We’ve narrowed down the best kid friendly cafes in Brisbane based on facilities, play areas and kids menus. Take a look!
Take your pick at the many kid friendly cafés scattered across Brisbane and spend time unwinding with your little ones while enjoying great food!
With most of these cafés providing baby changing facilities onsite, plenty of pram space, and fun play areas that’s guaranteed to entertain your kids, choosing your next café stop will be a breeze.
Map of locations
Kid friendly cafés on Brisbane’s northside
Victoria Park Bistro: Herston
Equipped with a jumping castle every weekend and an 18-hole putt-putt golf course, there is ample for everyone to enjoy at Victoria Park Bistro! Not only do they have giant-sized games outdoors, but there is also a playground next to the bistro with climbing walls and imaginative play areas to keep your kids entertained. Relish in some woodfired pizzas and soak in the great ambience where they often star live music. Be sure to also check out what school holiday activities they offer.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Café Gia: Herston
Support a local café and savour homemade food at Café Gia like Nonna’s famous meatballs covered in napolitana sauce and mozzarella cheese! The café has a fenced playground outdoors with plenty of toys to keep your kids occupied while you scoff down some authentic goodies.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: No
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Willow & Spoon: Wilston
A grassy outdoor play area for your kids to run around in while you delight in a wide selection of seasonal food and fragrant coffee? Sign me up. With exceptional service and the option of indoor and outdoor seating, make Willow & Spoon your next café stop.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
The Secret Garden Ferny Hills: Ferny Hills
Like the name suggests, this café is a lovely, quiet retreat and a hideaway from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Indulge in one (or two) of their speciality crepes while your kids roam in their shaded play area.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: No
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: No
Café Diversity: Redcliffe
While Café Diversity is a bit of a drive from the city, the journey is well rewarded by the exceptional service and food awaiting you. (And the amazing, enclosed play area awaiting your kids. P.S., they have iPads). Serving classic favourites such as pancake stacks and eggs benedict as well as meals with an Asian fusion twist, there is a variety to choose from.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Kid friendly cafés in the Western suburbs
Chapter IV: Paddington
Dig into a soft-shell crab benny and one of their famous smoothies while enjoying splendid views from your balcony seat at Chapter IV. They have a gated toy-filled play area and a kids menu for your little ones to enjoy.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Paris Play Café: Toowong
Located inside Toowong Village, Paris Play Café boasts a big glass-enclosed play area with climbing equipment and llamas kids can ride on. Like the thought of relaxing in the quiet atmosphere and sipping on a coffee after a grocery run? Paris Play Café is just the place.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes – in the shopping centre
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Kid friendly cafés in the Eastern suburbs of Brisbane
Carport Café: Cannon Hill
With a unique and quirky aesthetic, this café is the perfect blend of cosy and tranquil. Plants and gardens surround the outdoor seating area, with a kids corner that has bikes to ride on and a chalkboard to nurture the artistic flair in your kids. Enjoy a classic smashed avo on toast or opt for something more adventurous – a Mediterranean Lentil Burger. Be aware that onsite changing facilities are not available.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: No
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Table 26: Carindale
We all know shopping with kids can sometimes be a handful. Popular amongst parents doing their shopping, Table 26 is conveniently located in Carindale Shopping Centre. Have a breather and grab one of their enticing meals while your kids entertain themselves at Table 26’s fully-enclosed neat play area or at their colouring-in station.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes – in the shopping centre
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
The Nurso: Chandler
Between appreciating the vast array of greenery, admiring artwork installations, and visiting their friendly animals, there’s plenty of things to do for families at Nurso’s. Not just a café, the Nurso is a transformed local garden centre turned plant nursery. Complete with a kids play area and ride-on tricycles for your kids to explore the nursery, both you and your kids can count on having a good time here.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
The Rabbit Hole Café: Seven Hills, Wynnum
With a diverse range of food from their Breakfast Gnocchi to their popular Brekkie Bao Buns and their rich coffee, it’s no wonder the locals opt for this place. They have an outdoor kids play area with lots of toys and bikes, as well as a kids menu that serve equally yummy food options. If you’re looking to go on a weekend, be sure to make a reservation beforehand as they get pretty busy!
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Kid friendly cafés on the Southside of Brisbane
Jugar: West End
Crowned as one of the most kid friendly cafés in Brisbane, Jugar has a fancy and intensive indoor playground equipped with interactive toys and climbing zones. Warning: your kids might never want to leave. Although their dishes are a bit on the pricier side, their exceptional service and the relaxing atmosphere make up for it.
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Evo Café: Yeronga
Tuck into their delightful Korean Fried Chicken or Breakfast Potato Croquettes while your little ones roam in their fully-fenced kids play area decked out with toys. Their lush, shaded outdoor seating provide a much-needed escape from the summer heat. With plenty of room for prams, highchairs, and changing facilities available, Evo Café is a great option for families. Pst, they recently changed their menu introducing more irresistible treats!
- 🍼 Highchairs: Yes
- 👶 Changing facilities: Yes
- 🧸 Play area: Yes
- 🍯 Kids menu: Yes
Our picks for the best kid friendly cafés in Brisbane
Who knew eating out with your kid could be so easy with an array of kid friendly café options to choose from? Whether you’re doing a quick grocery run or having a lunch out with friends, there’s a place waiting for you with yummy meals and infinitely fun play areas.
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