Burke Tumbling Academy — Attraction in Swampscott

Burke’s has an amazing gymnastics program. I would however not reccommend hosting a birthday party there. For one hour in the gym we paid $325. For 20 more minutes in the party room to be able to have a cake we paid another $75 (which was I think a discount). I was really disappointed on the day of the party and I did follow up by email with my feedback and this is where I think they really went wrong and why I am writing this review. For every point I made in my email whoever responded has some rebuttal that completely dismissed by concern. What was a plastic utility cart with a sign “Harpers Birthday Party” the first thing you saw when you arrived - well that wasn’t “part of the decor” - why did the person assigned to our party (as it says there would be on the website) only appear twice during the gym time - once to give the kids the rules and once to yell that there was only ten minutes left - because I needed to supervise my own party (which I was but ok). You bring your own food, table cloths, plates, napkins, cutlery and your own decorations for your “theme” but you pay $75 for a “party room” that has one banner and one pink chair. I don’t even know if a single person at Burkes wished my daughter a Happy Birthday - I truly think they were more concerned at getting us out not a minute later than we were scheduled. Although this email I got in response said they appreciated my feedback - clearly they didn’t. I was also bothered that they failed to respond to the comment about how a random kid was at my daughter’s party that was clearly meant to be somewhere else - no explanation for that. So anyway I do not want to harm a small business - everyone I talked to says a mom with kids is the owner so I’m just not sure she was made aware of the situation and I think she should be. Again the gymnastics program is awesome, although now since I spoke up and based on the response we won’t...

What a gym! My daughter's high school gymnastics team practiced there over Christmas break and it was a fantastic. Gym 2 was clean, bright and had all the competition equipment the team needed to train. Jen, the owner, and her staff are very nice, answered all of our questions and gave the coaches all the information they needed. My personal wish is that the team could practice there on a regular basis during the competition season. Who knows,...

My 20 month old grandson had a blast at BP Kids indoor play space. $15 covers your stay as long as you want. It’s such a creative mini town with each area representing a different play environment from a grocery store to a construction site to a classroom, each filled with all the appropriate toys and accessories for that space. Just delightful! Will be back many times when it’s too cold or rainy to...