The Whitstable Play Cafe

The Whitstable Play Cafe is a soft play café aimed squarely at younger children, with toys, soft activities and a slide that gets plenty of love from little ones. Reviews suggest it’s clean, well presented and easy to keep an eye on the children while you sit with a drink. Parents are unusually positive about the food and drinks here: halloumi, honey and Harris’s panini, toasties, coffee, matcha and lattes all get nods. It sounds like one of those rare places where you can actually have a civilised sit-down while the children are happily occupied. The main downside mentioned is the seating area getting a bit crowded, though the play space itself seems to cope well. It’s clearly best for younger children rather than older ones, and anything about parking, pram access or baby-change facilities is not mentioned in the reviews, so that remains unknown.