Joy Family Space & Brunch

Funchal

  • Indoors
  • Ages 1-12
  • No price published
  • Booking advised

Seven separate play zones in central Funchal with a real brunch café attached, plus Laser Limbo - a laser-dodging arena game booked by the hour.

The café is what separates this from the other city playrooms: parents sit and eat rather than hover, and the seven zones spread the age range wider than a single ball pit does. Laser Limbo is the draw for older children - four game modes, including a cooperative drone mode and a puzzle mode, and a no-weapons coin-collect mode that parents of younger or shooting-averse children pick. Open until nine every night except Sunday, which few places here manage.

Worth knowing: The entrance is round the side on Travessa do Rego, not on João de Deus, and people miss it. Laser Limbo takes eight children aged 8 to 12 at a time and gets taken by birthday parties, so book it rather than turning up hopeful. The number printed on the booking page is a placeholder - use the one on the website.

Opening hours

Mon
16:00-21:00
Tue
10:00-21:00
Wed
10:00-21:00
Thu
10:00-21:00
Fri
10:00-21:00
Sat
10:00-21:00
Sun
10:00-20:00

Prices

The operator publishes no tariff. A local guide reports about 5 € an hour of play for ages 0 to 10 with socks compulsory, which the operator does not confirm. A monthly pass exists and is bookable online.

Getting there

Prices and opening times change without notice, and on this island they change often. Everything here carries the date it was checked in our research notes; if a place has moved or closed, tell us and we will fix it.

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