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Best Family Restaurant: Giraffe
By Catherine O'Dolan on 27/05/2011 15:55:04
Juliette Joffe, co-owner of Giraffe restaurants, offers her tips for family-friendly dining
. Bobby Flay’s Boy Meets Grill is also great. It has been a great inspiration when introducing our delicious skewer menu at the new Soho Giraffe.What’s your favourite restaurant and why? A particular favourite is a beachside restaurant we visit regularly
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Shock, horror! Restaurant Bans Children
By Catherine O'Dolan on 11/10/2010 18:11:17
Your toddler's in meltdown mode in a crowded restaurant – do we expect tolerance or tuts from fellow diners?
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
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Best Family Restaurant Winner: PizzaExpress
By Catherine O'Dolan on 27/05/2011 16:51:13
Emma Woods, Marketing Director of PizzaExpress, winners of the Best Restaurant category of the Junior Design Awards, shares her tips on family-friendly dining
Emma Woods, mother of Megan, 12, Ella, nine, Conor, six, and Charlie, four, shares her foodie favouritesWhat’s your earliest food memory? My Dad making homemade pizza. It was pretty basic – just a homemade dough base and tinned tomatoes and grated
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Podium Restaurant
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/04/2010 13:54:11
Fine eating at the London Hilton on Park Lane
to Hyde Park to enjoy the sun.Times: Sunday lunch at Podium is served from noon to 3pm.Cost: The three-course buffet costs £30 per adult, £15 for under-12s and is free for under-fives.Contact: tel: 020 7208 4022; www.podiumrestaurant.co.uk Address: Podium
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Restaurant review: Wahaca, Westfield
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/06/2012 15:45:32
A fiesta of fresh, authentic flavours from Masterchef's Thomasina Miers
Shopping Centre, Ariel Way, London W12 7GB. Tel: 020 8749 4517Don't miss... Junior reviews Jamie Oliver's Union Jacks and Galvin La Chapelle
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Restaurant review: Meatballs
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/01/2012 16:42:24
We get our head around the latest New York foodie trend to roll into these shores
raspberry coulis – at least I think it was good. Sadly for me, two pairs of little fingers also couldn't resist getting stuck into the sweet ruby nectar nMeatballs At The Quality Chop House, 92–94 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3EA, tel: 020 3490 6228Don
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Restaurant review: Union Jacks
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/05/2012 15:12:27
Local boy done good, Jamie Oliver, returns to his British roots with this hip new diner
with wine from Chapel Down Winery in Kent.And in keeping with Jamie’s cheeky chappie reputation, the staff are friendly. We couldn’t wait to sample the unusual homemade ice creams at £1.50 a scoop (60p for children): Marathon/Snickers Bar, Earl Grey Tea
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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
Sundried Tomato, Rosemary & Garlic Marinated Lamb Steak with Greek Salad (£13.90), which was a bit on the chewy side. We all, however, loved the Courgette Chips (£4) – moreish tempura-style sticks of courgette; and a rather more decadent way of getting one
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Restaurant review: Chipotle
By Catherine O'Dolan on 01/02/2012 16:25:07
A perfect pit stop for fresh Mexican food with an environmental conscience to boot
was over within an hour – not exactly McDonald’s-fast, but Chipotle is definitely fast food that makes you want to take your time and savour it.Chipotle, 114–116 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JR. Tel: 020 7836 8491Don't miss... Junior reviews The Even
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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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