Monkey Joe’s Parties & Indoor Playground

It’s fine, there are good bouncy houses, and my daughter had fun, but the staff were practically comatose and almost to they point of being rude. When we entered the guy at the register barely acknowledged us and just angrily pointed at the clipboard to sign.
The video games were pathetic and only half were in working order.
When we went to cash out tickets, it took forever for someone to notice us standing there because the staff were busy talking to each other and on their phones.
The place has potential, but needs better training for the staff.

I take my 5 yo niece & nephew here often, they run and jump their bodies into exhaustion in a (very) clean, well kept, air conditioned playground… what’s not to like. The owner of this place seems pretty cool… he’s always walking around with a huge smile, talking to kids and their parents… there are staff walking around (trying to keep kids safe) as well. I think it’s a good value.

So I would have to rate this place a «no stars» due to the A/​C not working. That’s a major no no for a kid friendly zone. I asked them about it well getting checked in and they said it has been out for two weeks kind of outrageous and slack on their behalf! Also not enough attendees I seen little to no help, very carefree, and not very sanity environment to play in meaning no one came around to pick up to make the place look presentable. I initially wanna to go here to do something different but Chuck E cheese can happily have my business. Also the arcade games are a «huge» distraction I keep having to ask my crew to simply «go jump» that’s why we came to jump not play games and one last thing everything as far as prizes or snacks are way over priced for three ice creams were $ 8.10

Tons of different bounce houses to play in. There is an actual bounce area just to jump in, obstacle course bounce houses, arcade, toddler bounce area, and tons of areas for parents to sit. You can buy food and drink here but you can’t bring your own food or drink. And don’t forget to have your kids wear socks when coming!

Anytime I get a day off during the week I love taking my one year old here! He always has so much fun. They’re inexpensive and it’s always clean. My only problem is when it is busy there are always older kids in the younger kid area. The older kids are extremely rough and rambunctious. It’s frustrating because it’s not my job to tell kids to go where they’re supposed to. They need more center supervision or stricter rules for parents to supervise their children.

I had a really enjoyable time with my husband and 1 year old son. What Mae it special is that they have an area for kids under 5 only. Parents are able to go on bouncies with their child to guide them through.
I’d go again. Especially for $ 5.

Monkey Joe’s could be such a great place if not for a few things.
The actual attractions inside are terrific. There is even a place for only small children to play without interference from older kids. Despite many dozens of children in stinky socks running around for hours, the place is pretty clean and doesn’t smell nearly as bad as it could. I was at a fall party at the kids’ school and they had two bouncy houses in the gym. The whole place smelled like something died in there mixed with feet and rubber. Monkey Joe’s didn’t smell like a basket of roses, but it sure was a pleasant surprise that it didn’t reek in there.
The main problem with Monkey Joe’s is the staff. There is absolutely zero supervision of the rides. There are kids who are obviously too big to be in there, adults who just take off their shoes and go to town, and lots of normal «kids being kids at recess» incidents going on almost constantly. Kids are running and tripping over stuff or banging into adults. And the ones who aren’t are bullying other kids. Exactly zero staff were present to combat this.
What little staff that actually were present were young, undertrained, and almost rude. We entered and there was a family in front of us filling out their forms. They waved us ahead while they wrote. The staff member at the desk shoved a clipboard at us and said snottily, «You know you’re behind them!» After we got to the desk, they messed up running the credit card and it took 15 minutes to fix with no apology or even explanation of what was happening.
For the money, this is a good place for kids be kids. My concern is that with the lack of any staff supervision, kids are getting hurt, or worse, bullied by nasty kids (you know, everyone else’s kids are horrible). If either of my children had broken an arm because other kids were shoving them, or adults were jumping on the rides (this totally happened many times while we were there), it wouldn’t matter what I signed when I walked in, Monkey Joe’s would be paying for my children’s college education.

$ 10 to let the kids run and jump until they pass out is worth every penny lol! I bring my daughter here from time to time. Great when it’s raining or cold like today. They have snacks like pop corn and drinks for the kiddies. My daughter always finds new friends to play with and they have a nice section for parents and free wi fi

This is an indoor inflatables gym for kids 12 and under that also has quite a few arcade games. I would have scored it higher if there WEREN’T any arcade games. We took the kids there to burn off energy, and the games derailed that somewhat, distracting them and causing a lot of «I want’s». I do like that there is plentiful seating for adults, ADA-​friendly ramps, and lots of natural light.

I had a birthday party for my daughter’s 8^th Birthday a couple of weeks ago and it was GREAT!!! Yes the entrance is a little hard to find and is located behind other business but once inside the kids had a blast. Our host was WONDERFUL and we enjoyed every minute of it. My daughter cannot stop talking about how much fun she had with her friends. We will definitely go back.

The good: My kids played continuously for 1.5 hrs. They wanted to go back.
The bad:
1) My son was on a piece of equipment and started screaming for me. I got over to him and he was screaming «POO-​POO!!» I pulled him out and he had another child’s feces all on his legs. I immediately went to the snack bar and told the attendant. She said she would take care of it immediately. I cleaned my son up with wipes and sanitizer. About 20 minutes later he returned to the same area and the poop was still there! I was in shock. I went back over and told the girl working and she said, «My manager was going to get it cleaned up but he got busy.» I informed her that this was a serious hazard. She said she would have him get to it. I told her that I would wait by the equipment until it was cleaned. I kept 5 – 7 kids from getting on while I waited on the manager to bring over the cleaning supplies. I spoke with the manager and he also said, «I was going to clean it up but we got real busy.» I was BLOWN away.
2)Another mother said that her son killed a roach
3) There was a huge hole (about 16 inches) in one of the slides. I reported it to the same manager. I told him that I was so sorry to sound like a complainer, but that The kids were playing around this huge hole. A small child could easily get through.
The good: The manager immediately closed the slide and started to repair the hole. He also thoroughly cleaned the other equipment.
It isn’t the cleanest place to play, they are understaffed and do not (obviously) have a plan in place to take care of emergency situations, BUT– the kids had a great time.

I’ll hit up Monkey Joe’s on a rainy day, absolutely. Hey, if it is a Saturday and I feel in the mood to be plowed over by hyper 10-​yr-​olds, count me in!
Seriously, avoid these places on the weekends. Birthday parties abound and it is a factory for «fun.»

Birthday parties here are rushed beyond belief. The actual party time in the private room was so fast that the plates were picked up before the kids could even eat! Talk about an assembly line, cookie-​cutter party. Nothing special about it. Staff barely even made eye contact. Very poor experience.
For little kids (4-​year-​olds), the playground is very hard to supervise. Not easy to spot the kids in the bounce-​type inflatables. On a weekend, this place is so crowded that it doesn’t feel safe. Kids were running up to the exits without any adult supervision. It’s like a parents worst nightmare.
The place smelled like stinky kid feet, and you could literally FEEL the germs crawling on this place.
Parking was atrocious (but I came on a Saturday).
I’ll never go here again.

We had family visiting from out of town and we had been stuck in the house with rain for 3 days, so we finally decided to try out Monkey Joes on Barrett Pkwy to get out of the house. The fact that it’s indoors is the only good thing about this place. We had found a coupon from their website and the owner/​manager refused to accept it. And he was very rude about it also.
Aside from the rude manager, the place wasn’t horrible. You do have to deal with all the screaming kids from assorted birthday parties and random walk-​ins like us. The place smelled kinda like feet, but I guess that’s to be expected. At one point, there was a child crying for about 15 minutes and noone attended to him. I don’t know if that’s something to say about the staff or the parent. But seems like the staff should be checking on kids more often.
The seating area was of decent size but chairs, as someone else mentioned, are uncomfortable after a while.
Overall, not as good as some of the other bouncy places around here, so I’d recommend that you try any of the other ones first.

I’m from Cali home of Chucky Cheese and the Jungle (it doesn’t get any worse than that) and I was visiting my friend in ATL. We took our 15 and 18 month old toddlers to MJ’s and were pleasantly surprized. Unlike the other two kid places I mentioned it was considerably clean with no weird stinky feet smell you often get at places requiring kids to remove shoes.
However, the toddler section was AWFUL it was like doctors office waiting room. It only had about 6 lame toys that included the maze counter thing. But they did have other stuff suitable for a bigger toddlers which worked out because they had a ball. Just make sure to bring change for the car rides.
The food was lacking and the seating was uncomfortable. There really is no parent area like it advertises but staff was great and we enjoyed watching the kids have a blast running around so overall, especially for the price I’m a fan but they should make a couple improvements.

Except for the extremely uncomfortable seating (which lost Monkey Joe’s a star), my kids had a great time! My son went for a birthday party, and was allowed to stay until closing… that was nice…
Additionally, when we went to pick my son up from the party, the Monkey Joe’s people said the party hadn’t filled with the amount of children that were paid for, and would my daughter like to play. How cool was that???
I had a good book, but the chair was hard. Besides that, awesome experience!

I came here a week or two ago with my fiancée and her four-​year-​old son. We were looking for somewhere to take him where he could play and enjoy himself, but it was a bit too warm outside to go play in the park. I had remembered seeing this location while out caching in the area, so I decided that we would come down here to check it out.
I read the previous review, and I didn’t notice the same issues that the previous reviewer did. They definitely had party facilities. I didn’t really notice that the place was particularly dirty. It seemed reasonably clean and neat. The tables were somewhat dirty, but no more than I would expect usually.
The biggest issue I saw here was the lack of coaches out on the floor keeping an eye on what was going on in the bounce stuff. The kids were generally ok, but there were a few instances where either children or adults were doing things on the equipment that they shouldn’t, with no staff intervention. When I brought an issue to the attention of the staff, they did get someone over to address it, but they were quite short-​handed for the number of children there, to say nothing of the two parties they had going on.
I have been to one other inflatable party center. The other center had several smaller rooms with three inflatables in each, and then a couple private party rooms. This space had one huge room with about 7 inflatables in it (although three are dedicated to kids under 5), although it was clear that there was room for at least one more, and the party spaces were somewhat less than private. Additionally, the party attendees shared the inflatables with the general public. While I can see that having more space to play is a good thing, I also feel that it would be preferable to have the party in space exclusive to the party (so that the party isn’t having to vie for space with other parties or the general public.
Generally, however, I would recommend this location for a day when you want to give your child someplace to play, but it’s too hot outside to go to the park.

So i havnt been to many bounce houses,
but i will compare this location of monkey joes,
to its competitor BOUNCE U which is location about 2 miles away
on Cobb International.
I will start by saying that monkey joes is alittle bigger, and i took my 3 cousins (twin 6 year olds and a 10 year old)… they had a blast, but their opinion dosnt count for much, their brains are not fully formed…
they enjoyed monkey joes and bounce U the same
monkey joes is GROSS, that weird stinky kid smell, i mentioned in the bounce u review, is here in full force…
and it wasnt just the smell, there were drink bottles, pizza boxes and dirty paper plates everywhere, all over all the tables, where the adults are suppose to sit in solace, while the children bounce their brains out.
i was able to escape the gross table coral, into the comfort, of a beaten and battered sofa in a corner, …
the carpets are stained with only god knows what… and it was super crowded…
also, they charge according to the size of your child… $ 10 for little bean sprouts
there are a few good things,
my cousin is in a magic camp here for the summer, and thats pretty good
that they host «imagine that» events…
and also there is wifi… so thats a plus…
i would to prefer never to return, just sayin.