Smaaash sounded like such a boy-bonding place that I waited for long to do this with my son and a group of boys. Eventually when we went, it was the usual threesome: me and my two kids, Vani and Ammol. Smaaash is a cross between a wannabe club and an indoor entertainment place. The lighting is dim, the look is glossy and the sounds are cheerful, as Smaaash-T-shirt attired staff briskly walks around the space. The counter to buy your gaming card has a menu of choices. A large interactive screen is also placed strategically at the door, so that you can see your gaming and entertainment options.

The cricket pitch is the most attractive, and we watch while families, who have paid, watch their family members knock the cricket balls that are sent via a machine. The wait for the cricket pitch is long, so we move to play football. At Goalie Guacamole (for that is what it has been named), you pay '500 for 10 chances at a penalty shootout. Guarding the goalpost is a stick goalie who swings up to block the ball that you kick. I can see a family of kids that have just attempted to kick a goal and behind my kids are a set of giggling under-graduates. Both Ammol and Vani take turns at fobbing the goalie. All in vain.