# Do Restaurants In Your Country Offer Kids' Menus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447 "2013-07-25T01:28:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/21 "2013-07-26T01:04:00Z")
Here in Canada, we have kids’ menus, but I haven’t been a kid in a while, and I don’t have kids, so I’m not sure what’s on those menus. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/22 "2013-07-26T01:30:20Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > _Dessert_, please, people. > > A desert is a dry, sandy place where catci live. Dessert is the sweet thing you eat after a meal. > > Thank you. Sorry. I’ll do better. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/23 "2013-07-26T02:54:37Z")
Most major Japanese restaurants have kids menus. Click on links for pictures: Family restaurants: ROYAL HOST [http://www.royalhost.jp/kids/](http://www.royalhost.jp/kids/) Pancakes, hamburger steak, rice, french fries, ramen, etc. DENNYS: [http://www.dennys.jp/dny/menu/dennys/kids/](http://www.dennys.jp/dny/menu/dennys/kids/) Hamburger steak, rice omelet, fried chicken, etc. Cake/Confectionary shop: FUJIYA [http://www.fujiya-fs.com/menu/kidsfood.html](http://www.fujiya-fs.com/menu/kidsfood.html) Soup, Japanese noodles, gratin, etc. Coffee shop: TULLYS > **[キッズメニュー|TULLY'S COFFEE - タリーズコーヒー](https://www.tullys.co.jp/menu/kids/)** > > タリーズコーヒーは本物の味とくつろぎを提供します。 Ice cream, chocolate drinks, donuts, etc. Fast Food: LOTTERIA BURGERS [http://www.lotteria.jp/servicemenu/kidsmenu.html](http://www.lotteria.jp/servicemenu/kidsmenu.html) Burgers, chicken nuggets, pancakes, etc. Yakiniku (Korean BBQ): GYUKAKU > **[焼肉 牛角 | 単品・食べ放題](https://www.gyukaku.ne.jp/menu/menu-kids.php)** > > 焼肉牛角は、美味しいお肉と料理をリーズナブルに楽しめる店舗数No1の焼肉チェーン。お食事のシーンに合わせて単品・食べ放題からお選びいただけます。雰囲気、価格、味、サービスを徹底追及することで、ご家族や社会人・女性の方々まで幅広くご利用いただけるお店です。食べ放題コースは3種類ご用意しており2,980円～お愉しみいただけます。単品は牛角カルビ590円（税込649円）などラインナップが豊富！ Selected meats, corn, ramen, etc. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/24 "2013-07-26T02:55:31Z")
In Japan, many family restaurants have a specific item called [okosama lunch (children’s lunch)](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%81%8A%E5%AD%90%E6%A7%98%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WuTxUfTrCYr48gTjoID4DA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1383&bih=1036). As you can see, it generally includes some type of flavored rice, some fried foods and a hamburg steak (salisbury steak). ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/25 "2013-07-26T03:03:46Z")
I haven’t seen one specifically for kids in the Dominican Republic, but many restaurants have options for kids. The good thing is that the DR is VERY kid-friendly. Most servers would do their best to accommodate a child’s taste. I recently dined at a restaurant (sort of like TGI Fridays) in Denmark, where we summer nearly every year that had a menu for kids with games and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/26 "2013-07-26T03:11:25Z")
When I was on vacation in Israel, I remember schnitzel being on the kids’ menu at a lot of places. Schnitzel bore a very strong resemblance to the aforementioned chicken fingers. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/27 "2013-07-26T03:35:28Z")
In Aus, the top end food joints don’t but most of the rest have kids menus depending on their specialty. Asian and Indian places usually don’t but you can sometimes get an entree size of something rather than a main. Pubs and generic restaurants usually offer the standard kids menu of chicken nuggets and chips, Spag Bol or something similar. It’s not designed to give the kid a good eating experience, just something to shove in their mouth so they shut up while the parents are eating. ---
**Author:** ![Elsielux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@Elsielux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elsielux)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/28 "2013-07-26T08:01:23Z")
Not here (Italy). Kids are expected to eat what is on the menu, although it is perfectly permissible to ask for a smaller or plainer portion. The first time I came across kids’ menus was about 20 years ago in the UK, and the only options seemed to be frozen, mass-produced and then fried. My four-year old little food snob turned her nose up at all of them, and I think we finally ended up in Pizza Express where she could get a plate of pasta. ---
**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/29 "2013-07-26T16:52:53Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Train the kids to have manners and politely try new foods, the people at the surrounding tables can have a pleasant experience. No running around screaming, throwing food or pitching a fit because they can’t have nuggets and fries. Heavenly. That is a laudable goal, which in my own parenting experience is not incompatible with taking advantage of the kids’ menu. Following **snowthx** ’s lead, I’ll now bow out of this hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/30 "2013-07-26T17:59:46Z")
> [@Elsielux](#): > > Not here (Italy). Kids are expected to eat what is on the menu, although it is perfectly permissible to ask for a smaller or plainer portion. Sure, but “a small portion of Italian food” basically describes half of the typical US kids menu. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447/31 "2013-07-26T20:12:23Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I have never understood why non-fast food restaurants do not simply offer half-sized plates of everything on their menu, rather than have a specific kiddie menu with special items not found on the menu (e.g. chicken fingers). We have a local “family restaurant” establishment which does this to a limited extent. The kid’s menu turkey plate, for instance, comes with one slice of turkey breast, potatoes, vegetables and soup rather than two slices of turkey. And costs a fair bit less than the adult plate. They have fish, poultry, pork chops, chopped steak, etc. It’s not fine dining but it’s a nice departure from chicken strips and spaghetti. Of course, they do have chicken strips and spaghetti as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-restaurants-in-your-country-offer-kids-menus/664447.md?page=1)