Monster Mini Golf Chantilly — Attraction in Chantilly

We took our daughter here (age: two and a half) to check it out. We were worried it might be a little frightening for her, but we thought we’d try it for some winter mini golf. She was really enjoying everything, but not too long into our game, one of the automated monsters stood up and spoke in a deep voice. That ended up being too scary for her and we took her off the course to return our clubs and balls. We expected to just return our things and check some stuff out in the arcade on our way out, but the staff member working at the desk was overwhelmingly nice about the entire thing. She offered to give us free passes to return another time, turn off the automated monster that had frightened our daughter, or transfer the balance we’d paid for mini golf to an arcade card for credits at the arcade. Since our daughter wanted to play some things at the arcade anyway, we decided to take her up on that. There was even a coupon bonus they were doing with the arcade credits that she happily applied for us (which we had no idea about, and the staff member certainly didn’t HAVE to share that coupon with us) so we got some extra bonus credits on our arcade card. Our daughter had a lot of fun playing mini bowling and the other games in the arcade area. There are also some unique games there that you wouldn’t see at typical arcades. At the end, another staff member helped her pick her prizes with the tickets she’d won. One big perk about their arcade was the use of the arcade cards (think a reloadable debit card that you swipe at each game) instead of tokens. The card also kept track of the “tickets” earned at each game electronically, so there was no need to worry about keeping track of tokens OR tickets with your little ones, it was all kept on one convenient card. The facility was kept really clean, too. We’ll definitely be going back some day and we’ll recommend this place to...

Celebrated our 11-year old twins (girl/boy) birthday @MMG. Decided to take advantage of doing many of the activities.....and rented the Jaw Bone party room. Had an exclusive party coordinator -- Will.

The party rooms (and essentially the entire place) are themed to a fun-style spooky, featuring lots of day-glo colors in black lights and real great details.

We did a 5-on-5 laser tag...the arena is big enough for at least an 8-on-8 in a save the base type game.

The 18 hole mini golf course is fun and about middle level challenging. True enthusiast will have to be ok with a nearly completely level course (which can be true of most indoor courses). But the couple of animatronics on the are very well done.

We sprang for the Halogate virtual reality game. Throughput was a little slow as only two at a time go for 5 minute games. The kids uniformly thought it was a big hit.

We also did the laser maze...think sneaking into a vault with laser beams that cannot be broken by a body part. As fun to watch kids on monitor as they seem to have going through it. We did a 30 minute unlimited, which worked well as the kids would take around 45 seconds to get through it. So they would go thru, then get in line for the party several times in a row.

The opportunity also was had for free play of "atomic rush", a touch the light up color electronic on the wall versions of wake a mole. Kept kids waiting for their VR turn busy.

The party package we got included $4 arcade cards for guest and $10 for birthday kiddos. Many of the games are the ticket collection types (keep electronic so you don't wonder around with those large ribbons of tickets). This is where any mass of kids scatter throughout the gaming area....but it's not so large that you cannot keep an eye on pods of children by walking in a pattern.

All in all, it is a great facility,...

This is the third year we've used Monster Mini Golf of Chantilly for our summer camp field trip, and unfortunately, it's the second time we've experienced serious miscommunication. We booked our field trip months in advance (in March) and received a confirmation that clearly stated pizza and drinks would be provided. However, on the day of the trip (June 18) with 19 elementary-aged students already mid-way through their activities, our teachers were informed that pizza and drinks were no longer part of the package. No one had contacted us about this change, and the confirmation we received still listed food as included. I had to urgently call the store while my staff were trying to manage a group of hungry and confused children. The store manager explained that the pizza/drinks were removed from the package after our booking, which is why the confirmation still showed them. When I asked how this would be resolved, I was offered either an extra $3 on each arcade game card (which obviously doesn’t feed children) or the option to order pizza, which would take over 30 minutes to arrive. We opted for the pizza, but then the staff were hesitant to let them play more mini-golf, despite the package saying they had “unlimited rounds.” When the pizza finally came, the staff boldly stated, “We’re not refunding you for the drinks.”

Communication is key when managing group events, especially with kids involved, and this level of oversight is simply unacceptable.

While Monster Mini Golf may be a fun venue for families or smaller groups, I would strongly caution anyone looking to book a party or field trip here. We will not be using them again for our summer camp programs, nor recommending them to any of the 30 camps in our district. Northern Virginia has so many better options for field...