Nepean Putting Edge — Local services in Ottawa

I was given a time line by staff as I wanted to make sure the parents picked up the kids when done. It was totally off. Kids made it through golf in 20 min and had to wait another 30 for food (also advised order food 1 hr into party which is too long. Then they ate and wanted to play. $10 card does nothing for kids. I had to add $ obviously. One child’s card was clearly faulty and the staff did nothing to help. They said the child must have swiped it bc it showed swiped even though I just gave it to child and she didn’t play any games as I was standing right there. Staff said sometimes if kids just keep swiping bc they don’t know if it’s working or not it eats the credits. So I had to buy more credits. Not happy about that especially since I just spent $400 plus on the party. The kids had fun overall but please note this is not a place that has a host or anyone guiding through the kids party. It’s up to you to organize everything and the time line. I would say 1.5 hour is more than enough to play golf, eat, do cake and use the $10 card. Also some of the games don’t give tickets which is a real disappointment for the kids. Especially when their friends are getting prizes bc they played different games. This was not advised at any point. Since kids enjoyed I would still give 3 stars. But as a parent and host I would likely not host a party there again. Someone else showed up for a party and was told that morning they didn’t need to reserve which is clearly false. The poor family and guests were clearly misinformed and stuck with no party room....

Fun place to take the kid! Staff was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING (5 stars for them).

The mini putt was great, it wasn’t too challenging for the kids, or a non-sporty, uncoordinated, left-handed person like myself. Would have liked a mid-size putter though. I’m 5ft and was given an adult putter, which was too long, but the kid one seems too short.

It got busy, so we let some people play through. However, there isn’t really space to do that, you have to stand on the stuff they clearly mark “don’t stand on this ” or you have to stand on the green, in the way of the ball and other players.

Yay for lots of parking. The arcade could use an upgrade for sure, there are a ton of fun games, but many were not working when we were there. We would love to see a few more like pinball, other classic arcade, or carnival games added. Many people were waiting for the same games, especially with some being broken. Also, would love to see some even bigger prizes or ones geared towards older kids/adults to cash in those tickets.

Otherwise it was a completely fun day, and the staff was so wonderful on our visit, they made it super awesome.

We should have asked if we could bring water or a drink on the course, as we were dying of thirst half-way through, and didn’t want to walk through peoples games to go back to the desk to get a drink. Or leave our spot for that matter! Maybe on busier days have a staff walk through to sell water or Gatorade, or if a renovation is in the future, a beverage and snack stand at...

My family of four enjoyed this spot last night after conveniently booking our golf time online. We initially went there for the golf course. It was REALLY fun, had an appropriate level of difficulty for all ages, and it offered lots of photo opportunities.

Once we finished our game, the arcade called to us. The games were well chosen and they were ALL WORKING(!!!), which is huge considering the other arcade experience we had in Ottawa. I’d rather have fewer working machines to choose from than a bunch of machines that aren’t working. The facility is obviously maintained well and keeps things manageable.

The credit cards were a great feature too instead of having to carry tokens and tickets.

Also, the games themselves didn’t feel like a ripoff. I hate it when claw games have weak claws that can’t carry any weight or let go too soon. Our 13 year old really enjoyed the duck machine!

The biggest selling point for me was the staff — in particular, the very kind and understanding gentleman behind the counter who helped us recover our credit cards after we tossed them in the card recycling box, not remembering we had to redeem our points first (LOL!). I wish we had gotten his name, but a special note to the owner: give...