Monkey Lounge

What it’s like

A café and bar with big screens for live sport, gourmet burgers and a kids menu on the same table.

This one's less a play café and more a place to eat well while something's on the telly. Four large screens show live sport, so if you've got a family match day to sit through, this covers it while the kids get their own menu instead of picking at chips off your plate.

The food's the bit that stands out from the site's own description: gourmet burgers, fresh pasta made daily, proper desserts. It's not a soft play with a snack bar bolted on, it reads more like a proper restaurant that happens to welcome kids and put screens on the wall. The drinks list stretches to cocktails and draught beer too, which tells you this is built for adults hanging around as much as for the kids eating with them.

It's open long hours, midday until 11 most nights and half ten on a Sunday, so there's no rush around a single sitting. Indoor seating throughout means you're not fighting the weather to get a table, and with a kids menu on offer you shouldn't need to negotiate a shared plate of pasta.

There's a booking option if you want to guarantee a table, which is worth doing if you're planning around a big match or a weekend slot when the screens will be drawing a crowd.

Facilities

Need to know

Food

Gourmet burgers, fresh pasta daily, kids meals and desserts

• It's indoor seating throughout, so a wet afternoon isn't a problem
• The drinks list includes cocktails and draught beer alongside the kids menu
• Screens showing live sport make this a good pick for a family match day out

Plan your visit

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