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Jungle Jim's

  • May 26, 2006
  • Rated 2 of 5 by grannola from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Jungle Jim's

Back we went to Jungle Jim's today—it was the 4-year-old's turn to pick.

After examining the oversized goldfish in the pond, we were taken to a booth. The booth had lots of room for the two big kids and me on one side, and my mom and hubby on the other with the baby in a high chair on the end.

We ordered the kids meals when we ordered the drinks because one of them had to rush off early. The 8 year old had Super Slurpy Jungle Juice (basically a Shirley Temple). The 4 year old thought she wanted one too, until I reminded her that all she really wanted was the little umbrella. She had cranberry juice. I had a soda, mother and hubby both had just water.

The kids meals came quickly. One had a Bambino Taco (a taco in a red shell) with the veggies and dip on the side. Only he doesn't like celery, so we asked for extra carrots instead ($5). The 4 year old had pasta with garlic bread ($4).

Mother and I decided to share the "Bathroom Sink," and a chicken with veggies dish. The bathroom sink is an assortment of appetizers all on one plate, and includes fries, onion rings, 1 mozarella stick, 1 chicken finger, 1 taquito, 3 chicken wings, and a couple of kinds of sauce ($10—also available in the "kitchen sink" with more food for $20). The chicken dish includes a side of veggies (in this case corn mostly with some peppers) and rice (quite nicely chicken flavoured) for $20.

Hubby had a greek salad hold the feta cheese and then he removed the onions. No wonder he was looking for snacks when he got home.

We were quite happy that the kids ordered early because the rest of our meal took forever to get out of the kitchen. The kids had completely eaten before we saw anything. The salad and chicken dish arrived first. We had it all divided up and were eating away when the plate of appetizers arrived. Oh well, the kids wanted to help eat those anyway.

Dessert is included with the kids meals, and they always have smartie pants sundaes, but the kid who needed to leave early decided to get a pudding to go instead. It turned out that the pudding they serve is actually jello pudding in the little cups that are great for school lunches, so we could "to go" it a lot easier than ice cream.

The kids also get a trip to the treasure chest which is filled with dollar store type toys. They both selected a velcro ball and catcher set.

The service was really slow, as usual; the kids spent the whole meal asking to go look at the goldfish, as usual. The seats near the windows were out of service, as usual. We did discover today that they offer a 10% discout for CAA members.

Could have been worse, but I wish we'd had a coupon.

From journal Hanging out in Halifax

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Jungle Jims

  • May 15, 2006
  • Rated 2 of 5 by grannola from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Jungle Jims

Lunch is the best time to go to Jungle Jims in our opinion, to take advantage of the $5.50 lunch specials.

Kids love the Super Slurpy Junble Juice and Smartie Pants Sundaes. All the kid meals cost about $5 and come with a drink, dessert, and a trip to the treasure chest.

I'm not sure why we keep going to Jungle Jim's because the service is always very slow. Today it was a bit better than usual, but still nothing super.

The food is always high in grease, but kind of tasty. The kids always order the smiley fries and never eat them. I'm usually there to help eat leftovers, but not smiley fries ... way too greasy for me, and not very tasty.

I know why we keep coming here... the kids have decided they like it. Mostly they like the plastic animals and plants that make the decor. They also like the little toothpick umbrellas that come in the drinks, which I keep taking away from them so they don't get poked into eyes. They like the live fish swimming in the pond just inside the door. And they like the dollar-store toys in the treasure chest.

I can live without Jungle Jim's... I just have to convince the kids.

From journal March Break in Halifax

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