Customer Reviews

Fisher-Price Dora's Talking Kitchen

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4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

My three year old received this for her birthday and she absolutely loves it (barely stops cooking long enough to eat real food and sleep, lol).

BUT!

Mommy is a little disappointed. I heard Dora and Map take you on a cooking adventure to find ingredients. I'm not sure I'd call it an "adventure". For instance, one recipe card is for Strawberry Pancakes. You insert the card into Map and all Dora says is, "Let's make strawberry pancakes. Let's go on an adventure to find ingredients. We need strawberries (then also says the Spanish word for strawberries), butter (then Spanish word for butter), and eggs (and Spanish word for eggs).".

That's it. No, now mix the ingredients and pour into the pan, nothing. No, first you go over strawberry mountain to get the strawberries, lol. I was just expecting more than 3 ingredients to be mentioned for each recipe card.

Another thing I don't like is the phone. You can pick the phone up and it rings. You talk to Diego, Boots, and Abuela. But NO DORA!?!?

The blender makes a few different sounds, including the normal blender sounds, then Dora also tells you it's a blender (using both English and Spanish). Same with the radio.

That's all the interaction you get with the kitchen.

Overall the kitchen is durable. The fridge and oven doors stay shut and aren't flimsy. There are two picture frames on the fridge door and you can insert your own pictures into the frames.

It was not difficult to assemble either. Everything just snaps into place and then screws are inserted to hold it in place. It took me about 45 minutes with several interuptions from my three year old to put this kitchen together.

But my daughter is happy, and that makes me happy. She has never played with a kitchen with hundreds of sounds, so she doesn't realize her Dora kitchen doesn't do everything other kitchens will do. She is very imaginative and uses her own sounds anyways. She is obsessed with Dora (she literally thinks she is Dora) so she is thrilled with this kitchen. I give the kitchen 3 stars from my perspective, but she would give the kitchen more than the 5 stars allowed.

ETA: Ok, we've had this kitchen a little longer and I want to correct something. The cooking adventure does involve more. Silly mommy didn't realize it when I wrote this review, but if you press the picture of the ingredient on the map, Dora will say "you can find strawberries at strawberry mountain", etc. Once you press all 3 ingredients Dora will say "now mix the ingredients", "we did it!".

Also, there are only FIVE recipe adventures, not seven like they advertise.

Finally, we did have to take our first kitchen back to TRU after having it for only 28 days. It stopped working. I replaced the batteries and still, it would only say one or two words then shut off. We've had this second one for about as long and so far so good (keeping my fingers crossed though!). If this one stops working, I WILL be exchanging it for a different kitchen. I'm still disappointed you can't talk to Dora on the phone, that's kind of crazy, it is HER kitchen afterall!

For my daughter's 2nd birthday, she received the Disney Princess Talking Kitchen. It was cute but started falling apart in about 6 months. When I saw the Dora kitchen in the stores, I knew that she would love it. She's almost 3 now and I must say she plays with this almost every day.

The kitchen components are made of plastic and while they are not as thick as a Little Tykes kitchen, they are definitely better than the Princess kitchen. It took me about 45 minutes to assemble this with no assistance.

It is somewhat small width-wise and sits flush against a wall. Two toddlers (or 4 year olds) could easily stand side by side and play together. There is a refrigerator with "pictures" of Dora and Boots and you can slide in your own photos on top of Dora. This also comes with a cooktop, and oven plus 3 cards that slide into the recipe slot at the top of the kitchen.

The food and accessories are also excellent and help the child incorporate those recipe cards so they can "make" Cowboy Cookies, Empanadas and a couple of other dishes.

As far as the limited sounds and the disappointment that many are expressing, I'm quite happy. But I'm also a big believer that today's toys rely too heavily on electronics and batteries and take away from a child using their own imagination. My kids have repeatedly asked where the batteries go (in other toys) and the other day, my almost 3 year old held up a stuffed animal and asked "what does this do?". But I digress.

Dora says some phrases in English and Spanish and will prompt your child to gather ingredients for those recipes.

I'm also eager to get the other food sets that just came out for this kitchen.

I got this for my 2 yo Daughter who LOVES dora. for the price of $79 it isnt worth it.

only the map, blender and radio make sounds. nothing else does.

some other sets have hundreds of noises but not this one.

if you are buying it for pretend play or just because it is DORA (which was our case b/c daughter went nuts when we saw it and cried for it) then you will be happy. But if you want one that makes noises or is interactive etc then dont buy this one.

i knew better than to buy this thing. ugg. now it is put together and just dont feel like lugging it to the store for a refund.

I bought this item because it was Dora. I was disappointed with quality of the plastic, compared to the Little Tikes kitchen. Otherwise, great idea if they improved the durability.

MY DAUGHTER ABSOLUTELY LOVES DORA AND THIS KITCHEN.SHE LOVES ALL THE PARTS THAT TALK, ESPECIALLY THE PHONE.SHE IS ALWAYS COOKING MOMMY AND DADDY SOMETHING ON HER STOVE, AND WE ALL SIT AT THE TABLE AND (PRETEND) TO EAT IT.SHE HAS LOTS OF FUN WITH THIS TOY.I WOULD EVEN SAY IF YOUR KID ISNT CRAZY ABOUT DORA THEY WOULD STILL LIKE THIS, OF COURSE IF THEY LIKE DORA THEY WILL KNOW THE MEANINGS BEHING SOME OF THE THINGS,BUT ANYWAYS.I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON THE DURABILITY, MY DAUGHTER IS A BIT CRAZY AT TIMES WITH HER TOYS AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS TOY WILL NOT BRAKE, THE OVEN DOOR COMES OFF ONCE IN AWHILE BUT IT POPS RIGHT BACK ON THERE, GOOD AS NEW!! I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL IN SOME WAY.

If it were not for the fact that my daughter loves Dora the Explorer, I would never have bought this item. It, to me, is very cheaply made. There were other kitchens at Toys R Us that they had displayed that were much more durable and larger. The plastic on this is very flimsy. The back of the kitchen is open and the toys can fall through the back.

The assembly was fairly simple and my kids seemed to really like it, but I feel that if I had bought a different talking kitchen, they would have liked it just as much.

I just got this for my 2 1/2 year old. I was very disappointed. After getting it home from Toys-R-Us I had to go back and ask for another one because the 28 pieces were missing! After getting my new kitchen home and putting it together I am even more disappointed. The radio makes blender noises and the Blender makes the radio noises! I don't think I am even going to bother getting a 3rd one. This kitchen has been sold out everywhere I have looked for it Targets, Walmarts, etc. so I thought it must have been a great toy. My daughter loves anything and everything Dora as most girls do....but take it from me this it NOT WORTH buying. It's a disappointment because I have been happy with all the other Dora toys.

I think us parents are forgetting the reason these toys are made. They are made to make our children happy not us. My daughter loves her kitchen. The smile on her face makes me happy. All she talks about is Dora so the fact that she is "cooking" in Dora's kitchen is just fine with her.

We bought this for my daughter last Christmas, she is now 3 and still loves it! This is the only toy that i can really say she still plays with from last Christmas. That right there says alot! I am so glad we bought this. My other daughter plays with her and occasionally my son does also. Ok so it may not be made as well as a Little Tikes Kitchen and occasionally the oven door comes off (no biggie) but overall i am very happy with this toy. I think it is great if your child loves Dora which is why we bought it at the time. It's really cute! Although my daughter is not as crazy about Dora as she use to be she still plays with it quite a bit and has alot of fun with it. I actually bought some dish sets, food sets and a cash register for them for Christmas just to add to the fun! They will have a ball! I would not pay much attention to the bad reviews keeping in mind if the child enjoys the toy in my opinion it's worth it. I took the time to write this review because i feel too many people are making this out to be a bad toy and it's not. I gave it a 4 only because i feel it could have been made a bit better. I would recommended it highly! Especially at the price right now $65.00 no tax and free shipping! Get it if you have a Dora fan! :)

I was disappointed with the quality of this kitchen considering the price. The back is not enclosed, so the food and utensils fall behind it. It is make of thinner plastic compared to little tyke kitchens. Our oven door falls off. It is also light weight, so when you open the doors you can easily pull the whole kitchen down on you.