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50 results for “family restaurants”

Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar - Raleigh

Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar - Raleigh

4.3(4,187)

Ages: This works across the whole range, and the reason is the menu rather than anything kid-specific in the room. Southern comfort cooking means biscuits, fried chicken, mac and cheese and eggs, and those are foods a picky four year old will actually accept without a negotiation. Toddlers do best at an early lunch, before the dining room fills and before the noise level makes a high chair feel like a bad idea. Big kids and tweens are the sweet spot, because they can order off the regular menu and finish it. Teens do fine here too, and the brunch format gives a late sleeper a plate of something breakfast-shaped at noon. Infants are welcome in the sense that any casual full-service restaurant welcomes them, but the practical answer with a baby is to come off-peak so you are not standing in a crowded entry waiting for a table.

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Bumble Brews Play Cafe - Raleigh

Bumble Brews Play Cafe - Raleigh

4.8(144)

Ages: This is a play cafe, and play cafes live and die on the under-five crowd. Toddlers and little kids are the core audience: the whole format exists so a two, three or four year old can move freely in a soft, enclosed indoor space while a parent sits down with a coffee. Crawling babies and pre-walkers usually do well too, provided there is a calmer area away from the fastest runners, though a very young infant is really along for the parent's sake. Big kids and up tend to age out quickly, because the equipment is scaled small and a seven year old will lap the room in ten minutes. If you have a mixed-age group, check the age policy on bumblebrewsplaycafe.com before you book, since play cafes often set an upper age limit or split sessions by age.

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Kenwood Towne CentreFree

Kenwood Towne Centre

4.4(11,242)

Ages: Practical with any age, and genuinely enjoyable from about 8 up, with tweens and teens getting the most out of it. An enclosed mall is the one shopping format that works reasonably well with small kids, because it is climate controlled, the corridors are wide enough to push a stroller without apologizing to anyone, and you never step outside once you are in. Toddlers and preschoolers do fine for an hour or so as long as you are moving. Tweens and teens are the core audience: this is the largest enclosed mall in the Cincinnati area, and for that age it is a social destination as much as a shopping one. Babies travel here easily but get nothing out of it, and family restroom or nursing room availability is not confirmed in this listing, so ask at guest services when you arrive.

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Lakewood Social

Lakewood Social

4.6(445)

Ages: This one genuinely works from infants through teens, and it is unusually strong for the 2 to 8 range, which is the hardest age band to feed in public. The reason is the layout: reviewers consistently describe a large fenced outdoor area with a lawn, plenty of seating and toys and games out for kids, plus a covered patio. A toddler who cannot sit still for 40 minutes has somewhere to go that is not a parking lot, and you can still see them from the table. Little kids and big kids get a kids menu, with the chicken tenders and fries called out repeatedly in reviews. Tweens and teens do fine on the burger and fried chicken sandwich side of the menu. Infants work best on the patio, where the noise level is easier and you have room to park a carrier. The only age this is a mediocre fit for is a teen looking for something to do, since the games skew young.

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Neomonde Raleigh

Neomonde Raleigh

4.5(4,487)

Ages: Works well from toddlers through teens, and it is one of the better options in Raleigh for a family with a dietary constraint. Neomonde publishes children's meals for ages 10 and under, with entrees including a grilled chicken kabob listed at $9 and a grilled steak kabob listed at $10, each with a side such as rice, hummus with pita, or fries, plus a drink. That fries option is the escape hatch for a kid who will not try anything new. Little kids and big kids usually do well because pita, hummus and rice are mild and familiar in texture even when the cuisine is not. Tweens and teens can build a bowl or take on a man'ousheh, the 10 inch flatbread the menu describes as a staple of Middle Eastern bakeries, which eats like pizza. Infants are easy here because it is a casual cafe rather than a formal dining room, with patio seating available for a stroller. The only tricky group is a child who eats nothing outside chicken tenders, since fries are the closest analog on offer.

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