How many places in Nottingham let children eat free?

There are 51 active venues listed for the Nottingham council area, spanning 25 distinct chains. Most are sit-down restaurants, with the largest cluster — ten venues — falling within the NG1 central postcode.

Which chain has the most locations offering free children's meals in Nottingham?

Hungry Horse leads with three sites. Farmhouse Inns, Pizza Hut, and Slug & Lettuce each have two locations listed, making them the most widely represented names across the city.

Do all these Nottingham venues run the offer all year, or only during holidays?

Not all year round, no. Bill's, Las Iguanas, and Harvester limit their free children's offer to school holiday windows. The remaining venues tend to run it more broadly, but it is always worth checking directly before you travel.

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51 venues in Nottingham

Tap a row to open that venue’s page for opening hours, the booking link and the offer terms. All 51 are listed here — the first 50 in full, the rest by chain below. Use the postcode search for the closest to you.

The remaining 1 in Nottingham

Grouped by chain. Tap any branch for its hours, booking link and offer terms.

Zizzi

Nottingham · NG1 2AS

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Most of Nottingham's listed venues are sit-down restaurants and pubs rather than quick-service chains, which changes the feel of an evening out considerably. You are not herding children through a queue; you are being shown to a table. Hungry Horse runs three pubs across the postcode, Farmhouse Inns holds two, and Pizza Hut and Slug & Lettuce each contribute a pair — so the spread across casual dining is genuinely broad. The NG1 postcode alone accounts for ten venues, meaning the city centre does most of the heavy lifting. A handful of names — Bill's, Las Iguanas, and Harvester among them — operate their free-children policy during school holidays only, so the timing of your visit matters more than it might appear at first glance.

Holiday-only chains in Nottingham: Harvester, Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, The Playwright, Zizzi. These quietly flip in for half-term and summer; outside the school holidays they drop off the list.

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