Bumblebee Play Cafe - Elgin, Illinois

Carleigh V.

Took my 2.5 year old and while had a nice play area for toddlers and younger kids, the over powering smell of air fresheners caused us to need to leave early. While the place was visibly clean, with the heavy presence of the air fresheners (& I mean HEAVY) it can only make you wonder what they were trying to mask, plus breathing that amount of harsh chemicals for developing kids isn’t safe, especially while playing.

Sandra D. (.

It's my 1st time being here. It was great! The entire place is very clean, the cafe area & the play area. I didn't go to the bathroom. It's very spacious. There's an area for babies, toddlers & big kids. We ate a chicken salad sandwich with chips, hot dog with chips, Sprite & coke. It's a bit pricey for me but the food was good. There's a fee to get in.

Ms. G.

The place is good and very clean. However, I don’t agree with the rule of not eating outside food by the cafe tables. It’s a coffee shop not a restaurant. and sometimes you wait a long time for food and we should be able to eat our own food after paying $15 per day. They don’t even have healthy options for snacks.

Debbie M.

This is a great place for little ones. Lots of room to run, clean, fun engaging play things and age appropriate rooms. The cafe is reasonable and a kid friendly menu. We brought my 22 month old grandson there and he had a blast.

Tony K.

Had a birthday party here...overall a great experience the kids loved it....great pizza, super clean place. Friendly staff, our attendant hostess Jackie was the best, she went above and beyond to make sure we were happy....we will be back.

Matthew B.

Great place kinda hidden and newer business. My 5 year old didn't want to leave after about 5 hours of playing, variety of things for kids to do. I didn't eat but the food looked like it was priced pretty decent and it wasn't to expensive to get in. I liked the atmosphere and plenty of places to sit for parents. No lockers I don't think. But i felt comfortable with open locker. It seems more family, less big business. They had a good coffee selection for coffee people. I end up going here at least once a week now because my son loves this place!!

Sarah C.

Excellent place for children 18months to 5 years ish.
Why I stopped going: after paying $32 to $44 to be there, they won’t let the kids eat their own lunch in the eating area.
Being chased around when I was 8 months pregnant, with the employee trying to force me to wear a mask in 2022.

Change the eating rules and we will be back. If not, no thanks.

Urszula A.

Update 1-27-19: it's been 11 months since we been back. (Kids get sick every time we went) waited 15 minutes for a plain bagel I had to cream cheese myself. ( said it took that long because cook was in training) NOBODY checked our bracelets when we left!! I walked out with 2 kids that weren't mine!! They were my nephews but wanted to see if anyone would stop me since I didnt see them checking. Nobody did!! And the place is soooooo dirty!!! This is why o avoided this for almost a year. But my son was begging to go so figured i would try it again. Posting pics of how dusty and dirty this place is! Next time you go look around theres dust flying off this place. It never gets cleaned so gross!No wonder kids always sick 🤢 such a shame because it's so close to our house and my son loves it there.

Place is cute. Very disappointed in the food. $4.99 for rotting grapes and frozen strawberries
And $1 for black bananas!!! Literally barely any yellow it was gross. Also they dont tell adults to take off shoes so even though the kids have no shoes on most adults are walking around in dirty shoes. Especially now with the salt and winter slush its gross because kids are crawling around and toys are laying all over and these parents are tromping around with their boots. I never was told to take off shoes i just did it as common sense. And Not a fan of the seperated rooms. One room is suppose to be for toddlers and the other for kids ages 5-7 (what the girl at the front desk said) but every 3 year old and up was in the room for 5-7. So i was with a 1 year old and a 3 and 4 year old who were not interested in the baby room. I can handle the seperated rooms as i inderstand that not every family has more then one kid but the food and dirty shoes really need to be adressed. Especially for $5 grapes and strawberries