Giraffe
Kids eat for £1 at Giraffe between 24 July and 1 September. This includes one child’s main, dessert and drink with the purchase of an adult meal. You need to grab the code from the restaurant’s website (GIRKE1SUMMER) and then head on down to Giraffe. Tell your waiter you have a voucher when you arrive. The offer excludes the King’s Cross and Southbank restaurants, and you won’t be able to use it at airports either.
OK Diners
One child under 10 can eat free when an adult purchases a main meal. This offer is available every day at the diners in Derby, Cannock, Leominster, Northop and Oswestry. Read all about it here.
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants
At selected Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, kids can eat for free from the Ramsay kids menu when ordering a main. It’s only available for children under the age of eight and you will need to purchase an adult main for every free children’s meal. It’s available at Heddon Street Kitchen, all Bread Street Kitchen and Bars, Bread Street Café, Gordon Ramsay Bar and Grill and York and Albany.
This offer is available all year around, except on select dates like Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Asda Cafe
Kids can eat at any time of day at Asda’s cafes for just £1, with the scheme extended over the summer holidays and until the end of the year. There is no need for adults to purchase a meal in order to get the offer, meaning families don’t have to incur any extra financial burden. The menu now includes vegan and healthy meal options, and your child will get a piece of fruit for free too.
All adult meals are half price from 3pm onwards, so you can get a cheap meal too.
Sainsbury’s Café
You can get one children’s hot main meal or “lunch bag” for £1 with the purchase of an adult hot main meal from £5.20 in the Sainsburys café. The lunch bag includes a sandwich, bag of crisps, a piece of fruit and a kids’ drink. Mains include a sausage, cheese and tomato pizza or chicken nuggets. It’s available every day from 11.30am until the cafe closes.
Morrisons Café
Children aged 16 and below can get one free meal with every adult meal. The offer only applies when you purchase an adult meal with a value of £4.49 or over, and it excludes all cafe specials. The meal includes a piece of fruit and orange or apple juice or bottle of water. Read the terms and conditions here.
Bella Italia
Kids can get three courses and a drink for just £1. Meals are suitable for two-11 year olds, with smaller and larger portion sizes to suit their appetites. However, this offer is only available with every adult main meal purchased, and can only be claimed between Monday and Thursday, from 4pm to 6pm.
The cheapest adult main course is the margherita pizza, priced at £11.49 – though these prices go up to £11.99 at some London and Center Parcs branches. Read all about it.
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Café Rouge
Kids can choose two or three courses from the children’s menu for just £1 with every adult who purchases a main course off the A La Carte menu this summer holiday, until 10 September. Children can enjoy two or even three lunch or dinner courses from the kids’ menu for free.
It excludes Saturdays. It is not available on arena or stadium event days at Café Rouge O2 and Café Rouge Cardiff St Davids, and it excludes Centre Parcs. Get the offer here.
Dunelm
Many of the furnishing retailer’s branches have an in-store eatery, the Pausa cafe. Kids can get a ‘mini main’, two snacks and a drink for free, as long as an accompanying adult spends £4 or more. The offer is available Monday to Friday after 3pm.
Tesco Café
Kids eat free at Tesco Café this summer holiday on weekdays.. You can choose from a kids’ breakfast and lunch meal deals, which include chicken goujons, sausages, macaroni and cheese and fish fingers. An adult just has to buy any item in the Tesco Café.
Dobbies
Kids can get a free breakfast or lunch at national garden centre Dobbies, with one meal and drink available for every adult main purchased. The cheapest adult main, the mini breakfast, comes in at £4.95. It does not include the Andover, Lelant, Marple, Reading, York, Anchorwood restaurants.
Travelodge
If you happen to be staying in a Travelodge, kids aged 15 and under eat completely free. Your child can choose as much as they like from the cooked selection, including prime back bacon, Cumberland pork sausages, free range scrambled eggs and more. Up to two kids can eat free for every full paying adult, for £8.99.
Premier Inn
The same goes at Premier Inn! When an adult orders a full Premier Inn Breakfast or a Meal Deal, up to two under 16s eat breakfast for free. Find out more.
Holiday Inn
Kids eat (and stay) free at Holiday Inn. It is available for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the hotel’s dine-in restaurant. Your kids will get a main course and dessert. An adult (who is registered as a hotel guest) must order at least one course from the full priced menu. It’s limited to four children per dining family. Find out more here – including how kids can stay for free at Holiday Inn.
YO! Sushi
From 10 July to 1 September, kids can eat free all day in Yo! Sushi restaurants when dining with a full-paying adult. There’s a minimum £10 spend and only one child can take the offer, and they must be under the age of 10. A maximum of three kids can eat free.
The Real Greek
For every £10 spent by an adult, one child under the age of 12 can eat for free at the Greek chain restaurant. The offer includes one meal from the children’s menu as well as an ice cream or sorbet, but is only available on Sundays.
SA Brain Pubs
Welsh pub chain SA Brain & Co. is another pub chain handing out kids meals for just £1. This offer is available all day every Wednesday, and must be purchased alongside a full price adult main meal.
Bill’s
Kids Eat Free is back at Bill’s for the summer. Every weekday between 24 July and 1 September, up to two children can eat a meal for free all day with every adult main dish. The children’s menu features favourites like Bill’s buttermilk pancakes, macaroni and cheese and fish fingers and chips. The offer excludes weekends.
Purezza
Purezza, the vegan pizza restaurant, has a kids eat free scheme not just for the summer holidays but all year round! Children under 10 can enjoy a free mini pizza with a topping of their choice. Only one child eats free per adult dining. The restaurants can provide additional mini pizzas and other children for £5 each. You’ll find Purezza in Camden, Bristol, Manchester and Brighton.
Ikea
At Ikea, your little ones can enjoy the pasta with tomato sauce and a soft drink for 95p. Any other kids meal is £1.50. You could also enjoy browsing and getting lost through the aisles of the furniture store and make it a proper trip out! This is available every day from 11am.
Table Table
Two kids under the age of 16 can get free, unlimited breakfast at Table Table’s all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast. You have to purchase an adult breakfast at a cost of £9.99. It promises a freshly cooked full English with all your cooked and continental favourites.
Brewers Fayre
Kids can get free buffet breakfast at Brewers Fayre, which is also owned by Whitbread – just like Table Table. It is much the same deal as above. Kids have to be under the age of 16 to eat for free, and you have to purchase an adult breakfast for £9.99.
Beefeater
Another Whitbread pub, Beefeater also offers two kids all-you-can-eat breakfast for free. Kids have to be under the age of 16 to eat for free, and you have to purchase an adult breakfast for £9.99.
Hungry Horse
Kids eat for £1 every Monday at Hungry Horse. Only selected meals are available including sausages, chicken nuggets, beef burger, tomato pasta and fish fingers. For £1.50, there are larger meals like build-your-own tacos, chilli, flatbread pizza and more burgers. Up to two kids can eat with every full paying adult. Find out more.
Heathrow Airport
OK, so you won’t be heading to Heathrow Airport purely for a meal (try explaining that to security), but if you are jetting off on a holiday over the summer it is handy to know that kids can eat for free in its restaurants. Participating spots include Wondertree, Big Smoke, Leon, Giraffe, The Globe and more until 3 September.
At Gordon Ramsay Plane Food, kids eat free all year round. The offer only applies to children under 12 and you’ll have to buy a main meal off the A La Carte menu. You can find the full list here.
Where kids can eat free or for £1 if you’re in London
Barbican Kitchen
Children under 10 can get a free kid’s meal at the Barbican Kitchen with every adult meal over £10 purchased. This offer is not just for the summer but all year round. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the Barbican. See the menu and more on their website.
Preto
Kids can eat free at Brazilian buffet restaurant Preto. The offer is valid every weekday after 4pm and all weekend. This offer is open to children up to 10 years old, and proof of age might be requested. An adult will need to pay their full way. It starts at £21.95 but you get an unlimited selection from the traditional Brazilian hot dishes and salad bar. You can get the offer at the Victoria, Putney, Queensway, Colchester and West End restaurants by downloading a voucher.
Angus Steakhouse
At Angus Steakhouses in central London, one child can get a meal per full-paying adult. It is available Monday to Friday, 12pm to 5pm and is only on offer for kids under the age of 10. Find out more.
Harvey Nichols
Every Sunday, children 12 and under can dine for free at The Fifth Floor cafe at Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge. When accompanied by an adult purchasing a meal from the à la carte menu, they can choose from the kids menu and enjoy a complimentary meal. If you are a REWARDS member, you can access this benefit Monday to Sunday, but you will need to show your REWARDS profile to claim.
Pembury Tavern
Kids eat free at the Pembury Tavern in Hackney, Eastern, all day every Sunday, with each adult-sized pizza bought. You can choose from a slice of their classic margarita or single pepperoni, plus your kids will get a scoop of ice-cream!
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