I witnessed a cat fight in a Chuck E. Cheese several years ago in Reseda, California. Two huge women started arguing, and one of them was holding a boxed pizza in one hand, and a baby in the other arm. The other woman reared backed and b**ch-slapped her. She went down, still holding the baby, but the pizza went flying the other direction. That’s when I took my kids and left and haven’t been back to one since.
Location, location, location.... I’ve been to 2 Chuck E. Cheese restaurants that were wonderful experiences for my kids. They were clean, bright and not packed with people. The children were fairly well behaved with attentive parents. My daughter had a wonderful birthday party. The third experience was waiting in one while my car was being fixed. It was packed with out of control kids, little parental intervention, and I expected a gang fight at any minute. Guess the predominant demographics at the different locations. Sad.