Kid-Friendly Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area

The best kid-friendly restaurants have fun food and a welcoming atmosphere. Just about any pizza or burger place is going to be kid-friendly, but many other kinds of restaurants are great for children.

Good signs that a restaurant is kid-friendly include:

children's menu with favorite kid foods
crayons, coloring menus, books, etc.
high chairs and booster seats
fun atmosphere with interesting decorations
and last, but not least, other families with children dining there

If your child is an adventurous eater, ethnic restaurants can be great options. Asian, Mexican, and Mediterranean are often good choices. Fortunately, most kid-friendly restaurants are pretty easy on the budget. In fact, there's a pretty strong correlation between cost and kid-friendliness. Expensive restaurants and their customers often aren't very welcoming of children.

Timing is also part of the equation. A restaurant can be kid-friendly for breakfast and weekend lunches, but be the power lunch scene on weekdays or a dating hotspot during Friday night happy hour.

Listed below are restaurants that welcome children:

Bistro Maxine - Palo Alto
Buca di Beppo - Campbell , Palo Alto, San Francisco
Benihana - Burlingame, Concord, San Francisco
Black Bear Diner - Oakley
California Pizza Kitchen - Corte Madera, Palo Alto, Monterey, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, Walnut Creek
Chevys - Bay Area wide
Chili's - Bay Area side
Chuck E Cheese - Bay Area wide
Crosstown Coffeehouse and Community Center - Alameda
The Elephant Bar - Burlingame, Campbell, Concord, Cupertino, Daly City, Fremont
Emery Public Market - Emeryville
Europa Hof Brau - Orinda
Fresh Choice - Bay Area wide
Hard Rock Cafe - San Francisco
Hobees - South Bay
Johnny Rockets - Several Locations
The Little Gourmet - Napa
Little Star Cafe - Walnut Creek
Max's Diner and Cafes - Bay Area wide
McDonald's - Regional
Mel's Drive-in - San Francisco
Pizza & Pipes - Redwood City, Santa Clara
Roundtable Pizza - Bay Area wide
Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe - Emeryville
Old Spaghetti Factory - Concord, Oakland, San Jose
Rainforest Cafe - San Francisco
Red Robin - Newark, Pleasanton, San Bruno, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Jose
Sadie Dey's Cafe - Oakland
Southwest Grill - San Mateo
Straw Hat Pizza - Bay Area wide
Sweet Jo's - San Francisco
Sweet Tomatoes - Fremont, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Sunnyvale, Walnut Creek
Taco Bell - Bay Area wide
Taxi's - Dublin, Palo Alto, San Mateo, San Jose, Santa Clara, Walnut Creek
T.G.I. Fridays - Bay Area wide
Tomatina - Alameda, Berkeley, Dublin, Santa Clara, Walnut Creek

Ice Cream Parlors
Baskin Robbins - Bay Area wide
Ben & Jerry's - Berkeley Napa, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara
Cold Stone Ice Cream - Bay Area wide
Dairy Queen - Bay Area wide
Double Rainbow - Bay Area wide
Fenton's Creamery and Restaurant - Oakland
Ghiradelli Chocolate Manufactory and Soda Shop - San Francisco
Haagen-Dazs - Bay Area wide
Joe's Ice Cream - San Francisco (415) 751-1950
Knudsen's Ice Creamery - Castro Valley
Rick's Rather Rich Ice Cream - Palo Alto (650) 493-6553
San Francisco Creamery - Walnut Creek
Screamin' Mimi's - Sebastapol

Cooking Schools
Apron Strings - San Francisco
Cake Works - San Jose
Kids Culinary Adventures - San Mateo
What's Cooking - Marin, San Francisco, East Bay
Young Chef's Academy - Gilroy, Sunnyvale

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