The Robot Garage

Fantastic experience. Our Cub Scout pack came in for a 1hr +/​-​program. The primary instructor Wendy totally rocked it. She and another employee (Adeline? Was also good) handled a group of 10 boys under 10 years old perfectly smoothly, even with some accidental late in the build model breakdowns (boys not holding them tight) plus the myriad interrupting commentary you get from a group of kids this age. Wendy was clear, patient, and able to be heard without a problem over the noise of the kids. I highly recommend this program and am planning to bring my other kids down for some drop-in’s and hopefully some classes.

Friendly staff and a heaven for Lego loving kids. Amazing experience to watch kids create their imagination and show it off to their parents. Parking is a bit tight.

This place is great for kids and a great educational experience. Very clean, and plenty of things to do inside. The drop in membership for the whole year is only $ 99, which means you can come in for the whole year and tinker in each of their fun filled tables!
I was quite impressed with the Lego art, and thought that this place is certainly a hidden gem for young minds!
the only downside to this place is that the toys for sale are way more expensive then Walmart and target, and trying to explain that to a child who has his/​her heart set on something will only leave upset.
Aside from that, everything at the robot garage is great!

I SO wish we had one here in Edmonton, REALLY. This spot is a fun and easy place to bring your children and have them go at it, making lego builds from houses to automated items :-) As well, for each time I visit (I am originally from this town), I almost ALWAYS find something fun, educational and original to bring back to my own classroom students :-) This last time, last week actually, I found the sticks and wooden wheels sets (the one where you insert the sticks into the holes on the wooden wheels to construct/​connect). I got 3 sets so that it would be enough for the whole class to share… WELL, since I brought them in, Monday, my students are STILL playing with them and incorporating them into other building toys (the Legos and magnetic shapes) … :-)
I have read a few reviews and wish my students could have one nearby so we could go for a class fieldtrip… we have a LEGO store here, this shop would be a PERFECT companion to it :-) In fact, I have often asked them at the store if they would consider expanding their operations to Edmonton… Can’t hurt to try, can it?

I am an urban public school teacher and took my Pre-​K (4 year olds) on a field trip to the Robot Garage today. Now I have been on a lot of trips over the past 27 years of teaching and I have to say that the Robot Garage is one of the best experiences I have ever had with a large group of kids. The immediate hands-​on activities to familiarize the kids with Legos was awesome. No down time at all, straight to work (play!). Students were given plenty of time to explore before class started in another room already fully set up. The students built a Lego dinosaur then programmed the dinosaur to «eat» from their hand by bobbing its head up and down. Very cool for a 4 year old to do. The staff was exceptionally friendly, caring and PATIENT! Love this place and will definitely return again and again.

This place is awesome!
This is the first party we have thrown here. The staff was super attentive and we had a great kid to staff ratio. The kids had multiple stations set up where they built pull back cars and nano bugs. Later additional tables where added and the kids played with pre built electronic robots.
The venue is small and the party packages are sold by 10 or 18 kid packages. So to prevent standing or play room issues I rented all of the party rooms.
I think the coolest party is that they have a robot deliver the birthday cupcake. I throw a party ever year and I’m more than satisfied with my sons 4 th birthday and I plan on doing the same next year.

This is kind of a tough one. If you ask me, it’s a 3-​star experience. If you ask my son, it’s a 10-​star experience.
We enrolled my son here because he has a natural inclination to science and engineering. He’s 6. We originally enrolled in a community education program through Berkley CE. It was cancelled due to lack if enrollment. Feedback noted the high price tag for LEGO based programming. Robot Garage came opened up and we immediately enrolled. We simply cannot get this kind of programming in Hamtramck so it’s off to Birmingham each week for us.
As a parent, the enrollment fees here are no joke. It’s $ 108.00 for 6, 1-​hour classes. It’s not outrageous but it’s still a lot when you factor in music classes, art classes and swim classes are also on our schedule. It was $ 98 in Royal Oak and Berkley. In a year, this would be over $ 800. Ouch!
In the LEGO Engineers class they make one new item every week. The classes are led by an instructor who, with the help of a huge tv, help guide kids through the project in a linear fashion. This part I like. Every kid in that class is just like my son-​kind of nerdy in every cool way possible. They start and finish a project each week. The LEGOs stay here. No souvenirs. As kids get older, the programming becomes more challenging to include LEGO robotics.
They have a full LEGO retail side to the Robot Garage. It’s expensive but so is buying directly from LEGO. Factor in a little mark up and OUCH again.
I like the instructors which range from retirees to young college types. All very nice people. The one thing I do not particularly care for is the owner. He is openly condescending to both the adults and children. He is often sarcastic and free with his comments. I thought it was just me until both my wife and another parent mentioned this as well. This is a huge negative when it comes to business and education.
I want to really like this place. I don’t see it getting any more affordable or the owner getting any nicer.

I took the 6 year old here for the first time. He liked it, the employees are friendly and helpful, but it was kind of small. The older kids kind of dominate the time on the table for hours wirh r/​c robots, so the smaller kids never get a chance to try some things out. The concept is great, and the place is visually clean, but to me it seems kind of scary, touching remote controls and millions of lego pieces that a million little kids have put their snotty, germy hands on. Face it, some kids wipe their noses with their hands, sneeze and cough into them, use the bathroom without washing their hands afterwards, then sweep their hands through the piles, looking for the piece that they need. If I brought my 1 year old, I’m sure he would put his saliva covered hands on the pieces, put some in his mouth, and spread/​catch germs, viruses, and bacteria. I have brought home viruses from sick co-​workers at work, and made my kids sick already. And I always wash my hands many times at work, disinfect the mouse and keyboard before I use the computer. Maybe I am becoming a germophobe, but when I read or watch articles on the subject, it reminds me of how careless we are with these invisible invaders. Another drawback is that there are so many specialty lego parts on the table, you don’t know what parts are compatible with the others. I did learn that although Lego was fun when I was a kid, it is incredibly boring now.

This place was great! I had a birthday party for my 5 and 8 year old this past weekend, and they had a blast! One of the activities was a bit advanced for my 5 year old, but he loved all of it anyway. One thing I didn’t care for was that they do not allocate time for opening presents, so my kids couldn’t open the gifts with all of their friends around. But all in all, it was a great experience for them, and that’s the most important thing. I would definitely bring them back for other workshops/​classes that robot garage offers.

This place rocks!
Well ok, if you have kids and/​or love Legos, building blocks, robots and the like — this place rocks!!!
Took the kids for open play and had a blast.
There was huge tables with tons of bricks to build what ever you wanted.
There was a duplo table for youngers and then these funky cool bricks from china, I think, as well.
No one was bored on this day trip.
The front store has plenty of eye candy and we get emails about classes and camps they put on.
We are considering a birthday party for my son next year.
Looking forward to returning for more fun.

Signed up for the free membership which means a month of free drop-​in. I don’t know if they really charge anyone, I couldn’t tell if anyone was tracking how long my kids were playing at the tables, and frankly they’re too antsy to conform to such rules. Given how we did shopping for mini-​figures I could see them skipping the $ 8/​hour of drop-​in play. Also, «drop-​in» implied to me «drop-​off» which is not the case.
Parking kinda sucks but was doable.

Great place to bring your buddy engineer kiddo. We are from Seattle and would love a place like this there.
Our 3 yo son loved playing with the duplo Legos table. We played with him too and had fun making a Lego city with him. $ 8 per kid at open play. We went during the weekday, late morning and there was no one there which made for a really nice experience. We are planning on going back again during our stay here

Stopped in last summer with the family, had a great time playing with the various building sets and was amazed by all the cool stuff in the retail store. Definitely come on by!

The Robot Garage has been an amazing addition to our community. It offers something for everyone in the family. All three of our children (ages 11, 9, and 6) utilize their creativity at The Robot Garage. The classes create focus and motivate children to build and create. The staff is educated and friendly and they really care about everyone who walks through their doors. They also have very interesting items for sale in their shop. Overall, I would recommend everyone visit this unique establishment.

We’ve been going to The Robot Garage since it opened. It is my son’s favorite place to go and he has attended most of the classes, many vacation and summer camp weeks and had his birthday party there. The Robot Garage offers everything — classes for different ages and interests, installation building, themed camps and a caring, helpful staff. It is a wonderful environment for kids and now my 2 year old daughter likes going to build on the Duplo table with her big brother showing her the ropes of building.

Robot Garage is crazy fun for everyone, young and old, boys and girls! My husband and I always try to encourage our children to participate in activities that enhance learning. Robot Garage is just the place. Children and parents can either drop in to «build» items on Robot Garage’s building block tables, or one can purchased mechanical-​theme items from the store. We love this place and the people who own it. We’re always encouraging our friends to check it out. It has great nostalgic items for those of us who loved our LEGOs… This place is perfectly BRILLIANT!