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The highs and lows of restaurant dining with children
By Catherine O'Dolan on 30/09/2010 18:30:52
You've taken your seats at table, and you're ready to start your family dining experience, but are your fellow diners pleased – or appauled – to see children at the table?
they have forgotten how stressful they found similar behaviour 20 years earlier (and because it's nothing compared to the antics of their wild teenage kids). Will keep telling you that it doesn't get any easier, only different.* The affluent twentysomethings
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Four simple rules for restaurant dining with children
By Catherine O'Dolan on 30/09/2010 18:30:52
The essential ingredients to happy family dining courtesy of Sara Galvin
Sara Galvin, wife of chef Chris Galvin, and mother of Jessica, 15, George, 14, and Joey, 11, and Front-of-House patron of Galvin La Chapelle, gives her recipe for successful family dining:1. Involve your child in every conversation, play word games
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Parisian-style family dining (& celeb spotting) at Le Relais de Venise in Marylebone
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/07/2010 17:11:17
There's no menu but the food is great at this family-friendly restaurant that's great for celebrity spotting
, London W1U 2QG. Tel: 020 7486 0878 Starter and main course, £20 per person (cheese vegetarian option also £20); no children’s menu but frites come free. Desserts from £4.50 each. Open for lunch and dinner. Nearest tube: Bond Street/Baker Street
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YO! Sushi
By Catherine O'Dolan on 18/04/2010 16:09:27
Perfect dining in pint-sized portions
no such hesitation, choosing from an exciting selection of sushi, as well as some hot dishes ordered from the kitchen. With prices of the colour-coded plates ranging from £1.70 to £5, Nigiri (oblong rice with salmon or prawn) were popular staples, though Joe
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The Warrington in Maida Vale
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/09/2010 12:16:48
Dining out at Gordon Ramsay's posh pub The Warrington in Maida Vale is a relaxed family affair
Warrington Crescent, LONDON W9 1EH.Tel: 020 7592 7960. Open daily; Saturday and Sunday lunch from 12–3pm. Tube: Maida Vale, Warwick Avenue
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Carluccio's
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/09/2010 12:16:48
Nobody gives a warmer family welcome than the Italians – and Italian family dining doesn't get much better than Carluccio's
dining at home. Carluccio’s, 305–307 Upper St N1 2TU. Tel: 020 7359 8167. Branches in 45 locations nationwide Tube: Angel, Highbury & Islington
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Inn The Park
By Catherine O'Dolan on 19/04/2010 16:12:40
Family dining with a view
7451 9999; www.innthepark.com.Address: St James's Park, SW1A 2BJ; nearest tube station, St James's Park
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Babylon
By Catherine O'Dolan on 18/04/2010 16:29:40
Delicious dining on Kensington Roof Gardens
How inspired by some clever individual to name this lofty restaurant after one of the Seven Wonders of the world. Aiming high, for sure, but then you wouldn’t expect anything less from an establishment owned by Richard Branson. High up
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Restaurant review: Galvin La Chapelle
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/04/2012 15:27:34
The Spitalfields bistro where family and fine dining go hand in hand
about some fresh strawberries and ice cream for dessert before you set off for a leisurely stroll in the buzzing pedestrian quarters on your doorstep? nLa Chapelle, 35 Spital Square, London E1 6DY. Tel: 020 7299 0400; Don't miss... Junior reviews Jamie
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Restaurant review: Zilli Fish
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/02/2011 16:51:49
The affable Italian chef proves chic seafood and family dining go together like fish and chips
attitude that welcomes children into restaurants. To show his commitment to the cause, he’s inviting under-fives to dine for free, while babies and toddlers are treated to his range of organic Baby Zilli. Still, you have to be brave to venture out on a
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