Kids eat free in Newcastle upon Tyne

The mix here is notably less predictable than a standard retail-park lineup. Côte Brasserie and ASK Italian sit alongside Hungry Horse and Farmhouse Inns, which means a parent can pitch the evening anywhere from relaxed pub grub to a sit-down brasserie without leaving the city. Twelve of the 18 venues cluster in NE1, so the city centre does most of the heavy lifting — Grainger Street, the Quayside, Eldon Square surrounds — but NE3 and a handful of outer postcodes add suburban options worth knowing about. Six chains including Frankie & Benny's, Las Iguanas, and BrewDog run their free-children offer during school holidays rather than all year, so timing genuinely shapes the shortlist. Slug & Lettuce appears twice, as does Hungry Horse. Sixteen distinct chains across 18 venues is a healthy spread.

Holiday-only chains in Newcastle upon Tyne: Frankie & Benny's, Hungry Horse, Las Iguanas, Zizzi. These quietly flip in for half-term and summer; outside the school holidays they drop off the list.

Verified by the kidseatfree.co.uk editorial team. Every venue here passes a 14-day freshness check; if a chain stops running its offer, it silently drops off the list.