River View Miniature Golf

I may be a little biased as I grew up in the area, but this is probably one of my favorite mini golf courses. The course is just challenging enough, and we actually like having scoop our balls out of the water (they have special ball scoopers laying around the course). The only thing to be wary of are the bugs, when there’s a bad mosquito season they can get pretty bad here because the course is right on the Fox River. Overall though, we come here as often as we can!

My family went mini-​golfing for my sisters birthday. We had a blast! The attendants were nice, and we had fun playing the holes. The park itself was nice, and not trashy or overgrown with weeds. All in all a nice place to go.

Excellent miniature golf by the Fox River in St Charles. Very good value for the area.

We searched for a family friendly activity to do with 6 adults, 1 toddler, and 1 baby. This mini golf is part of a larger preserve with lots to do (picnics, pedal boats, paddle boat tour, pool, park with playground, biking, etc.), so we decided to do the mini golf and the pedal boats.
The mini golf place itself is nice. It’s clean, it seems well-​maintained, and we actually had a lot of fun. The day we went, it wasn’t terribly busy, but I suspect that was because it looked like it was going to rain, and in fact, it did begin to pour moments after we finished our 18 holes (talk about timing!). We had a 2 year old playing in our group, and I really appreciated that we weren’t rushed along or made to feel badly about taking a little extra time to let her try and hit the ball.
If this review was based on experience alone, it would have been a 5. The 3 star rating is due to the fact that this mini golf course is not wheelchair accessible. Technically, it is, but you are directed a different way and you can’t play all of the holes. The only reason we noticed this is because we had a stroller for the baby, and we had a very hard time maneuvering it around the course.

Not a bad little golf place, although I wasn’t aware you had to pay to park there until after someone else mentioned it in their review since we weren’t asked to pay.
The course itself could do with some maintenance, but it’s not horrible. How come they leave big gaps between some of the bricks around the course? More than once we had a rouge ball as a result, and since they charge you $ 1 for missing balls you’ve got to wonder what they are trying to pull.
Prices are good though at $ 5 per person (or $ 5 for two people if you got in on the recent Groupon). That’s about as cheap as I found any mini-​golf and it’s nice being right next to the river. When you’re done you can go out on a paddleboat or have a picnic in the park.

This was a fun course… everyone’s golf ball ended up having to be retrieved from the water at least once, but they have the equipment for it. It also gets busy there, but we expected that.
This course is part of the St. Charles Park District and as another reviewer mentioned, there are a lot of other things to do while there… you can surely make a day of it. Water park/​pool, paddle boats rentals, rides on the… large paddle boat? A park, nine hole golf course, etc.
This would have been a 5 star review if it weren’t for two issues…
1. I checked the pricing of kids online before I purchased a $ 5 for two «adult admissions» Groupon and because my kids are 3 and 5, I was expecting to pay $ 1.50 for each child. Well, they ended up charging us $ 4.50 for our 5 year old. It’s not the extra $ 3 that irritates me, it’s the bait and switch tactics… which I simply loathe from any business. Plus, my annoyance at that point was compounded because…
2. As a non-​resident of St. Charles, I had to pay $ 5 to park in the lot of the complex (you really don’t have a choice but to do so.) Again, not a big deal, but I was glad I happened to have cash on me, as I rarely do. Also, since I did buy a Groupon for the mini-​golf, I really feel that parking fee should have been mentioned in the «fine print».

The family had a wonderful time at the miniature golf. Pretty tough course for little kids but it was a lot of fun. Adults were $ 5.50 and kids were $ 4.50 and $ 1.50 so a family of 4 can play for $ 20. The business also has pedal boat rentals on the Fox River and sells concession food like hot dogs, ice cream and soda. If you have extra time there are other activities in the park like a swimming pool and playground. Wonderful park setting, we’ll be back on a warmer day.