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A guide to the best child-friendly cafes in Brisbane, from the bay to the city and beyond. Most of these Brisbane cafes have great kids menus, room for prams and some even have their own play areas or back onto some great kids parks:

Best Kids Cafes with Play Areas

The best cafes in Brisbane with indoor and outdoor kids play areas

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Bardon

Goodfolk Cafe

Goodfolk Cafe in Bardon is a charming child & dog-friendly cafe offering specialty coffee and all-day breakfast fare

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Morningside

Sarmic Café

Sarmic Café is a cool foodie's café located on Wynnum Rd, Morningside, which for many years had its home in Bulimba

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Manly

Groundhog Social

Groundhog Social is a bright and airy cafe perched in prime position on the Esplanade in Manly

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Windsor

Outside In Cafe

Outside In Cafe occupies a spacious courtyard, with plenty of tables dotted around the undercover area

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South Bank

Happy Pops

Happy Pops in South Bank is serving happiness on a stick with their handcrafted artisanal gelato popsicles

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Springwood

The Laneway Green

The Laneway Green in Springwood is an absolute gem of a foodie cafe inspired by the laneway cafes of Melbourne

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In Brisbane

Best Child-Friendly Cafes

Eight of the best child friendly cafes in Brisbane with outstanding play spaces

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Tarragindi

Umu Kitchen

Umu Kitchen is a charming, child-friendly and dog-friendly café found in the lovely, leafy suburb of Tarragindi

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Cannon Hill

Cooee Cafe & Restaurant

Minnippi Golf & Range has this gorgeous al fresco cafe, restaurant & bar with stunning views

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Yeronga

M.Y. Roasting Cafe

M.Y. Roasting Café is a charming child-friendly and dog-friendly cafe tucked away in Yeronga

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Wacol

Black Cat Cafe

RSPCA’s Black Cat Café in Wacol is an interactive cat café where customers can enjoy a cup of coffee and bite to eat while watching the resident cats play

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Camp Hill

Nodo

Nodo, Brisbane’s favourite gluten-free donut shop and foodie’s café, has opened its third outlet in Camp Hill Marketplace

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Wynnum

The Rabbit Hole Cafe & Bar

The Rabbit Hole Cafe has outdoor tables to welcome pets, relaxing indoor corners and an inspirational space upstairs

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Grange

Huskk Cafe

Huskk is a fab foodie’s café on a busy corner in Grange offering all day breakfast along with locally roasted Bear Bones coffee

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Stafford

Little Ashton

Little Ashton is an al fresco venue in Stafford, featuring a diverse menu and views across the Gorilla's footy field

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