The Best Play Centres in Sydney to Let Your Little One Run Wild

Struggling to fill your days when it comes to the school holidays? Don’t worry; you’re not the only one with stir-crazy kids climbing the walls. 

Sometimes, you just need to get out of the house and mix up the scenery. If you’re looking for inspiration, may we suggest an indoor play centre? While your kids run amok, you get to sit down and have a well-deserved scroll or a cup of coffee. And we all know a well-worn-out babe will sleep even better that night, right? Plus, it’s far less admin than getting the family down to the beach (no suncream application, no whingeing about the sand etc).

So, the next time you’re scratching your head for ideas, bookmark our round-up of Sydney’s best indoor play centres. 

The Best Play Centres in Sydney

Vitaland Kids Cafe

Vitaland Kids Cafe, which has several locations across Sydney, is an aesthetically pleasing wonderland. Thanks to its fully equipped play area, it is perfect for crawlers, toddlers, and preschoolers who want to play and make friends. The choo-choo train, dance classes, and face paint are just a few of the options that will help nurture their imagination and creativity.

Locations across Sydney

BOUNCE Inc

BOUNCE Inc is not your run-of-the-mill Playcentre — this is an indoor playground for the young and young at heart. 

With a giant free-jump area, interconnected trampolines, high-performance trampolines, Big Bag, X-Park, wall climb, high ropes, dodgeball, and a miniBOUNCE Zone designed specifically for walking-age and pre-school kids, this is one indoor play centre you’ll actually want to have a go at yourself! 

Cromer & Homebush

Mumma’s Little Secret

Do you need to try on something without your toddler bottling out of the changeroom and, in turn, letting the whole shop see you scantily clad? Mumma’s Little Secret at Westfield Miranda is a supervised play haven for kids, allowing parents to drop and shop. 

While your little ones enjoy safe, fun activities (think crafts, Playdoh and dancing) and make new friends, you can shop, dine, or even grab a massage. It’s perfect for guilt-free, child-free time.

Westfield Miranda, Level 3, Opposite The Athlete’s Foot

Planet Mino

An Insta-worthy heaven, this chic and minimalistic indoor playground will keep your child entertained for hours. They can shop up a storm in the adorable miniature supermarket, look after their puppy in the vet zone, do their makeup in the beauty salon, or burn some energy rolling around in the ball pit or sliding down the many slippery dips on offer.

Now, with two locations in Chatswood and Warringah Mall, Planet Mino has become a parents’ fail-safe destination on a rainy day. 

Chatswood & Warringah Mall

The Play Cave

They had us at the play centre/cafe. The Play Cave in Miranda is an indoor adventure playground packed with excitement for all ages! With slides, a multi-level play structure, ball pits, go-kart rides, and sports areas, your kids will have the time of their lives. And while the kids do their thing, parents can chill at The Rock Cafe. Everybody wins!

110 Parraweena Road, Miranda

Play Studio Kids

Hands up who hates doing messy play at their own house? Us too! Thank goodness for Play Studio Kids, a stunning boutique play space in Bondi that does it all — from messy play, arts and crafts to music and science. They offer an awesome weekly schedule of classes for children from six months to five years old, all rounded out with free play. 

155 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction

Lollipop Playland & Cafe

Lollipop Playland & Cafe, which has four locations across Sydney, is a kiddy wonderland thanks to its awesome and diverse range of activities catering from babies to primary school-aged children. From the teacup ride, massive rock climbing wall, airplay area, bouncy castles, and code red laser tag, your little one will be off living their best life as you kick back and relax at their in-house café. 

Castle Hill & Penrith

Doo Doo Kid Cafe

Inspired by the classic Baby Shark song, Doo Doo Kid Cafe is a family-owned indoor play centre in Lane Cove. It offers engaging play areas, including activity rooms like a grocery store, kitchen, dress-up space, and interactive zones with ball pits and slides. There’s also an on-site cafe to keep the grown-ups happy, too.

They also offer a drop-and-shop service, which lets parents drop off their children for supervised play while they enjoy some uninterrupted shopping, errands, or relaxation for $25 an hour. 

Shop 5, 56-60 Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove

Twinkle Kids Cafe

Twinkle Kids Cafe speaks to the soul of every child thanks to its endless options of activities. Think a make-believe hospital, a music area, ball pits, and bubbles — you name it, they’ve got it! There’s also a pretty impressive cafe menu for the parents. 

Locations across Sydney

Major Fun

As the name suggests, strap in and get ready for your kids to experience some major fun. With two indoor play centres in Sydney, Major Fun is all about creating safe and exciting environments for your children. It has soft play, an indoor ball pit, play slides, and sensory play areas, with age-specific play areas for babies, toddlers, and big kids (and, of course, the all-important in-house cafe for mum and dad). 

Freshwater & Mount Pritchard 

Monkey Mania

Sometimes you just need to let the kids run wild and Monkey Mania is the place to let them do it. Each of the locations across Sydney offers something a little different with a combination of climbing structures, slides, inflatable jumping castles and multi level play. With dedicated zones for kids of different ages between 1 and 12, some locations even have a drop ‘n’ shop option. The Top Ryde Monky Mania is perfect for this, located conveniently within Top Ryde City Shopping Centre. Got a birthday coming up? They have themed party rooms, too!

Sitchu Tip: Sign up for a membership to receive discounted entry prices.

Locations across Sydney

H’ome Kids Cafe

H’ome Kids Cafe is a play centre you’re going to want to add to the rotation, pronto! Located inside Rhodes Central Shopping Centre, this play centre ticks all the boxes — a carousel, foam slides, a ball pit, soft toys, and, most importantly, a cafe for you! They also specialise in throwing super extra kids’ birthday parties. 

Rhodes Central, Shop 210, Walker Street, Rhodes

Little Plaster House

While this isn’t technically a play centre, not all kids thrive in an energy-burning environment, and going to a plaster house is a rite of passage for all Aussie childhoods. Ideal for your family’s arts and craft lover, Little Plaster House is a gorgeous art studio specialising in plaster painting. Watch as your mini-Picasso unleashes their creative flair and hones in on their hand-eye coordination simultaneously. 

Bella Vista Studio, F76 / 24-32 Lexington Drive, Bella Vista

Finished working your way through the best play centres in Sydney and planning your next family adventure? Check out our edit of the best family-friendly holidays in Australia, then look at our round-up of the best luxury kid-friendly resorts in NSW.