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Leeds
What it’s like
A board game café in Leeds with quiz nights and paint-and-wine evenings, plus a coffee house and bar on site.
This is a café built around board games rather than a soft play or a farm, so the day out here is more about sitting down together with a game than tearing round a room. There's a board games night on the calendar, a free speedquiz night if your lot fancy testing their general knowledge, and Paintvine sessions mixing painting with a drink for the grown ups, though that last one's clearly not one for the kids to join in with.
Most days it's open from 9am and shuts at 3pm, which suits a morning or early afternoon visit rather than a lazy all-day plan. Thursday's the exception, running through to 9pm, so that's your best bet if you want an evening slot with older children in tow for the board games or the quiz. Weekends keep the same 10am to 3pm window, so a Saturday morning coffee and a game before lunch fits the schedule better than turning up expecting a long stretch of the afternoon.
There's a coffee house and bar on site, so you're not going without a decent flat white or something stronger while the kids pick over the games shelf. Parking's straightforward too, with a council car park a minute's walk away rather than anything on site, and the building itself is wheelchair accessible with an accessible toilet and baby change if you've got a pushchair or a little one in tow.
Facilities
Need to know
- Parking
- Council car park 1 min away
- Food
- Coffee house and bar on site
- Thursday is the only day it stays open into the evening, until 9pm
- The speedquiz night is free
- Weekend hours are shorter than you might expect, 10am to 3pm only
- Parking is a short walk away in the council car park, not on site
Plan your visit
What is there for kids to do?
There's a board games night and a free speedquiz night, both good for families who fancy sitting down together rather than running about. Paintvine is a paint and wine event, which reads more like one for the adults.
What are the opening hours?
Monday to Wednesday and Friday it's 9am to 3pm, Thursday it stretches to 9pm, and weekends are 10am to 3pm.
Do we need to book ahead?
There's no booking link listed, so it looks like you can just turn up.
Is there parking nearby?
A council car park a minute's walk away covers it, rather than parking on site.
Is it accessible with a pushchair or wheelchair?
Yes, the building is wheelchair accessible and there's baby change and an accessible toilet on site.
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