Night and Day Cafe, Oracle, Reading (Debenhams)

Member Name: mrsbbq

Product:	Debenhams
Date:	24/08/00 (687 review reads)
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Advantages: child friendly, mums mates welcome too!

Disadvantages: EXCEEDINGLY slow service

My friends are producing sprogs left, right and (erm) center, so the usual nipping down to the pub has recently been put on hold until we can find a kiddie's welcome brew house. We tried out the fast food joints (nil points) and meeting in the park is OK when the sun shines, but luckily we then stumbled upon Debenhams cafe. This riverside venue is smartly decorated in blonde wood and tile floors, plenty of room between the tables for the baby buggy, nice clean baby changing facilities and (most important) they have a nice selection of chilled white wines.
Debenhams has recently won a child friendly award, and they are proudly displaying this fact. The baby chairs now carry the legend "VIP", food for the baby is provided free for the baby in a smart blue and green two portion dish, and bottle warmers are provided on request.

Update - what a difference a few weeks can make. Debenhams have changed the menu, making the least expensive dish about a fiver, however they now offer a cheap "fast track" menu (that was not being offered the day we visited). The disabled lift was blocked by furniture, so we struggled upstairs with the buggy, and waited so long to get served we left without placing an order. Hopeless!

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