Pump It Up Oakland Kids Birthdays and More

"This place exceeded my expectations! My son had his sixth birthday party here and everyone had a blast. The space was clean and well organized. Every single employee I interacted with was so kind and helpful all the way through. They ushered us through the timing and worried about all the details so that I had time to chat with our guests and enjoy watching the kids. All I had to bring was the cake (with serving supplies) and a couple of decorations. They handled the food and set up. (Aside from the decorations I brought, which was clearly communicated ahead of time, though one of their employees did help me put up a banner.) When I realized that I forgot to bring candles for him to blow out, someone ran into the back and got one for me. This place was worth every penny for ease of execution and the huge amount of fun all the kids had!"

"We celebrated our child’s birthday here and everyone (kids and adults) had a great time. The jumpy castles and slides were very fun and the kids came out smiling and tired at the end - that’s a win!"

"Pros: --Great place to have a party for kids in the 4-8 year old range. --This place **greatly** simplifies the process of planning a party for your young kid. You can book on the website, estimate how much food/drinks you need (the bundles are a fairly good deal). --They also provide as part of the package: napkins, utensils, cups, plates, cake cutting and serving. --If you've set it up as a pizza party (which I recommend), you walk into the last part of your party to a table for the kids, already set up with plates and drink boxes, and they serve a pizza piece to each kid. Then the adults (if you are feeding adults), can grab their own food from a separate table and just sit around and chat. We did the adult 15-person bundle, the 15-kid bundle, ordered a salad and a fruit plate, and it was more than enough for that number of people. --You just have to bring your cake and party favors (or you can order their party favors). If you have table top decor they will put it on the tables for you. They set out your favors for you. It looked really nice. --It creates a tight 2-hour party where the kids have a great time, the adults get to mingle because no one is running around setting up tables, picking up pizzas, or cleaning up. And then the party is over and you can go about your day, as can the parents of the other kids! Cons: --The location is a little out of the way for a lot of people. Not a big deal. --There were some snags with some of our purchased food barely arriving on time (we had an early slot, so that might have been part of it). Hopefully that's rare, and it didn't ended up affecting us. --Cost ... but it was worth it for me! You could probably do a similar party, at a park, with a rented inflatable. But then you'd be doing all the leg-work yourself, have only 1 inflatable, it would be outdoors, and you'd do all the clean up. I would say it's about 1.3-1.5X the cost of doing it yourself. For me it was worth it to have so little work to do!"

"Great place and kids had a blast!!! Staff and party pros were helpful but not as attentive as a few years ago. One of the food items we ordered was not available at the event which was difficult."

"Hosted my daughter’s 3rd birthday party here and it was fantastic. Was skeptical at first because of some negative reviews but I made sure to communicate my needs thoroughly. Sally, the assistant manager was super helpful before and during my party. The team also helped set up and clean up. Maybe pump it up had issues previously, but they are definitely on top of everything now."