The Parkside Cafe
34 Parkside Road, RG30 2DD - Reading
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Outdoor seating
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Takeout
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Wheelchair accessible
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Accessible restroom
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Casual
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Contact Information
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Phone:
+44 118 957 5746
🌐 Website:
https://www.ymcareading.org/parkside-cafe
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Address:
34 Parkside Road, Reading
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Google Reviews (10)
Friendly atmosphere, good service, and kind and flexible to cater for allergies. Lots of toddlers enjoying the soft play, and the Wi-Fi was robust, despite being fairly busy.
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Nice place to have a coffee.Soft play area for toddlers. Bright clean and friendly.
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Cheap and cheerful, good lunch option for local area. Great coffee and pastries, extremely well priced. Card payment accepted.
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Great free softplay for toddlers. Very reasonably priced hot drinks, service very good ! Vegan cake available and was delicious.
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An amazing hidden gem only 5 minute walk from my house. Only wish I knew about it sooner. My breakfast was amazing and cheap. Very clean space with a lovely community feel.
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Lovely coffee, probably the nicest take away coffee in Reading, good food too. Staff are nice and friendly. Convenient place to grab a drink and food before a walk round Prospect Park. Closes at 2pm. Just need to ignore or shut your ears to the swearing teens that are sometimes outside.
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The Cafe has been here for about 6 years. It's next to a nursery and everyone else there but me was a mother with young children. There is a large play area for the children to play in safely. I had very good sausage sandwich on white bread, I was asked which sort of bread I wanted, and a latte that was made with water that was just a shade too hot. Not a place for quiet contemplation.
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Lovely little cafe that is run in support of the YMCA. Good selection of snacks and drinks at reasonable prices. Close to prospect park is a good place to visit before or after. Very good for young children with a small soft play area. There is a nice outside area with plenty of extra tables for nice weather and the staff are very nice. Also available for private hire at a reasonable price considering its location.
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We lived across the road from this cafe and it is fantastic. The little soft play was brilliant for our little one with the food and drink really well priced. We'd often just pop over when we weren't sure what to do. The staff were always friendly and willing to help. We've recently moved out of the area so really sad we won't be able to come here anymore!
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Staff are really excellent and great selection of teas coffee (only £2!) cakes and biscuits. Just a word of warning if you have young kids and go for the softplay be sure to stay with your kids while they play. My daughter has been kicked in the head, pushed over and scratched in the face (purposely) by other children...and that's with me supervising her. The staff were really excellent and came over to make sure she was ok.
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