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Best Kids Cafes with Play Areas

Play equipment inside Pinwheels Cafe

When it comes to high chairs and babycinos, Brisbane's got it covered. Each of the child-friendly cafes listed below have gone the extra mile, with play areas and kids menus to keep younger cafe goers happy while parents and carers relax with a coffee and bite to eat. Some have entire playgrounds on site while others have chalk boards, drawing corners or fun miniature libraries to keep everyone smiling. Here are best cafes in and around Brisbane with fantastic indoor and outdoor play areas for kids:

VEND Cafe Virginia

A retro-cool, child- and dog-friendly cafe in Virginia serving up dishes crafted from locally-sourced produce, VEND Cafe has a huge outdoor play area (which both kids and parents will love!) set under shade sails, with plenty of space for large groups and for your little ones to run around.

Jungle Adventure Play

Interior of Jungle Adventure Play

Located in Tingalpa and North Lakes, this massive jungle-themed adventure wonderland for all ages has an onsite cafe and restaurant, the perfect spot to watch The Jungle’s antics under the jungle canopy, protected from the wilds while you enjoy a delicious bite to eat in the fully licensed venue

Cream House Premium Kids Cafe

Cream House Sunnybank Hills

Located in Sunnybank Hills, Cream offers a unique top quality dining experience for adults with a fantastic state of the art indoor play area for kids aged 6 years and under. The café boasts an abundance of spacious, family-sized tables, complete with comfy chairs and cosy lounges, with a diverse menu

Pinwheel Island Kids Cafe

Pinwheel Island Kids Cafe

Macgregor’s Pinwheel Island Kids Cafe is a fabulously bright and cheery space, boasting great food and super-fun play options. Best suited to kids under seven (although older siblings are welcome), Pinwheel Island is a dream come true for any fun-loving kid and their parents/carers

Birds And Bees Cafe

Birds And Bees Cafe Everton Hills

Serving a delicious menu of Colombian-flavoured dishes, and with tables arranged beneath the large undercover balcony overlooking the treetops, Birds and Bees Cafe also offers a fully fenced children's play area complete with chalkboard and miniature tables and chairs

Cafe Diversity Redcliffe

This licensed cafe restaurant in the heart of Redcliffe, across the road from the sea, has a dedicated kids menu and an excellent onsite play area that even has swings for the little ones

Victoria Park Bistro

Victoria Park Bistro

Victoria Park Bistro has it all - an onsite putt putt course, kids playground, Toptracer, and on weekends and holidays, lawn games and a jumping castle. The family friendly bistro itself is open for all day dining, from breakfast to dinner on weekends and there's onsite parking too

The Nurso, Chandler

The family friendly nursery at Chandler has an onsite cafe with childrens menu, a small kids play area and the Nurso Farm hwere kids can get up close to alpacas, hens, guinea fowls and ducks. There are also tricycles for kids to ride around the nursery with their parents

Chapter IV Paddington

With a secluded verandah overlooking Brisbane's inner north, and one of Brisbane's best breakfast menus, this cafe is the ideal place to take the kids. They have their own children's play room with a thoughtful collection of toys and activities to keep little ones entertained

The Alley Everton Park

The highlight for families here is definitely the on site playground. There is nothing quite like sitting down quietly for morning tea while the kids have a ball and meet new friends on the play equipment

Black Milk Coffee

Black Milk Coffee Oxley

Black Milk Coffee is a hidden gem of a child and dog friendly cafe, with a creative industrial vibe and a Mexican influenced menu

The Cafe Kalina

Cafe Kalina Springfield

With stunning countryside views, this family friendly cafe is surrounded by pathways leading to adventure playgrounds and equipment which will delight the littlest of family members including a climbing wall aimed at smaller children

Peach Cafe, Auchenflower

With a spacious courtyard out the back and a fully fenced outdoor playground around the side, this cafe is ideal for families. The menu has thoughtfully added children's meal deals with sandwich, juice and fruit platters included

Cafe Lagarto Samford

Samford's Lifestyle Centre is home to this country style cafe with its own fenced play area, suitable for younger children and there's even some farm animals to see. Seating for this cafe is a dotted around the nursery with calming water features and colorful flowers to inspire the inner gardener.

The Secret Garden

Crepe caravan at edge of garden

A charming open air cafe specializing in crepes and surrounded by grassy parklands and huge trees, and with a fantastic undercover play area, it makes a particularly conducive child-friendly spot to meet for coffee

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