Party City Reviews 

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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

bought foil helium, lasted ONE DAY. Bought the party city brand and brava brand. Party city brand was $2 more. Went back to return them and of course it was a no. My daughter’s birthday had deflated b... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wish I had read the reviews before ordering...I placed an order for five balloon bouquets, one for each of my grandkids (same household) four of whom celebrate their birthdays in August. The order... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst In store customer service Ever !!!! Don’t spend your money there . Unfriendly, unprofessional staff, manager at Vega Blvd , Mississauga Party City store . They don’t even bother to check stock... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered a halloween costume for school dress up. Delivery was due the day before the event. They use UPS (who are useless) and their website/tracking system does not work. One week later it still has... See more

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  2. Party Store

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Party City is an American publicly traded retail chain of party supply stores founded in 1986 by Steve Mandell in East Hanover, New Jersey.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Deceived into thinking this was an Irish company

company so your order will not arrive in time. We put in an order on the 6th Jan for my sister's 21st assuming that was plenty of time. Unfortunately her birthday is tomorrow and will be spent with just her family with no sense of occasion thanks to the false advertising by this company. No response to phone/email/facebook message. Given the amount of reviews saying the same thing it is shameful they are still pretending to be Irish given that lots of people are getting into trouble with UK companies at the moment.

16 January 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Canceled order days later...

Why do you let people order items, say it is on the way then days later cancel it and say the items are no longer available? I don't understand why you allowed it to be ordered then in the 1st place. Will never order again from here for the risk of being disappointed.

9 January 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered products for a party at the…

I ordered products for a party at the beginning of December for an event on the 16th for $159.01. It told me expected arrival on the 14th. It arrived the week after Christmas. I could never get anyone to tell me where my order was. The online tracking told me nothing, except it was out for delivery. Then I had to pay $54.44 to return it because they didn't deliver on time.

6 January 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cancelled order arrived almost 3 weeks late - no refund

Ordered some party goods for my daughter’s birthday with delivery date stating 3-5 days - plenty of time. Toy order ‘went missing in transit’ and I cancelled my order. The goods have turned up almost three weeks later. I have been refunded only for the postage - still waiting a full refund as the goods are now not required and were too late to be of any use as the birthday was over two weeks ago. Avoid.

12 December 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The party city on western right across…

The party city on western right across the street was really horrible. I went in to shop for my boyfriends birthday, i asked an Employee to help me I believe they told me that there names was Denise and Ariana I was given attuited, They didn't help me with anything. I asked them can they help me get something from the top because I couldn't reach it. 15 mins goes by and I was still unhelped I would not be coming back to this party city again!! This is the last time that I am ever stepping foot in a all mexican own Party City. This happened to me in 2019 of September. I am reading everybody's else review about this party city and I should of taken their advice on what they was telling people, I am done with all party citys in chicago

11 December 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling customer service

Appalling customer service, no response to emails. Paid extra for premium delivery, order hasn't arrived 2 days after date supplied & is now too late to be used. BUYER BEWARE

10 December 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stay away from this company

Like many the above I trusted this company was Irish, I ordered items for my son's graduation, 17 days still haven't arrived, Graduation was last Thursday, I have sent 3 emails and no reply, not only that when you put in your order number, the system won't recognise your number, do not order form this site. My biggest regret was I didn't review the company, something I always do

21 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

stay away

I wanted to support an Irish company as I know many are struggling due to the pandemic. I deeply regret giving my business to this company. they are a franchise for an UK company even though their website very much leads you to believe it is an Irish company. I waited 1 month for my items. I contacted them 4 times. no one responded to me. I spoke to the manager and assistant manager who made absolutely no effort to help me with my order. I was given an uk number to ring at my own expense. when I rang I was put through to an automated answering service and given an email address to use. I was not offered a refund and was told I couldn't get one as my funds went to the UK company. the only reason I actually recieved my order is because after waiting an hour on the phone a very nice lady in ups sorted my order. they are absolutely appalling to deal with. stay away! if there was an option, I'd give them zero stars.

16 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I'm done with Party City all together

I'm done with Party City all together. I made a purchase for my kids costumes in advance to assure that they would be delivered on time. The delivery date said for the 27th that made me happy because if it did not fit I would have just exchanged it at the store. The 28th came and still no costume. I called customer service they assured it was on its way. I tracked it and it said in transit. Here I am on 11/2/20 still no costume. I call customer service and they say " oh it's in transit to arrive to day". Remind you that's what it's been saying for the last 3 days. The same info on the online tracking. At this point I feel that I am entitled to my FULL REFUND back to my card. The representative that does not work for Party City but through an agency was not able to do much from home where she was working. She honestly needs better training as well as to what to say and how to speak to people on the phone. Because if she was trained properly she would not be telling me that it's okay that my package did not come. She should have been showing a little empathy being that Halloween was two days ago. But of course she only goes by what she is taught. I asked for a supervisor. She did not know whom her supervisor was or even to escalate the call too. This is the worse customer service Party City has ever shown me. Then I have to fight with USPS to refuse a package that I never received even up to today the mail already ran. So once again the rep tell me it's due for delivery to and the mail ran already so what are they going to tell me next? NEVER AGAIN. Ill go to the Halloween Spirit store.

2 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Went into Burlington location to pick…

Went into Burlington location to pick up a costume that someone had on at a small gathering last night. She told me she got it at Party City. Rather than buy them on Amazon, which I could easily have done, I opted to go into a local retailer in my community and buy it from them. To my surprise they had 50% off on costumes. Wonderful. When I asked about the Monach wings that I wanted they told me they were already packed up in a box. I asked if they new which box, as their promotion started in November 1st. I guess what perplexes me most is why if you have a promotion of 50% off on Halloween costumes, would you pack them all up on-the 1st day of the promotion? When I pushed the manager a bit to help me, she told me that Canadian Tire had purchased them and they are not individually operated anymore, or some hung of that nature. I’ve been in retail as a vendor for 35 years...not only do I not need to know the back story as an excuse not to service me properly, I don’t understand the entire experience. I left feeling frustrated and disappointed.
Fortunately instead of ordering on Amazon, I called the Oakville Party City and the young girl I spoke to was quick to help and is holding the wings for me. I will have to drive there to pick them up, but appreciate that they were helpful. I won’t go into the Burlington location again:(

1 November 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Customer Service Gave The Runaround

I purchased a costume to pick up in store and they called to cancel because part of the costume was missing. Then I placed an online order and they shipped the wrong one. When I called to get the new one shipped the representative said it was being re-sent and I would get a confirmation email. I did not get an email. I called back to confirm the order was shipped and going to arrive and received a tracking number and they said it would arrive the same day or the day after. After I hung up I tried the tracking number and it didn't work. When I called back they said that there was no reorder that had been placed and no record of me calling. So the tracking number was false? I'm still not sure and they could not provide any answers. This has honestly been a terrible experience and I never write reviews. I would recommend shopping elsewhere unless you want a hassle.

30 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Company that shouldn't be in the market

Order placed on 15/10, never received . Customer service contacted on 28/10 and there is no apology of any kind, simply an explanation "there was not enough room in the sticker to write your full address so UPS didn't find it". And it is to me the customer to contact UPS and try to locate my parcel because my daughter's birthday is in 3 days and I won't have time to order somewhere else. My parcel had been programmed for return already so customer simply announces I will be reimbursed upon receiving my order. No "we're sorry for OUR mistake", nothing. Is there a way to rate 0 this company or report it somewhere so that it is no longer in the market?

28 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not reliable - delivery service shocking

Ordered a halloween costume for school dress up. Delivery was due the day before the event. They use UPS (who are useless) and their website/tracking system does not work. One week later it still has not arrived. Party city refunded my delivery cost but won't refund actual item until UPS turn up (whenever that may be) and I refuse the item. Shocking service.

28 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

big disappointment

Ordered a halloween costume expecting it to arrive within 3 days. The tracking hasn't changed in days and I have yet to receive any response from their customer service team. Don't order here.

26 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Guaranteed disappointment!

Once this company has your money they have a don't care attitude. Customer service is basically non existent unless you are placing an order.

Finding any joy in dealing with this company is like drawing blood from a stone.

My order was due for delivery TODAY and it has not even updated from "pending shipment".

If you want to be guaranteed your goodies for Halloween to be delivered in time. Don't order them from Party City

21 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely terrible experience with the…

Extremely terrible experience with the Eastgate location, the man behind the desk was very rude and unprofessional and when I called back later to sort things out he was even worse on the phone. If I could give this location zero stars I would.

19 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BAD company with very misleading…

A BAD company with very misleading names for their products and prices. I bought the same products with more in each packet for less than a fraction of the price in deals. They took five days to reply as the returns page wasn’t working and I’m still having difficulty absolute shambles

18 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The young guy at the counter was beyond…

The young guy at the counter was beyond arrogant and rude. I don’t know why he was maybe he doesn’t like Asians but his way of behaving towards me was really unbelievable. I also found that while I swiped my credit card it quickly gave the music notification and the ✅ sign , so i assumed my card rang up the transaction. However he just rudely remarked Ma’m you haven’t paid . Its embarrassing but I just let him know I had gotten notifications that my card was previously approved. But I went ahead and inserted it again. It might be a problem with their card machine etc but my intentions were honest.!! Yet he was arrogant about it when I explained this. Im not going to Sawmill Party city ever again. If basic politeness isint available, its best to not go.

17 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Pick up order delays

Ordered some balloons for my kid's birthday and used curbside pickup. Pick up was at 5 and I didn't get my balloons until 5:40 and said they couldn't find my order. Glad that they were kind and got my order in the end, but wish they could do better with timing with pickup orders.

16 October 2020
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered some stuff online and they…

I ordered some stuff online and they charged me the wrong amount my total was $38 and they charged me $30 at first and once they shipped my stuff they charged me the actual $38 I waited because I thought it would get fixed and charged me the rest of what I should be paying, both payments are posted on my account called them and the lady was no use she told me to wait 14 days lol and that she only sees the $38 that I paid. Waste of my time and money.

15 October 2020
Unprompted review

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