Chit-Chat-Play Board Game Café

I loved this place. The owner was so helpful and sweet. It was my hubby and me with our 7 month old. We wanted to get some coffee and some fun time. We played a game of two players which was fun and quick. A place we will look forward to go in the future too. Unique concept! And the affagato with hazelnut gelato was delicious!

Decent place uptown to play board games but a little more pricey compared to all the options downtown if you wanted to only play for less than 2 hours. The space is akin to a small café and only has less than 10 tables. My boyfriend and I came Saturday late afternoon and it wasn’t busy. It’s $ 10 for unlimited play so it’s probably better for mid-​sized group of friends who plan to stay longer. There’s a good amount of games but I’ve seen larger collections.

We made reservations for a group of 8 a week prior to when we were going… only to find out when we got there that there was no table reserved for us. They asked if we called them back for a second confirmation. Which is unreasonable since they never asked us to call them again — and if you want a second confirmation, YOU should be calling your customer back. I’m certain that they basically forgot about our reservation and came up with that excuse to cover up the fact. If I could give this place ⁰⁄₅ I would. I have zero tolerance for poor customer service especially when all you have for your customers are excuses.
tldr; We won’t be back.

I brought 8 kids here to play some board games as part of a church event. We booked a table ahead of time.
Once we got there we got seated right away. Only 1 worker there but he was super friendly and even helped me explain some of the games to the kids.
We did not have any trouble finding any games suitable for kids under age 14. They all enjoyed their time here.
There were non-​caffeinated drink options available like smoothies and sodas. Had their passion fruit soda, it was good. They have gelato as well but no food available. They also have teas that come with a timer for optimal steeping time which I thought was interesting…
During the time here I saw maybe 2 other groups come in.
Price is $ 12 for all you can play. Includes a drink less than $ 3.25. You could add extra money to get something bigger.
I liked it here cuz it wasn’t too crowded and pretty quiet.

A tiny little place in Cathedraltown with a decent selection of board games and selection of gelato and coffee. For board games in the Richmond Hill/​Markham area, this is a go-​to location for me. Unfortunately due to its size and their policy of unlimited stay, their tables can fill up and it becomes pointless to wait-​be sure to call in and make a reservation! Further, make sure to clarify whether they actually have a table to reserve for you, or if they’re putting you on the waitlist. If you are there with a table maximizing your unlimited play, I recommend having some common courtesy to be flexible with moving to a smaller/​different table to fit other groups. If you’re done playing and just want to finish up your snacks and drinks and chat, look out for waiting groups that may be eyeing your table desperately.
I recommend the affogato, and I’ve seen their waffles being quite popular as well. The drink and unlimited play combo deal is a great choice to sustain you through hours of board games.
In terms of games, I recommend asking for a recommendation that will suit your group’s interests, and so you can get a quick overview of how to play the game.
They also have a variety of games available for sale at reasonable prices-​convenient if you’ve tried something out and want to take it home right away!

Service in my opinion was slow and not helpful. Seemed like they had a lot of games over flowing in counter space and where people could be seated and couldn’t find a seat.

This is a really cute board game café in Markham. Be aware of the wait times because there are only 4 – 5 tables here — you can call and ask for them to reserve a table for you. It’s a bit pricier than most board game places — around $ 10 for unlimited play and $ 12 with a drink (weekends). They have a pretty good selection of drinks and desserts so definitely give those a try. I usually order a green tea latte and they use real matcha powder. Last but not least, the board game selection is pretty good and they have all the essentials :) great place to chill and catch up with friends.

This is a great place to enjoy your personal favourite games and try out new ones. The environment is really cute and cozy. There are about six tables so it’ll be best to make a reservation. I thought that the noise would be distracting but once you get immersed in your own games, you can barely notice everyone else.
The workers were very friendly and helpful to my friends and I. If you ask, they’ll give recommendations for good games to play based on your group size. Don’t hesitate to try out new games because you don’t have to read the game rules! They are familiar with most, if not all, of the games that they have and are happy to explain the rules.
I love the concept of this café. Their board game selection is huge and it’s awesome that they sell some of the games as well. My only complaint is the latte art that I received but other than that, great experience. I will be back for sure!
Games that I recommend: Spyfall, Ghost Blitz, Cash N Guns

The cutest place. Seriously.
Great service, lots of games and yummy food — focusing on sweets (gelato, waffles, etc). It is a bit pricier than usual places but I think it’s worth it.
Fin.

Berry waffle gelato was great. Our table was a bit wobbly and the washroom could have been cleaner. Bit pricey for weekend as there is $ 10 charge on top of bill, but it is the only board game café in the general area. Overall quaint café.

Store Rep was good at recommending games, my hot beverage was good. Thought the place would be more bigger. Would go again during the day

Very impressed with the selection they have for such an intimate space! It is a bit pricey, so staying longer you can definitely get your money’s worth!
Tried their smoothies and gelato. Smoothies were alright. Like something you could make at home. Gelato was smooth but not amazing. Very average gelato.
Would come back for games! Close by, convenient, and cozy. I like how their tables aren’t just regular tables and have slots for game play.
Very pretty street but café is Hard to find. So drive slow! The outside of the store looks like every other store on the street. You can park right in front of it, so that’s convenient.
Make reservations in case!

A tiny little board game store hidden in the neighbourhood. The board game selection is huge in comparison to the size of the store itself — a whole wall of games for a space with maybe 6 – 7 tables.
A few tables are very nicely decorated — hand painted as the game board for ticket to ride/​pandemic etc. A very nice touch!
However, other than the great selection of games, everything else falls short of other board game places. The sitting fee alone is $ 10 (or more on weekends) which is the most out of any place I’ve been to. It does include a drink of up to $ 3.25, which is barely anything on their menu. Drinks and food are mediocre at best.
Overall, this place is good for a lazy afternoon when you don’t feel like driving any further for board games, but if there’s a wait it wouldn’t be worth it for me.

Pretty pricey — $ 12 on weekends for unlimited play include drink valued at 3.25 or upsize for extra charge
They have a lot of games — 3 full floor to ceiling shelves. Variety games include strategy or more, veteran or experienced and more casual games like spot it or coackroach poker. We stayed 5 hours went through 7 different games, 7 people.
Riff raft is pretty fun for the first couple times (4 teams only tho)
They take reservations! We booked early in the day for a table of 8 for 8:30pm. They only have 1 large table, all others fit 4 – 6 people.
Food — menu is very limited, only offer a small selection of cold drinks like lattes sodas brewed teas. No bubble tea.
Can’t comment on the foods but one of our friends ordered a chocolate overload waffle with Gelato which looked very rich.
Also an option to buy their games for pretty decent prices!

Loved the huge selection of games and personally found a new favourite with the anomia game. Very cozy so get here early in the night if you’re coming with a big group of people. The drinks are all quite yummy, and the $ 8/​$ 10 fee that includes a $ 3.25 drink credit is worth it I’d say if you’re staying for a while.

Chit Chat Play, referred to as CCPC by my friends and I, is a small place to meet up with friends for a boardgame (or 5…) and café drink/​snack. I’ve been here a few times after work during the week, and the café is pretty quiet. I’ve also been here a couple times with larger parties (once with 13) during the weekend.
Price:
During the weekdays, unlimited play w/​a drink (of $ 3.25 value) is just shy of $ 10 after taxes. On weekends, that price goes up by about a dollar or 2. With around 200 games available, you can definitely get your money’s worth.
Service:
Jaro (the owner) and staff are friendly and knowledgeable about most of their games, and are always available for game tips/​help! If there’s a game you particularly liked, you can buy it right away if they have it available! If it’s not available, they can order it for you. Game prices are comparable to (if not sometimes better than) Great Boardgames and Board Game Bliss. (Sometimes I wonder if BGB is actually affiliated with CCPC… hrmmm)
Menu:
There’s an assortment of drinks, both caffeinated and non-​caffeinated, in hot and cold forms — teas, lattes, Italian soda, Apple cider. There’s also a small section of snacks including gelato and waffles. Offering a small selection of paninis could probably help boost sales ;-)

if you’re looking to hang out and play board games in Markham this place is pretty good. They’ve got a good selection of games and its very cozy. However, because it is smaller it does fill up pretty quick. The sitting fee and the drinks were a bit pricey if you compare it to snakes and lattes/​lagers. I would recommend you pre-​book your table ahead of time, otherwise risk not getting a seat since the place seats no more than 30 people.

Yes! Chit Chat Play! Very impressed with this place now that I finally got a table! Came for the second time as I couldn’t get a table the first time, and got really lucky on a Sunday night! Seems to busy all the time, so they recommend that you call ahead to see if there’s an available table. If there is, they will hold it for you for 30 min.
Very fairly priced for unlimited play between $ 8 – 10, including a drink @ $ 3.25. Essentially you get a discount of $ 3.25 from your total bill. Don’t forget to check in as you get 10% off as well!
Came from work so was quite hungry. A little disappointed that they didn’t have any food, but the waffles and apply pie were AMAZING! $ 11.50 for the waffles and $ 7.50 for the pie was quite worth it as they came with gelato! They did say on their website that sandwiches were coming soon, so hopefully they get that started!
Had a fun time with the board games and the owner & staff were super nice and helpful. Very knowledgeable and friendly, they explained the board games you didn’t understand, and always walked by to make sure everything was fine! The board game wall was beautifully organized and had a wide variety to choose from! Even sold new copies of games if you really enjoyed it!
An amazing little café that I would easily give 4.5 stars. Would get a perfect review with more food/​snack options and more seats, but the smaller space and unlimited playtime makes sitting and playing games more fun!

4 stars for concept; 2 stars for food.
— I like the small cozy space, large selection of board games, custom made tables
— (La Rocca) Red velvet cake was rock hard, dry and days-​old stale. Maybe my fault for taking the last slice but please don’t serve something that isn’t fresh.
— Flat white was strong; lacked the smooth milky layer.
Recommend to make reservations. Full house on a Sunday afternoon.

I love neighbourhood cafes. And I seriously love neighbourhood cafes that also has a wall of board games. Man, I wish I live in this hood. It’s literally right in the middle of Cathedral Town.
You walk in and the space is not very big. There’s about 7 or 8 tables. You can order from a selection of teas, coffees, gelato and desserts. The selections were surprisingly plentiful for a board game café. I got the Earl Grey Cream and it was delicious. I can’t recall the price of the tea but it was cheaper than Starbucks yet high quality. The Belgian waffle took about 20 minutes before it arrived but it was delicious and served with two scoops of gelato. Mmmmm mmmm!
The place was busy with all the tables filled when we were there on a Friday night. The staff was very friendly and helpful. If you pay $ 10, you can sit and play any of the board games they have available and they sure have a LOT. All the popular ones I’ve heard of, plus dozens more I’ve never heard of were all stacked in the back wall. You can ask the staff to teach you how to play the game if you don’t already know how and they really take the time to explain and demo it for you.
By 12:30 am, we were sleepy and decided to head home. (And because I lost a game of Settlers and didn’t want to risk a repeat) The place was still buzzing by the time we left.
Overall I had a great experience. It’s a great way to get social with friends, or get to know a date. It is also relatively inexpensively and highly entertaining.

Came here to play board games on a Sunday afternoon. It sits on the street forested by other residential houses — if it wasn’t for the sign and the windows peering the interior, I could’ve sworn people lived in there: P Kinda out of a storybook, especially on the snowy day that we went.
We made a reservation just in case it would be full on a Sunday, but luckily it wasn’t too packed. What makes a board game café is not just the variety of games — though I did appreciate this one having had. e.g., Chinese checkers, which the board game cafes downtown didn’t have. For these cafes, it’s really the service that keep people coming; and chit-​chat-​play was great for this :)
I think it was either the manager or the owner of the café that decided to teach us how to play one of the games that we chose, which was a really nice gesture considering we didn’t even ask :) He then brought out two more games that he thought we’d enjoy with our party size. And so, I’ll probably come back here next time I’m in the area with a group of friends :)

Great little place in Richmond Hill… the Galeto is amazing.
I walk –in on a Saturday night without any reservation but the staff call other reservations and found one group that is going to cancel so we got a table. So make sure you call ahead to reserve a table.
The games library is fairly good. But the staff are either too busy or don’t know the games enough to teach so prepare to read rule book.
I will definitely go back with my friends

When I visited this place with a group of 6 other friends on a Friday afternoon, the whole café was pretty packed. I was lucky that my friend made a reservation, because without it we probably wouldn’t have gotten a seat. I didn’t order a drink, but my friends ordered the white chocolate latte and the green tea latte, and said that they were pretty good.
The selection of board games is pretty good. They have hundreds of board games to choose from, and most of them are new and interesting games that I haven’t seen before. They also have a small chalkboard beside the washroom indicating the most popular games of the week.
Overall, this café is a good place to socialize and enjoy playing a variety of board games with friends. However, I would say that the café is fairly small and tight; the space only seats about 20 people. Also the café charges $ 6 except for Friday-​Sunday, when the price goes up to $ 8. Considering the space and packed house, the price is a bit higher than it should be. For these reasons, I decided to give this place 3 stars.

Finally, I don’t have to go downtown for a board game café anymore!
I came here with a reservation on a Saturday at 5:30pm. No trouble finding parking at the lot behind the store — plenty of spots!
Although the place was smaller than I expected, the collection of board games was impressive. Since I came on the weekend, it was $ 10 unlimited play with a drink included (up to $ 3.25). I ordered a hazelnut latte, while my friends got the apple cider, cappuccino, earl grey tea, and peach lychee tea. My latte was quite small and I finished it way too fast :(My friend’s lemon and hazelnut gelato was delicious (the hazelnut one tasted exactly like Bueno bars! YUM). Not a big food selection other than gelato and waffles though so make sure to eat beforehand if you’ll be spending a long time here.
Overall, nice atmosphere, friendly staff and good service! I will be back.

This cute board game café seemingly sprouted in the middle of nowhere (well, actually around hwy 404 and Elgin Mills). The place is small, so reservations are recommended if you want to go at busier times. You can play all day for $ 6, and the owner is very friendly and is always happy to make recommendations or teach a new game. They also have many board games for sale!
My only complaint is that the tables are a tad small and can hardly fit the game boards + drinks.

VERY impressed with this place. The only other uptown board game café is
They have an extensive menu of coffee drinks and a small selection of gelato.
Their collection of board games is MUCH bigger than Utopia but not as large as S&L (expectedly)
Staff are extremely friendly and know how to play many of the games. They also suggested new ones for us — always fun to learn new games :) They also sell a lot of board games if you happen to like the one you’re playing :)
Chit-​chat has a $ 6 sitting fee or $ 8 + 1 drink — not bad considering some places are $ 2 per hour!
I would recommend making a reservation if you are planning to come here in the evenings (especially weekends!). This places gets PACKED.

LOVE the fact that I no longer have to commute downtown to enjoy some games and coffee with my friends. They have an extensive coffee menu, gourmet gelatos (my friend got a tomato & basil which apparently was pretty good!), and a decent collection of board games. Staff and owner are also extremely friendly and are very well-​versed in the rules of the games they offer. They’re also bilingual and can help in both Cantonese and English! They also do latte art! I also a girl who got a really cute bear for her drink. (Note to self: order cappucino just for latte art)
I would recommend visiting on weekdays instead of weekends though. They were fairly full when my friends and I arrived around 9:30−10pm ish. We were lucky that there was one table left and the owner was quick to call everyone on the waitlist before letting us go in for the steal ;).
Essentially $ 8 for a drink and endless laughs and fun with your friends is totally worth it in my eyes. Not to mention I’m more likely to get a seat here than Snakes and Lattes! Also don’t forget to check in on Unilocal!10% off food/​drink =)

Game ON!
Chit-​Chat-​Play Board Game Café is such a welcoming addition to the Neighborhood! Opens till 2 am on weekends for your gaming pleasure.
I came here twice once to watch the World Cup and once to enjoy some fun time with other Unilocalers for a few hours of game time ($ 8 unlimited play with a drink $ 3.25).
I really have a good time as the staff here is really patient and more than happy to show us and even act as a referee while we trying to figure out the rules and so we would try to «kill» each other for the win.
There are so many games here so I am planning to come back and play them all!
The drink menu though extensive with espresso drinks and brewed tea could some time be a miss. My cappuccino was a little too milky to my liking. The gelato though is delicious!
Even if you are not into gaming, you can always come here and enjoy a cup of tea with your friends and use their wifi and hang out a little.
Ample parking at the back of the complex.