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UK restaurants, cafés, pubs and supermarkets where children can eat free or for around £1 — including free breakfasts, school-holiday offers and year-round deals.
Offers can change at short notice and may vary by location — always check the restaurant’s own terms before visiting.
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Supermarket
One free Kids Hot Meal Deal, Kids Breakfast or Pick ’N’ Mix deal with any full-price adult purchase — even just a piece of fruit.
Supermarket
Kids eat for £1 all day, every day, all year — with no adult spend required. Under-18-months get a free Ella’s Kitchen pouch too.
Supermarket
One free kids’ meal (main, fruit and a drink) with every qualifying adult café meal.
Garden Centre
One kids’ meal (with a drink) for £1 with every adult breakfast or main meal — available until 3pm at participating restaurants.
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Kids eat free with every adult main during summer-holiday promotions; £1 kids’ meals (three courses + fruit water) 4–6pm at other times.
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Up to two free kids’ meals per family with one adult main, every day this summer, redeemed through the ASK Perks rewards app.
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Free Bambini meal (three courses and a drink) with every adult main during selected school holidays for Zillionaires’ Club members.
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Free kids’ main, two sides, a drink and a dessert with every paying adult during school holidays — valid in every school break.
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One free kids’ meal — main, side, drink and dessert — with every full-paying adult main, available in all school breaks.
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Free kids’ Bento box with a £10 minimum adult spend — Monday to Friday during local school holidays.
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Every Sunday, under-12s get a free meal, drink and ice cream or sorbet with every adult spending £15 or more.
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Kids eat free with an adult main meal for Stripes Rewards members — running all summer via the TGI Fridays app.
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Kids eat free with an adult main at lunch or dinner — every day of the week this summer, between 12pm and 4pm.
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Kids eat free — breakfast, lunch and dinner — with an adult main during holiday promotions, Monday to Friday.
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Under-12s eat free (main, two sides and a dessert) with every adult main via the My Las Iguanas app — all year round.
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Free kids’ sourdough pizza with every full-priced adult main on selected days (typically Monday–Thursday, until 6pm).
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Two-course kids’ meal for £1 with an adult meal during school holidays — redeemed via the Club Prezzo app or QR code.
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Kids eat free with an adult meal during selected holidays — book online and select the kids-eat-free offer. Some venues excluded.
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Kids aged 8 and under eat free with an adult meal, every day between 12pm and 5pm at this London steakhouse chain.
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Kids’ meals for £1 with an adult main during school holidays for Flavour Fan Club members (£1 supplement for a Sunday roast).
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Kids’ meals for £1 with an adult meal during selected promotions — a family carvery on the cheap.
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Children’s meals from just 95p (pasta with tomato sauce and a drink), with other kids’ meals from £1.95 — no adult spend needed.
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One free kids’ meal per paying adult at this Sri Lankan street-food favourite — typically until 6pm each day (times vary by branch).
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Kids eat free all summer — two free courses, or a free breakfast, with every full-priced adult main.
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Under-10s get a free main from the Ramsay Kids Menu, all day every day this summer, when an adult orders two à la carte courses.
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A free two-course kids’ meal with every full-paying adult à la carte main during school holidays (not valid Saturdays after 6pm).
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One free kids’ meal — main, two snacks and a drink — with every £4 an adult spends; all day, every day during the summer holidays.
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A free kids’ main, side, drink and dessert with every adult main — daily after 3pm this summer, with a £10 minimum spend.
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One free child’s meal per full-paying adult at this Brazilian rodízio chain — weekdays from 4pm this summer, with an online voucher.
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A free mini pizza for under-10s with every full-paying adult main at this plant-based pizzeria — all year round, not just school holidays.
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One free kids’ meal from the Little Turtles menu for every adult spending £15 or more — all week throughout the summer break.
Pub
Kids eat for £1 with an adult main meal, Monday to Friday (3–7pm; extended to 12–7pm in school holidays).
Pub
Two kids eat free (plus a free scoop of ice cream) with one adult breakfast, main or carvery during selected holiday promotions.
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Selected kids’ meals for £1 (larger meals £1.50) on Mondays — extended to daily during selected school-holiday promotions.
Hotel Restaurant
Two kids under 16 eat unlimited free breakfast with every paying adult breakfast, every day of the year.
Hotel Restaurant
Two kids under 16 enjoy free unlimited breakfast with every adult breakfast purchased — daily, all year round.
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Two kids under 16 eat breakfast free with every adult full breakfast — you don’t need to be staying at the hotel.
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Two kids under 16 eat breakfast free with every paying adult breakfast, every day.
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Two kids under 16 get breakfast free with every adult breakfast purchase across the Whitbread Inns pubs.
Hotel Restaurant
Up to two kids have breakfast for £1 each with any full-paying adult breakfast — no overnight stay required.
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One child eats free from the kids’ menu per paying adult at the Pub & Grill, via the Village Rewards app (excludes Village Blackpool).
Hotel Restaurant
Under-5s always eat free with any adult meal — all year round, no strings attached.
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Something for you
The deals above are for the children. These two are for you — both supermarket baby clubs are free to join, and both come with a free treat in the café.
A free slice of cake, pastry or fruit pot with any hot drink at the weekly parent & baby mornings.
Members also get 10% off babygrows until your child turns 2. Cafés are breastfeeding-friendly with baby-changing facilities. Running in over 200 M&S Cafés — scones are excluded.
A free club for parents of under-5s, with offers, hints and tips and exclusive freebies — including café treats such as a free slice of cake with a hot drink.
Offers rotate, so check the More app before you set off — and not every Morrisons has a café.
If money is tight
A restaurant deal only helps if you can afford the adult meal. These schemes are properly free — and every year thousands of families who qualify never claim them, usually because nobody told them the help existed.
Up to £9.30 a week
A prepaid card topped up every four weeks to spend on plain cow’s milk, infant formula, and fresh, frozen or tinned fruit, vegetables and pulses.
Who can get it: You’ll usually need to be on a qualifying benefit such as Universal Credit. If you’re under 18 and more than 10 weeks pregnant, you qualify until your baby is born whether or not you get benefits.
Rates went up on 6 April 2026 — a lot of websites (including some supermarkets’ own pages) still show the old £8.50 and £4.25 figures.
Up to £11.20 a week
Scotland’s replacement for Healthy Start — a prepaid card for milk, eggs, pulses and fresh, frozen or tinned fruit and vegetables.
Who can get it: You or your partner must get a qualifying benefit such as Universal Credit. Under-18s who are pregnant qualify without one. One application covers both Best Start Foods and the Best Start Grant.
Free holiday club + a free meal
Government-funded holiday clubs offering a free healthy meal every day alongside sports, arts and other activities — the biggest free-food offer of the school holidays, and the one most families miss.
Who can get it: For children who get benefits-related free school meals. Universal infant free school meals (Reception to Year 2) don’t count on their own — you have to be registered for the means-tested kind. Councils can also offer some places to other children who’d benefit, including those with SEND.
Places are limited and go quickly — search your council’s website for “HAF” and book as early as you can.
Worth registering even if you think you don’t need it
From September 2026, free school meal eligibility in England widens to every household receiving Universal Credit — a big change worth checking if you were turned down before.
Who can get it: Apply through your local council, whatever your child’s year group. If you’re on Universal Credit it’s worth reapplying from September 2026 even if you didn’t qualify under the old earnings threshold.
Free nappies, clothes & equipment
There are more than 400 baby banks across the UK, quietly handing out the things new parents need most — nappies, wipes, toiletries, clothes, cots, buggies and highchairs.
Who can get it: Most baby banks need a referral from a professional — your midwife, health visitor, GP, children’s centre or school can make one. Ask; they do this all the time and won’t think twice about it.
Emergency food parcels
If money has run out this week, a food bank can provide an emergency parcel with at least three days of food, plus practical advice and help with benefits.
Who can get it: You’ll normally need a voucher first. Your health visitor, midwife, GP, school or Citizens Advice can issue one — the Trussell site lists the referral agencies for each food bank.
If you're struggling to feed your family this week, please ask your midwife or health visitor — they can refer you to a food bank and a baby bank on the spot, and they do it every single day. It isn't a mark against you and it won't go on any record that follows you around. Figures on this page were checked on 14 July 2026, but benefit rates and scheme rules do change, so use the official links to confirm what you're entitled to.
Good to Know
Lots of well-known chains offer free kids’ meals, including Tesco Café (school holidays with a Clubcard), Morrisons Café, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Premier Inn and Table Table (free kids’ breakfasts every day), The Real Greek (Sundays), Angus Steakhouse and Future Inns. Many restaurants like Bella Italia, ASK Italian, Zizzi, Bill’s and Las Iguanas run kids-eat-free offers during school holidays.
Usually, yes — most offers require an adult main meal or a minimum adult spend. There are exceptions: Asda Café’s £1 kids’ meals and IKEA’s 95p children’s meals don’t require any adult purchase, and Tesco’s offer only needs any adult item, even a piece of fruit.
Yes — school holidays are when most limited-time offers run. Chains like Bella Italia, ASK Italian, Zizzi, Frankie & Benny’s, TGI Fridays and Prezzo typically launch kids-eat-free or £1 meal deals for half terms and the summer holidays. Exact dates vary by chain and sometimes by region, so always check before you go.
Yes. Tesco Café runs Kids Eat Free during school holidays (Clubcard required), Morrisons Café offers a free kids’ meal with a qualifying adult meal, and Asda Café serves kids’ meals for £1 all year with no adult spend required.
Beyond the restaurant deals on this page, the government funds free holiday clubs in England through the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. Children from Reception to Year 11 who receive benefits-related free school meals get a free place, a free healthy meal every day and activities like sports and arts, at Easter, in the summer and at Christmas. Places are booked through your local council and they fill up fast, so it is worth searching your council’s website for HAF as soon as the holiday dates are announced.
Since 6 April 2026 the card is topped up with £4.65 for each week of your pregnancy from week 10, £9.30 a week for a child from birth to their first birthday, and £4.65 a week for each child aged 1 to 4. You can spend it on plain cow’s milk, infant formula, and fresh, frozen or tinned fruit, vegetables and pulses, and you can also get free Healthy Start vitamins. Watch out for websites still quoting the old £8.50 and £4.25 rates. In Scotland the equivalent scheme is Best Start Foods, which pays £11.20 a week for a baby under one and £5.60 a week during pregnancy and for children aged 1 to 3.
Yes — a couple of the supermarket baby clubs include a café treat for the grown-up. M&S runs parent and baby mornings every Tuesday from 9.30am to 11.30am in over 200 of its cafés, where members of the parent hood get a free slice of cake, pastry or fruit pot with any hot drink. Morrisons has a free Baby & Toddler Club for More cardholders with children under 5, which includes rotating offers and freebies, café perks among them. Both clubs are free to join and the offers are separate from the kids-eat-free deals listed on this page.
Speak to your midwife or health visitor — they can refer you to a food bank for an emergency food parcel, and to a baby bank for free nappies, clothes and equipment. There are over 400 baby banks in the UK. It is what they are there for and they will not judge you for asking. It is also worth checking whether you qualify for NHS Healthy Start (or Best Start Foods in Scotland), as thousands of eligible families never claim it.
We review the offers regularly, especially before each school holiday, and show a “last checked” date on every deal. Offers can change at short notice though, so always confirm the terms on the restaurant’s own website before visiting.
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