Mr. B’s

Hosted kid no.1’s birthday party here for the 2^nd year in a row. When you have to have the entire class it’s a cost effective way to do it without destroying your home (28×7 year old boys…)
However I said last year when leaving that they would really need to sort out some AC as the kids were stripping they were sweating so much. Even as you walk into the rooms the heat hits you from
The fans for the bouncy castle things.
Good points are — 2 hours of running around like loons in a padded, private, safe room is the best party ever for small boys (I’m sure for girls too but I’m imaging girls like to do dainty things and not kill each other in the obstacle course part of the bouncy thing… maybe I am dreaming!!)
They provide a trestle table and jugs of water you bring everything else so some miwadi for the jugs, disposable cups, plates, whatever
Last year we got pizzas from 4 star pizza down stairs and this year the birthday boy requested happy meals.
(Note to self, just get nuggets, burgers and chips in future the happy meals were mostly thrown out apart from the food!) but to be fair, a burger queue, a nugget queue, hand them
Each a fruit shoot (got the same for all) and they were all happy out
More killing each other in the giant bouncy area then cake, and collection.
They each got a cupcake going home that I’d wrapped — no party bag nonsense here
There is ONE toilet in the place. And it’s on the other side of a games arcade: not good.
You will need help, I had 3 mothers stay — 1 to police the door, 1 to supervise toilet trips and 1 to help me make sure no one actually killed anyone and to tidy up the cups, boxes, chips etc
The lads came in as the kids were starting to go to clean up and it is worth the € 125 hire to just be able to walk away from it all I have to say.
Next year, cinema and 3 friends. I mean it this time…

I guess if you are 14 and have no where else to go then this place is a god-​send.
Junior, who is 6, saw the balloons festooned at the top of the escalator in the shopping centre and insisted we go up.
You are greeted with an array of computer games (actually, some of the shooting ones look like fun) and those coin-​shove machines that encourage you to throw all your spare change in in the hopes of getting that 20 euro note that looks like it is just about to fall over.
it is all a bit nasty, but then, I am a 40 year old man and I am most definitely not the target audience.