I went to Activate today for my son's birthday, I did not book a party, we were just having a small get together of my two sons and my two nieces for a little celebration. I booked online and paid €40 for 4kids and two adults. My youngest son has multiple allergies so I brought a cake I baked myself that was dairy free, egg free and nut free (he's allergic to all three) it was a tiny cake wrapped in tinfoil. Upon arrival at the desk I was questioned by the manager or owner (I'm not sure which one) what I had in the tinfoil, I explained it was my son's birthday and my other son has multiple allergies and I baked a cake for the kids to share that was allergy free (kids ages 1,2,4&5) I was immediately told I couldn't bring it in, I explained my son's allergies etc and i was told absolutely not that they had cakes with lists of ingredients that I could choose from (later on I saw the cakes in the counter with no wrappers on them, no ingredients listed and each exposed to contamination with no dairy free,egg free or nut free options) i was told if he left me bring in a cake that he'd have to let everybody bring in their own cakes...even though it was 1pm on a sunny Tuesday and there was about 4 other children in there. He was only worried about loosing money from a cake sale rather then concerned that my child could be exposed to nuts and have an anaphylactic reaction. This whole business is child based and they don't have any concern for the kids that are making them a wage. Allergy mothers have a hard enough time going to places like this without it being made harder because you can't bring in a food that you know is safe for your child to consume, iv never had problems bringing my own foods or cakes into any establishment after I explain my sons allergies there was no allergy friendly treats here or food options other then chips. My son was upset that we couldn't sing him Happy birthday and have some cake so after the soft play we had to drag 4 small tired children back to my house so they could have a piece of cake. My eldest daughter is 12 and iv been coming here since she was little. I won't be back. I was treated like I was trying to smuggle drugs in. I know plenty of allergy mothers will read this and avoid also. Very disappointed