Food: Sugar overload cakes, hotdogs(?), sandwiches and other NY style offerings such as cheesecake
Child Friendliness: Excellent but facilities are limited
Access: Reasonable, room for the provided highchairs and buggies
Prices: Good. Babyccino - 50p - although proceeds go to charity
Ambiance: Kids, kids and....ahem, kids
Touted as the cafe to take kids to for some reprise, owned by Peter Andre #dadoftheyear, a free soft play area, kids lunchboxes and drinks - amazing. Hold on a free soft play area, what here in Brighton? the London of the South?? Yes, I had high hopes for this oasis of child friendly awesomeness in the centre of town. We arrived midweek before lunch for a coffee and to sample the facilities. We weren't alone. The giddy implications of the word 'free' have been taken on board...and possibly taken advantage of. The tables around the disappointingly small play area had been taken and when I say taken I mean some kind of ritualistic ceremony may have taken place to establish ownership. We had to sit at the front of the cafe by the door (which didn't shut properly) a long way away from any hedonistic playing. I tried to plop Ivy in the sealed off area after a bit, it had a few food shaped soft play bits but she was having none of it. Her peers were being 'supervised' from behind iphones and were a bit rowdy. So she was tethered into an high chair and let loose on her babyccino. Our lattes were... ok. Overall, the place was a bit homogeneous and didn't really have any character but the staff were on their A game and were chatty to Ivy. Maybe we should go back and try and stake our claim 'at the back' but I'm not desperate, even for a free soft play.
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