Happy Claw Arcade

This place is so brightly lit at night! The problem is you cannot see it from the street. I was drawn to it after eating at the New Town Cafe.Everything inside looks brand new and sparkling clean. The claw machines are filled with stuffed animals, although I saw some machines with snacks in them. Unless you spend more than $10, it's $1 per play on the claw machines. In fact, it seemed to me that $10 worth of tokens was the minimum you could buy. I just wanted to play once or twice.I'm not good at claw machines, so instead I bought some imported Kit Kats.

Came to Happy Claw Arcade for funsies and to check out a "third place" that's few and far between in the town of Turlock. It was the perfect place to spend an hour (or two)! Located off the intersection of Golden Gate Blvd. and W Hawkeye, Happy Claw Arcade is one of the rare claw machine places that have begun populating the 209. The interior is beaming with neon lights, a huge anime mural takes up one side of the wall, and gigantic plushies line the other side. It's also pretty spacious and doesn't feel claustrophobic. There is a variety of claw games and gacha machines. We spent $20 for 23 coins and were able to win a few plushies and get that dopamine hit every time we snagged another. This arcade actually lets you trade in plushies you've won with almost any other plushie you see in another machine. We were able to do this with a bee for a capybara. :) The owners were SUPER nice and told us they were actually originally from Vegas (where claw machine arcades were heavily concentrated) and wanted to bring a bit of Vegas to Turlock. So cool. Definitely going to check them out again and will recommend to friends visiting to do the same!

We saw this place randomly appear a few weeks back, but it wasn't open yet. I looked them up on social media and found info. Yesterday was their soft opening. I scooped up my girls and we headed over. It wasn't busy at all. You buy tokens and then each machine is 1 token. We did $100, so 135 tokens. There are also some machines that take 4 tokens and you can get a figurine and you recycle the ball for 1 token. I think we won 21 or 22 plushies! They also have a counter where you can upgrade your winnings into bigger prizes. I want to say it started at 8 to upgrade. We decided to keep all our little friends. Just know, upgrades can only be done same day only. We had a lot of fun and will be coming back soon! The owners were so friendly!

We had a great time here with our toddler. Jenn and Leon are wonderful owners and we can't wait to come back to support them again. We bought $50 of tokens and it lasted us over an hour. The space is extremely clean and there is a ton of parking outside. I highly recommend Mom's to host their birthday parties here. I definitely will tell all our friends! 5 stars for Sure!!

This Place was so much fun. The perfect spot to go with your teens. We won so many prizes. They asked if we wanted to trade but all the characters we won where too cute. Cant wait to come back to win some more. Thank you so much.

This place is such a scam. Spent $20, picked up about 10 toys before the claw would magically drop every single one of them at the top. Worst than carnival games I see why it's so empty in here.

Soooo much fun !!! Definitely check this place out super kind people only 1 token each play

My kids love coming here. This place is super fun, the plushies are the cutest! Definitely will be back!

Fantastic experience for first timers. I love how friendly the staff are, it's clearly a family business. We got the experience of winning stuffies and trading for the ones we wanted which was fantastic.

Stopped on Sunday with my grandkids on our way to Elk Grove. This place is so clean and the gentleman in charge was very nice and concerned that the kids were having fun. The machines are not that easy, but you definitely leave with some plushies if you're patient. In addition, if you don't get the plushie you want but you were lucky to get a different one, you can exchange it for a different plushie (same size) from a different claw machine. Doesn't get any better than that! Have fun!