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The Colonnades

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😠 My children often get invited to birthday party’s at oxygen jumping. Which itself is very good. BUT..!! OMG! The parking is an absolutely nightmare!! Everything turn is grid locked and your fighting for a space! Think I’d get the bus next time!! People often mention kids, children, parking, staff, Costa, busy, good, space, family, pizza,


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619 Purley Way, Croydon CR0 4RQ, United Kingdom

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4.20 (1.1K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: Open 24 hours
  • Sunday: Open 24 hours
  • Monday: Open 24 hours
  • Tuesday: Open 24 hours
  • Wednesday: Open 24 hours
  • Thursday: Open 24 hours
  • Friday: Open 24 hours

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: kids (15) children (9) parking (8) staff (8) Costa (8) busy (8) good (7) space (7) family (7) pizza (7)
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  • 1/5 Chriso B. 1 year ago on Google
    My children often get invited to birthday party’s at oxygen jumping. Which itself is very good. BUT..!! OMG! The parking is an absolutely nightmare!! Everything turn is grid locked and your fighting for a space! Think I’d get the bus next time!!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kay G. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place for family to have fun. Very helpful and polite staff. Kids food was reasonably priced too! Will definitely be back soon
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Trusted Tulip R. 2 years ago on Google
    A good selection of shops and restaurants, Costa coffee drive thru, nandos, McDonalds, pizza hut, wicks to name a few. Parking can get busy at times.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Darren K. 4 months ago on Google
    Good place if you looking for quick bite. Kfc, McDonald's, pizza hut, Costa, gym, kids playing areas. Enough car park for all.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Jamie M. 1 year ago on Google
    Stopped off briefly here for a Costa on the way back home. I mean it's a nightmare to get into - people everywhere, clearly not designed for the amount of traffic and demand on it. It's poorly lit at night time. The best part of coming here was leaving!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Malik S. 2 years ago on Google
    Very nice and entertaining place with shopping can enjoy with family and friends
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 IT'S RAPID R. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice place to go late night with kids we usually go Mcdonald for mini ice-cream and fries click and serve facility is fantastic. In this retail park you could get premiere Inn,Costa ,pizza hut,Nandos,kfc and Children activities areas such as kidsdpace and oxygen jump. There is playing field near pizza hut with children playground.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mahendran K. 8 months ago on Google
    This time we we went to Oxygen for one of my kids birthday for some jumping, it was fun and busy. After that we went to pizza hut. Pizza hut pizzas wasn't that great, we were 5 of us and we went for the buffet, pizzas barely had enough toppings and dry. shopping centre The Colonnades was fairly busy, it has a Hotel, KFC, Nandos, McDonald's Drive through, Costa Drive through, Nuffield, Wickes, also has Kids space. Last time we went to Kids space & Nandos both were great. The centre is kind of Family & kids play and eating centre. There are no Bars except for drinks at pizza hut and Nandos - attached photo was inside Oxygen

  • 4/5 bala a. 1 year ago on Google
    Went to Kids Space with my son, and wife and my son's friend and his parents. Fairly big place with lots for the kids to do. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Only thing I would say is the lattes we ordered were not very good. Made more from water than from milk. Don't think I'll be buying any hot drinks from there again.

  • 1/5 abzinho10 k. 10 months ago on Google
    Went to McDonald's two days now to have breakfast. It seems they've run out of butter. Gave me toast sith jam no buter. Yesterday & today. Didn't bother telling me they didn't have any.

  • 2/5 Fakrul I. 10 months ago on Google
    Went recently. Was expecting more and the constant music is a big put off. Kids would enjoy, though.

  • 4/5 Neil 1 year ago on Google
    Ideal for a family day out. It has Air Hop and Kid Space along with a couple of fast food chains. It also has a Costa to help you recharge your batteries.

  • 4/5 Rishi P. 9 months ago on Google
    Good place, lots of things to do. Trampoline Park is fun then a lot of choice for where to eat afterwards. Usually able to find parking which is free but if you go at peak hours might be difficult

  • 5/5 Kerensa L. 9 months ago on Google
    Parking can be tricky but plenty of food outlets and close to large playing fields that are good for jogging, dog walking, football.

  • 4/5 Stephanie D. 7 months ago on Google
    Good for younger kids around here, need a few things to do for older ones. But it’s well kept, good accessibility and parking. Nice if you want to have something to eat or a coffee

  • 4/5 Warren M. 7 months ago on Google
    I like it here, and so do the kids. There's hours of fun and the equipment is in great condition. There's an area for little children, and one for grown up children too. There's also rock climbing (though I have never seen it open) and go karts - but be prepared to fend off children trying to push through the queues as they have no adults with them, and not all have the right maturity to wait patiently in a queue yet, and the staff weren't monitoring the queue. However as I was queueing with my child, I told the children to move back in the queue and the staff member heard me and followed up by emphasising that they can't queue jump. However, there's hardly ever a free table, and you can't order food without a table. The tables are always dirty if they are, someone came around once during our visit to clean. It can take a while to get through the queues to get in with inadequate staffing and equipment to get people through, and the queues can back down the stairs which is difficult with any child, let alone one with special needs. The entry barriers used to be downstairs many years ago - no idea why they got moved upstairs. You can't leave without the staff letting you out, but they're always busy letting people in so you have to stand around waiting unless you interrupt them.

  • 4/5 Rob T. 1 year ago on Google
    Saturday night here is so busy if you want to visit a restaurant here on a weekend make sure you book in advance otherwise you could be waiting for 60 - 90 minutes for a table. If you're looking for a quiet place on the weekend this is not the place, if your young it's perfect.

  • 3/5 Bayan S. 8 months ago on Google
    Great variety of stores and food options but the car park is always jam packed and some are difficult to park into/ get out of due to narrow spacings between the cars

  • 5/5 Daniel T. 7 months ago on Google
    It is very good to go out to eat with the family and shop

  • 4/5 Dawn D. 5 months ago on Google
    Costa Coffee here is very pleasant with nice seating areas inside. Nice coffee and bright and cosy, outside seating plus drive thu.what lets it down is the staff, they lack customer sevice skills.

  • 4/5 Ez- L. 5 months ago on Google
    My 4 year old child really enjoyed herself here. In the complex there are a few places to eat. Good for a family afternoon out with the children with food nearby. But it was packed, the car park was running on a conveyor belt system with cars waiting for one to leave before being able to get a space. After speaking to others I believe it's packed every weekend. As well as kids space and activity centre for the children. There is also McDonald's, pizza hut, KFC, TGI across the road.

  • 4/5 Kamran S. 7 months ago on Google
    They always seen to have some sort of issue with the climbing wall but won't say and ignore the kids when they ask unless asking accompanied by a parent! Coffee is nice and rest seems to be okay

  • 4/5 K M. 3 months ago on Google New
    Quite a nice little place for children activities and fast food restaurants. Costa is my go to place for chai latte and lemon tart!

  • 5/5 uvie elsie O. 2 years ago on Google
    The colonnades.. a great place for a long lazy weekend... You can arrange to do different things on different days (going from your house of course😉) all the major brands for food and leisure activities are housed in the colonnades.

  • 5/5 Jacqueline A. 2 years ago on Google
    Very busy weekende but always guaranteed parking. Clean n well looked after

  • 4/5 Magdalena C. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice place, I’m giving it a 5 but 1- because the old McDonalds is demolished and after 3 years there is nothing just a black secured wall.

  • 4/5 Von G. 1 year ago on Google
    This place has a number of fast food stores as well as entertainment for kids and families such as kids space and oxygen. It does gets very busy especially on Sundays but a lovely place to visit as a family outing.

  • 4/5 Tony O. 2 years ago on Google
    Had what I wanted and there was adequate car parking,

  • 4/5 Mo R. 2 years ago on Google
    Really nice open airy store. Staff seem a little thin on the ground at times. Stock range is decent can't say I haven't found what I needed. Decent also as fast food / coffee shop nearby which is always an added bonus

  • 3/5 Robert J. 1 year ago on Google
    A decent Wickes at Colonnades. Other than that all the usual fast food outlets and a Premier Inn. Ample parking.

  • 4/5 Rosina h. 1 year ago on Google
    I'll give this a 4*** only because of the amount of car traffic sometimes is that bad that you can't leave the grounds as blocked by people waiting for food.. apart from he above its a grate place for all kind of food and kids fun well worth going

  • 3/5 Robert C. 1 year ago on Google
    Great for kids , can be a little scary as it's hard to keep track of younger kids when they at the top of the climbing frames. The manned game areas need to be constantly manned to ensure paying customers have access throughout and not when staff return from lunch and / brakes . But that's just me

  • 5/5 B “InHisImage” A. 1 year ago on Google
    No complaints! Decent shops and good amount of parking + has a nice gym. Good transport links.

  • 4/5 Ebere O. 1 year ago on Google
    Plenty parking space, different eating places to fit different tastes and pockets. Well lit and reasonably secure.

  • 5/5 chyra17 2 years ago on Google
    Full of fun for kids

  • 1/5 Steve O. 1 year ago on Google
    What is there to be honest. Take aways and no entertainment. Good for buying a lunch. I remember the Purley Way lido in the 70s. Spent all summer their.

  • 5/5 Nathalie C. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice well tended place to have a snack

  • 4/5 Zia U. 1 year ago on Google
    Went to eat KFC with a family on a publich holiday. As expected, very crowded and tables were mess. However, upon asking the staff, all were efficiently cleaned and were made available for dine-in. Staff on 29Aug were really professionals and friendly. Spacious and Halal.

  • 5/5 Samuel M. 2 years ago on Google
    Has everything you would need if you were doing activities and wanted to some food after

  • 4/5 Derek Lewis K. 2 years ago on Google
    Good and quick service despite being busy with very helpful, friendly and courteous staff.


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