Cool de Sac

What Cool de Sac does

Cool de Sac is a private, for-profit operator of children's entertainment centers combined with full-service family restaurants, headquartered in Miami, Florida and founded in 2004. The company's core product is an indoor physical-venue experience: a multi-station children's play zone co-located with a server-attended gourmet restaurant branded "Eat Well," targeted at families with children ages 3-12 who want adult-quality dining alongside supervised child entertainment. Differentiators include a Compufood Analysis-validated kids' menu featuring hidden vegetables in pizza and mac & cheese, zero trans-fat cooking, soy milk milkshake options, a coded wristband child safety system, and Code Adam (NCMEC) program participation.

The business operates three locations: two company-owned venues at Shops at Sunset Place in Miami and Dolphin Mall in Doral, plus a franchised location in Mexico City at Paseo Interlomas (Paseo Interlomas, Local PB-5 junto a Liverpool). Revenue is generated primarily through per-visit admission fees ($13.50 for children 3-12, $6.50 for under-3, free for parents and teens), food and beverage service at the Eat Well restaurant, and higher-margin reservation-based revenue streams including hosted birthday parties (from 10:00 AM), field trips, special events, and Wednesday/Friday morning workshops. The go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via physical storefronts, supplemented by event-driven reservation sales, with a developing franchise channel for multi-country scaling.

Cool de Sac has announced two additional openings - Hallandale, FL and Bogota, Colombia - extending its geographic footprint from two countries to three. The company is privately held with no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing, no app, no proprietary technology platform, and no disclosed revenue figures. Headcount is reported in the 501-1000 range, which appears to include part-time and franchise personnel given the small owned-location footprint. Marketing relies on a basic website (cool-de-sac.com), location-specific email contacts, social media, and word-of-mouth rather than disclosed paid digital channels.

Name

Cool de Sac

Legal name

Cool de Sac

Website

https://cool-de-sac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Cool de Sac operates children's entertainment centers co-located with full-service family restaurants in South Florida malls and Mexico City, serving families with children ages 3-12 through admission fees, hosted birthday parties, field trips, and a Compufood-validated "Eat Well" gourmet restaurant.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Entertainment Centers

NAICS

Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Entertainment Centers (Indoor развлечения: Arcade, Soft Play, Party Centers) (THAJAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family Entertainment Centers & Indoor Amusement (Arcades, Trampoline Parks, Indoor Play) (THAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Indoor playground entertainment
• Family restaurant dining
• Children birthday parties
• Kids play center
• Family entertainment venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Admission Fees: Children aged 3-12 pay $13.50 admission, children under 3 pay $6.50, and parents/teenagers enter free of charge. This forms the primary per-visit revenue stream.
2. Food and Beverage Service: Full-service gourmet restaurant serving parents and healthy kids' meals. Revenue from food orders, beverages including wine, and dessert items. Kids menu includes pizza, mac & cheese with hidden vegetables, and milkshakes (available with soy milk).
3. Birthday Parties and Special Events: Birthday party packages available starting at 10:00 AM (separate from regular admission). Field trips and special events also booked through reservation. This is a key revenue stream and differentiator.
4. Workshops: Workshops held Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:30 AM (not open to public). Additional revenue from structured children's programming.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cool de Sac operates physical children's entertainment centers that combine indoor supervised play zones with a full-service family restaurant branded "Eat Well." The venues host birthday parties, field trips, special events, and scheduled workshops, with adult gourmet dining available alongside children's healthy meal options. Core revenue is generated through per-child admission fees, food and beverage sales, and booked event packages at South Florida and Mexico City locations.

Product overview

Cool de Sac operates as a single unified offering: a children's entertainment center and family restaurant hybrid. The core product combines indoor play zones (play stations, birthday parties, field trips, workshops, and special events) with a full-service restaurant branded as 'Eat Well.' Parents dine while children play in supervised areas. The venue uses a coded wristband safety system and participates in the Code Adam program for child security.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Eat Well: Full-service gourmet restaurant within Cool de Sac locations, serving parents while children enjoy play areas. Features health-conscious menu items including zero trans fat fries, sweet potato dishes, and analyzed nutrition content.

Products and services

• Cool de Sac Children's Entertainment Center

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)minorOthersCool de Sac participates in the Code Adam program for lost or missing children. Team members receive training on Code Adam procedures provided by NCMEC. This is a child safety partnership rather than a commercial relationship. For more information on NCMEC and Code Adam, customers are directed to missingkids.com.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Dave & Buster's: Dave & Buster's operates a chain of entertainment centers pairing arcade gaming and attractions with full-service restaurants and bars, serving families and adult groups. While skews older than Cool de Sac's audience, the integrated dining-plus-games model is closely analogous and provides a benchmark for entertainment-anchored restaurant unit economics.
• LEGOLAND Discovery Center: LEGOLAND Discovery Centers are indoor family entertainment venues with rides, play zones, and birthday-party hosting built around a strong IP. Comparable to Cool de Sac as a destination indoor FEC targeted at families with kids aged 3-12, though anchored by a licensed brand rather than an owned concept.
• Chuck E. Cheese: Chuck E. Cheese is the most direct comparable: a national family entertainment center chain combining arcade games, rides, and a kids-focused restaurant for birthday parties and family outings. Cool de Sac competes in the same occasion-based family entertainment + food category but differentiates with full-service gourmet dining rather than pizza-led menus.
• Sky Zone: Sky Zone operates indoor trampoline and active-play parks hosting birthday parties, group events, and walk-in play. It overlaps with Cool de Sac's indoor playground + birthday-party offering, though it lacks the full-service gourmet restaurant component that distinguishes Cool de Sac.
• Bounce Nation: Bounce Nation runs indoor trampoline and family entertainment parks with birthday-party packages. Direct overlap on indoor active-play venue targeting kids' parties and group events, though without Cool de Sac's full-service restaurant layer.
• Urban Air Adventure Park: Urban Air is an indoor adventure park franchise featuring trampolines, climbing, and active-play attractions with a heavy birthday-party business. Directly comparable to Cool de Sac on the indoor family-entertainment + party hosting model, with similar mall/re-tail-anchor real estate footprint.
• Andretti Indoor Karting & Games: Andretti Indoor Karting operates large-format entertainment complexes with karting, arcade, laser tag, and full-service restaurants and bars. Comparable multi-attraction + dining model serving similar birthday and group-event occasions at a higher price point.
• Main Event Entertainment: Main Event runs family entertainment centers featuring bowling, laser tag, arcade games, and full-service dining, with a strong birthday-party book. Highly comparable to Cool de Sac on the multi-attraction + restaurant hybrid model and birthday-party revenue mix, though at larger venue scale.
• KidZania: KidZania operates indoor edutainment parks where children role-play adult jobs, paired with family dining. Overlaps with Cool de Sac on indoor family entertainment plus food, with structured programming akin to Cool de Sac's workshops. Operates internationally via franchise, making it a model for Cool de Sac's expansion thesis.

Emerging players

• iFLY Indoor Skydiving: iFLY operates indoor skydiving facilities that double as unique birthday-party and group-event venues. While the core attraction differs, iFLY competes for the same occasion-driven spending pool and mall-adjacent family entertainment consumer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cooldesacfun
• Facebookfacebook.com/cooldesac
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cool-de-sac

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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