31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays

There are plenty of restaurants and cafes across the country where kids can eat for free or for £1 over the summer holidays.

School breaks can be expensive, with free school meals not always offered and childcare extortionate, so these deals might be useful if you’re looking to save cash while still treating your kids to a meal out.

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It’s worth pointing out that you often have to buy a full adult’s meal alongside, which won’t always work out the cheapest, so it’s a good idea to check the terms and conditions before you dine out because some of these offers are better than others.

At Asda, for example, you don’t have to buy an adult’s meal alongside it. And at Ikea, kids’ meals are as low as 95p.

Here are all the places kids can eat free or for just £1 over the Easter holidays and beyond.

Bill’s

Kids Eat Free is back at Bill’s for the summer holidays. Every weekday between 21 July and 29 September, up to two children can eat a meal for free all day with every adult main dish. The children’s menu features favourites like Bill’s buttermilk pancakes, macaroni and cheese and fish fingers and chips. The offer excludes weekends.

Yo! Sushi

During your local school holiday dates, kids can eat free all day in Yo! Sushi restaurants when dining with a full-paying adult. There’s a minimum £10 spend and only one child can take the offer, and they must be under the age of 10. A maximum of three kids can eat free.

TGI Fridays

Kids eat free every day at TGI Fridays when you order an adult’s main meal, including over the summer holidays. The offer is available for Stripes Rewards members all day every day – you’ll just need to join via their app, which is free to download through app stores.

You’ll get a complimentary Little League or Major League kids’ meal. The menu includes classic burgers, fish fingers and vegan choices. There is also free Heinz baby food for the smallest guests at TGI Fridays. Find out more here.

Sizzling Pub and Grill

Your child can enjoy a £1 meal at Sizzling Pub and Grill as long as you purchase an adult’s main meal. The offer is available on weekdays from 3pm – and in the holidays, it’s available even earlier, from 12pm. The menu includes fish fingers, pasta, chicken wraps, pizza and more. Get the offer. 

OK Diners 

One child under 10 can eat free when an adult purchases a main meal. This offer is available every day at all OK Diners except those on the A1 motorway. Read all about it here.

Gordon Ramsay Restaurants 

At selected Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, kids can eat a free main from the Ramsay kids menu. It’s only available for children under the age of 10 and you will need to purchase two courses from the adult’s à la carte menu for every free children’s meal (and one of those courses must be a main).

It’s available every day at Bread Street Kitchen Liverpool, Pizza East, Bread Street Kitchen Stratford, Bread Street Kitchen Limehouse, Bread Street Kitchen Southwark and Bread Street Kitchen St Paul’s.

It’s on every week day at Bread Street Kitchen City, Heddon Street Kitchen, Bread Street Kitchen Battersea, Bar & Grill Mayfair and Bread Street Kitchen Edinburgh.

This offer is available all year around, except on select dates like Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. 

Sainsbury’s Café

You can get one children’s hot main meal or “lunch bag” for £1 with the purchase of an adult hot main meal from £5.20 in the Sainsburys café. The lunch bag includes a sandwich, bag of crisps, a piece of fruit and a kids’ drink. Mains include a sausage, cheese and tomato pizza or chicken nuggets. It’s available every day from 11.30am until the cafe closes.

Morrisons Café

Children aged 16 and below can get one free meal with every adult meal. The offer only applies when you purchase an adult meal with a value of £4.50 or over, and it excludes all cafe specials. The meal includes a piece of fruit and orange or apple juice or bottle of water. Read the terms and conditions here.

Bella Italia

Kids can eat free all day every Thursday at Bella Italia and for £1 until 6pm from Sunday to Wednesday.

They get three courses and a drink. Meals are suitable for two to 11-year-olds, with smaller and larger portion sizes to suit their appetites.

The cheapest adult main course is the margherita pizza, priced at £12.79 – though this goes up to £13.29 in some branches. Read all about it.

Dunelm

Many of the furnishing retailer’s branches have an in-store eatery, the Pausa cafe. Kids can get a ‘mini main’, two snacks and a drink for free, as long as an accompanying adult spends £4 or more.

Tesco Café

Kids eat free at Tesco Café with the Kids’ Pick ‘N’ Mix Lunch Deal. Your child will get a sandwich, a piece of fruit, two snacks and a drink. An adult just has to buy any item in the Tesco Café (that includes drinks).

Dobbies

Kids can get a £1 breakfast or lunch at national garden centre Dobbies, with one meal and drink available for every adult main purchased. It does not include the Beaconsfield, Hungerford, Keston, Andover, Lelant, Marple, Reading, York and Anchorwood restaurants. It’s a £1 supplement for a kids’ Sunday roast.

The lunch offer’s available every day from 12 noon until 3pm, or the breakfast only until 11.30am.

Travelodge

If you happen to be staying in a Travelodge over the summer holidays, kids aged 15 and under eat for £1. Your child can choose as much as they like from the cooked selection, including prime back bacon, Cumberland pork sausages, free range scrambled eggs and more. Up to two kids can eat free for every full paying adult.

Premier Inn

Kids eat free at Premier Inn! When an adult orders a full Premier Inn breakfast or a meal deal, up to two under 16s eat breakfast for free. Find out more.

Holiday Inn

Kids eat (and stay) free at Holiday Inn. It is available for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the hotel’s dine-in restaurant. Your kids will get a main course and dessert. An adult (who is registered as a hotel guest) must order at least one course from the full priced menu. It’s limited to four children per dining family. Find out more here. 

SA Brain Pubs

Welsh pub chain SA Brain & Co. is also offering kids meals for just £1 – but only on Wednesdays. This offer is available all day every Wednesday, and must be purchased alongside a full price adult main meal. It excludes Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Purezza

Purezza, the vegan pizza restaurant, has a kids eat free scheme all year round! Children under 10 can enjoy a free mini pizza with a topping of their choice. Only one child eats free per adult dining. The restaurants can provide additional mini pizzas and other children for £5 each. You’ll find Purezza in Camden, Bristol, Manchester and Brighton. 

Ikea

At Ikea, your little ones can enjoy the pasta with tomato sauce or the mac and cheese and a soft drink for 95p. You could also enjoy browsing and getting lost through the aisles of the furniture store and make it a proper trip out! This is available every day from 11am.

Ikea also has Småland, a free supervised play area where staff will take care of your children for free for 60 minutes.

Table Table

Two kids under the age of 16 can get free, unlimited breakfast at Table Table’s all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast. You have to purchase an adult breakfast at a cost of £10.99. It promises a freshly cooked full English with all your cooked and continental favourites.

Brewers Fayre

Kids can get free buffet breakfast at Brewers Fayre, which is also owned by Whitbread – just like Table Table. It is much the same deal as above. Kids have to be under the age of 16 to eat for free, and you have to purchase an adult breakfast for £10.99. 

Beefeater

Another Whitbread pub, Beefeater also offers two kids all-you-can-eat breakfast for free. Kids have to be under the age of 16 to eat for free, and you have to purchase an adult breakfast for £10.99. 

Brewdog

Kids can eat free at Brewdog this summer holiday. It’s available in England and Wales from 19 July to 31 August, Edinburgh from 26 June to 31 July, Glasgow from 26 June to 13 August and Aberdeenshire 5 July to 17 August.

Heathrow Airport

OK, so you won’t be heading to Heathrow Airport purely for a meal (try explaining that to security), but if you are jetting off on a holiday in the summer holidays, it is handy to know that kids can eat for free in its restaurants from 18 July to 2 September. Participating spots include Big Smoke, Giraffe, The Globe and more. You can find the full list here.

The Real Greek

Kids eat free on Sundays at the Real Greek for every £15 spent by an adult. The offer includes one meal from the children’s menu as well as an ice cream or sorbet for kids under 12.

Hungry Horse

Every Monday, kids can eat for £1 at Hungry Horse pubs. Dishes include pork sausages, fish fingers and chicken nuggets and a small beef burger. Up to two kids can eat with every full paying adult. Larger dishes will cost you £1.50.

Asda Cafe

Kids can get a £1 meal deal at Asda all year round. They get a hot meal, such as penne pasta with meatballs, fish fingers, chicken nuggets and all-day breakfast. They will also receive a free piece of fruit. There’s also a cold pick and mix selection that includes a sandwich, drink and piece of fruit. And you don’t have to buy anything yourself to go with it!

Franco Manca

From Monday to Thursday, kids aged 12 and under can get a free pizza for every adult main you buy at Franco Manca. It’s available in Stoke Newington, Kilburn, Bishops Stortford, Cheltenham, Hove, Plymouth and Didsbury locations.

It is available for eat-in only, is applied to individual kids pizzas (not the extended kids menu) and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Coconut Tree

Every Sunday, a child aged 12 and under can get a free unlimited Sri Lankan meal with every full paying adult at Coconut Tree. It costs £25 for an adult. Up to three dishes per person can be ordered at one time, and pre-booking is essential. Locations include Bath, Birmingham, Reading, Oxford, Cheltenham, Cardiff and Bournemouth.

Where kids can eat free or for £1 this summer holiday if you’re in London

Barbican Kitchen

Children under 10 can get a free kid’s meal at the Barbican Kitchen with every adult meal over £10 purchased. This offer is all year round. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the Barbican. See the menu and more on their website.

Preto

Kids can eat free at Brazilian buffet restaurant Preto in the summer holiday and beyond. The offer is valid every weekday after 4pm and all weekend. This offer is open to children up to 10 years old, and proof of age might be requested. An adult will need to pay for a full meal.

It starts at £24.95 but you get an unlimited selection from the traditional Brazilian hot dishes and salad bar. You can get the offer at the Angel, Victoria, Putney, Queensway, Colchester and West End restaurants. Just click ‘offers’ on their website and then the restaurant you’re heading to to download a voucher.

Angus Steakhouse

At Angus Steakhouses in central London, one child can get a meal per full-paying adult. It is available every day from 12pm to 5pm. It is only on offer for kids under the age of 10. You should request in advance of your booking. It’s not applicable on Saturdays in Bond Street and Oxford Circus branches. Find out more.

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