We are implementing the health and safety requirements / recommendations by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). To ensure everyone’s safety, we ask that you please follow these guidelines while vising Lidia’s Play Cafe.
- All adults and children over the age of 2 are required to wear face masks inside our venue. Children under the age of 2 do not require face covering. For more information on CDC face covering considerations click here.
- We will be conducting temperature checks on all patrons entering our venue. Anyone with a temperature of 100.3 or above will not be allowed access.
- Everyone who enters the venue and play space must sanitize their hands.
- For the time being, we are operating "By Appointment Only". This means we will not offer any walk-in play options. If you'd like to visit our play space, you will be required to reserve a spot in advance via our website or telephone. You will be given two play options as follows: book a "Private Play" session with participants from your social circle or book a "Mixed Play" session with participants from outside of your social circle who book a mixed play session at the same time.
- In order to maintain proper social distancing, we will be limiting our play space capacity to ten (10) people (children & adults combined) per play session. This capacity is applicable to both Private Play sessions and Mixed Play.
- Adults are required to accompany their child(ren) inside the play space at all times. Children cannot be left in the play area unattended. Parents are strongly encouraged to monitor and deter their children from engaging in play activities that increase the spread of germs (such as putting toys in their mouths). To make it easier, we removed any toys that are difficult to disinfect and sanitize and introduced new ones that are better suited for safety.
- Our staff will pay closer attention to all toys in use. Extra yucky bins are added throughout the space so parents can conveniently pull toys out of play. All toys and units will go through a deep cleaning process at the end of every session.
- Food and beverages will be available from our coffee bar. Due to indoor dining restrictions, items from our coffee bar may be consumed in our outdoor dining space only. When indoor dining restrictions are lifted, we will expand into the indoor seating area as per guidelines.
- We added new COVID -19 related information to our waiver of responsibility. As a result, all patrons will be asked to fill out our online waiver prior to entrance into the play space. The new waiver is required for all participants, whether you filled one out in the past or not. You may save time by filling out this waiver prior to visiting on our home page or by clicking here.
We can't stress enough the importance of following our new protocol. Please note that our guidelines will change as the CDC recommendations change and as the NYC rules for indoor dining change.