Cafe Myriade

Remember the days when boardgames were the staple source of entertainment and battle of wits in the family home? Café Myriade brings this back with gusto.
This little café tucked in around the corner from the bright lights of Northbridge signature is board games. They have an incredible library of board games. To quote one staff member, «We have games so much better than Monopoly.»
And boy do they. There are the childhood favourites included like Cluedo, Guess Who? and Operation. However there are a whole lot more games in boardgames and this is where the staff shine in customer service.
Someone approaches you upon entry and asks whether you’ve visited before. VERY important because you pay for your time in the café to play their games and the rates are really reasonable. They also do Murder Mystery Nights catered especially for your group! FINALLY somewhere central in Perth that does this.
Where was I? Okay. There are packages of game play plus drink and dessert or you can pay by the hour. The staff point out which one works out cheaper for your plans for the day or night if you’re unsure. There are also Happy Hour Specials which on a Saturday from 2PM — 7PM is $ 9 per person for the entire five hours of game play. It sounds like a lot for us newbies being introduced by friends of ours, but four hours went by FAST.
I understand that you may have your hearts set on a particular game from childhood or you want to settle a score from yesteryear with a foe. Totally doable but explore the games. How this works is that a staff member will ask what you what you want to play. You can let them choose and they ask for what kind of game you would like to play and your interests. Then they wander off to their library of games from A-​Z and come back with a game and teach you and your friends how to play. The let you play and come back to see how you’re going. What’s more, they’re genuinely interested in how you’re finding gameplay. You can have some serious in depth discussions here. The boardgame nerd within me, (never knew I had one), loved this so much.
They are also totally honest about whether they have personally played it or have just taught a game. What is invaluable is description of how they or other people have found gameplay so you sort of know what you’re getting into.
The food. Well there’s a selection of cakes and even waffles for under $ 10. There are also savouries for under $ 10 and the price of savouries gets discounted with the purchase of a package. There are also gluten free options.
The drinks. There’s coffee, tea, soft drinks, and juices. For groups you can order juices and soft drinks by the jugs.
And if that’s not enough, there are also Wii games available as well.
Definitely returning. Never had so much fun in a café anywhere.