# Kid-friendly places in Davis

15 listed places in Davis: 8 playgrounds and things to do, 3 restaurants, 2 cafés and 2 hotels. Each lists high chairs, changing tables, kids' menus and wheelchair access where known, with the source of every fact.

Last updated 2026-09-27, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## Narrower lists

- [Kid-friendly restaurants in Davis](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/davis/restaurants) (3)
- [Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Davis](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/davis/playgrounds) (8)
- [Parks and playgrounds with restrooms in Davis](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/davis/with-restrooms) (6)
- [Free things to do with kids in Davis](https://ourplayday.com/places/in/davis/free-to-visit) (4)

## Guides

- [Playgrounds for a whole afternoon in Davis](https://ourplayday.com/guides/davis/playgrounds-for-a-whole-afternoon): 5 playgrounds in Davis with a restroom and picnic tables right there, so you can actually stay a while. From parents and published guides.

## Places

1. [Central Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/central-park-davis) (playground, Davis). Downtown Davis's park, where the Saturday farmers market sets up, with play areas and Natalie's Corner, a free splash pad for summer. Market plus splash pad is a pretty perfect Saturday.
2. [Hyatt House Davis](https://ourplayday.com/places/hyatt-house-davis) (hotel, Davis). Apartment-style suites with a real kitchen and a bedroom door, so the kids can sleep while you stay up. There are grills in the courtyard for an easy dinner.
3. [Arroyo Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/arroyo-park-davis) (playground, Davis). West Davis's big park, with a climbing structure rebuilt in 2019, a tot area and greenbelt bike paths, plus a pool with water slides in summer.
4. [Hyatt Place UC Davis](https://ourplayday.com/places/hyatt-place-uc-davis) (hotel, Davis). On campus next to the Mondavi Center, and the pool is summer only. There are no rollaways, so a bigger crew needs two rooms.
5. [Rainbow City Play Area](https://ourplayday.com/places/rainbow-city-davis) (playground, Davis). Davis's community-built wooden play world: castles, turrets, bridges, a pirate ship and a huge sandbox. It's the playground every Davis parent names first, and the park around it makes a half day.
6. [Sandy Motley Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/sandy-motley-park) (playground, Davis). A Wildhorse park with a separate little-kid playground under shade sails, next to a bigger structure for older siblings. A good toddler pick.
7. [Slide Hill Park](https://ourplayday.com/places/slide-hill-park) (playground, Davis). An East Davis park named for its big grassy hill, which kids slide down. There's a playground and a summer city pool too.
8. [UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden](https://ourplayday.com/places/uc-davis-arboretum) (garden, Davis). A long ribbon of gardens along a creek on the edge of campus, flat and free and perfect for a scooter. Parking is free on weekends.
9. [California Raptor Center](https://ourplayday.com/places/california-raptor-center) (attraction, Davis). A free self-guided walk past hawks, owls, falcons and eagles that can't go back to the wild, each with its own story on a sign. Weekend visits end at noon.
10. [Crepeville](https://ourplayday.com/places/crepeville-davis) (restaurant, Davis). A downtown Davis crepe café with a genuinely long kids' list: cheese crepes, sugar crepes, little pancakes, French toast, grilled cheese.
11. [Sudwerk Brewing Co.](https://ourplayday.com/places/sudwerk-brewing-davis) (restaurant, Davis). A Davis brewery with a patio (misters in summer, fire pits in winter), a kids' menu and an all-ages trivia night.
12. [Bohart Museum of Entomology](https://ourplayday.com/places/bohart-museum-of-entomology) (museum, Davis). A university insect collection with a live petting zoo of walking sticks and hissing cockroaches your kid can actually hold. Public hours are limited, so the free family open house days are the easy way in.
13. [Davis Creamery](https://ourplayday.com/places/davis-creamery) (ice cream shop, Davis). Small-batch ice cream made in the shop, with flavors like cupcake, a block from Central Park's splash pad.
14. [Paesanos Davis](https://ourplayday.com/places/paesanos-davis) (restaurant, Davis). Downtown Davis pizza and pasta that every Davis family guide names. It's quick, and kids sometimes get a ball of dough to play with at the table.
15. [Sweet and Shavery](https://ourplayday.com/places/sweet-and-shavery) (café, Davis). A little Davis dessert shop for Italian ice made in house and frozen custard, or both layered in a cup. There are games to play while you eat.

## About this list

Every place here is a listing on Play Day, and a place is listed only when something positive is known about it for kids. Any page linked above is also served as markdown by adding .md to its address.

Page: https://ourplayday.com/places/in/davis