Playground Coffee & Bar

Just the space you need after a heavy meal in a crowded place. My partner and I came across this bar on our vacation here and 100% recommend. The most quiet and intimate bar, student friendly too which brought back memories of when I was student in such a vibrant town. Bristol has lots to offer but if you're looking for an inexpensive and quiet bar for the introverted like myself this it! Felt very at ease and the bar lady was incredibly kind, keep it up and I shall be returning again next time no doubt!

Yeah pretty good, fairly quiet but nice to sit outside. Bit of a weird toilet at the bottom of the stairs cause the staff door to change the lines is through the toilet so don’t go if someone is downstairs! You’ll have an awkward experience.

Super friendly staff, great cocktails too! Really kickstarted our evening! We had a negroni and a margarita! Tasty and refreshing! Good atmosphere for a quiet cocktail in the sun!

I tried their chai latte, it was cold and way too sweet. I took a few sips, but couldn’t drink any more. The flavour was also lacking. One of the selling points are that their seats are swings. Unfortunately, I found these to be uncomfortable, too high, and too far away from the table. The staff were disinterested and impolite. Looking at the replies left on other reviews, I was a little nervous to be honest about my experience. I’ll end on a positive note by saying that the branding is lovely and the overall idea is unique.

The Institute of Historical Research's network for early-career historians, HistoryLab+, hosted an informal peer-support and networking event at Playground Coffee and Bar on 19 December 2024. Vince and the entire Playground team were fantastic - so friendly, the organising process and set up on the day were easy, the drinks delicious - such a lovely, relaxing space ...the organising team sneakily returned later that day for drinks and board games. A very special day! Thank you all! If you'll have us, we will be returning.

Excellent coffee, tea, and selection of board games. My favourite games are backgammon and coup but theres tons more :) Both Lilly and Fabian are amazing and so is their staff who always greet us a with a smile and some home baked cake. Recently they're open for drinks, craft beer and sophisticated cocktails - couldn't recommend Playground more. Local, honest, and high quality in the heart of Bristol.

The place to come if you want to drink an espresso while sitting on a swing (though those 2 tables tend to be the most popular). A bit too small to get the laptop out, but perfect place to meet friends and have a catch up. Good selection of boardgames too!

Wow, what a quirky little coffee shop. Has a good a selection of tea and coffee, also has a nice selection of cakes and pastries. The most appealing part of this coffee shop has to be the swing seats they have there. There also plenty of board games available to play as well. Service is very friendly and welcoming.

Love this place. Small but cozy, swing seats are the best. Plenty of games to play although not all with all the parts, but thats to be expected. Drinks are nice and staff friendly. Only downside is no decaf coffee as i cant drink caffeine.

I've walked passed Playground Coffee House a couple of times, always favouring Bagel Boy as it's next door and I'm normally after a decent feed. But today I just wanted coffee so I thought I'd give it a go. What an awesome little place to hang out! From the outside Playground looks more like a hipster arts and craft shop. But in a good way. It looks intriguing and different from a lot of coffee shops that try and be hipster - theres an irony to Playgrounds hint of hipsterness! Get inside and the first thing you see are two wooden swings (yes swings) with a really nice chill-out windowsill with cushions to sit on. I'm actually sat on the windowsill as a type this and it's a really nice place to be! Much like the outside, the decor inside Playground is different to many other coffee shops close by; refreshingly different. There's lots of colour, swings and a few board games. It feels much more relaxing than your average chip board heavy coffee shop. The coffee itself is really good. I went for the house flat white which was quite sweet and really moreish. It was delicious. All in all a really nice experience and refreshing to see someone breaking the mould. Accepts Bristol Pounds & text to pay

Lovely coffee and brownie(: rich tasting for both. Will go back again for sure (: nice hideout near St Nicholas market

Nice coffee shop in a slightly more touristy part of town. Pretty good coffee, and lots of pastry/cake items to go with your brew. There are also juices and loose leaf tea. As the name suggests, there are lots of thing to play with including chess, monopoly and the swinging chairs. Not a huge amount of big spots to sit but I think the flow of people happens fast enough for a group of you to get a table if you want to beat each other in a board game and ruin relationships. Lots of nooks for solo coffee enthusiasts to sit and read books/work on macs whilst watching you destroy your friendships because someone won't sell you trafalgar square to complete your three reds.

Great coffee, lovely staff and they've got SWINGS!! Perfect place for a catch up over coffee, a meeting or somewhere to squirrel yourself away and get some work done.

Living in Seattle makes you rather experienced with coffee houses trying to be quirky and weird. This one would fit in Fremont. I'm too much of an old fart to really appreciate those antics, but they do serve really good coffee (I've been there two or three times spread out over some time, so there is consistency), so stop by when you're in the area and needing a picker upper.

First place I've been to where you can swing over a very tasty flat white while watching the world go by!