Melissa & Doug Food Truck Indoor Playhouse

Fantastic details, sturdy and provides hours of imaginative play. I’d probably give it 4.5 stars if I could. The quality is great and has held up after hours of toddler abuse. Would only knock off half a star because of the directions. I am very very handy and found a few of the directions confusing. I figured it out but after an hour of easy direct building, it’s a little frustrating to be held up by a shelf or two.I would suggest building this for your kids when they are out of the house. It takes at least 90 minutes (if not longer.) I love building things with the kids but this requires a bit of patience and maneuvering that’s easier without excited little ones around.Built this after our child went to bed, so he could discover it in the morning. He was beyond thrilled!!This really is a great value for the price, sturdy and provides hours of play. For anyone looking for a finished truck (don’t have to color yourself) the details are fantastic. The steering wheel turns, the gass tank opens and roof opens up. It’s roomy enough for two and light enough to move around easily (but too wide to fit through the door so build it where you plan to keep it.) Highly recommend!

This would have been great if it was a hard plastic food truck, BUT, it’s still great as cardboard as well. Didn’t really need the instructions, it was pretty easy to put together just by looking at the picture on the box. Ilike that the colors are bright and in photos, it looks like an actual food truck. I didn’t give it five stars for durability because it’s cardboard so, it’ll eventually give out. I did see another review where they added LED lights inside, and I liked the idea; will probably add some inside of it, too. The price is decent for the size, and it’s a cute display as well.

Ostensibly, this is a great food truck. There are some sharp edges in the window parts that can’t be helped as it is cardboard and like paper, can cut you. However I will say the truck is so completed, so laid out that it hands kids a finished product. We had bought it to replace a cardboard food truck we had once found at Michaels that allowed for coloring, stickers, you name it and it was far cheaper in price. The glossy outside of this truck doesn’t allow for coloring or painting etc., the menu is already there... which I didn’t realize my child had so much fun making himself until I bought this. in any case this truck fits a need for a finished ready to play truck. If Melissa and Doug made a second more basic truck for less money that allowed the child to draw on and make their own designs that would be a great option as well.

We bought this for our 2.5yr old son for Christmas 2020. He loves it, as food play is one of his favorite things to do!!Another review had lights on the inside of theirs and I thought it was a good idea. This helps if he plays with it during nighttime hours and the house is dimmer.We bought the Melissa and Doug BBQ set, condiment set, and the felt sandwich set for him to “serve”. Put all of the food items in a decorative basket to keep it tidy.We also bought a little handheld kitchen set to fit in there too for a sink, oven, and additional grill.PROS:Fun little personal play areaSturdyGood size for him and to grow intoPlenty of space inside for food parts and grillCONS:A little bit of a pain to put togetherCan cause cuts from the sharp cardboard (our son got cut on his hand before we were able to put the wax on)Fairly wide; so make sure you put it together in an area that it will be permanently set or be able to maneuver it to another areaOverall, worth the price, for already hours of fun!

I love this for my 4 year old. It was a little tricky to put together. Definitely a two-person job for sure. Great product and very sturdy and fun. I will be using this company for more gifts to come.

I purchased this to make an ice cream cart for work. I assembled it and placed it over a cart. I had to put cardboard on the bottom shelf to hold up the truck. The truck is light weight, so it didn't take much to support it. We put icecream on the shelves of the cart and pulled it out through the windows and top . We played ice cream truck music as we walked around my work, passing out ice cream. Everyone loved it and commented on how cute it was.It was easy to put together. For cardboard, it seems sturdy, but again it's cardboard. I will use it a few more times Foe work and then give it to my grandkids. It is darling. It would be cool to have it made out of plastic or wood so it could stay outside and get wet. Im sure once the grandkids play with it a few times, it will probably be torn up, but it is still worth it because it is so cute.I bought one that said it was used, but it was new, it just had a little tear in a corner, but it was less money. I am keeping the box so I can take it apart and store it easily. The box is thin and tall, so it does not take up much room.

Best investment I've made. This truck is amazing...Originally bought this as a Christmas gift for my 2 to grandson. 5 years later both he (7) & his brother (5) are still enjoying the food truck business at my house year round.

I would give this a 3.5 if I could. Honestly I was pretty frustrated putting this together, I feel like the instructions could’ve been a little better. I had to wind up taping a lot of it and some of the tabs got ruined and ripped off while putting it together. I was missing a couple of pieces come to find out they were stuck in the window cardboard at the end, by then I already threw out the rest of the steering wheel parts. This took a while to put together. The shelf on the bbq side is pretty ruined and it doesn’t fit properly in the truck so I tried taping that, not holding up too well but I’ll figure something out. Let’s be real, you get what you pay for so I’m overall pretty happy with it now that it’s over. It’s pretty sturdy which I like too. I added some lights inside too. I did wind up missing one piece though so I wasn’t happy about that hence why I had to take more off of my rating. But we managed. Overall We like it!