There are two quite unique features about the bustling French eaterie, Le Relais de Venise, which is a replica of the Parisian original that has been open for over 50 years. Firstly, you can’t reserve a table – even if you are the owner, so they say

children tucking so hungrily into one of their five-a-day. They were so good, in fact, we had to order more to avoid squabbles. The mains of burritos, filled with juicy steak, chicken or pork, proved just a tad too spicy for six-year-old Joe, but he

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

Some might argue there’s a little lack of imagination in the Ronseal approach of this restaurant’s name – “it does exactly what it says on the tin” – but it does serve a purpose. If you’re a vegetarian teetotaller, then this is not exactly your

noodles and curries.In fact, there’s so much choice that it’s one of those menus where you’re just not sure what to choose – and then I invariably get it wrong. I found my Teriyaki Salmon with Udon Noodles (£8.10) a little sweet and wished I’d gone

glasses from the push-button dispenser on the counter –  the only drawback was that Joe was so distracted by the exciting spectacle of it all that he wasn’t that keen on eating. Such are the delights of Yo Sushi for youngsters.The adults, however, had

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

Having been crowned Junior’s Best Family Restaurant in the Junior Design Awards 2011, it is safe to say that Pizza Express should be firmly on the radar of any family seeking delicious modern Italian cuisine as well as an enlightened attitude

bag, so they were all happy. The birthday boy was the clear winner – with no manipulation of scores! And, call me clairvoyant, but I just happened to have a winner's trophy with Joe’s name on it.All Star Lanes, Second Floor, Westfield Stratford City

heyday era, is set in the new food piazza just off Tottenham Court Road. There are mismatched wooden chairs (which leads one of the boys to complain he doesn’t have a spongy seat) and crockery that looks like it came from a school staff room: turn over a