Don Juan Café

Friendly and welcoming, with great music. Tasty spinach and cheese empanadas.

We visited Dane John park with a group of 30 well behaved school children. One of the children fell resulting in a lump appearing on head. We carry all first aid with us, but just needed a small amount of ice to apply to the wound.
We politely asked for some ice from Don Juan cafe - the lady serving us was lovely and gave us some ice no problem. However, the owner / manager waded in and tried to charge us. Seriously? We have an injured kid and your demanding payment for a few cubes of ice and a plastic cup? The girl behind the counter looked completely (and understandably) embarrassed. We declined the use of a cup, and just carried the few cubes of ice. The cost of a plastic cup and a few ice cubes would have been pence. And although I appreciate this is a business not a charity- trying to charge £1.50 and make a profit is just wrong. What happened to kindness? Let’s hope you don’t rely on a Good Samaritan for some help one day.

Amazing place. Went on Saturday they had live music with a great atmosphere. Very good prices as well £3.50 for a beer with a free tapas was great. Top place and top people.

I went to the food festival in Dane John Gardens and despite all the temporary street food stands the Don Juan Café was the best thing there. Fantastic empanadas, beautiful fresh grilled sardines and quality coffee.

Great Latino food & a great place to practice your Spanish with lots of different accents. Live music & a brazier too! Empenadas & churros are excellent but there's lots more to try. All in a beautiful parkland setting a short walk from the City Centre, Wincheap, the rail & bus stations

Good atmosphere music played by a band called Maskara. Good food lovely afternoon and great music.

Superb little café at the heart of the Dane John. Great quality coffee and lovely food too. Highly recommend!

We just popped in for lunch. Really friendly staff, delicious food. We had patatas bravas, burger (fresh cob roll, salad & cheese and delicious burger) and hot dogs for the children. We didn’t have to wait long for s table and of course it’s location means the children can have a good run around. Oh & did I mention the fresh churros with choc dip? Conveniently forgotten already!