Little People

 Great little doors for kids - to the loos and exit - alongside the usual adult-sized versions at Chobham Adventure Farm.

Ration Box

Child meal box at International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln

Hull's Great Cafe

 Great menus at Nibble in Hull

 including offers for kids and pooches

 Burgers for breakfast  http://nibblehull.co.uk/#breakfast

   

 Owner Anna is one of Hull's stars

Kids Appeal

 Yeatman Hotel, Porto is a first class hotel but knows how to appeal to kids - age appropriate plates and mugs by the breakfast buffet and clear signage

Just for Kids

Kids offer at a Morrison's cafe

Bye Bye Barefoot

The wonderful Storytellers Cafe at Barefoot Books in Oxford is closing for good just before Christmas.  Barefoot plan on sticking to publishing childrens books and no longer want to operate a cafe for children and their parents.  This means they are selling a complete cafe's worth of kit - https://www.barefootbooks.com/files/7314/4690/3103/Oxford_Studio_furniture_sale_with_photos_PDF_Sheet1.pdf

The kitchen equipment is only a few months old as someone reversed their Mercedes into the kitchen, narrowly avoiding the chefs and resulting in a new kitchen fit out!  Let them know if interested and no, we are not on commission.  Sad that a great childrens cafe is closing - see it or buy it!

Welly Good

Crayons kept in kids wellies in a child-friendly corner at Bang! cafe, bar and rooms in Wells-next-the-Sea.

Little Pack of Fun

Jamie's Italian shows the way in terms of kids' menu.  

Kids activity pack is good too with a packet of seeds to plant.

Get Them Young

 Esquires Coffee's latest opening in Ireland - their boss Tony McVerry reports:"The store is pretty large at 5,000 sq. ft so we decided to hive off about 1,000 sq. ft and introduce a Kids Educational area which parents love and plenty of seats in the area for them to relax and enjoy their coffee while their kids are kept busy. The iPads are all programmed with Montessori games and and all books have an educational theme as well as the maps on the wall etc. We very much see a distinction between a kids play area and our kids educational area."

Bugged about Buggies?

Buggy locks might be a solution for a cafe that appeals to the mum and baby market and space is getting a little crowded inside. @CardeaUK.  See http://cardea-solutions.com/products/buggy-lock and we take no payments for mentioning any suppliers.  Also see previous blog post about buggy parks http://greatcafes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/buggy-park.html

Toddler Tapas

Barefoot Books' Storyteller's Cafe in Oxford is one of the best kid friendly and focused cafes we have ever seen.

The Kid Friendly Cafe

 

Vibrant, colourful, healthy, great quality - the Storytellers Cafe by Barefoot in Oxford has it all.  Worth visiting if you want to appeal to the kids market.

Books to read on every table.

Barefoot in Oxford

 Barefoot Bookstore in Oxford has their Storytellers Cafe

 Winner of Junior Magazine's Best Family Restaurant Award in 2013 - see
http://www.juniormagazine.co.uk/food-and-dining-awards/best-family-restaurant-2013-winner-barefoot-books-storytellers-cafe/16065.html

Buggy Park

 Buggy Parks are a great idea when there are hordes of little ones around as at The Old Barns Tearoom, Bocketts Farm Park, Leatherhead.

Kid Appeal

 Good kids offer at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by caterer Peyton & Byrne

 Healthy options with planty of eye appeal

Free Range Children

Signs at The Pink Pig Farm visitor attraction and cafe

Water Danger

"Poor old Bill toppled in here so take great care and don't come near" is Fisher Farm Park's terrific take on if you have to have a sign, make it memorable, part of the experience and put a smile on the visitors' faces.

Purple Party Parlour

Bashall Barn is a Food Visitor Centre / Farmshop / Cafe / Restaurant in the middle of nowhere (near Clitheroe in Lancashire) and has this party room for budding chefs

They make their own ice cream with fun toppings

They make beer, do weddings and hold themed evening events too!

High Chairs

Helo highchairs at Peter Jones that have castors on the front so Mum (or Dad) doesn't have to bust their back lifting a highchair into position.