Playdate PDX

a very spacious play area with a nice waiting lounge for the parents to chill. there is a café that serves hot sandwiches, tots, salad and coffee.
8 dollars for the kids age 4 and older to get in. Age 3 and younger is 4 dollars.
food ranges from 5 to 10 dollars. coffees are normal prices ranging from 2 to 4 dollars. i ordered the tater tots and they were descent.
pretty clean and safe. it’s nice to be able to let your kids loose and not be worried.
oh they serve alcohol beverages for the adults. nice maya!

This place is complete mayhem. Try to take our two-​year-​old here and there is a room for toddlers three and under. They don’t police it or anything it’s big kids everywhere running and pushing and it is not a safe environment at all for your child. Tried to bring it to the attention of a worker thereand she just shrugged her shoulders. No wonder they have you sign a waiver…

My kid loves coming here, and not just for the play. The candy that is displayed ruins it all. He won’t play now until I get him that sugar rush. I thought Portland was more wholesome and not so obsessed with sugar as the rest of the country. If they took the cookies and candy away, they can raise their prices and u wouldn’t even blink.
I’m probably not coming back here for that reason alone.

This place is amazing! The biggest indoor playground I’ve ever seen– they serve alcohol which is AMAZING! Make sure you bring socks if you wanna join your kids on in the fun! They have an outdoor patio out front for sunny days

This place is ridiculous!!! Overpriced & the food sucks… Last straw was waiting for a large order of grapes that took over 20 mins to get. & when I asked about my grapes it took her 2 secs to put them in a mini bowl… I could’ve gotten a pound for the price of those grapes.

Great place for kids. However, when we went the slides where closed due to some ridiculous lawsuit. The slides being closed really dampened the fun. We won’t be back until they fix issue. Parking is limited as well.

Unaccommodating. We went and played here with my son and it was great. So we planned to have his 2 year bday party there. We invited everyone and decided not to rent a room because the kids would just play anyway. And at hat age an hour maybe 2 is max.
So we asked about a dairy free cake which they didn’t have. So we bought one and called ahead. We were told that we couldn’t bring it in. UNLESS we paid for the $ 150 room. OR we could sit on the porch. In the rain. They claimed they are a restaurant so we couldn’t bring it in. But it is ok if we pay a $ 150 corkage fee? Considering some of the parents in our group own a restaurant — they were shocked. It wasn’t about the money at that point.
So we had it at home.
I called later to talk to the manager and was told that the owner actually was the one who had talked to my wife. We felt it was contradictory nonsense and desperate attempt to tax a kids party while having no accommodation for food allergies. I asked to be called he next day to clarify before I wrote a review — giving them a chance to justify what seems absurd and Unaccommodating especially in PDX where food allergies are not news.
She never called. Perhaps she will respond here.
Or she could t really care less.
And that is the impression I am really left with.

A GREAT place to take your kids. They burn energy and you relax. I love love this place! Food is also a plus, fresh and flavorful! Donut balls are sooo good!

The concept is wonderful and the play structure is very fun if you plan to go for the day and spend some quality time with your kids. I’ve been coming here for a few years because it’s the ONLY indoor option in Portland for the winter. However, I am always disappointed in my experience here and know to keep my expectations low. Here are the following reasons why this place deserves 1 star:
1. They raised their fees, but not the quality of play structures or service.
2. Since they don’t allow outdoor food, if you want to make the most of the fee and play all day, you’ll have to eat here. (Not inherently bad, until you read #3).
3. The food is terrible and over priced. It’s mostly heated up frozen food served by unhappy, grumpy employees. Very few healthy vegetarian options.
4. It’s dirty. The tables where you sit and eat are never wiped down. Every time I’ve come in I have to ask them for a rag to wipe the table. A couple times a nice employee came to wipe it herself, but most often it’s like today– where they hand me the rag and I use sanitizing foam and water to clean the surfaces.

This place is great. It’s fun for parents as well. They have a ball blasting room that my kids love! They have tables & chairs to sit and have a beer or eat, there is a animated floor dancing thing, a huge play area they can climb with slides and punching bags, and they have a special spot for younger children to play. Its a cool little spot. The only thing i dont like is parking, it sucks. I recommend this place for anyone who has children.

We have a 1 year old who absolutely loved this place.
I’ve been here two times so far.
They offer a pretty decent menu including pizza and a kids menu complete with a variety of fruits of vegetables to choose from.
They also have about 4 – 5 different local brews and 4 – 5 wines to choose from.
The first night we went was on a Saturday night around 6pm, and the place was absolutely packed with kids and parents!
The second time was a Tuesday at about 6pm and we shared the facilities with 15 or so kids and parents.
It was awesome!
We ordered a pizza with chicken, bacon and sausage. We added extra tomato which turned out to be really yummy.
They don’t make the dough from scratch but they do put the pizza together themselves so everything else is pretty fresh.
Someone told me that they served a lot of organic food, so when I ordered my toddler some milk, I asked if they served organic milk, to which one of the girls behind the counter replied «2% is organic» hahaha.
Not wanting to argue with her, I just smiled and said «well…ok»
The customer service wasn’t bad with exception to a couple less than friendly girls in the food section.
The food area was pretty messy.
The floor looked like it hadn’t been swept all day.
And they weren’t busy at all when we were there.
The play structure is really fun! Our little guy absolutely loves it!
I love that they have a toddler area for kids 3 and under.
Here’s the problem: they don’t supervise at all.
And most of the parents (to my surprise) don’t supervise there own kids either.
So the result of this is that, older kids often play in the toddler area and the little ones get knocked down. Since there isn’t an employee in the toddler area to make sure the rules are being followed, you have to go find someone to ask the older kids to leave the toddler area.
They need to put some kind of door or something like the one they have at the children’s museum at the zoo.
All in all we love this place. The food is better than we expected for a Kids place.
We absolutely love that we can have a
Couple of beers, while making sure our babe gets to have some fun.
We really aren’t coming here for the food and drinks so that part is just a bonus to us.
So don’t base your reviews on the food people!
It’s a kids place! It’s not a restaurant!
Ps.
Don’t get the gyros, the meat is frozen.;)
Always just ask the attendant if the ingredients are fresh or frozen.
We will be going back tonight!!! Woot woot!

I think we’ve tried just about every entertainment option for the 10 and under set that exists in the Portland metro area. I was ridiculously pleased by Playdate PDX! The play structure is three stories tall with enough to keep any kid busy for literally hours. My husband had a blast with the ball guns and pretending to be an American Gladiator.
The food selection is really great with about a million healthy snack options for kids and adults. I wasn’t expecting much from the BATT wrap but the bacon and pita bread were warmed, and it was pretty delicious! Our cheese and fruit plate had about a box of crackers, a huge amount of cheese, apples, pears and grapes. The prices may look a little high to some (not to me, this is the Pearl after all) but you can get good value. Pizzas seem small for the price though.
Anyway we’ve been known to take the kids to Burger King on a long winter night to get some exercise. This is a thousand times better! Will be right back.

We have a 15 month toddler: first time here & we’ll likely go back but there is 1 thing that management could do to make this place much better and make us more likely to come back. (We did tell staff prior to leaving)
This place really needs a gate placed on the toddler entrance. We went on a Thursday about 2:00 & unless they put a gate on, I’d never think to come on a weekend when there are many more kids.
The place is huge and they have nice options for food & beverage. Play areas were spacious & basic but unlike anything we have at home so is really entertaining.
Problem is; without a gate on the toddler area (and lack of parental supervision) about every 10 minutes, some older child would run through like a tornado & push my wee one or the other little guy out of the way /​in the slide and run back out. Management! Please pay attention! This can be easily resolved! Only issue we had… Otherwise really nice & very different than Pied Piper or Munchkinland, the other two places we visit.
Thank you

This place Rocks!!!
I’ve taken my 2 year old daughter here 3 times in the last week! It’s so affordable only $ 4 all day! A great place to bring your kid to run off all that energy. We stay about 2 hours and then head home and she takes a 3 hour nap! Yay me!
They have a 3 and under play area but it’s utilized by all the children which I don’t mind considering it is for kids! I’ve noticed that a few moms with their toddlers hovering over their child when the other kids are around, it’s ok if your kid falls, it’s padded! My daughters been hit in the face, pushed and been buried under the cushioned blocks, and I always think it’s so awkward that parents feel the need to repeatedly apologize for their children, they are kids! I get it and I’m not going to jump in if your kid hits my kid, because they are kids, I understand! Lighten up parents!
And i also found humor in the parents that stood in the corner boxing their little ones in so that the other kids didn’t mess with them, and them discussing how they shouldn’t be in that area since they were older and that there should be a worker watching over to make sure they were following the «rules». Well those mothers and their kids weren’t wearing socks which is clearly a «rule» so they should’ve been kicked out too!
This playground is for children, so let them be children. And if you don’t want them to have healthy interactions with other children then you should continue to keep them at home.
The one thing I wish they’d change is to put a gate at the front entrance to the play area, but I’d definitely recommend play date to any parents!
I did buy a 10 pass card for $ 35 so I will be frequenting this establishment with beer in hand for a few more weeks!

This evening at the play date was well worth it.
As a mother of two, having a beer, dinner and having my 4 + 2 year old boys play their hearts out makes it so effective and relaxing!
The chicken tenders and mini hot dogs are a hit for the little ones and the gyro + sriracha ranch was astounding!

We went for the day. It was awesome the food and drinks were a little spendy but the smile on my best friend and his sons face was priceless. I’m so glad we found them here, now to go back with the other kiddos for another playdatepdx!

Okay, I’ve been here before and understand all of what comes along with unsupervised children and young servers.
A. The gentleman who checked us in was very polite to the fact that we haven’t been in awhile and needed a refresher on if we were going to be charged if we needed to get our children out. No, adults are free with child admission.
B. Not a fan of the «buzzer» system. Ordered behind a woman, and got my daughter’s hot dog before her food. And they do not call out names, they just set it out and expect it to be picked up. Felt very wary grabbing what «I thought» was mine. Spent the whole time worrying it was someone else’s.
C. I understand that kids unsupervised will result in injuries and hopefully not bullying. My daughter came back to our table saying someone bonked her nose. And she was crying which is unusual. Not t even 10 minutes later, a father of 2 had both of his children come out with a «knot» on the side of her side and the son crying. Being as kids will be kids, it is not fair to put young adults in charge of overseeing the safety of these young children. But yet we sign the waiver, read the waiver, you will laugh as I did.
D. All of the staff did show concern when four children’s parents came up to ask for a bag of ice (one was me).
E. Probably needed the co2 changed because it was flat and tasted like a coors light. Not worth what I paid. And my credit card reflected that I over paid
D. The staff is very unfriendly. Besides the main hostess. She was very polite and smiley. The dready girl, dismal cook, dishwasher with shoes with holes for soles (literally) could use some customer service classes.

As I sit here painfully on a heating pad nursing my bruised tailbone from one trip down that slide I have very mixed feelings about this place. But I’m going to err on the side of safety here folks and say take a hard pass on this place.
Yes I saw the sign saying be careful on the play structure, yes the worker told me when going down the slide to not go too fast. But try as I could, with my three year old on my lap, I couldn’t slow us down enough on that second drop to avoid ending the ride wondering if my tailbone was actually broken or just excruciatingly bruised?
I had no desire to go flying down the slide, I’m a pretty cautious person. I tried to go down safe and slow as I and my child hadn’t been down it before. Then after our first, only and last trip I hobbled over to the three and under area to lay down and not move for awhile while my child played. In the span of 15 minutes I watched three other adults with children on their laps eat $hit as I had, one of which was a mother who took AWHILE to finally painfully get up. I’m sure they all saw the sign and were warned as well.
While my son enjoyed playing there, as an RN I feel that it is negligent for the owners to keep such a dangerous piece of equipment open for others to potentially get hurt on. This isn’t just a simple piece of typical playground equipment.
How do I know? Because in my 37 years I have never hurt myself or seen others in a short time span hurt themselves while using a piece of equipment AS IT WAS INTENDED. You sit down on the slide… then while staying seated you SLIDE down to the bottom. Pretty cut and dry.
It was only after our visit did I find out multiple people have sued regarding the safety of that slide. Really Play date PDX owners? Really? Not cool man… SO not cool.

I have been bring my son here since he was 2 till he is 4 today, 2 – 3 times a month. This place is like his second fun place beside chuck E Cheese.
I am comparing these two places right now!
So today I brought my son in, and filled up the form as usual. Then the cashier told me $ 12 for admission. I was asking; is that promotion including food?. He said nope. I was like I have been paying $ 4 for over two years, and how come the price is went up? He said that that is our regular price now because of the owner wanted to sell that price. Good luck with that!!!
How the hell do they think they could sell it for long term? Here we are right now at Chuck E cheese, paying $ 10 for 40 token for my son to play plus there is a free playground for kids.
I also talked to the manager there to let him know (Johnathan) that John Incredible Pizza is only $ 14.99 for kids food+drink and credit to play the games. Sorry John, but your place is not worth to spend money for. I appreciated your explanation, but we are out from the place for real.

Im pretty much just sitting here drinking my green tea and relaxing with the slow jazz over the PA in the giant spacious lobby while my toddler runs maniacally through the big indoor castle/​labryth-​thing face-​butting every horizontal surface he can find.
The only time the well contained cacophony happening just 40 feet away breaks the silence in the lobby is when one of the munchkins comes screaming down the giant slide that delivers them to the landing that leads to the lobby.
It’s early on a wednesday so it’s pretty quiet. I could imagine the sound of a thousand banshees would fill this place on the weekends, but this time of day, its just moms of older kids feeding their caffeine addictions and a few teens soothing their wifi withdrawals and one dad writting Unilocal reviews.