The Peacock Lounge

What it’s like

A café and bar for a sit-down family treat, built around afternoon tea and cake rather than kids' activities.

This is a café and bar first, not a soft play or an activity centre, so the appeal for kids here is the food itself: sharing boards, cakes and a proper afternoon tea with sandwiches and sweet treats to work through at the table. If your children are the sort who get excited about a tiered cake stand and picking their own hot chocolate, that's the draw rather than anything to climb on or run about in.

The afternoon tea is £20, with fizzy or Champagne versions at £25 if the adults fancy something in a glass while the kids go for the soft drinks and hot chocolates on offer. It's a proper sit-down booking too, needing at least two people and 48 hours notice, with payment taken up front, so this isn't a spontaneous drop-in for a quick bite. Breakfast, brunch and lunch are all on the menu as well if afternoon tea isn't what you're after.

Opening hours stretch from 10am, and most days you're done by 5pm, though Thursday and the weekend run later, up to 9pm or even 11pm on Friday and Saturday. Saturday night brings live music from 8pm, which is a nice touch for the evening but well past the point most family visits will have wrapped up. Sundays are private events only, so that's one day off the table if you're planning ahead.

There's no age range given, so it reads as somewhere for a family treat rather than a place built around kids' entertainment. Birthday parties and group bookings are catered for if you're after a venue for a celebration rather than a regular in-and-out visit.

Facilities

Need to know

Best for

Families wanting a sit-down café treat rather than an activity day out

Food

Café and bar with breakfasts, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, sharing boards and cakes

Parties

Private and group bookings available for birthdays, baby showers and other special events

• Afternoon tea needs 48 hours notice, two people minimum, and payment upfront, so it's not a walk-in option
• Sundays are for private events only, so plan another day for a family visit
• Saturday night has live music from 8pm, well after a typical family sitting
• There's no age range listed, so it suits families after a sit-down treat rather than a kids' activity day out

Plan your visit

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