Hoot’s

This place is great for kids birthdays! First time hearing about this place. Two rooms of fun with first room being the multi story play room and second, big room with three gigantic inflatable obstacle courses. The best part? The big «kids”(a.k.a. Adults) CAN go on the inflatables! FUN! I heard from the host of the party that it’s only a few hundred bucks for two-​hour party for 20 kids. MUCH better deal than renting inflatables for at home party.
Oh and there’s a media «quiet» room for those big «kids» who want to sit & watch your game while little kids exhort themselves. WHAAAT? I guess my hubby didn’t have to leave, had we known they had it in the back!
Great find

Pictures do not do this amazing fun place justice… we walked in with our grandsons for the 7 year olds birthday party, and they totally freaked out! The entire huge room is floor to ceiling walkways, mazes, tunnels, slides– you name it– a total kids fantasy play place. The young woman at the desk could barely get the kids wristbands on as they were jumping and wriggling with excitement. Band on and gone! not to be seen until dragged out for birthday cake. You know when you have to drag a kid to eat his cake, he is having fun! Some of the guests had to drive 45 minutes from our home in Sullivan County NY but all agreed worth it as Have A Hoot was a big surprise for them, and their kids (who all had an amazing time!).
The room was very clean, as were out tables. The pizza was surprisingly very good! I was expecting frozen grocery store pizza but no, this was fresh and good. Maybe not top notch, but much better than we were expecting.
Service was good, too. Sure, the staff is young, but not incapable, or disinterested. I am guessing the servers were 17– 25 years old, but very friendly and ready to help and make our 2 hours pleasant. The price was not much more than you would pay to have a party at home, I am not sure what my son paid but if you are considering having a party, check out the prices.

Hoot’s is a fun birthday location for kids and adults! They have all the party options online to pick from and planning is simple. If you have issues, you can also call them and they are so friendly and happy to help. They provide the food, ice cream, drinks, plates/​utensils, and even goodie bags (unless you want to bring your own, which we decided to do). All you need to bring is cake and decorations and they do the rest! They charge by the number of guests that attend and food ate. So lets say you choose the party for 20 people and only 16 show up, they only charge for 16, which is nice. The parties are 2 hours long with the first hour is play time and second hour is food, cake and gifts. Our party host, Francesca called me a couple days before to prepare and answer any questions. She was amazing during the party! The host will set up all your decorations and keep the party flowing. There are two indoor play areas, the jungle gym and inflatable jump houses/​slides. The kids had a blast and us parents got a good workout! If you want a birthday party without the fuss of set-​up and clean up so you can enjoy the party with promoting physical activity, Hoot’s is the birthday party place! Thank you Hoot’s for a fun time!

Glad to have a climbing jumping park like this in abq. The cashier was friendly, the jumpers were clean, and the room as air conditioned. There is a good variety of jumpers and jungle gyms. There is also an air hockey table! The parking is a little too small, but there is street parking.

Really great place to bring the kids to wear them out. We love the huge jungle structure and all the inflatables. The inflatables are getting a bit worn though especially the giant slide. It would be nice if they could replace or repair them. Best bet is to get here early or else you will have to battle a bunch of crazed kids to play.

This is the ultimate place to bring your kids in the ultra hot dog days of summer. For a reasonable price you can let your kids run free and have a variety of blow-​up jump houses and slides to play on. I have always been impressed with how clean the facility is and you can tell that the jump houses are cleaned regularly. The air condition feels great too.
As some others have mentioned, it would be great if staff came through the play areas a bit more regularly as many parents unfortunately dump their kids off and become immersed in their iPhone or latest issue of Cosmopolitan magazine and don’t pay any attention to the behavior of their children. Personally I don’t think this place is appropriate for children over 11 years of age as they are too big and rambunctious for the equipment.

I love bringing my 3 year old here. It’s not big, but it’s the perfect size for letting your kid run around without worrying you won’t be able to find them.
They have 3 quite large bouncey structures which they can climb, bounce, and slide down. Then they have a little area where two kids can throw a basketball into a bouncey structure and a large area in the first room with ropes, a swing, slide, etc (for those of you that know the zoo it is like a smaller version of the play area there).
We are easily here for 3 hours. We bring a snack and eat it in the front when she needs a break. I have a 6 month old daughter that i hold and play with while my 3 year old plays and it’s indoors so there’s air conditioning which is necessary for the summers here.
I agree that I wish the area was monitored more because I have had to ask some of the older children to stop throwing the basketball all over or to not push children. At the same time though I blame other parents for not making sure their children are acting appropriately as well.
We got a deal on groupon and i’m a fan for sure now. Such an easy outing to do with my kids and it wears them out!

I would be far more impressed with this place if they had monitors in the rooms with the kids who would tell kids to slow down and to not jump off the side walls of the bouncy structures. I think it is unsafe to not be monitoring the kids and have a member of management in the room to approach when problems arise instead of out in the front area only checking people and rarely making an appearance in the playroom.
I am tired of having to approach other people’s children during Little Hoots open play due to their children trampling my 2 year old daughter and cutting in front of her. She is quite large for her age but I think its just… basic manners… don’t knock down kids that are smaller then you or knock them over to run in front of them.
I started having to go into the structures with her to tell other children it is rude to cut in front of a small child, jump off the walls, or to knock her down… things OTHER parents should be teaching their kids and monitoring their own children so these events don’t happen. Also, the last time I went, it was «Little Hoots» time 0 – 6 and there were older children, which was VERY disappointing and ruined the environment for small children.

We came here for a few birthday parties and open play sessions. The place is well ventilated and air conditioned — no plastic smells. No obvious hygienic issues — Everything looks like it’s been wiped down. There’s a small area for parents to sit. Two rooms of play structures. Children are easy to supervise. Generally the crowd is fairly manageable. Definitely a place we will come back to.

This was the second or third time I’ve been to Hoot’s, this time for my son’s birthday party. It’s pretty pricey (as Howie said), but we streamlined a little by NOT having the party at lunchtime and by bringing our own cake. We also skimped on everything else, including no party favor bags (but we don’t like coming home with all that plastic junk, so we figured other parents wouldn’t mind, either. The kids didn’t miss them). We did bring in our own bottled water, but were told at checkout that we aren’t supposed to do that. Oh well. We had about 15 kids, had planned for 20. so Hoot’s only charged us for a Jr. Party meaning we saved some money at checkout. Also, we saved 5% or so by booking online and another 10% with an Entertainment Book coupon (thanks, Mom!).
Hoot’s does have quite the kiddie corral going, but it’s okay – it’s well-​organized. Everyone had a good time, there’s plenty of time for every one to play and for parents to visit. I agree that the party rooms are a bit cramped. The best part is that I didn’t have to clean my house both before *and* after the party. I couldn’t have hacked that this year. Also, I should point out that I spent as much if not slightly more on my son’s party at home last year, with food and decorations, etc. So, maybe the price isn’t really that bad (except we had no food other than the pizza).
I’d recommend Hoot’s for a kid’s party. Probably best for kids under 7.

Don’t let the star rating turn your kid away from this fun little space. For children under 10, it’s a blast. Albuquerque can use party facilities like this and it’s a welcome new business, as guests of a kiddo birthday party my daughter enjoyed herself, and I got one heckuva workout helping her navigate the structures that were a bit challenging for her 30 month age. So good on you, Hoot’s.
Still, there are several words of caution that need to be addressed concerning the business model they’ve embarked upon. If you want to let your kid have at the open play, the pricing is reasonable, but if you’re a parent desperately searching for the next big party adventure, here’s how the place works:
1. You’ll learn that the rental for the facility, for a group of around 20 kids, will run you $ 250+. That’s the rental alone. You’re allowed to bring your own cake, but catering (Domino’s pizza, fruit, drinks) is at the inflated cost of the venue, so that’ll cost extra. A veggie and fruit tray, for example, is $ 18, whereas a 2 liter of soda costs $ 2.25. This reflects both the ill health of our society at large and an unfortunate business philosophy.
2. The rental won’t give you exclusive rights to the space, necessarily. The venue staggers reservations into (our estimation) 30 minute increments, and the building is segregated into three areas: a climbing structure, a bouncer/​air slide gym, and eating rooms. Each party gets 30 minutes to play in the first, then the second areas, and then they go eat. So there could be a party in front of and behind your party. Quite a streamlined kiddie cattle arrangement, here.
3. Eating rooms are definitely too cramped. The kids have a table but the parents generally stand around. We parents also didn’t have much to eat since three pizzas took care of the kids with little left for the rest of us.
Prior to my move to New Mexico, I didn’t imagine any populace could have such an obsession with inflatable party structures. Here in Albuquerque, apparently it isn’t an authentic kiddo bash without one. I still don’t get it and I never will, and I’ll always wonder whether these plastic monstrosities are properly cleaned and sanitized (think of all that sweat and snot and whatever, ew). Anyway, Hoot’s has New Mexico’s inflatable number, with a price point to match.