Gambardos

[Rachel778]

Babysitting my 4 year old Niece soon and wanted to know if any MumsNetters have ever gone to a Gambardos and if so did you or your DCs enjoy it ?

Never heard of it? is it a play place? try trip advisor?

In Edinburgh?

Gambado? Great fun for kids on a rainy day

Yes HulaHooperStormTrooper .. Oh Trip Advisor, didn't think of that Ty,

No it would be the one in Beckenham in Kent .

We go to the one in Beckenham, ds loves it there is loads to do and plenty of space a carousel, car circuit thing and big soft play. They do food/snacks and lots of seating. And free wi-fi thank god!

Thanks OneStepCloser . . That sounds fun , , In the past I have taken her to Adventure Kingdom in Bromley ,, however since the move across to the leisure centre I find it pretty claustrophobic and not keen on the diversions of claw machines ..
And I agree , thank god for free wi-fi . .that will be a bonus.

It's expensive and not worth going with under 4's and take your own food.
If in Edinburgh the play centre inside the commonwealth pool is great.

We would be going an hour after lunch so won't have to buy food .. I like the idea of the carousel and car circuit . Hopefully she will as well

Check before you go- I think you have to join which cost £5 a then also pay to get in and adults also have to pay to get in. This was the case a few years ago - I've not been since then. There is also a softplay in the Beckenham leisure centre which is cheaper, but a bit tall and thin - although my kids love it. Think it may be called 'mytime' or something similar....

Thanks Pos1 , I will give them a call now .

Yes, there is a joining fee I think, its not overly cheap. The one in Beckenham leisure centre is Buzz Zone, thats good as well for older ish ones, not sure about wi-fi though, can feel like a long afternoon without!

We go, it is on the expensive side, especially when you first join and have to pay the registration fee, but it is brilliant, ds (4) and dd (nearly 2) always have a brilliant time.

One of the local magazines/papers (maybe The News Shopper) had a discount voucher last week - you could call them and see if they will honour the deal without the actual voucher?

We went once, as part of a large group so didn't have to join. It was nice and kids had fun. That was 3 years ago though and Im not tempted to join as its just too expensive for what it is.

It's great as a treat but for value for money I prefer Rascals in Bellingham

It's a bit expensive but clean, big and bright. 16mo twins had a brilliant time playing. So did I :)

We weren't keen. Found it big and intimidating for our bold 3 year old. And expensive.