Barlow Croft Wacky Warehouse Wilmslow Road, Parrs Wood, Manchester M20 5PG

"Had my sons 5th Birthday Party here yesterday and it wasn't great. The parties are for 1.5hours, that's 1 hour play and 30mins to do the cake and eat their food and dessert. The cake I provided with candles was only half lit as the girl lighting them got frustrated that she couldn't light them all so left it half lit (bear in mind there were 5 candles) My son being 5 blew the candles out before the children sung happy birthday and she didn't bother to relight them. The dessert were put out before the children had finish their food and of course, being young children they immediately stopped eating their food as soon as they were given the ice cream. Once the ice cream was placed on the table the girl announced they had 2mins to eat them as it was time to leave. Never the less my son was oblivious to all this and enjoyed his party. From a parents point of view I wouldn't book a party here again."

"Good value for money. Kids love it. Staff were very friendly and helpful. My friend felt there could have been more choice snack wise but apart from that I think many of the bad reviews on here are outdated now and this place deserves a little more credit! Yes the equipment is slightly tired in places but many soft play centres are like that and overall it's great for the kids. The staff didn't bother us about our snacks for the kids, in fact they were very polite and helpful. We'll be back!"

"Had my daughters party on a friday after school, food was great, and you also got to choose what food each child wanted before hand which was handy. The two staff members were lovely and helpful ladies. Place was clean and not to busy. Well worth the money. You also got a party bag .Thankyou."

"Our first time in here. First impression building is not big, it doesn't smell fresh inside. Over 5's area was really good and spacious. My kid enjoyed her play time. Toilet was clean. On a downside the area is very very dirty. She only got an hour to play, which is not worth the money paid, unlike other play areas where you can stay much longer. They didn't serve any food. We will be back, but it could be doing much better."

"Staff are horrific, came here tonight and were barked at for 10 mins before even paying or entering - kids were being shouted at (not ours) for letting balls out the ‘designated ball areas’ we must have been told about 20 times we CANT GO IN THE PLAY AREA - despite us not wanting to, we just got up to walk with our one year old, past that general area. We left after 45 mins as we thought we brought them to a play area not a training camp ran my two miserable middle aged women clearly unhappy with life."