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Dhoby Ghaut
The Mind Cafe - Board Games Cafe
The Mind Cafe - Board Games Cafe Reviews

The Mind Cafe - Board Games Cafe

Cake & Coffee, Western, Asian Fusion, International

Dishes priced around$12

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Reviews of The Mind Cafe - Board Games Cafe (2,068)

Read what people think about The Mind Cafe - Board Games Cafe. All restaurant reviews are written by verified Quandoo diners. Learn more about The Mind Cafe - Board Games Cafe before you go by getting tips and ratings from other restaurant-goers. With real-life reviews, you can see what other diners loved about The Mind Cafe - Board Games Cafe and book a table with confidence!

5.1/6

2,068 reviews

5.1/6

2,068 reviews

Food:Great
Atmosphere:Pleasant
Service:Great
Value for money:Good value
Waiting time:Exceptionally Good
Noise levels:Average
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"Excellent"
6/6
Jeremiah P.7 years ago · 1 review

The service provided by the staff was very profressional and overall our experience there was a very fruitful one. I'm very satisfied by the service.

"Good"
4/6
Fiona C.7 years ago · 1 review

Not bad! Friendly staffs.. They willing to recommend and help to explain games that we are unfamiliar. If they can have more games or new games will be better!

"Very good"
5/6
Zhennan L.7 years ago · 2 reviews

Great place to go for a group to have fun, unwind and relax together, food and drink is satisfactory, but the desserts are surprisingly good!

"Excellent"
6/6
Yi Fei T.7 years ago · 1 review

Very ood experience using this website. Very user friendly and confirmation was made almost immediately by mind cafe. Good job. Thank you for the very nice experience.

"Very good"
5/6
Danielle C.7 years ago · 1 review

Enjoyable time at mindcafe. Staff was really helpful and didn't mind facilitating one of our games as the gamemaster when we were really confused with that game. Very good service.

"Very good"
5/6
Siew Ming O.7 years ago · 1 review

Service is fast, staff are friendly and patient towards us (10-12 pax). The temperature of the room can be slightly cooler though. Overall experience is still good.

"Excellent"
6/6
Vina L.7 years ago · 4 reviews

It is located at central location . Decent nice place with good amount of games for chill night out with ur girls. Quite attentive staff

"Good"
4/6
Madeline H.7 years ago · 4 reviews

My reservation was at 4pm. Went there but had to wait for almost 40mins because according to them, the previous customers refused to leave. They served us well in the 40mins that we waited, by giving us free titbits and chairs for us to sit and wait. They also sounded nice and apologetic. We thought the service was pretty sincere and good at that time. We finally went in at around 440pm. Had to say, service by the staff was really good in the few hours that we were playing the games. They were patient with our food or drink refill requests and nice and friendly in the coaching of the games. However, at the end of the session, our impression of the cafe changed. We took the 4 hour package so we assumed the games would end at about 845pm. While we were playing the last round of our game at around 830-840pm, someone came to rush us several times to leave (not just to finish up the game). We repeatedly told them that all we needed was a short while more to finish up. We were playing saboteur (those who know the game would know this game wouldn't drag on and on because we have no more cards left to draw and the table was already full of what we have 'built'). We merely needed like a few more mins to finish up the game and this was communicated twice or thrice to the same staff who came many times to ask us to pack up. He told us that he went to ask his manager but we had already exceeded 6mins of grace period (and so we had to pack up immediately). Not even sure how the grace period was calculated because we actually went in at around 440pm after a 40mins wait?! We were shocked because there were many other empty tables around, and we already wasted almost 40mins earlier just waiting for a table (that we had booked). We felt that they were being too calculative on the extra few minutes we needed to finish up the game (especially when there were lots of empty tables nearby). Btw, we are not too sure if it's the same Filipino looking guy (perhaps the 'manager' mentioned by the staff) who served us earlier and who had gotten his staff to rush us off. Would say that we were really turned off by what happened. We're happy with the previous few times we went but this time round it was really quite a disappointing experience. Don't think we would go back to the cafe again.

"Very good"
5/6
Wilson L.7 years ago · 1 review

Nice place to chill your leisure time away. Can learn more games whilst chatting. Good for group gathering and binding session. Good place to recommend...

"Good"
4/6
Hui Jie T.7 years ago · 1 review

Fun time bonding with friends. However, selection of games were very pretty much limited compared to other cafes out there. can improve on that yo!

"Excellent"
6/6
Lisa O.7 years ago · 1 review

Got our table immediately and the servers were attentive! Some games that we wanted to play were already taken so we had to wait for those. Otherwise, it was great!

"Average"
3/6
Winnie A.7 years ago · 1 review

Service was bad...too little staff, too many customers. Worst, the service staff don't know how to play the games...this is very different from two years ago when I frequent this place.

"Good"
4/6
Janet L.7 years ago · 1 review

It is a good place for friends to play n enjoy. But food was terrible. Food is salty, prawn not fresh.May want to improve on that

"Excellent"
6/6
Renee O.7 years ago · 1 review

Really fun and lots of variety of board/card games available! Service is pretty good as well, the staff constantly checks on us to see if we need any drink refills. (We ordered the drink package)

"Good"
4/6
suh Jing c.7 years ago · 1 review

The staff are friendly and fun. Definitely a recommended place to go. Suggestion: As we will spend long hours there, suggest cafe to improve the cleanliness of toilet , it definitely increase the overall experience.

"Good"
4/6
Chloe Y.7 years ago · 5 reviews

The price was very reasonable and the games available look very interesting. But some games didn't have instructions and missing some pieces which made it a bit inconvienient.

"Excellent"
6/6
Irene A.7 years ago · 1 review

A great hangout place for friends. Will defintely visit again. Prices are reasonable, many board games to choose. It can be a bit noisy when crowded

"Excellent"
6/6
Avelyn N.7 years ago · 4 reviews

Staff were very helpful and patient in teaching games. They prvoided recommendations based on the genre you like. There was a wide selection to choose from and free flow drinks is a great plus.

"Good"
4/6
Wei Xuan Y.7 years ago · 1 review

Food was ok and selection of games were great. However, the place seemed a bit run down and the games weren't kept in very good condition.

"Good"
4/6
Benjamin T.7 years ago · 1 review

Whenever we need some help, there were always some helpful staff available to assist with our queries. . . . . . . . .

"Excellent"
6/6
Mavis M.7 years ago · 1 review

A good hangout place for big group of friends who are looking to gather and have some fun! We had a great experience with lots of laughter and using our thinking cap.

"Very good"
5/6
Dean S.7 years ago · 1 review

The food was not too expensive. Somewhat annoying that water was charged at 50 cents per glass but overall $2 an hour is a great deal.

"Very good"
5/6
Julene O.7 years ago · 1 review

Staff was friendly and efficient, a wide range of board games to choose from and the price is really reasonable as well! Definitely will be back again!

"Good"
4/6
Guo Wei G.7 years ago · 65 reviews

The staffs are very helpful in introducing the new games that we have never played before to try. They were quick to answer any queries we might have.

"Very good"
5/6
Joseph L.7 years ago · 2 reviews

A pretty relaxing place for friends to gather and play board games together. Staffs were helpful in teaching instructions for new board games. They also gave recommendations.

"Good"
4/6
Jin Sui T.7 years ago · 1 review

Although we had difficulties asking for assistance from the staff there, it was overall still a good experience. The place is clean and games are fun

"Very good"
5/6
Crystal H.7 years ago · 1 review

The staff there were courteous and service was very good. The games were really enjoyable and I had a lot of fun with my friends.

"Good"
4/6
Jayme A.7 years ago · 1 review

Some board games were really confusing and lacking the instruction sheet. However, the staff was really helpful and explained and guided us through the game. (:

"Very good"
5/6
Emerald C.7 years ago · 1 review

Fun place for group gatherings wth a variety of board games. Had so much fun with friends. Will always come back here again for more games!

"Excellent"
6/6
Xin Ying T.7 years ago · 3 reviews

Staff was friendly and allowed me in early though my booking was for 8pm (I reached an hour early). Food was reasonable (could have had more sauce for my tom yam pasta!), but free flow drinks was awesome. Friends and I had a chill time of playing and enjoying ourselves. Staff was sweet to play happy birthday song for my friend when the cake came out (they even prepared the candle though I totally forgot abt it).

"Very good"
5/6
Ramya P.7 years ago · 1 review

Fun, exciting and wide range of board games to play. Great place to hang out and chill with a group of friends. Do check it out :)

"Very good"
5/6
Shaun C.7 years ago · 1 review

Service was good, and since we were unfamiliar with most of the games, we were taught how to play the games by the staff, and we had a lot of fun!

"Good"
4/6
Tan L.7 years ago · 1 review

The staff are friendly and approachable and environment are considered a bit too noisy especially everyone is enjoying with the game. Toilet room should have 2 to avoid long waiting time. Overall are quite ok.

"Good"
4/6
Aloysius C.7 years ago · 1 review

My friends and I had enjoyed our experience there. The booking app is user-friendly and simple, and Minds had no trouble finding our reservations quickly and assigning us to a table. Thank you!!

"Very good"
5/6
Cheong M.7 years ago · 1 review

It was fun althought some of the games weren't in the best condition, my friends amd I enjoyed nevertheless and the staff were friendly and complied to our requests happily as well.

"Very good"
5/6
Tobin C.7 years ago · 3 reviews

A good place to hangout with friends. Alot of board game choices. A place to chill. Worth going. Now i had scheduled a second visit

"Excellent"
6/6
Adi J.7 years ago · 1 review

The assistants there were really very helpful. Though, I think they were seriously short of hands, cos there were times when we needed their assistance but they were busy attending to other gamers and there were only two of them around at that point of time. One to serve drinks and food while the others are busy with cashiering and lending assistance to gamers, patiently explaining to gamers on rules of different games played in the cafe.

"Excellent"
6/6
Jasmine T.7 years ago · 2 reviews

I booked the reservation quite last minute on the day itself, but they are still able to arrange a table for 8pax! They even make the extra effort to remind us about the reservation despite the crowd in the cafe! Good job!

"Good"
4/6
Yenne C.7 years ago · 1 review

The service was Good. Staffs are friendly but i feel that they should understand the games well enough for them to teach us since they are working there frequently, I assume.

"Good"
4/6
Tiffany C.7 years ago · 1 review

The selection of games is not bad, and they have quite a few of the old classics and across a wide age range so it was fun for my two nieces (5yo and 2yo). The food however was quite a lot less than desirable and the mustiness of the place seriously needs to be looked at.

"Very good"
5/6
Nithiya T.7 years ago · 1 review

The experience was good. Lots of games to choose from to play. Would have been great if the whole place had the sofa seats and not only one small section.

"Excellent"
6/6
LH Q.7 years ago · 1 review

The service was Excellent . There was a friendly waiter who patiently taught us how to play a game. He taught us how to play for two rounds until we got the rules right.

"Good"
4/6
Guo Wei G.7 years ago · 65 reviews

Staff is very friendly and helpful. Will teach us games that we do not know how to play. Introduce to us new games that are available as well.

"Excellent"
6/6
Nive T.7 years ago · 1 review

Friendly service , wide range of board games. I would go to the place more for the games than food, but that's their specialty.Certainly worth another go!

"Excellent"
6/6
Elaine A.7 years ago · 3 reviews

Double thumbs up for recommendation! Place can be easily found. Staffs are very friendly & accomodating. Food is served quickly & very affordable place to hang out with friends! :)

"Excellent"
6/6
Meena K.7 years ago · 1 review

It was a very fun experience. Since there was only 2 of us, we were lost as to what to play. We seemed advise from the game staff and they advised us accordingly and gave us very clear instructions on the game and even checked up on us after a while. Great service and the good food to keep us going too 😊

"Very good"
5/6
Angela C.7 years ago · 25 reviews

Great place to chill out with friends. Many games to choose from, staff are helpful to teach as well. Food is so so only. Package is worth it

"Good"
4/6
Nicole L.7 years ago · 15 reviews

A cheaper option to have fun in a comfortable and cozy cafe. The objective is not to dine in typical cafes but play games, talk loudly and be yourselves just like being at home. A good place to chill.

"Awful"
1/6
Lizzie H.7 years ago · 1 review

The games were all incomplete (we tried out six different ones, including a monopoly game that had half the cards missing) ... even connect four was broken so it wouldn`t stand up. A very disappointing evening... don`t waste your time.

"Very good"
5/6
Alex K.7 years ago · 1 review

It was fun and enjoyable. Nice place to chill out.