Child Friendly Cafe Post Reply

[Catherine123]

Yes I strongly recommend Ben Colenutt at Jamieson Alexander. Charming guy that specialises in property law, it incredibly efficient and always happy to have an initial chat first to see if he can help. I have recommended him to all my friends too.
Ben@jamiesonalexander.co.uk
Tel 03302000063

[CBear10]

Hi I am a commercial property Solicitor based in the West End. Do feel free to call me l if you want to chat through DD Jackie 020 7467 8722

[SouthLondonDaddy]

Ever heard of Trio Cafe on Bellenden road?
https://goo.gl/maps/9wUW9jEWVLv
Bellenden road is between East Dulwich and Peckham; residential, a couple of primary schools and expensive organic butcher nearby, popular with families, etc. – in many ways similar to many areas in Nappy Valley.

Trio Café was open for, I believe, less than 2 years, probably from early 2015 till mid 2016 or so. The architects who designed it still have pictures on their website: http://www.mwarchitects.co.uk/?p=1825

It was meant to be a child-friendly café with a nice play area and toys. I don’t know 100% why it closed, if it went bust or what, but I, like many, suspect too much of the clientele was, in fact, mums who paid for a single espresso then stayed the whole afternoon keeping their children playing there.

I think it’s not straightforward to find the balance between making a place child-friendly, but not so much so that families pay £2 and spend the whole morning or afternoon there!

You’ll probably find some old discussions on the East Dulwich Forum.
Btw, a pizzeria replaced Trio, but it lasted less than a year, and has now been replaced by another pizzeria. Not sure why the first pizzeria didn’t last as it seemed to be always full.

[UnderTheWillowTree]

Ever heard of Trio Cafe on Bellenden road?
https://goo.gl/maps/9wUW9jEWVLv
Bellenden road is between East Dulwich and Peckham; residential, a couple of primary schools and expensive organic butcher nearby, popular with families, etc. – in many ways similar to many areas in Nappy Valley.

Trio Café was open for, I believe, less than 2 years, probably from early 2015 till mid 2016 or so. The architects who designed it still have pictures on their website: http://www.mwarchitects.co.uk/?p=1825

It was meant to be a child-friendly café with a nice play area and toys. I don’t know 100% why it closed, if it went bust or what, but I, like many, suspect too much of the clientele was, in fact, mums who paid for a single espresso then stayed the whole afternoon keeping their children playing there.

I think it’s not straightforward to find the balance between making a place child-friendly, but not so much so that families pay £2 and spend the whole morning or afternoon there!

You’ll probably find some old discussions on the East Dulwich Forum.
Btw, a pizzeria replaced Trio, but it lasted less than a year, and has now been replaced by another pizzeria. Not sure why the first pizzeria didn’t last as it seemed to be always full.

Thank you for this! Will def get in touch!!

[nvmof3]

One of the biggest reasons I stop going to kid friendly cafes is lack of cleanliness. If you have a play area, it needs to be spotless, with no risk of finding spat out sandwich in the toy boxes. From memory, grubby highchairs and filthy play area was one of the most common complaints about Crumpet. If you keep it spotless, then the clientele will keep coming back.

[Ems74]

I prefer the highchairs that go right up to the table as this helps teach table manners and the type with trays will take up far too much room. Booster seats would also be fab for the older ones who are too big for a high chair but find the table too high to eat at when sitting on a chair.

Agree that some meet and fish needs to be served, menu looks great but some basics as suggested also please.

Needs to be very clean with prompt table clean up and the interior designed to soak up the noise so that a conversation can still be had without shouting. Also no loud background music!

Good luck