nice place for an afternoon for 3-year-old when weather is terrible

Joined: Jan 10, 2005
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Review of The Familier
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Spent yesterday afternoon at the Familier Center, a cute little indoor play center in Chaowai Soho. Prices are kind of steep -- I think it's 88 kuai for 2 hours of play -- but that helps the place from becoming overcrowded.

The best deal is if you buy a set lunch for 3 (2 adults + 1 kid) = 158 kuai, and then your kid gets to play for free.

The food is not great (kind of what you'd get in a small chinese-run coffee shop) and service is shaky, but it's clean and there's plenty of it in the set (we got a pizza, spaghetti, french fries, 3 soups, a bowl of udon noodles, one coffee and 2 small servings of ice cream). So as long as you are not really picky you can feed three and have an afternoon of fun for the sum total of 158 (not so bad at all).

Lots of books and magazines are on site, a little cafe, a small climbing wall, a mini play supermarket and a pool of plastic balls are among the highlights.

definitely worth a visit. I'd say the best ages for it would be 2-4.