Much better value…and still great fun
Jul 21st, 2008 by Dani
Indoor play centres suck. The food is ridden with chemical preservatives and colours, the children are feral, visibility bad and there is always some unsupervised brat beating up on at least one of my children. Just to top it all off, you’re lucky to escape under $30. So it’s a long time since I’ve been to one.
Personally, I’m a picnic in the park girl in pretty much all weather but sometimes it just isn’t possible. So three times lately, I’ve found myself having a play date at the Doncaster Inn. It serves good, honest pub fare in the $18 - $30 price range. The kids menu is wonderful, of course the ubiquitous nuggets and fish and chips are there but there are also wholesome options like a vegie pasta bake and baked chicken and vegetable tortillas. Kids meals come with a free drink. Best of all, as far as kids are concerned, there is a big play room!
Sounds pretty sweet right? But wait, there’s more! Monday and Tuesday lunches there is a free kids meal deal. One free kids meal for every adult main meal purchased. As the Lil Miss doesn’t eat a massive amount, there are free bread rolls and the serves are massive, I can get away with buying lunch for myself and getting a free pasta bake for the kids. I end up feeding the end of mine to the kids too as I can’t manage to finish a main. I’m a big eater but the serves really are huge. So far I’ve sampled the steak sandwich, the vegetarian gnocchi and the chicken parmagiana. I can recommend them all. The service is great too. Nice friendly pub staff.
So if you’re ever in the area and need to entertain both yourself and children around a meal time, it has my stamp of approval.
