The City Cafe

What it’s like

A café with pool tables, karaoke rooms and an all day menu, open late every night of the week.

This one's less about a soft play frame and more about pool games, a proper karaoke session and the "Ultimate Burger Challenge" if your kids fancy a laugh with their lunch. There's a private karaoke room too, which is the bit that makes it work for a birthday party rather than just a normal café trip. Get a table of ten singing badly together and you've got the whole afternoon sorted.

The hours are the standout thing here. Open from 9am right into the small hours (1am on Fridays and Saturdays), so it's not chained to the usual café clock. That's handy if your day's gone sideways and you need somewhere flexible for a late lunch or an early tea, though obviously the later end of those hours is more for the grown ups than the kids.

Food is all day breakfasts and burgers, so nobody's stuck waiting for a "lunch menu" to start. It's a decent shout for a birthday if you want the private karaoke room, and they mention hen parties and corporate bookings too.

Need to know

Food

All day breakfasts and burgers served

Parties

Hen parties, kids birthdays, corporate events available with private karaoke rooms

• The private karaoke room is worth asking about if you're planning a birthday
• It stays open until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays, later than most café stops
• The all day breakfast means you're not tied to typical meal times

Plan your visit

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