, the restaurant was busy with a very much family orientated clientele: suited grandfathers and well-heeled grandmothers were dining en famille with their children and grandchildren, all no doubt elegantly attired from the chic local boutiques like Bonpoint

SCREAMING CHILDREN WILL not be tolerated” was the bold proclamation recently posted in the windows on Olde Salty restaurant in North Carolina. The reaction has polarized opinion, with many diners in favour of the restriction, while others feel

times, Giraffe is a happy success story: they have just received the well-deserved accolade Best Family Restaurant at Restaurant magazine’s awards – and a big heap of that ongoing success has to be down to their big hearts.Giraffe, Muswell Hill Broadway

They sip cocktails, lounge lazily and peruse the Sunday supplements. They view you as something sad and washed up. They see your child as an annoying brat who represents a monetary and time deficit. Don't go there!* The family with small children They can

A carousel of dinky little plates in a rainbow of colours, each one hosting a delicate portion of nibble-sized treats, dance past in an attempt to seduce: Eat me! Eat me!  What could be more fun? Armed with a pair of child’s chopsticks and an activity sheet for playing a game of ...

With a car-mad four-year-old (and his daddy) in tow, there was always a chance that we were never actually going to make it into the restaurant when there is one of Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One racing cars in the foyer to drool over. But that’s just

that children eat with the family, no?”He’s absolutely right, of course, but I can’t help feeling a slight sense of trepidation at the prospect of taking Joe into the refined setting of Blanc’s haute cuisine restaurant. Our table for three is booked for 7.15pm

Posh pub downstairs, even posher restaurant upstairs at Gordon Ramsay's The WarringtonIT MAY BE “the local” for the lucky folk who happen to call Maida Vale home, but The Warrington Pub & Restaurant is about as far removed from The Queen Vic as Phil

The relaxed ambiance at Carluccio's is perfect for families – and the food's not bad eitherORDINARILY I DON’T make a habit of earwigging other people’s conversations, but I was interested to hear the response to the two young guys asking

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