Here I am again talking about our favourite places to go with the kids. This time it’s also a beautiful café which is located inside Cabinteely Park.
Not long ago, I wrote about Cabinteely Park and playground: one of the best in Dublin. Even though we’ve known the park for quite some time, we only found out about its Café and Japanese Gardens a couple of months ago…
The park has two big entries: one on Bray Road (the one we normally use) and the other one on Park Drive, just beside St Brigid’s Girls National School – this entrance is the main entrance and there are some free parking spaces for the park visitors.
If you drive to this last entrance on Park Drive, you won’t miss this sign:
From the outside, this café looks just like an ordinary one: just a nice place to have a cup of coffee before a morning walk in the park, but please, go to the back and you’ll see the beautiful Japanese garden they have. And if the day is sunny, you’ll be able to enjoy some warm sunshine while you have breakfast.
It is very recommendable to arrive early -specially during the summer months when the weather is warmer- so you won’t have problems getting a table outside. Usually We go there at breakfast time, and it’s perfect for our needs: there is a good variety of pastries (my kids love the biiiig cookies and I always ask for a muffin), and the coffee is well prepared and very well presented and, according to my husband, the hot chocolate tastes really good. Perfect for a light snack before heading to the park!
Some weeks ago, we spent a whole morning in the park and made our first stop in the cafe for a revitalizing breakfast (playing football with the kids for a couple of hours can be pretty tiresome). The weather was beautiful and I took these pictures to share with you. Hope you like them… and you like the place.
Any body been there for lunch? Is it worth a try?
Laura is a Spanish full time mum of two boys (aged 3 and 5) living in Dublin since 2007. She is always looking for things to do with the kids in our free time; child friendly cafés, different family oriented activities… and she loves sharing her discoveries with other mums. For more child-friendly places to visit, follow her on Expat with Kids in Dublin
