K1 Speed

I wish i could give 0 stars went with my friends for having a good time, but alas it turns out that they are very busy now and don’t want to treat their customers with respect. After waiting for 45 minutes and race being pushed 3 times when you ask their customer service why the race is being delayed he tells me that you are welcome to leave if you have a problem. And then all the staff starts fighting with us and keep on telling us that you can leave.
I don’t wish to return ever to this place neither will return ever.

If you want to experience the worst customer service in the east side, plz visit this spot. The manager Jason Ross is the kind of person who will get fired if he works at any other company which cares a tiny bit about their customers and their experience. He is rude and outright unreasonable with his customers and borderline racist.
We went to have a good time with our friends in return we were treated like shit. Postponing races without informing customers more than once and when asked they ask you to get out. Wow! Now That’s convenient.
& setting New standards for customer service.

Great place. Big fun. Excellent staff. But if you’re looking for Nordstrom or Starbucks type of customer service, you won’t find it here. Our race was interrupted due to faulty equipment. Those things happen. But store policy states that we received all of our laps. Perhaps I’m old school. I’d at least offer a discount for a future race when asked. But nothing. Now we are hooked on karting. Was considering their $ 500 package. But now we will check out the competition and see what they have to offer. Surprisingly, this location not busy on a Friday night. And maybe 5 random customers don’t matter in their big picture. Again, the staff was cool.

1^st time there… It was late night so they were about to close in few hours. I was stopped several times manually by the stuffs because some professional was chasing me just behind… we were kinda new so we asked to see if they can put us all into a group (they put 8 people into a group for every race)…they said no because they were going to close… well it turned out I played with some strangers… What’s the point if I pay $ 50+ to play with strangers and being stopped every time to let people go?! I got to realized there’s a ‘let go’ flag that warns me to let go after the races because they didn’t do the orientation thing to our group! I didn’t know the meanings of each flag… Well probably I will never go again and I don’t recommend to anyone… The track is narrow and the carts are all different on controlling. Some of them has better control and some of them are just trash. Plus I am 6′ and I could not even fit in…

I’ve never go-​kart raced before so this was my first experience. I had no idea what to expect but I really enjoyed it! The price is kinda high but I’m told it’s comparable to other places but I can’t vouch for that but I do think it’s worth the price if you go on occasion.
I did one race and my husband did two. He’s raced a lot before and he said this track was smaller than what he’s used to but the kart and equipment is in better shape than what he’s used to so he gave it a thumbs up!

Let me explain to you why this place is expensive. The race ends after the fastest person crosses the finish line. An race is 12 lap, and faster folks can do 18 sec/​lap easy. That means the race will finish in 3.6 mins! You paid 20 dollars for 3.6 mins of track time! Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? I paid 20 dollars for a 4 races groupon and that was because the person who purchased it couldn’t resale it and have to unload it at a discount. Even then, you are talking about 5 dollars for 3.6 mins of track time.
I had been to many kart tracks in Washington. This is the worst go kart track I had been to. They have lots of employees running the place, but most them just walk around and talking to each other and joking around and totally ignore the customers.

Don’t waste your time at K1 speed.
To whom it may concern,
Hello, my name is Don. I live in Lynnwood, WA. I’ve been planning to visit the K1 speed in my state and had been looking forward to the experience. My girlfriend’s birthday was a great opportunity to go a few races so I called Monday, 09÷28÷15 to inquire about racing that day. Long story short, I ended up not racing due to the employee’s lack of communication, the inhospitable environment, and the discomfort from my experience.
Upon arrivel after my call to the redmond location I see a sign stating an event closure, we go inside and are promptly told they are closed. After having asked why I wasn’t told of the closure over the phone, the employee told me I should have looked over the website. Delayed for 2 hours we return at 6:30, and enter again, and are told to wait outside. I ask if would be acceptable to wait inside for the time being and was told, no. The lack of empathy shown by the K1 speed crew caused me discomfort. When they eventually allowed the group of people waiting outside in, I went to ask to speak with the manager, in hopes of expressing my situation. I was approched by a man named Jason who addressed himself as GM. His presense was unwelcoming and defencive, and when I asked about contact info he told me to look on the website.
After I told this to their feedback option online, I was given a half message from an unidentified person from their cell phone, who didn’t address what I had to say, then claimed to give me a race «on me», but since the only name that shows up on the email is Ball02, I doubt it would be worth my time to travel out there again.
Again I would advise against this place. I hope that if you do go to this place that they treat you better than me.
Don

Needed to plan a fun «pre funk» activity for my work all team event for 40 people! Bowling and Billards has been sooo played out… I needed to do something fun that no one has done yet! I started googling like a madwoman and found K1 Speed in Bellevue that was literally a 10 minute drive from my office… so far so good!
First of all… it’s not cheap. Roughly $ 40 a person, but the experience is well worth the price!!! James the manger is DA BOMB!!! He took care of everything and was soo accomdating to everthing we needed!
We had reservations for 40 at 5:00pm, but all my people showed up at 4:30. NO PROBLEM, James started our racing early! We raced for about 2 ½ hours and all my guys loved it. They came off the race track sweating, having fun, being competitive! I got more praise by my team, some saying «this is by far the best all team we have ever had » YEAH, HIGH FIVE ME!!!
We had The Catering Company, who is an exclusive caterer with K1 Speed cater our dinner. I had a custom package done for my team and they KILLED IT!!! Beautiful Salad with walnuts/​cranberries, mixed greens with a raspberry vinaigrette, steak medallions, pan seared salmon with tomato cream sauce, chicken breast with a caper cream sauce, vegetarian lasagna, rolls & butter with tons of small desserts, with soda & bottled water. My team ate every bite!!!
I HIGHY RECOMMEND k1 speed for any event you have!!! James and his team will take great care of you!!!

What could have been a mediocre experience turned excellent when our group of nine was fast-​tracked, so to speak, after some miscommunication from and a misquote on our race time. We were on the verge of asking for nine refunds when word came that we were next! We strapped on our helmets and hit the track. Thanks, K1!
Just remember, no bumping. At K1 Speed, forget the Days of Thunder rule: «rubbing is racing».

Well I can here with some friend and the first 2 races were fine but in the 3^rd race in the 3^rd lap my friend in a curve just stopped and I bumped into him hard and they stop everyone and tell me to get up screaming at me a lot of times and I had to leave. Never coming in my life the STAFF SUCKS!

This place was obviously meant for kids under the age of ten. If you don’t live within ten minutes of Redmond, please don’t waste your time and money here. It is a great place to have a young kids birthday party but the waits are long and it’s just not worth it, I would recommend sykart in Renton because it is a better overall go karting experience.

The electric karts, track and facilities definitely get a 4 star rating. The karts are surprisingly fast, the track is fun, but short and the facility is nice and modern with free pool and a snack bar.
The value of the regular drop in is a bit low. I would wait for a deal on groupon or by subscription email to make it worth the trip.
The maintenance of the Karts is questionable. The last three times I’ve went a Kart has gone out during a race heat. It is really a pace killer and I believe it also tampers with the lap time recording. Something about how the system has to process the pause seems to alter the times for that particular race. My lap times have a huge discrepancy between races with no break downs versus ones that do especially if it’s my kart that dies.

We drove all the way from Ballard to race. Based on the research I had done of the 3 Seattle area go-​kart places, this in fit our need in that they advertise karts for juniors. You need to be taller than 4’10″ to race. We got there and because our daughter is 4’8″, they couldn’t let her race in the big kids track. Then they proceeded to tell us that they had not updated their website and that they didn’t have junior racing at this facility. They didn’t offer us any thing but an apology. They should have offered us something. 45 min. drive for nothing. We won’t be back. Oh, and the place was empty.

This place is a joke. Great for kids parties, but if you really want a fun driving experience try SyKart. If you can afford an afternoon of getting ripped off at K1Speed you can afford an afternoon of real go karting at PGP.
The track is tiny!
I spent 3 hours here (admittedly on a Saturday) to do 2 races!
The karts handle like crap with terrible throttle response!!!
The track might as well be an ice rink as there isn’t any grip to be found so most of the corners end up drifted by the inexperienced driver.
Don’t waste your time or money!
Go to SyKart and get way more bag for your buck!
Go to PGP and learn to drive in the rain for the same price.

A friend was in town and was hankering for some go-​karting so off we went to Seattle’s closest venue!
Place: Smaller K1 track compared to other sites like San Diego, tucked behind a Factory Direct furniture store in Redmond. Has pool tables, arcade games, and a track that seems to accommodate 7 to 9 drivers per race.
Unilocal check-​in got us $ 5 off one $ 19.99 «Arrive and Drive» package which got us a 14-​lap race. There is a mandatory $ 6.00 «annual license» which gets you the helmet and head sock (which is sort of like a Shamwow ski mask that keeps them from having to clean the helmets in between drivers). 14-​laps takes about 5 minutes to complete, which might sound like a short amount of time for a $ 23 investment, but I will admit that it is one heck of an exhilarating, adrenaline pumping 5 minutes if you’ve never gone before. These go-​karts go way faster than you’d expect. You get a printout of your best lap time and some fun statistics of your race afterwards as well as your national and in-​race ranking. Fun for those of you who are competitive! Be careful not to bump or crash the carts because they do reserve the right to pull you from your race without a refund if you violate their rules.
Overall a fun time, but may be a little bit pricey if you’re looking to hang out with friends for a prolonged period of time. They do have deals and happy hour type packages which might help drive the per-​race price down a bit, but I don’t expect most people would be able to do more than 3 races in a single stretch.
Other Notes:
–Accepts credit cards
–You can pre-​register your party online
–No alcohol served on premise
–Has typical arcade foods/​snacks (pretzels, nachos, etc.).
–Has a good sized parking lot

I went for a corporate team building event and I have to say that while the staff isn’t super organized, they are friendly enough and they are pretty good about making sure groups are together and having fun. The track rarely if ever changes, so I’m going to give this a 3 star rating. The carts are electric so you don’t have to worry about smelling like gas when you’re done. The carts themselves are varied, the newer ones have better brakes, while the older ones tend to drift a bit too much. So from race to race your lap times may change. It’s in town and easy to run to for a quick race so I would say that this place is still a good place to hit if you don’t want to go far to feel some speed (legally). Take a few friends and have a good time!

Went here on a Friday night with a group of friends.
The good: FUN! The waits weren’t too bad.
The bad: Very expensive ($ 50 for 3 races)
The employees are incompetent. Examples: they waved the guy in front of me to drive off without unplugging his kart, which led to the cord being pulled out and the kart next to me (still plugged in) smoking. They stood around wondering what to do next for a couple of minutes until someone cut the power. Other examples: the karts were not well maintained, with dramatic differences in braking capability between them (and kart breakdowns were routine). It was also next to impossible to buy a bottle of water, I was routinely put in racing groups apart from the people I arrived with, etc.
The track was definitely on the small side, although it is very well laid out for such a small area.

If you want a more sophisticated race track where the facilities are clean and up to date then K1 Speed is an awesome choice! People keep on noting the size of the track and I just wonder what they were expecting? Its not the size of Daytona but it sure has enough space to have a great time and pick up some quick speeds around the corners.
Every lap is timed so you can really see your progress in handling the racer as well as if you are beating your opponent. I think a big part of why we had so much fun is that we mostly had the track to ourselves! Coming here on a non-​weekend will definitely yield the most fun you have had in a race car in awhile. Staff here was friendly and kept the safety procedure script short and sweet so you could get right onto the track.
For the best deals I recommend signing up for their e-​mail list as they often have promotions!

I’ve been racing here 3 times now for a total of 6 sessions, so I think I’m now qualified to write a review.
Simply put: The track is subpar. The facility is too small for go karting. There is no room to pass without bumping. Then when you bump your kart is slowed down because it’s against the rules…
Speaking of the kart being slowed down, I have never had consistent lap times in any of my sessions because these electronic karts are controlled by the staff who work there so you are completely at their mercy if you want to set fast times.
But if you go here with a group of buddies, you will no doubt have fun! I know I always did. The karts are pretty quick, and the staff is nice and helpful as well, I can’t say anything but positive things about the staff from the front desk to the guys watching the track!
The facility is just not adequate compared to other tracks in this area. So unless you’re already really close by, I would look elsewhere for your karting experiences.

I still prefer racing without barriers, but I understand this is a good way to start.
Roughly about 40 – 50 mph for the go karts, the go karts are pretty standard and safe.
For trying something new and not terribly far away, come here. You can shoot pool, play a few rounds of arcade games, and drive. Wait til per ride is pretty fast, so you never have to wait too long.
A little hidden away along Bel-​Red Rd, K1 Speed is just behind Bassett Furniture store.