Albuquerque’s miniature golf attractions offer lots of fun for the whole family at great prices by combining miniature golf with other attractions into one package that the family can enjoy anytime. If you have kids, many of the miniature golf attractions are kid friendly and give parents a fun place to take the kids! Here’s a guide to kid friendly miniature golf attractions in Albuquerque that can help you get the most out of your miniature golf experiences with your kids. It includes some websites where you can download coupons and find more information on package deals to take advantage of discounts and specials that can stretch your entertainment dollar further. Here are the three best kid-friendly miniature golf attractions in Albuquerque that offer much more than just miniature golf!
1) Putt-Putt Golf and Games (http://www.puttputtabq.com/)
Address: Putt-Putt Fun Center
5100 San Mateo NE (at the intersection of San Mateo and McLeod)
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone # (505) 889-0936
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Thursday 10 am – 10 pm
Friday 10 am – Midnight
Saturday 9 am – Midnight
Sunday 10 am – 10 pm
Overview: An Albuquerque institution for more than 25 years, Putt-Putt Fun Center combines classic miniature golf courses, lots of yummy food and arcade games with a fun, cozy and safe atmosphere that makes for one fun day for the entire family! If you have kids between the ages of 2-10, this is the place to play miniature golf for you! Little kids love to play miniature golf here because you don’t have to hit the ball very hard to send it a long way and making a hole-in-one on many of the holes is easy! Adults will like playing here because the landscaping is very beautiful and each course presents a different challenge that makes it fun because no two holes are the same. Everything is also very reasonably priced (see below) if you take advantage of their weekly specials that offer you a package deal that combines rounds of mini golf with other attractions. You can also host your birthday parties or other group outing here too! Call for more details on how to book your group function.
If you want to avoid the rush of people who come here during the summer, try to come out here during the middle of the week or first thing in the morning on weekends. You’ll have more fun that way and the kids won’t feel the need to be rushed to play faster when there are more people around.
Food and Drinks: Putt-Putt Fun Center has a small snack bar that offers yummy hot dogs, ice cream bars, soft drinks, and a wide assortment of candy. Nothing is over $3.75 and many things like the hot dogs and soft drinks aren’t over $2.50.
Game Room: Putt-Putt offers a nifty game room that has over 50 video games that range from the classics of the 1980’s up to today’s dancing and rhythm games. It also features a skeeball section for little kids and a neat prize center where kids and adults alike can trade in their hard-earned tickets for things like candy, small toys and bigger prizes like video game systems. When I play video games in this game room I feel like a 10 year old again and nothing beats the fun of drinking soda pop while trying to play pinball at same time!
Little kids will love the prizes given away at the prize center and the auto racing simulators that make you feel like you’re driving in the Indianapolis 500! Each game requires a certain number of tokens and tokens can be purchased at the game room with prices ranging from $5.00 for 25 tokens to 60 tokens for $10.00.)
Here is some information about their prices and on their specials that can save you lots of money!
Prices for playing miniature golf:
For 3 rounds: $9.00 + tax (best value when there is no special running)
For 2 rounds $8.00 + tax
For 1 round $7.00 + tax
Weekly Specials: Go online to get coupons good for discounts and package prices that can save you tons of money. Here are just a couple of the coupons that you can get there:
1) A coupon for 80 game room tokens for just $10.00!
2) A “Discount Buck” which is good for package deals on Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Saturday’s. On Monday’s this coupon can be used for playing as many rounds as you want on whatever course you want for $9.00 per person. A better deal can be had if you use the Discount Buck for their Wacky Wednesday and Super Saturday promotions. On Wednesdays from 2 PM- 5 PM and Saturdays from 10 AM- 2 PM, you can get 2 rounds of golf, 50 game room tokens, a small soda and a bag of chips or M &M;’s for $9.95 + tax per person. This is one of the better miniature golf package deals in town, by far.
2) Golfernoggins (http://www.golfernoggins.com/ ) (Best value in town)
Address: 4910 B Lomas NE (just west of San Mateo)
Phone # (505)-999-1067
Hours of Operation:
Sunday: 12:30 pm- 8:00 pm
Monday-Thursday: 10:00 am- 8:00 pm
Friday-Saturday: 10:00 am- 10:00 pm
Overview: Golfernoggins is Albuquerque’s premiere indoor miniature golf course. According to their website, Golfernoggins focus is, “To provide a clean, safe and enjoyable experience for the entire family, while giving back to our community.” And boy do they do a good job of that! Furthermore, everything at Golfernoggins is suited for little kids. Everything from animal and building obstacles along with a motorized windmill to a fully operational model train station gives Golfernoggins a whimsical touch that is just right for kids and their families! The food at Golfernoggins is yummy and very reasonably priced and the modest game room is kid friendly with games that the whole family can enjoy! I think Golfernoggins gives you the best value for your money because the food is reasonably priced and you don’t need a coupon to take advantage of their multi-round discount. Each additional round is only $1.00 and kids aged 4 years and younger get to play for free!
Golfernoggins also provides a toddler room and group outings for mom groups and pre-schoolers Monday’s-Friday’s. Don’t forget to book your next group outing or birthday party here too! For details on how to book your next birthday or group outing, click here!
Here is some information about Golfernoggin’s prices for everything that’s offered at Golfer noggins:
Prices for playing miniature golf:
Adults: $8.00
Seniors and Children ages 4-12 years $7.00
Children under 4 years of age: Free with an accompanying adult
Additional Rounds (on the same day as your visit) $1.00 each
Food and Drinks: Golfernoggins offers yummy individual servings of things like nachos, chicken tenders, pizza, ice cream, Slush Puppies and soda pop with nothing over $3.00! This makes Golfernoggins food menu the best value of all of Albuquerque’s miniature golf attractions! Besides, the food is really good and you get big portions for such a small price! They also offer whole pizzas starting at $15.00 for a one topping pizza (+$1.50 for each additional topping) that are also very yummy and filling.
Game Room: The game room at Golfernoggins is very modest but very kid friendly. It includes an air hockey table and classic video games such as Pac-Man. Each game costs between 25 cents to $1.00 per game and little kids seem to enjoy themselves immensely despite the relative simplicity of the game room.
Weekly Specials: Golfernoggins offers fewer specials because their prices are reasonable to begin with. The two specials that they do run are for military personal on Tuesdays and for college students on Thursday nights. On Tuesday’s military personal can get their first round of golf for half price by showing their military ID’s. On Thursday nights college students may also get their first round of golf for half price if they show their school ID’s. Many people would like to see Golfernoggins run more specials. Let’s hope they do! This place is lots of fun and little kids have a blast!
3) Hinkle Family Fun Center (http://www.hinklefamilyfuncenter.com/)
Address: 12931 Indian School RD NE (corner of Indian School & Tramway)
Phone # (505)-299-3100
Hours of Operation for all attractions except for paintball:
Monday – Thursday 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday 12:00 pm – 12:00
Saturday10:00 am – 12:00 am
Sunday 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
Paintball Hours of Operation:
Closed Monday and Wednesday
Thursday 5:00 pm-10:00 pm
Friday 5:00 pm- Midnight
Saturday 10:00 am- Midnight
Sunday 10:00 am-10:00 pm Sunday
Overview: Known locally to many people as simply “Hinkle’s”, this place has it all! This is wonderful if you want to bring a family where the kids and the adults have different interests. There are three miniature golf courses, a laser tag room, two massive arcade rooms, a paintball center, a go-kart track, bumper boats and a Nickel City attraction that lets you play lots of different video games for just 5 cents per game. You can also book your party or other group get-together here too. Click here for more details! Hinkle’s also serves some of the yummiest pizza in the city, too. So if you’re looking for a place to bring the family to spend a fun day, Hinkle Family Fun Center might be the place for you.
The miniature golf courses at Hinkle’s are beautiful to look at and to play on. Overlooking small lakes and streams, the well-maintained miniature golf courses at Hinkle Family Fun Center have courses that range from easy to downright difficult. If you’re looking to bring your family or your mate out for a good time, I recommend the first two courses because the third course is too hard to play! That being said, the views of the Sandia Mountains in the summertime are just amazing to see! Little kids might like to play miniature golf here because it doesn’t take much to effort to hit the ball a long way and there are many straightforward holes on the easier golf courses where you can still make a hole-in-one.
Hinkle Family Fun Center is better suited for families who have older kids (say 9 years and older) because it is a very big place to walk around in and many of the attractions (like the go-Karts and the Paintball Center) have lower age limits. Little kids can still have lots of fun however playing miniature golf and playing the games in the arcade areas.
Miniature Golf Prices: 1 round $8.00 + tax per person
2 rounds $15.00 + tax per person
3 rounds $20.00 + tax per person.(call for more information about individual pricing for other attractions at Hinkle’s)
Food and Drinks: Hinkle’s serves yummy things like soda pop, pizza, nachos, pretzels, popcorn and cotton candy and all individual servings can be had for $3.25 or less. Combos are also available as are whole pizza options. For more information, click here.
Game Room: If you count Nickel City, there are three huge arcades at Hinkle Family Fun Center. Each of the arcades have games from yesteryear and lots of today’s most popular games including dance and rhythm games and martial art games. Each game requires different numbers of credits and you can purchase credits on a game card. Here are the prices for different numbers of credits you can buy:
$5 = 100 CREDITS (This is the best value for a family because each person can play at least 15-20 games and there’s need to share the credits with each other.)
$10 = 220 CREDITS ($11 VALUE)
$20 = 500 CREDITS ($25 VALUE)
$30 = 750 CREDITS ($37.50 VALUE).
Here is some information on their specials and packages that can save you some money. You’ll want to take advantage of these specials and packages because the prices for attractions like miniature golf at Hinkle’s are rather steep.
Specials and Packages: After seeing their prices for 1-3 rounds of miniature golf, you might think Hinkle Family Fun Center is too expensive for a family of four. Thank goodness Hinkle Family Fun Center has packages that combine various attractions into one price. Here are three of their best values:
1) $19.95 for three attractions (think: 3 rounds of miniature golf) and 90 arcade credits per person.
2)$15.95 for two attractions ( think: 2 rounds of miniature golf) and 90 arcade credits per person.
3) $27.95 for five attractions-This one can be shared and is therefore one of your better values.
For more package offers, click here
Hinkle’s also offers different specials Monday’s-Thursday’s. If you have kids, 12 or younger your best bet is to bring them out on Wednesday nights for Hinkle’s “Kid’s Night”. On Kid’s Nights, kids 12 or younger receive free Nickel City admission and an attraction pass to play or ride on one of Hinkle’s venues (like the miniature golf course) when one paying adult buys an attraction pass. It’s almost like receiving two attraction passes for one price. Call for more details about this promotion! Furthermore, click here for the other specials that Hinkle’s runs every week.
Here’s hoping this guide helps you out. Come out and enjoy the different miniature golf venues that Albuquerque has to offer–you’ll be glad you did!
