarket and wore a dress-​up fairy outfit the whole time we were there. She, too, loved the jungle gym. Thankfully we chose a day where there weren’t any older kids. We were able to sit at the foot of the jungle gym and let the girls have their fun.
I noticed what many other reviews mentioned about the lack of art supplies in the arts & crafts area. No paint, construction paper for drawing was scarce. With the exception of employees who were running downstairs for more pizza from Salvatore’s, I didn’t see anybody on the floor, and two of the hand sanitizing pumps I went to use were empty.
If you are expecting something as grand as the Boston Children’s Museum you will be disappointed. If you take this place for what it is — an indoor play area that provides a few hours of entertainment for your little ones — you will have a lot of fun.
We will definitely come back!

I cant beleive anyone would give this less than five stars. This place is amazing. Extreemly clean, well run, great food choices, not over priced and just an overall great place for kids, lots to do and learn here. If I needed to complain about something it takes a really long time for our food, sometimes the sock policy is not enforced and the front dest staff had zero personality. But the facility and business are great! My kids constantly ask when we are going back

I came in with my 5-​year-​old and our almost-​2-​year-​old for some open play on a rainy day. It was the first time I’d been there in a few years, and I won’t be coming back.
Most of the toys my older child enjoyed when she was a toddler — cozy coupes, plasma cars, shopping carts, musical instruments — are gone. The Melissa and Doug toys (birthday cakes, puzzles) are gone. What few books are in the reading corner are ripped up or are promotional materials. The little blue toddler slide (used to be in the infant area) is gone. The little blue mailboxes are gone. There’s a lego table with no legos, a train table with no trains (parents must beg for trains one-​at-​a-​time), a «hospital» area with baby dolls that looked like they were run over by an 18-​wheeler and broken «doctor» toys, and a pirate ship with nothing else around it to make it desirable for play. No pirate costumes or sea-​themed toys, just a context-​less ship.
There’s an arts-​and-​crafts section, but art supplies (beyond crayons and a roll of brown paper) are non-​existent. I don’t mind paying a quarter for paint, but I do mind having to go on a scavenger hunt for paintbrushes, paper towels, and bowls for rinsing brushes. And I mind that there’s nowhere to hang the wet painting — there are clotheslines set up for the purpose but only a half-​dozen clothespins, all of which were «occupied.»
There’s a grocery store area, but it’s a ghost of its former self. My older child used to spend hours there… but now, much of the play food is gone, there’s no longer a play kitchen in the area, and there’s only one cash register (and it doesn’t even really work). There’s some text-​heavy healthy-​eating information… but it’s so age-​inappropriate it’s laughable. What kind of fun can a kid have there? Putting plastic fruit into and taking them out of the bins seems to be about it. What hte heck is Whole Foods doing with their «sponsorship» of this section? Clearly, they donated a few fabric bags and the food on display behind the plexiglass wall, but otherwise it’s pretty obvious that «sponsoring» means «advertise and do nothing else».
There’s an infant/​toddler section, which should be the cleanest and most well-​maintained area, but it’s as shabby as everything else. Knowing how hard it was to clean some of my kids’ baby toys makes me reallllly skeptical that anything in that section was clean, and I was glad my toddler was uninterested in that part of the play floor.
And there’s a bounce house and a jungle gym where the kids spent most of their time, both of which are in usable condition and were sufficiently captivating that the kids didn’t want to leave. However, my complaint with these areas has been the same since day 1 — these areas are unsupervised by staff. This means that older kids — ages 8+, totally age-​inappropriate for the location — play roughly amongst 2-​year-​olds, and they do so without any parental supervision (despite being told that children should be within a «hug’s reach»). And I’m ok with having to be hypervigilant for my toddler’s sake, as I must be at the beach or public playground, but if I’m paying $ 20+ for admission, a little help would be nice. And when there are two I.T. employees standing idle behind the snack bar, one reading magazines at the front desk, and another who may or may not be cleaning up a party, you start to wonder what that admissions fee really covers. Clearly it’s not clean new toys.
In my most recent visit, kids who had clearly hit puberty were doing FLIPS in the bounce house where my 2-​year-​old was bouncing. They didn’t seem to care that there were wee ones in there, so I evacuated my son before he got kicked in the head. Parents nowhere to be seen.
On the jungle gym, a pair of siblings who looked to be maybe 8 – 10 years old were racing up the jungle gym and sliding down backwards (as in, sitting on their rear ends but facing uphill). They knocked my child over on their mad dash to the top of the slide and pushed others out of the way once they got to the top. Additionally, a few small children attempted to emulate their backwards-​sliding. Thankfully no one was hurt. The older children’s mother was sitting not more than five feet away, but was too engrossed in her phone to notice. And when she did notice, she ENCOURAGED them to keep on sliding backwards!
I want so much for I.T. to succeed and be amazing. I want it to be the super cool place it was when I brought my older child there for the first time in 2010. (And maybe it’s different on weekdays, but being a working parent, I only visit on weekends.) Unfortunately, they seem to have adopted the «bigger, faster, more» motto and have sacrificed being a unique and fun indoor play location in favor of morphing into a daycare program and birthday party facility. At $ 20+ per visit, it doesn’t make sense for us to come back to a glorified warehouse full of toys picked up from the freebie bin at a yard sale.

Pretty clean, lots to do for our 2.5 year old. Good pizza for lunch from Sal’s. 10/​kid and 1/​adult. Reasonable prices. Will come back every time we’re in town!

I love this place!!! The teachers/​Imajinators are outstanding. We recently attended a birthday party and it was done very well. The kids had a great time and so did the parents. I love the multiple play spaces — especially the area dedicated to reading ad literature! I’m absolutely going to have my son’s birthday party there this summer.

We brought our 1 ½ year old here over the weekend and were truly unimpressed with this indoor playground. The only age appropriate toys for him were a lego table and little push mowers. The facility had a grimy, dirty feel. We will never go back.

This place is the best Indoor Playground I have come across… I think I had expected a lot more but it def did make the little ones happy… I almost purchased a Year pass but then worried that it would get boring real fast…
Went on a Slow Sunday and will def be back to visit.

It’s clean, great toys! My daughter loves the bouncy house.
The negative is its Lawrence, not a great area at all.
And they charge you for an infant and parent? Hello? That’s insane. Clearly my 2 year old can’t drive herself there. If they didn’t charge for babies and parents I’d give it 1000 stars.
The birthday parties are such a good idea! But they do a lot of sugary treats. Sals pizza is awesome!

My 3 year old loves this place, we have been going for almost two years. Admission is very reasonable (like $ 7 a kid and only $ 1 an adult). A lot of places charge full price for adults and that’s where they get expensive. Their season passes are not that great of a deal, been getting them for two years now but unless you go 16 times every year you don’t break even. Once my current one runs out I will only pay at the door. The reason I got the season pass is to not be bothered with admission, and once a month you get two free guest passes, I would use these on my nieces but they don’t come any more. Without that, I don’t always get a good value from the membership during summer times.
My sons favorite is the grocery store, they have a lot of real empty boxes and plastic foods without real mini grocery carts. My son spends 25%-50% of the time in here. They also have some cars, lawn mowers, bikes you can drive around the place (kid powered). They usually have one or two events each day, like making rockets and blasting them off, arts and crafts, or music. Staff is typically very friendly and helpful.
We have gone to a lot of different places but this one is one of favorites.
They have a small café inside and a full Sal’s sit down restaurant downstairs. They have a large blow up dragon you can jump with 6 kids inside with a nice view of the river outside.
For kids around 1 or younger, they have a small dedicated play area for them with age appropriate toys.
They always have an arts and craft place open that will have stamping, painting, puzzle type of activities you can just walk up and do.
As another reviewer says, it isn’t as big as Perpetual Motion (about half the size) but for younger kids (I’d guess 6 – 7 and younger) it is a lot more fun. My son is three and we will be coming here for many more years and in fact we are going tomorrow.