one4review | On 14, Aug 2019

You find yourself in Edinburgh with an 11 month old and see an advert for ‘Baby loves disco’, which says it’s a “fringe sell-out 10 years running”, great! Two hours to take the little one to play with other babies while you have a sit down and listen to cheesy music. Wrong!

I entered with high hopes and walked into a night club, complete with sticky floor, DJ and bar. I was immediately confused. There were lots of people with small children running around and doing the ‘dad-dance’. As I moved through the main room I saw people buying alcohol (it was 11am), a table with snacks, although I couldn’t see plates so it was just grab a handful of whatever and hope everyone has washed their hands..

I moved away from the main room thinking this must be for bigger kids and the baby section must be somewhere else, as I went upstairs I found it, well, sort of. Three cuddly toys and a tube to climb through does not a creche make, the floor here too was sticky and I didn’t want my baby crawling on it. Don’t panic, this too had a bar serving alcohol.

I found a play table where children could make their own masks, a nice touch for older ones. Face paint looked like fun but the queue didn’t. The promised photo booth didn’t exist, instead there was a table with a party pack of props so you could take a selfie, In dark corner, with little light, so all the photos turned out terribly.

I left at the call of “time for the daddy dance off”. I’m sure lots of people had a nice time while their children ran around and they got to have a pint. This isn’t for babies or even toddlers, I’m not sure who this is for. It wasn’t me.
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Reviewed by Matthew
The Jam House
11.00 and 14.00
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