Child-friendly restaurants

Anne Coates and family review their meals at Frankie & Benny's in The Strand, London plus there are family deals in all their restaurants throughout the summer.

wagamama is Harriet's favourite restaurant so she and Anne Coates managed to fit in two trips there during the school holidays.

While on their mini-staycation in Brighton, Harriet and Anne Coates met a cousin for dinner at Pinocchio's, the city's oldest Italian restaurant.

It's International Picnic Day and "love ‘em or hate ‘em" while you still can’t eat at your favourite restaurants, Brasserie Blanc has a few handy tips for a perfect picnic plus a recipe for coleslaw.

MAIA is a chic, all day restaurant on Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge. This latest addition to the smartest of London postcodes is open for brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and everything else through to dinner. Anne Coates went along to review with a guest.

London’s high street café scene has just been elevated with a game-changing new feel-good food and specialty coffee concept. TRU which has opened its first location on Chancery Lane, London has been designed with health and wellbeing in mind. Its relaxed café and high-quality menu are the perfect antidote to stressful living and poor-quality food and coffee currently available on the high street. TRU has been made for people who believe in better when it comes to food, coffee and experience. TRU is tastier, healthier and faster. 

There's nothing quite like eating fish and chips by the seaside so Harriet and Anne Coates sampled the delights of Charlie's Bar in Margate.

Edessa Turkish Restaurant in Margate is open all day, is great for families and offers delicious food as sampled by Harriet and Anne Coates.

For foodie parents, fine dining can sometimes be difficult with children in tow and meals sometimes clouded by fears of tantrums or the embarrassment of picky eaters. Landmark London restaurant, Simpson's in the Strand has provided the backdrop to countless family meals and treasured occasions throughout its 190-year history. Its contemporary "Bill of Fare" offers a special menu catering for its younger patrons, ensuring that family can dine out comfortably together, without feeling the unease that sometimes comes from fine dining with children or compromising on culinary standards. Harriet and Anne Coates were ladies who lunched. 

Looking for somewhere new to have a celebratory lunch, Anne Coates was recommended to try Brasserie Blanc Southbank, just by the Festival Hall in London. It was a five heart experience and there are six London restaurants to choose from as well as 14 more throughout the country.

On holiday in Moraitika, Corfu, Olivia, Harriet and Anne Coates discovered Stavros Taverna.

Since May Feather Moon Kitchen (FMK), a new all dining experience with a consciously curated children’s menu, has been at Platform 1 in East Dulwich. Owner Chloe Gounder-Forbes has created a menu that focuses on healthy and organic food and she has also created a menu for children aged six months and above. Anne Coates went along for a taster with Harriet and a chat with Chloe.