The Parkside Cafe in Reading

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.

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.

Very helpful staff. Yummy food, with allergies well considered! Plus a small soft play area which all the kids love! Can easily keep an eye on the little ones.

Handy little cafe in the YMCA building on Parkside Road. Good for morning coffee or a quick lunch. Popular with families with kids in the area and an easy five minute walk from there to Prospect Park to work off all those slices of cake.

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.

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.

Cannot say anything negative about The Parkside Cafe. Great food, friendly staff and play area to occupy the little ones. It is a shame it isn't open on Saturdays at the moment as it was an ideal place for all our family to meet up and see our mum who lives in Jasmine Care Home - just around the corner.

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!

Great little cafe. Very good value. But noisy as it's very popular with mums with toddlers. Will definitely frequent a bit more in the summer, where you can sit outside.

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.