The Crème School of Maple Grove, MN

Reviews

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  Candice Merriman

  6 days ago
  1.0
  I don't normally leave reviews for anything, however, I needed to for this school. Mainly to warn future parents against signing their children up for this camp/after school program. My 10 year old nephew attended summer camp here for the first time for 2 weeks of August. My husband and I were given a tour months before registration and as we can see from online photos, as well as in person, this place is visually impressive. They have beautiful art work everywhere, multiple rooms for activities such as culinary, bowling, an indoor basketball court, a theater area and dance rooms. We were told that our nephew would get to enjoy all of these rooms throughout the week and seemingly have a schedule full of activities to do. However, this wasn't the case at all. My first complaint about this camp is that you can NOT bring your own lunch. They definitely provide food, however ALL the children who go here hate it. I understand needing to account for allergies and as someone who works in hospitality simply telling parents what not to pack should be fine. I get that it's all wrapped into the price, but it should truly be an option, not a requirement. If you do want to bring in your own lunch, you will need a doctors note .... My next complaint is towards the lack of activities. He was basically doing the same thing everyday and the only fun activity that all the kids seem to actually like is called spike ball, which they can only play if everyone in there group is quite and non disruptive. If even one child acts up, no one can play at all and everyone must sit in silence for the remainder of the period. Another room that is considered hell to these children is called sensory. This room is filled with dirty toys and filthy plush die that the kids have to play with. My nephew told me that the other kids warned him about this room in particular, being gross with no actual activities set up for these kids to do, where they will end up spending the majority of their time during any given day. If your kid doesn't play basketball and they happen to have to spend some time at the indoor court, they can enjoy just sitting on the sideline for about an hour doing absolutely nothing else. In culinary, the only thing they do is assemble food that has basically already been prepared. No learning measurements or anything remotely cooking related at all, literally just assembling food. In the 2 weeks my nephew was there, he was able to bowl 1 time and out of 3 lanes only 2 were working. Sometimes the children would ask the consolers, "why do we have to spend most of our days in sensory?" or "can we do something else?" The answer to the first question would be an "I don't know" or "that's just how it is" and for the second question it's a "no". He definitely met a ton of kids who have been attending this camp for years who have all warned him of how shitty this place is and how much they hate it here. Either the parents don't know what their kids are actually doing here or they just don't care and are happy to pay $385 a week for their kids to sit in a pretty place with filthy toys for 5+ hours a days. This place was a complete waste of money and time. The counselors seemed overwhelmed at all times or just litlerly checked out. Seems like an administrative issue around rules and scheduling of activities. My nephew said for the most part the kids were nice and accepting and the counselors were okay but always seemed stressed out. This camp wasn't fun, wasn't engaging and wasn't clean. I hope this reviews will stop any new or existing parent from sending their kids here. Unless of course you have money to burn and you don't really care what your child is doing all day long. I'm almost positive that ANY good review on Google or Yelp for this place is paid for or from a parent with a toddler. If your kid is 8 years or older, this is NOT the camp for you. NEVER EVER AGAIN. I would like to give 5 stars to Ms. Ryan and the tall Black woman with braids for D2 (sorry I forgot your name) yall were amazing. The only good things about this place.
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  Maggie Habashy

  Jun 25, 2026
  5.0
  Our family has been with Crème de la Crème since 2017 and it’s been nothing short of amazing. Our daughter started as a toddler and our has been there since he was a baby. The activities from bowling to culinary are fantastic but it’s the people who have truly made it feel like home. Special thank-you to Lori, our son’s third grandma who was the only one who could put him to sleep without tears. And of course shout-outs to Jamie, Nina, Grace, Taj, Mr. Carter and so many others we’ve known for years. Even now (and for the last 3 years) when we just come for summer camps it’s like we never left. We love this place and can’t recommend them enough.
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  C C

  May 29, 2026
  1.0
  Neglected kids. We made the horrible mistake to enroll my son in crème de la creme at the maple grove location it was the worst decision we ever made my son was constantly getting sick and he was getting bites from other kids one day he come home literally missing a pice of skim from his arm he still have a a hole in his arm! then last drop for us was when he got bites marks in his face. They were not putting enough stuff or the people who was there at the time my son was attending they were not qualified my son still have scars from Crème de la crème scars that he probably will have for a long time his was 1 year old now he is 4 and no one is there to hold accountable for their issues it was all a really bad experience but most sad!
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  Trent

  Oct 10, 2024
  5.0
  I’ve been to many childcare facilities in the Twin Cities and I can honestly say Creme de la Creme is the best! I have 3 boys and they loved their experience here! Indoor bowling, basketball, a beautiful kitchen where they teach the kiddos simple recipes. The staff is friendly and amazing! Can’t say enough positive things about this place. 5 stars all the way!

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