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Redondo Fun Factory
Category: Active Life Amusement Parks Amusement Parks [Edit]
123 International BoardwalkRedondo Beach, CA 90277
Neighborhood: Redondo Beach
(310) 379-8510
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 2 pm - 10 pm
Fri 2 pm - 12 am
Sat 12 pm - 12 am
Sun 10 am - 10 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
38 reviews for Redondo Fun Factory
Review Highlights
"...have my all time favorite ride from childhood, Tilt a Whirl."
(in 10 reviews)
"I can't wait to go again to play skee ball."
(in 4 reviews)
"...smancy arcade with great prizes and the nesest coolest..."
(in 14 reviews)
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38 reviews in English
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Review from Sam L.
12/4/2011
Yay! I've been here a total of once...or maybe twice... but it's usually a trip for me... (in the wrong direction- there is way too much traffic going south on the 405 for me to stay sane...)... so I usual go to the Ventura harbor if I need a harbor/arcade fix.
This place is pretty awesome though. It's old...and somewhat creepy. hahaha. I don't know why these old arcades have a high "creepiness factor" but they do.... but it's somewhat alluring at the same time... so I don't even know what to say about that.
They have tons of old games... and unusual arcade games... so that's a plus.
Also, they have my all time favorite ride from childhood, Tilt a Whirl. I don't know why I love that ride so much. It's fun! You slide around in the seats (from gravity taking it's toll on you) and whirl around... I don't know. hahaha. I have a picture of me from when I was a little kid with this white rabbit that I used to take everywhere... seated on the seat next to me...with the little safety bar covering his stomach. hahaha. I'm so weird. But there is really never anyone waiting for the ride, so if you actually go on it... it'll last forever... since from my experience the ride operators are pretty laid back.
Anyway, also, was watching Dexter...and noticed that they filmed part of it here... it was with John Lithgow (when he was going to abduct some little kids for his murder trilogy)... anyway... see I'm not the only one who thinks this place is creepy.
It's definitely a place to check out... -
Review from Guy N.
San Pedro, CA
1/16/2012 1 Check-in Here
To start off, this Redondo Beach location is NOT part of the Hawaiian-based franchise Fun Factory. In fact, I believe this location opened before the chain in Hawaii even started. (1975 compared to 1977???) Anyway, it's unfair to compare the 2 because they are not the same, period. In fact, I believe the 4 Hawaiian franchised Fun Factories that are located in California cannot be called Fun Factory. They are called Fun Works or Fun Factory Inc or something other than Fun Factory. Anyway, just wanted to make that distinction if anyone was trying to compare the 2.
So if this Redondo Fun Factory was established in 1975, it sure hasn't changed since 1975. It is really retro to put it nicely. The games are outdated, the prizes are pretty lame, and the same old tilt-a-whirl stills stand there, daring people to see if the old joints has passed the tests of time and sea air, since it does sit on a pier.
Occasionally, you might get a seagull or pigeon or sparrow in the arcade since the doors are wide open to the outside, so occasionally you might get a seagull or pigeon or sparrow crapping on your head. No big deal I guess. Part of the experience.
The people running the ticket exchange and games in the back are not getting paid for their time there. I would think this is the case since they do absolutely nothing except for take your money and give you what you paid for. No dialog whatsoever except when they are talking to each other on what they are going to do after work or about the hot guy/girl walking by at the time.
I know I don't give much credit to this place but still I give it 3 stars just because it has been here since I was a kid. I still remember that Space Invaders game that they have tucked away in the back and the Street Fighter IIs with all the buttons still broken.
I'm assuming the Redondo Pier owns them since there is no way they would be able to afford the rent here. That's good because even though it's run down, I still will take my kids there when they are old enough to relive some memories when I was their age. -
Review from Candy W.
Chino Hills, CA
1/10/2012 1 Check-in Here
This Fun Factory is NOTHING compared to the ones in Hawaii. This location is dirty and very ghetto... BUT it's fun! Don't bother getting the prizes though, give the tokens or tickets to some little kid there, the prizes are very random and ghetto.
Love the ride though, only $2 on weekends! -
Review from Emily L.
If you are looking for a high tech, fancy smancy arcade with great prizes and the nesest coolest games .. this is not the place for you ....
... but - if you're looking to have a great time playing old classic games like Street Fighter, Pong, Centipede, Skeeball; have lots of laughs, go on an old til-o-whirl and giggle, and hang out with friends then this is the place for you!
This is one of my favorite places ... I used to go here with my boyfriend and now he is my fiance and I plan to keep coming here and eventually bring my kids ... it is cheap fun!
They must have 10 or more air hockey tables, tons of claw machines and easy games for all ages. It is not the cleanest facility, not the best maintenance (some of the games are broken often), but its perfect for fun! The prizes are hilarious and sometimes questionable but who cares .. kids like to win things .. and in all honesty they really dont care WHAT they win .. it's that they WIN at all!
If you just let go of the fact that it isn't Dave and Busters or any of those fancy places then you will have a good time! -
Review from Marissa G.
Redondo Beach, CA
7/3/2011
How on Earth does this place have such a high average? I used to come here weekly as a child. Went back today with my mom, cousin (6 yr old boy) and my mom's friend (80 yrs old).
What a disappointment! We tried 6 different games and only 1 of them worked - kinda. The first player button was broken so you had to play as a second character. It was really frustrating for my little cousin. How can they give you change to play games, knowing that 90% of them are visibly broken? They had a motorcycle game where the brake and gas clutches had been ripped from the handlebars! It was also missing the seats and the "console" where the gauges should be were smashes to pieces. That one sucked up 50 cents. There was an artillery game for 50 cents that had the coin slot missing. We wound up playing a whack-a-frog game and won 38 tickets, which the machine did not dispense.
Everything was carved with graffiti, broken and FILTHY. Plus, most of the prizes were cheap, dollar store items. Definitely won't be back ever. It was so filthy that when my mom suggested ice cream afterwards, I actually declined because I felt like my hands were too dirty and I felt itchy. When a place is skanky enough to make a fat girl turn down ice cream? You know it's bad.
How's this for a 200th review?Listed in: Last name: RETURNING, first…
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Review from Julien R.
11/8/2011
Dude.....how can anyone NOT like Redondo Fun Factory. This is where all the kids grew up and played hooky!! They're old school arcade games as well as the new. You cant go wrong with those old school games, and plenty of air hockey tables to go for. The redondo pier is a nice cozy place to take a date on, and on your way, people can head over here for an hour or 2 and act like a kid again. There is the "spinning" ride that everyone locally knows about, that's fun, but you should definitely get more time on it......cough cough* With all those games to play, no kid will come out of there whining to stay there, or can't wait to go back. Great for kids to go have a blast!
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Review from Jennifer C.
Torrance, CA
10/29/2011
Great spot but dirty and good chance of smelling horribly
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Review from Stephen T.
Long Beach, CA
6/13/2011
As far as arcades go, this is on of the better ones!
Air hockey, claw games, shooting games, ticket games, coin pushing games, ski ball, throwing games, theme park style games and a tilt-a-whirl!
Games are relatively cheap and all coin operated, so you don't have to buy a crazy card with credits on it like other places.
BEST PART! We paid 25 cents to play a claw game and won an I-Pod MP4 player that retails for around 50$! Can you believe that! I can't usually win a stuffed Disney character and here we won an I-POD!
Love it, love it, love it! -
Review from Beth H.
1/3/2011
Solid 3 but bumped up to 4:
Air Hockey: BF-4; Me-12 (ha!)
Ski Ball: BF-160; Me-280 (HA!)
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Review from Chandler M.
Los Angeles, CA
5/8/2011 1 Check-in Here
I tend to use this place as my final destination after riding my bike down the beach trail. I'll spend a few hours here playing some of the old games and trying my luck on DDR or the several Pump it Up machines. But I also simply like to wander the enormous arcade, taking in this piece of history...honestly I don't know how long this place will last in these times. They have as much of the chintzy amusement knock offs like the Fortune teller, the "love detector", and even Pong!
However it is in a state of disrepair, but I don't think you can fix that without ruining the atmosphere of the arcade itself. -
Review from Stefany S.
Redondo Beach, CA
1/4/2011 20 Check-ins Here
This is my favorite go to spot for cheap entertainment. I love the selection of mostly "vintage" games, although I spend most of my time here playing Skee-Ball. I L-O-V-E Skee-Ball ... it is the best game on this big round planet! I also like playing the "push the quarters off the edge" game & Big Bertha (although the regular 6-7 balls were down to 2 the last time I played...boo...fix it Fun Factory!) I have lots & lots of tickets I am saving in the hopes of one day owning a Dr. Laura doll or an extremely retro stationary bike. Seriously, where do they get these prizes?!! It's the weirdest assortment of old & cheap (& sometimes maybe, used...like the chandelier they had that looked like a leftover from someones home renovation), but I'm sure I'll find something fun when I am ready to cash in.
It's the thrill of the game anyway! -
Review from James C.
Gardena, CA
1/30/2011
The death of the arcade was something I took fairly hard for a while. I was definitely part of the arcade culture, easily spending hours in dimly-lit arcades basking in the epileptic flash of lights from cabinets, going partially deaf while shouting to each other over the din of electronic noise, and slapping down quarters on glass displays to reserve our place in line for games.
I lamented the disappearance of the arcade at Old Towne Mall (plus the mall itself), the destruction of Bally's Aladdin at Del Amo Mall, and the loss of numerous smaller arcades at strip malls for miles around me. One unlikely place, however, keeps surviving the age of high-powered consoles, online gaming, and ever tightening budgets.
The Redondo Beach Fun Factory is a strange place. A time portal clearly exists right at Redondo Beach Pier and leads to a place where ancient carousels, a tilt-a-whirl, arcade cabinets from bygone eras, prizes straight from catalogs full of kitschy Americana, and gobs of greasy, fried seafood can all be yours for next to nothing.
One can easily kill hours, perhaps days playing games from Space Invaders, Pac-Man, and Galaga to Dance, Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero, and Street Fighter 3. You can while away the time flipping coins into monstrous clown mouths, bowl to your heart's content with skee-ball, and distract your small children with numerous rocking or rotating rides.
This is the sort of place you just have to go back to every so often to make sure you hadn't dreamed it and that it still exists. The games are generally much cheaper to play than at other places which still have arcade cabinets and everything takes quarters not tokens. There is pretty much something for everyone to play and it's great to kill some free time or to go hang out with friends. Heck, take a date or some coworkers there.
If nothing else, go there for the nostalgia and you might just find yourself having a good time. -
Review from Sally H.
Dana Point, CA
1/16/2011 1 Check-in Here
Standard boardwalk arcade set-up. Amusing selection of games - looks like a mix of 70's - 00's. Watch out for the skeeball lanes - my lane registered all my 40's as 30's, but for 50 cents a game, who's counting?
The bathrooms are allegedly scary - you might need a friend to go with you to guard the door to make sure you're not giving an unintentional peep show.
It's worth it to wander in just to check out the selection of prizes. I *need* the creepy golfer/jockey garden gnome! -
Review from Robert S.
Quincy, MA
3/7/2011
Wipe away those nostalgic tears boys and girls. This place s*****. Machines malfunction right and left. The horserace malfunctioned multiple times and showed that it does not matter how one rolls the ball, the winner is predetermined. Machines do not spit out the tickets that you legitimately won.
When I finally got a change machine that worked I had a big ole pocket of quarters, but we found the place such a dilapidated dump that we just left. -
Review from Mary C.
3/16/2010 1 photo
When I thought about yelping my near and dear fun factory, and realized I couldn't give it anything less than a four, I thought you all may think me crazy. I was happy to see that I am not the only one who gets slapped with the nostalgia stick from time to time.
I have pictures of me at the tender age of two spinning on the creepy looking merry-go-round. Or the not-so-tender age of 14 being an obnoxious teenager on the tilt-a-whirl. When I was taken here on a date at the fabulous age of 27, I couldn't have been happier.
We played skeeball and I won 2/3 games. Bwahahaha. Air hockey, 9-7, Mary! Ha! A shoot the bad guy game where Chuck claimed his gun was broken. Surrrrre, "broken." And the best part, an old school Ninja Turtles game where the controls consisted of a joystick, jump button, and attack button. Donatello and I tore it up.
We definitely spent a quarter on the chicken that lays a "prize" egg. I am not sure if prize is the best description as I did get a cool skateboard keychain, but Chuck got a strange flesh colored Bambi finger puppet. He just was not a winner on this fine evening. I cursed myself for not bringing a camera because the prizes that you can buy with your tickets are even better than the flesh colored Bambi. There are weird dolls wearing bear suits, bizarre virgin mary statues, dirty baskets, and plastic flowers growing out of UFOs. You really have to see it to believe it. If you just can't decide which one to choose, there are doughnut boxes with a very faded "SURPRISE" written on the side to help.
On the famous side of things, for any of you Dexter fans, the parking structure and fun factory were on season four. In fact *SPOILERS*, the shoot the bad guy game we played, was what the kid was playing when Trinity approached him.
So, I have come to realize that the Fun Factory might be comparable to the movie Labyrinth, in that if you didn't experience it as a kid, you might not really appreciate it as an adult, but don't let that stop you. -
Review from Darren M.
Sacramento, CA
9/22/2010 1 Check-in Here
Smelled like straight ass.
Old man behind the counter looked like a pedophile and was legitimately picking his nose.
Smallish selection of OLD unnattractive looking games. bleh....... -
Review from Eric F.
Torrance, CA
3/20/2010
Came here last night unplanned with friends. This place was WAY WAY WAY better than I remembered it being... the last time I went was years ago as a much younger kid. Not only were the machines CLEAN but they were all in WORKING CONDITION. The entire facility was clean, which really surprised me given the open nature of the place.
The selection was actually really, really good. They had Street Fighter 3, and I literally jumped for joy when I saw it. Lots of the newer interactive era of arcade games like DDR, Guitar Hero, etc. Lots of Street Fighter 2 (and all it's variants) and in general lots of fighting games scattered through. Of course they also have their "old school" games, dating back to Space Invaders, Galaga, and even an awesome Pong cabinet. Pong is freaking hard.
Naturally they also have skeeball and carnival type games, although I was sad to see that on a Friday night nobody was playing those. As a matter of fact, the place really wasn't that crowded at all. More fun for me and my idiot friends, I guess. But even then, it still wasn't necessarily about the games. This arcade has more character than any other I've ever been in. From the ancient ticket prizes to the "Vote for XXX here 1984" posters scattered about, to the old, rundown seaside carnival setting, this arcade is truly unique.
Five stars for being a one of a kind experience, and it's proximity to so many other great restaurants and avenues of entertainment. -
Review from David B.
Long Beach, CA
12/2/2010
I take my baby here every month and he likes it enough to know how to get to it even from a few blocks away. The atmosphere is pleasant, its a big place with a lot of machines and rides that are spaced out proportionally in the front but its a little tight in the corners so its easy for a child to get disconnected for awhile.
Some of the video games that are usually $1 to play only cost 50 cents to play here. I don't know if its a seasonal thing or not but its pretty cool. The lollipop machine did not work for us but a man came by and fixed the machine for us within 10 minutes, better than the Del Amo Mall where the rides and machines do not work all the time and there is nobody to help. -
Review from Leslie W.
3/28/2008 3 photos
There aren't many arcades like this left. It has a unique combination of rides, games of chance, pinball, classic arcade and cutting edge arcade games.
The place is pretty large. I was surprised. There is an attached seafood restaurant, too.
We mostly played the games that give you tickets. Skeeball, Stacker Skeeball and the ledge tables. I played some pinball. They had my favorite, Theater of Magic. Unfortunately, many of the pinball machines were off. I was saddened.
There is a giant Tilt-A-Whirl inside. Rides are $1.50. My niece got on it and whipped around like crazy. She loved it.
They had INTERESTING prizes available. My niece had enough to get a "surprise" box. It had some things in there that she liked, but it also contained a box of s hooks. What kid wants those?
Our favorite was the fortune teller machine. She reminds me of Esmerelda at the Penny Arcade on Main Street at Disneyland. She isn't quite as pretty and had these creepy moveable eyes. They produce similar type fortune cards, however.
One machine that I wanted to use was Morgana, the fortune telling head from the future. (It is a late 70s type machine) It wasn't working however. Too bad. I remember seeing her at travelling carnivals, when I was a kid.
They had some carnival type games. They had seen better days.
If you're into the newer games, they have some of them, too. -
Review from Christopher T.
Redondo Beach, CA
4/1/2011 1 Check-in Here
It's nice to see that an arcade still exists... The place is getting more run down (hasn't been upgraded since I was a kid) and the machines need some work. It's also fair to mention that the cost per game is really expensive! Almost all games are $1.00/play! Also, the automated ticket counters like to rip you off. My son won 270 tickets, but the machine only registered 189 tickets. The lady working there didn't speak good English (at all, really), but she was nice enough to bump the totals up to beyond what he earned.
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Review from James K.
Gardena, CA
12/15/2008
One of the mainstays of the Redondo Beach Pier, I remember always making sure to take a visit here whenever I came with my family when I was younger. In fact, one time I distinctly remember RUNNING away from my parents just to walk around looking at all the arcades and machines. Of course, my parents knew me well enough to know where I ran off too and immediately caught me and dragged me back about 3 minutes after I escaped their clutches.
Now that I've grown up, this place is undoubtedly has a really ghetto look and feel, but honestly, I believe it adds to the charm of the whole place. Like all the other reviewers say, the place looks like it got stuck permenantly in the 1970's - 1980's. It has a very carnival feel to it with a couple of more modern games tossed in, which is a huge plus as it is one of the only places in California probably that still makes sure to keep the most updated versions of DDR and Pump It Up.
The fact that it is also surrounded by good eats, the beach and is just in an overall amazing places makes it a place worth visiting once when you're in the South Bay. -
Review from Daniel B.
Paso Robles, CA
9/8/2010
This Fun Factory commercial is a hoot!
http://www.youtube.com... -
Review from cheng k.
12/14/2008 1 photo
I loved this place when I was a small child, and I love the fact that the same machines are still here and playable today. Such as the ol Tilt-A-Whirl. Is it even legal to operate that machine?
Really the best part of this place is the little prize shop. It's hilarious. Especially after drinking alot at Najas... They used to have fun stuff that you could win, but nowadays you can win anything from a plate, a thimble, du-rags, random belt loop cell phone holders, a credenza, cat treats, a talking ronald regan doll, fatboy laces, evil xmas ornaments, a math compass, grandfather clock, and thimbles. AWESOME. -
Review from El P.
Los Angeles, CA
9/26/2010
Better than a gym membership! Pop a few quarters in the DDR machine on a weekend when this place is packed at 98% sweat humidity and jiggle that jello ass all night long y'all. For bonus score seductively look over your shoulder at the folks pounding mounds of dungenous crabs while licking their fingers as you burn away that dump truck. Oh this place is so disgusting I want to package it and sell it on craigslist to stache loving, black sock wearing mouth breathers. Sexay.
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Review from Dima O.
Los Angeles, CA
12/2/2008
Seems like most of the real positive reviews here come from those nostalgic folks who used to visit the place as kids in the 80s.
No offense, but for those of us living in THIS century, this place is indeed janky! The games range from ancient (I don't feel right paying a dollar to play a game from 1987) to the new-but-tacky (i.e. DDR & Deal or No Deal). Even the games hyped as cutting-edge feel ridiculously dated and if the price to play was only a quarter, I might not mind... but man!
Perhaps it's not really the arcade's fault; it seems like arcade machine makers simply stopped trying after 1997.
However, this place does earn points for 2 things.
1) Air hockey -- a classic that never dies and they have many tables for you to use.
2) The Tilt-A-Whirl. Surprisingly, this is one of the best parts of the whole thing! It's cheap and trust me, it's a lot more fun than it looks. So give it a try (not much to lose)! -
Review from Katie W.
Davis, CA
12/31/2010
What a dump! That being said...this place is kind of a classic. I wish they could hold on to that nostalgia and remodel/clean/update.
This place is smelly and filthy. Many games and broken and outdated. The majority of staff seems miserable--we were glared at by all except one very nice woman running the horse races.
I won't be back! -
Review from clare a.
Redondo Beach, CA
2/17/2007
This is my new favourite place on the pier (it changes often so keep up). We wandered in here after breakfast on the pier one day and I was delighted with the charm of the place - its absolutely huge don't be fooled by the outside. Amongst the modern machines and space invader games from the 90s - you will find the odd antique game including the derby horse race game! Love it. As for the prizes - who doesn't want a glowing lit up Virgin Mary for their bathroom?
Listed in: Best of Redondo Beach
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Review from Jon M.
Cerritos, CA
3/5/2008
Before my tastebuds had matured and I didn't crave good food this place was the only reason I would go with my family to Redondo when I was a kid. I loved wasting my parents hard earned money in this huge arcade. I would keep popping in quarters into their ledges or wedges machines to get those plastic tokens and tickets, to get cheaply made prizes and huge ugly stuffed animals. This place hasn't changed much since i've been going in the 80s, most of the machines are the same and so are the prizes. I have never been on the tilt-a-whirl, it just isnt my thing. This is a great place to hang and digest all that awesome food that you ate along the pier.
Listed in: Redondo Beach Pier & Boardwalk…
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Review from sdfg s.
Los Angeles, CA
8/27/2009
duuuu-hoooo-dddeeeeee.....
i LOVE this place. ok. its dirty. its janky. its trashy as hell. its kinda like if kat von d were a theme park, and you could go in her ear and come out of her....well...yea...its what i would imagine the inside of her to be like.
anyways, the bathroom has no lock on it, and its one stall, so if your in there doing who knows what anyone can pop right in and SUPRISE!!!!!
yay!
love it.
also, the "prizes"....
oh my GOD...where do they get this shit?!!!?!? its like they hijacked a train of JUNK from 1976 and squirrled it away at the fun factory.
old lotion? 15 tickets.
a broken plastic eyepatch? thats gonna run you about 75 tickets
some old soap? 95 tickets
those are the prizes. but shit. nobody comes here for the games. or the prizes.
you come here to get DRUNK and eat seafood and hope you dont get sick on the tilt-o-whirl.
you come here to sit back and look at all the washed up cholos and their hynas!
you come here to have a good time with your kids, and did i mention get DRUNK?
i love this place. always have. always will. the whole boardwalk is the shit. -
Review from Andrew W.
Los Angeles, CA
1/10/2006
This place has no appeal to adults but I have a lot of fond childhood memories in this place and I suspect many other kids will, too.
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Review from Jerome L.
Los Angeles, CA
2/11/2010
5 stars for nostalgia. Yep. Straight up. This place hasn't changed much since the first time I came here in 1985. 25 years later and it's maintained it's rustic charm and I can't believe that the creepy ass puppet show for a quarter is still in the same exact place in the far end of the arcade! *shudder* I'm just happy to see that this place is relatively clean for an oceanside arcade, crime free, excellent customer service for some broken down and unresponsive games and it's still in business! Let's face it, if RFF shut down we'd end up with a Starbuck's here which would suck total ass. One of the many things I love about the pier is the fact that it's nothing but small business owners and I'd like to keep it that way. March on, RFF. I'll bring my kids here when I have them eventually.
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Review from Kathy J.
Union City, CA
4/1/2008
This was the jankiest arcade I have ever seen. Most of the games were broken, dirty or just plain ancient. The employees did not speak english and were down right rude to my kids, arguing with them about how many tickets they had. Obviously math is not a hiring requirement. The prizes they offered were pathetic. Why would you give away prizes like a wine sleeve, AA batteries, braclets and picture frames with the name Brittany & Anne on them? AWFUL PLACE!!!
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Review from Jackie O.
Los Angeles, CA
3/22/2010
Last year we wandered in after dinner at Maison Ris, which was lovely. It was the evening of a pretty good size quake- yet we natives, undaunted, trudged on. They have a good variety of games, super cheessy but useful prizes (thanks for the rooster salad plates). I can't wait to go again to play skee ball. Although not located in Los Angeles, it is probably one of the last arcades of its size and caliber in the LA/ South Bay area.
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Review from carrie l.
Chicago, IL
8/31/2008
I cannot be objective about this place because it was a favorite when I was a kid. As an adult, I can appreciate that this place is truly odd. It's got a kind of insane junk shop vibe. They've got vintage signs all over the place- old political campaign signs, street signs, random placards like from the John Birch society and labor unions. They've got all kinds of other random stuff hanging from the ceilings, too. Plus they've got a ton of vintage games, and the old standards like skee ball. I still love this place. I think its "jankiness" is a big part of its charm.
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Review from Big A.
Santa Monica, CA
9/15/2009
This Place is fun. It is a total old school dump, but fun. We went here in search of Pinball, and they had removed all pinball machines. NO PINBALL! Which was a bummer as my friends and I are on a search for a Monster Bash game in LA. This place hasn't changed its decor from the 70s and that is nice. It gets hot and sweaty, its ghetto with out the gang bangers, a good honest family place. definitely do the following games: Shoot the red star out with the BB gun, Ski-ball, the soccer goal kicking game, the horse racing game(the caller's teeth make it worth it and he is super nice), Time crisis, and the MUST DO thing here is the Tilt-a-whirl. It looks and sounds cheesy, but it's an oldie but a goodie. Also bring lots of hand sanitizer because there is no soap in the bathroom, thank god my wife is a germaphobe.
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Review from Joan S.
6/12/2005 8 photos
This is the indoor arcade on Redondo Pier. I know nothing about arcade games.....I just wandered in here during my evening walk last night. I was surprised at its enormous size, much bigger than it appears from the outside. Hanging from the ceiling throughout the area were, conservatively, dozens of pieces of impressive and fun memorabilia: vintage Santas, diving equipment, old political posters, bikes & tricycles, roadsigns, a fake bird in a rusted cage, boats, vintage shoes......and lots of coveted old beach & roadsigns, including one from the Jersey Shore. Lots of advertising memorabilia from the sixties that I would kill to have. As I walked around I was thinking that this is a very very cool place. There were games galore, including Pac Man(s) & even some manned carnival-type stuff and a tilt-o-whirl. All indoors! They had the customary super cheesy prizes - plastic fantastic everything with blinking lights. Would you believe they even validate pier parking. I am lucky to be only a short walk away from home because it is obvious I need to spend more time scrutinizing the collectibles.
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Review from rix g.
Redondo Beach, CA
3/13/2008
a good place to go to take young ones. lots of carnival style games, and video games such as pac-man, dance dance revolution, and the latest one, deal or no deal. redondo pier is kind of run down, but if you're not a snob and can mingle with your everyday crowd you'll fit right in. (aka - don't come here with your dressed up chihuahua and matching coach shoes/purse)...
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Review from mary p.
West Los Angeles, CA
9/20/2009
where else can you waste money trying to win a huge jawbreaker, buy giant gum balls, ride the tilt a whirl and "win" from a selection as diverse as a dr. laura doll to fake tupperware to an iron? why, only at the redondo fun factory, of course!
