Pixie Trixie Playhouse Kids Spa and Playground at Katong

Pixie Trixie Playhouse on East Coast Road is a children’s spa with a playground attached, rather than a playground that also does manicures. Getting that order right is the difference between a good visit and a puzzled one.

The playground alone costs S$15 on a weekday, which is one of the cheapest paid play tickets in Singapore. The spa packages start at S$49 and run to S$89, and they are what the venue is built around.

What Pixie Trixie Playhouse Is

The venue occupies a shophouse unit at the eastern end of East Coast Road, past Katong and toward Siglap.

A Spa for Children

The core offer is pampering: manicures and pedicures, makeup and hairstyling, delivered as packaged experiences with single-use applicators and a goodie bag at the end.

This is a category with almost no competition in Singapore. Children’s hair salons exist; children’s spas essentially do not, and that is why the venue draws visitors from across the island rather than only from the neighbourhood.

The Playground Is the Second Act

Spa sessions run two hours and include playtime in the attached playground. The playground can also be booked on its own, and at S$15 on a weekday it is priced as a neighbourhood play option rather than as an attraction.

That structure means two quite different visits are available at the same address, and families should decide which one they are buying.

Boys Are Explicitly Included

A Boys-Only Fun Spa package at S$49 exists alongside the princess-themed offers. Venues of this kind frequently assume a single audience, and this one does not.

Who It Suits

Children old enough to sit still for a treatment, which in practice means about four upward, plus younger siblings who use the playground. Families in Katong, Siglap, Marine Parade and the East Coast, and anyone in Singapore looking for a birthday experience rather than a birthday venue.

Packages and Prices (2026)

Package	Price
Ultimate Pixie Spa Experience	S$89
Boys-Only Fun Spa	S$49
Makeup and Hairstyling	S$49
Mini Mani and Pedi	S$49
Weekday Playground Adventure	S$15
Weekend Playground Adventure	S$29
Additional adult	S$10
Birthday Special, tiara, sash and gift	S$39
Princess Tiara	S$14.90

Prices verified August 2026. Spa sessions run two hours and include complimentary playtime, with one adult admitted free per package. Applicators are single use and a goodie bag is included. Socks are required. Age limits are not published.

The Weekday Playground Ticket

At S$15, weekday playground entry undercuts nearly every paid playground in Singapore. It buys a small venue rather than a large one, but for a family in the east looking for an hour out of the house on a Thursday it is difficult to beat.

The weekend rate at S$29 is roughly market price, and at that level the venue is competing with larger playgrounds on size, which it will lose.

The Spa Packages Are the Product

At S$49 to S$89, the spa packages are priced as an experience. Two hours, a treatment, playtime and a goodie bag is a birthday-scale outing rather than an afternoon activity.

The Ultimate Pixie Spa Experience at S$89 is the full version. The three S$49 packages each isolate one element, which makes them the sensible first purchase for a child who has never had a treatment and might not sit through one.

One Adult Free, Then S$10

Each package admits one adult free. Additional adults are S$10, which is moderate for the category and matters for a grandparent joining a birthday visit.

Location and Getting There

Address: 926 East Coast Road, Singapore 459116
Phone: 8493 9949

The unit is at the eastern end of East Coast Road, closer to Siglap than to Katong proper. Buses along East Coast Road are frequent and Marine Parade MRT on the Thomson-East Coast Line is a bus ride away rather than a walk.

Street parking is available in the area and the surrounding stretch has extensive food options.

Opening Hours

Day	Hours
Monday and Tuesday	Closed
Wednesday to Friday	11am to 7pm
Saturday and Sunday	10am to 7pm

Two closed days a week is more than most venues, so check before travelling. The 11am weekday start also rules out early mornings.

Suitable Ages

Age	Fit
Under 3	Playground only, treatments need sitting still
4 to 6	Best fit for the spa packages
7 to 10	Very good fit, particularly the makeup and hairstyling
11 and older	The playground reads young, the spa does not

No age limits are published. The practical gate is whether a child will sit through a treatment, which most will from about four.

What Parents Say

The novelty is the first thing reviewers mention. A children’s spa is an unusual thing to find, and children who have watched an adult get a manicure react strongly to having one themselves.

The goodie bag and the single-use applicators come up often, the first because children like taking something home and the second because parents care about hygiene in a venue doing nail treatments on children.

The Boys-Only package draws specific praise from parents of sons who would otherwise be excluded from the category entirely.

The weekday playground price is mentioned as unexpectedly cheap.

The recurring caution is expectation. Families arriving expecting a full playground find a small play area attached to a spa, and the venue is not built to compete on play equipment.

The second caution is the two closed days and the 11am weekday start, which narrow the available windows.

The third is the weekend playground rate at S$29, which several parents describe as high for the size of the play area.

What Actually Happens in a Session

A treatment session is not a real spa treatment and does not pretend to be. Nail polish, hand and foot soaking, makeup and hair styling are done at a level appropriate to a child, with materials chosen for that.

The theatre is the product. Being shown to a chair, having a treatment done properly and being handed a goodie bag at the end is a scripted experience, and children of five and six respond to being treated as the customer rather than as the accompanying child.

The two-hour session length reflects that. A treatment takes perhaps a third of it; the rest is playtime, which is what stops the visit ending abruptly when the nails are dry.

Where the Playground Fits

The play area is small and it is not the reason to come for a spa package. What it does is absorb the transition: a child who has finished a treatment and is pleased with themselves needs somewhere to go, and sending them home immediately truncates the experience.

For a family booking a treatment for one child and bringing a younger sibling, the playground is what occupies the sibling for the two hours, and the S$15 weekday rate makes that inexpensive.

The Weekday Playground as a Local Option

Judged purely as a playground at S$15 on a weekday, this is a small venue at a low price in a part of Singapore where paid play generally costs more.

For a parent in Siglap or Katong with an hour to fill on a Wednesday, it works: it is close, it is cheap, and it is quiet because most of the venue’s business is booked treatments rather than walk-in play.

It stops working at weekends. S$29 buys considerably more space elsewhere in the east, and a family paying that rate for the play area alone is not getting the venue’s best offer.

How It Compares

	Pixie Trixie	A kids’ hair salon	A playground
Core offer	Spa treatments plus play	Haircuts	Play
Session	2 hours	30 minutes	1 to 3 hours
Price	S$49 to S$89	S$25 to S$45	S$25 to S$45
Take-home	Goodie bag	Nothing	Nothing
Party fit	Strong	Weak	Strong
Playground size	Small	None	Large

The venue is not competing with playgrounds and should not be judged against them. Its competitor is a birthday experience: a party at a restaurant, a craft workshop, a cinema outing.

Against those, two hours of pampering with playtime and a goodie bag at S$89 for the full package is priced comparably and offers something the others do not.

Parties and Birthdays

The Birthday Special at S$39 adds a tiara, a sash and a gift to a package, and the venue’s structure suits group bookings well.

A pamper party is a controlled two hours with a clear sequence, which is easier to run than an open playground party where twenty children scatter. For a group of four to eight children, the format works particularly well.

The playground is what absorbs the siblings who are too young or too uninterested for a treatment, and the S$15 weekday rate makes bringing them cheap.

Choosing Between the Packages

The three S$49 packages each isolate one element, and they suit different children.

Mini Mani and Pedi is the most passive of the three and the easiest for a child who is happy to sit. Makeup and Hairstyling involves the child in choices and suits one who wants to direct the outcome. The Boys-Only Fun Spa exists to widen the category beyond one audience, and it is the package to ask about for a child who has no interest in nail polish but does want the experience of being fussed over.

The Ultimate Pixie Spa Experience at S$89 combines them. It is the birthday purchase rather than the ordinary-afternoon one, and it makes most sense for a child who has already enjoyed a shorter package.

The Birthday Special at S$39 sits on top of any of them and adds the tiara, sash and gift. For a birthday visit it is the difference between a treatment and an occasion, which is what the venue is selling.

Making a Visit Work

Decide which visit you are buying. The playground at S$15 on a weekday and the S$89 spa experience are different outings at the same address.

Book ahead for treatments. These are staffed sessions rather than walk-in play, and the venue is small.

Take the weekday slot for the playground. S$15 against S$29 is a large difference for the same space.

Start with a S$49 package for a first-timer. If the child will not sit through twenty minutes of nail painting, S$89 is a lot to discover that with.

Check the day. The venue is closed Mondays and Tuesdays and does not open until 11am midweek.

Bring socks. They are required in the play area.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Pixie Trixie Playhouse?

A children’s spa on East Coast Road offering manicures, pedicures, makeup and hairstyling as packaged experiences, with an attached playground.

How much does it cost?

Spa packages run from S$49 to S$89. Playground entry alone is S$15 on a weekday and S$29 at a weekend. Additional adults are S$10.

How long is a spa session?

Two hours, including complimentary playtime in the playground.

Are there packages for boys?

Yes, a Boys-Only Fun Spa at S$49.

Is the playground included with a spa package?

Yes, playtime comes with every spa package.

Which days is it closed?

Mondays and Tuesdays.

What are the opening hours?

11am to 7pm from Wednesday to Friday, and 10am to 7pm at weekends.

What ages is it for?

No limits are published. Treatments suit children who will sit still, which is usually from about four.

Is it hygienic?

Applicators are single use, which the venue states explicitly.

Where is it?

926 East Coast Road, at the Siglap end, with street parking in the area.

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Prices, hours and policies were verified in August 2026 and change without notice. Confirm current rates and availability with the venue before travelling.