zoomania

Poor slow service, the staff were lazy, 6 people working in kitchen, one of which had a baby with them! One member of staff throwing food around in the kitchen, the so called manager was more interested in the baby then dealing with any issues that were brought to his attention. People were made to wait a long time to get in as none of the staff that were supposidly working would serve them so they could get in. Was difficult to find a table as none of the staff were clearing them!
I notice that there hasn’t been many reviews of this place for a few months, maybe a lot of the good reviews from a few months back were staff members trying to get the ratings up for the new management! Plus side if there is one is the kids like the play park!

I am a local childminder and have been going to zoomania for years, since we have had the new owner nothing is too much trouble. The food is home cooked and presented well. The children never tire from the new activities that are provided including arts and crafts. The mother and toddler group is extremely good and the children love seeing Zilo. A client had a party there just last week and commented on how lovely and how well organised it was. It is nice to finally have an owner passionate about his business and who has a young family of his own so knows what parents want for their children and this really shows.

This place is total chaos! Poor hygiene in toilets and sub standard food costs. Not much choice in Aylesbury so find kids love it.

My 3 year old didn’t seem to mind the place, but frankly, I was disgusted with the lazy service, poor hygiene and sub-​par food. There was an almost total lack of staff, and the staff who were there clearly unaware of how to do their jobs. The pricing was terrible, andI shan’t go back there again, even if somebody paid me to!

Zoomania has improved loads in the last few months under new management. The seating area is now an enclosed, clean area and the food looks appetising. You can also now get a decent coffee and pastry while the kids play. The place looks so much cleaner and doesn’t smell stale or look grubby like it used to!
If you haven’t been for a while I would suggest you give it a go as its changed for the better. There are even special events planned for the future and a newsletter to tell you whats happening.
Its a good value place to visit — especially the schools out deal. Kids get entry and a meal after school for a very reasonable price. Great on a rainy day or if you fancy a break from preparing dinner!

I recently visited Zoomania having heard it had been sold and taken over by new management. I was met by happy smiley staff and the whole play centre has had a re-​vamp. Clean, fun, good food and fantastic coffee. A huge improvement from my visit a year ago. One happy Mum and two happy children.

Have just been there at a «Craftmania» party and was appalled.
First of all the play area is huge, which means that you cannot see through. Quite a few parents go there to have a «quiet time» which means they do not supervise their little darlings at all and they are free to behave the way they see fit. Several children from our party were victimized (e.g. one girl was first showered with balls at the ball play area, then she fell down and everybody just walked on top of her — my 4-​year old daughter has pointed this out to me and I rescued the girl but she spent the rest of the party time in her mum’s lap crying). It is of course also fault of her mum who did not supervise her, but she had two children to look after.
The so-​called «craft session» went like this — a guy went in, threw some stuff on the table (pens and glass things to paint and a few sheets of paper) and basically said — well, colour this in. Surprisingly children did colour it in which took about 5 minutes. So much for a fun half-​hour craft session.
Food quality was discussed above, our party food was stale chips with fish fingers/​chicken nuggets. The member of stuff did not have the list of who was having what, fortunately the parents did. Ice-​cream for pudding was nice though. The food at the café was very expensive, coffee was watery, but generally it is what you expect from this sort of place, so I am not complaining.
I have been to quite a few parties in soft play centres so I can compare, and this was by far the worst. My daughter enjoyed most of it, but it is not difficult to please a 4-​year old as long as she can run around and have an ice-​cream afterwards. I would not go back to Zoomania if I was paid for it…

There are two ways to look at Zoomania. From a child’s perspective, there is a large soft play area which is suited to children from 2 or 3 years up to 9 or 10. There is a smaller area for younger children too. There are usually plenty of other children to play with, and my 2 year old is happy to climb up on her own or with her older sister and play without my help. They always have a great time here, and will happily wear themselves. From a parent’s point of view, the car parking is terrible (far too few spaces for the size of the place), it is usually very busy, and the cleaning clearly isn’t up to much. They do have provision for food and drinks, but it is very expensive and really poor, but they don’t seem to mind the children having bits you brought in with you as long as you buy a cup of tea or something. The staff aren’t very good, but I think the main problem is understaffing, so they’re overworked and stressed, which doesn’t make them the most welcoming people. The kids like the place, and that’s why we will go back, but I won’t enjoy it!

My friends and I meet up here once a month, so we can have a sit and a chat while the children are playing. It sometimes gets very busy, to the extent that seating can be a problem. Also the food is bad and the service is AWFUL, resulting in messy tables, generally piled up with cups and plates.
On the other hand, the children, ranging from ages 10months to 6 yrs, seem to love it. They love the food, due to it being sandwiches and crispswhich child wouldn’t??We always find it reasonably priced. The parking is a nightmare, as its in a busy industrial area it’s always busy and lots of cars moving about.
My children have all been to parties there too, which they all seem to enjoy. These also seem to be a fair price.
If they could get more staff to clean up a bit, and sort out the parking this place would be loads better.

We found this place to be overcrowded, and looked a bit grimythe service on table clearing was appalling but I think that was due to the lack of staff, and what staff was there were ‘student’ age. The price for the food was expensive and the food itself was awful.
Saying that my 4 yr old loved it!

This place is a haven for parents who want a few quiet minutes to themselves!
I’ve taken the sister in laws autistic son there a few times when he has needed to get out and blow off some steam. which he can do safely.
Plenty of things for the kids to climb on and over and slide down.
Food is a bit basic but it is quick and it’s what the kids want.

Indoor activity centre for your kids to run off steam. Like all centres can get very busy at weekends.
Typical food offerings — all fast.

This is a soft play area for children. There is a section for under 2s and a large play area for older children. There are two rooms for parties upstairs. Unfortunately, Zoomania suffers from generally unhelpful staff, being quite dirty and having a terrible car park. We found biscuits left in the under two play area and chips on the floor. We never saw anyone cleaning. There is also no quiet area for parents and at peak times, it is very loud.