Birthday party in Central London

[Kate]

I am turning 29 very soon (eeek!!!) and am trying to figure out a place to host a birthday party in Central London on a Saturday afternoon...I know, big demands. We live in Kennington, so looking at the local area - South Bank, Vauxhall, maybe Covent Garden etc. Not hugely keen on going for a meal cause I'd like somewhere we can just hang out and the babies can crawl around. My LO will be 8 months by then and is starting to crawl now. My cousin's LO will be almost a year and is a super-fast crawler/tentative walker. there may also be toddlers...!! It will also need to be suitable for all my single/alcoholic/student friends.

I was thinking the Royal Festival Hall would be perfect cause they have the ballroom bit where lots of mums hang out, but they also have a bar. However, I wanna do it on 20th Feb and there's some kind of performance going on then. Any other ideas???

[Rose Bud]

BFI cafe? always nice there and they are happy for you to hang out for ages. Nice chip butties too...

[Mummyto1]

I was going to suggest the same! The low tables and sofas are good for LOs learning to walk too as they can pull themselves up and join in the fun. I used to go there a lot when L was smaller and they were always fab with LOs.