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Cheeky Monkeys Downtown

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Cheeky Monkeys Downtown

An indoor play venue for children from ten months to eight years, built around a question most play centres answer badly: where do the adults go. At 234 square metres the parents' lounge is larger than the soft play itself — with a food counter, clear sightlines into the play zones, and room enough to stay two hours without feeling parked.

Behind it the play areas are separated by age rather than pooled: a multi-level soft play, a protected toddler zone, a netted climb between the two. The role-play rooms — clubhouse, market, bus — sit along the lounge edge so they read as a street rather than as equipment.

Dubai UAE 25.20° N 55.27° E

Details

Status
Built
Year
2019
Area
750 m²
Location
Dubai, UAE
Zone
Downtown
Services
Art Direction, Interior Design
Images
Photography — Anatoli Gorbunov
A wide corridor between two themed play zones, hand-painted murals of a carnival scene and a pirate ship on either wall, café tables and chairs along the pirate side.
Two role-play facades side by side: a blue "Monkey Market" storefront and a yellow two-storey "Monkey Clubhouse" with flower boxes and a balcony.
Close-up of the Monkey Market stall, with a ball-pit "pick n mix" counter and illustrated mascot characters, beside a staircase lettered "Play, Learn, Celebrate".
The parents' café, an airplane mural overhead and a full service counter with a menu board and ice-cream signage, seating at round tables.
A low-walled toddler play area with padded balance blocks, sensory wall panels, and a small soft-play house, enclosed by white fencing.
Inside a multi-level soft-play structure, netted walkways and padded columns around a central climbing frame, with a slide visible beyond.
Three parallel padded slides in pink and blue stripes, descending under a rainbow-painted backdrop.
A birthday party room with long yellow-topped tables set for a celebration, balloon character displays, and "Celebrate" painted in large letters on the wall.
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