Dandy Bear & Co.

Although it needs a few upgrades, Dandy Bear continues to be a family-​friendly place where kids can have loads of fun. I took my kid sister here and she loved it.

This place needs a major renovation. Tables broken, game broken. It even looks dirty. The service is horrible.

Best ever!!! We loved the place… My son had so much fun. A lot of options there… We will be there soon

This place hasn’t changed nor been upgraded probably since I was a kid, with that in mind, it’s in desperate need of a massive renovation, but if people keep coming and dropping money here, I don’t see why the owners of the establishment would entertain upgrading.
The best part of the experience is the playground. It’s probably one of the largest and most authentic to that «old-​school» Discovery Zone feel. The kids love it.
It’s OK for a couple of hours, but don’t touch the panda costume lol! He needs a bath, pronto…

I enjoy coming here for the playground area. My daughter has a blast every single time we come.
Cost for play area comes out to $ 7 and some change. We spend about two hours here to get our money’s worth.
My preferred hour, weekdays late afternoons. There are enough kids for my child to play with (4 – 5 kids) and yet it is not overwhelming for us parents.
I am here today (weekday, but spring break) and it’s quite busy. We are having a good time, but constantly having to keep up with kids since there are older children running around like crazy. I assume that this is how it is on weekend.
The cost of food is adequate. $ 8 for medium pizza. They also sell wine and beer for parents.
Could it be cleaner? Yes.
Could staff be more attentive, specially in area where you drop off shoes before play? Yes.
I would also love to see weekday specials, after all, it’s pretty empty on weekdays. they can draw more of us in if they did deals.

Security is awful. they would never know if a child is abducted from this place because they pack people in here with complete disregard to maximum capacity. Absolutely NO supervision in the playground… surprised they are still open.

Ok so most of us can agree that this place can highly benefit from a major makeover. It definitely needs an upgrade in machines and overall outlook. We attended a party here once and it was just too busy for my taste. It was on a weekend and there were too many people. Besides the party we have come here twice, during the week when the place is pretty much empty. Doesn’t look as dirty and the kids can run around and do their own thing. Food wise I’ve only tried their pizza and it was decent. Prices you get for the tickets are always a rip off, but that goes with any establishment that uses tokens/​cards and give you tickets/​credits in return. In the end, depending how old your child is, the kids do have a good time. Just be ready to give them a good scrub down the minute you get home.

Went here with my 2 yr old and 4 and 7 yr old nephews, this place is Very outdated games and dirty. The only reason i gave two stars and not one is because my nephew loved all the tickets he won. This place needs major updating and funner games!

Took my children to Dandy Bear. They had a blast and I also even had a blast there myself. I recommend that people should come to Dandy Bear whenever they want their children to have fun. Dandy Bear is much better than Chuckie Cheese. I will give a list of items given below of why people should come to Dandy Bear:
1) Great Service.
2) They have laser tag for children to enjoy.
3) Great food (pizza, wings, fries, salad etc.)
4) Its clean (bathrooms, tables etc)
5) cotton candy is great.
6) good selection of toys.
7) manager is very helpful.
8) food arrives within minutes.
9) pizza fresh out the oven (I believe they make it themselves)
10) had a party there for my son, received great service from the party host.
11) great prices. (Especially if you reserved and have a birthday party there)
Outstanding place for the kids to have fun.

Took my kids there on Friday night and they had a blast! The laser tag was all they were talking about this weekend. It’s a great place to tire them out. if you know what I mean. Oh, and what I enjoyed the most was the food (with a beer on the side). My kids and I will definitely be back here often.

So dirty. I felt like I was in an amusement park in Cuba. Such a sorry excuse for child amusement in the US. The people don’t want to work there, the area is so crowded with broken machines and tables and chairs. The only clean part was the bathrooms which were outdated but clean. Most if the machines had electrical tape on them as a temporary fix. Some just took your money without even having a sign that they were broken. About 75 percent or the machines were broken and about 50 percent actually didn’t even work. So disappointed. This was my first and last visit.

This place is dingy, dark, and gross. And the employees are rude. The manager was the worst. The jump place in the back was good for my son to run around and play, but there is no supervision from employees or parents of the children either, so there are a bunch of bad little kids causing trouble. I’d rather spend my money someplace else. Skip this one.

This place is dirty and just nasty. Came early in the day, during the weekday and it still looks like crap. The games and machines are falling apart. A lot of them are being held together with duct tape. The ball pit looks like it hasn’t been cleaned in months. The only reason this place even got 1star was cause of the air hockey tables. They look some what new and the were the only machines that didn’t break or take my money when using them. They really need an upgrade here.

1) old, dirty outdated
2) concesions need updating
3) health department should enforce antibacterial stations throughout places like these
4) big Panda costume is dirrrty. Kinda scary.
5) parking blows
Why 3 instead of 1? Its the only place like it in Kendall. I guess it would saddeSweden a ton of rugrats if it closed down.

Augh this place is so DIRTY and all the machines are old and falling apart… this place needs a MAJOR up lift, a full remodel and BLEACH!

Always a fun time not only for the kids but the adults too! My nieces and nephews have a blast playing in the tunnels and love the laser tag, While they’re playing we (the adults) get to hang out and have some time to ourselves; oh and lets not forget eat, the food is absolutely delicious! Even after spending hours there, it’s hard to get the kids to leave!
No doubt we’ll keep on coming back!

Dandy Bear is great! We love to go with the entire family. They have awesome entertainment for kids and really good food and beer for the adults. The dandy rolls and chicken fingers are delicious. No matter what time we have gone its always a good time

I love Dandy Bear & my nieces and nephews do to!
They have fun games, great music & yummy food. Not to mention their new laser tag & their great tunnels. It’s hard to get the kids out. They won’t stop playing on the zip line or manuvering their way through the tunnels. At Dandy Bear it’s all about the kids and thats the way it should be. And what makes it even better is the great prices, even the party packages are great. The kids have a great time and you don’t have to waste an arm and a leg. Truly don’t have a complain.
Thanks Dandy Bear… for always guaranting a great time with great service! =)

Because unfortunately not all reviews can be nice and positive, this one won’t be. Dandy Bear should really apply for a name change to Filthy Bear. Place is dirty in general. Games and equipment are outdated, dirty, and malfunction way too frequently. The playground area is scary and by the signs posted on the walls you will think about it twice before letting your kids get in: «NO BITING»… Seriously? Are there real kids playing in there or mutated-​kid-​looking animals? The bathrooms are equally filthy; it’s hard to believe these bathrooms are actually for the kids. I can’t comment on the food because I didn’t dare to order anything. The prices for the tickets you get are comparable to the ones given an similar places but only worse. I didn’t care because I will not be going back to that place not even if the price for 3 tickets was the newest iPhone.

My kids enjoy it here. We have had a few parties here and i find that they give you alot more space then chuck e cheese does. The whole place in general has alot more space than chuck.
The play area is top notch and they have added newer games. Maybe laser tag soon???
Its a great place to spend a rainy afternoon and let the kids have some fun.

Wish I could give this place zero stars… the first word that springs to mind is «ICK!!!» Broken, dirty machines everywhere… LOUD annoying music… and the ghetto-​fab parents of Miami all in one place! This USED to be Discovery Zone… wish it still was. NEVER AGAIN!!!

If you’re forced to come here due to a birthday party, I guess you are out of luck… But if your kids are screaming because they want to go to this place… KEEP DRIVING!!!
Talk about an out dated place for kids and extremely DISGUSTING. I’m not sure how they pass their Health Inspection… Do they even have one here???
I had to go here for a birthday party and was in shock that this place is even open. The pizza and wings were pretty good considering the place and they had beer. Beer always makes things a bit better and why it got a 2^nd star.
We got tokens, so we went to the little machines there and well what a disappoint. The machines were falling apart, filthy and most of them broken. The floor was absolutely disgusting! So when my daughter asked to go to the their huge ball pit… I immediately so NO WAY!!! I could just imagine that place NEVER gets cleaned
The biggest problem I had with the place is that there is absolutely NO SECURITY… like Chuck E Cheese has that stamp thing. If you aren’t paying attention, anyone can take your kid or your kid if he’s an active could run out the doors and end up in their busy parking lot. I saw this happen while I was there, so I’m sure it wasn’t the first time.
If you’re kids need to burn off some energy, save your money and your sanity and go to the PARK!!!