Kids Eat Free

Eating out with kids, written down

Notes on the practical bits — keeping everyone happy at the table, and where to go when the holidays hit.

A family lunch laid out on a wooden table — the kind of meal parents are looking for when they search for where kids eat free today.

Where do kids eat free today? How to find tonight's answer in about a minute

Kids-eat-free offers change by the day of the week and by town. Here is how to find out where kids eat free today, wherever you are in the UK.

A frittata made from whatever was left over, standing in for the four rescue formulas in this post.

The Wednesday-night problem: cooking from what's actually in the fridge

Four formulas rather than recipes, for the night the plan has gone and the fridge contains half an onion, four eggs and a lot of goodwill.

The snack board from this post's film night in — popcorn and a warm nacho tray, ready for the sofa.

The movie night in: snacks that beat the cinema

How to build a proper film night at home — the snack board, popcorn three ways, the intermission trick, and the tier where nobody cooks at all.

A simple pound-a-head dinner at the kitchen table, standing in for the five budget meals in this post.

Kids' dinners for about £1 a head

Five makeable kids' dinners that land around a pound a head — formulas rather than recipes, and honest approximations rather than a costed shopping list.

A family table with a plate of chips and a burger — the everyday moment behind every kids-eat-free offer, before anyone reads the small print.

What 'kids eat free' actually means — and the conditions nobody puts in the headline

Kids eat free — but when, for whom, and with what? The five conditions hiding behind every headline, and how to check them before you set off.

A family table set for an early dinner out — the quiet weekday timing this post recommends for the summer holidays.

Six weeks is a long time: eating out with kids this summer without losing it

Two weeks into the summer holidays and out of ideas? How to eat out with kids and keep everyone fed, watered and roughly on speaking terms.