Best kid-friendly restaurants in USA

Eating out is important for family memories, as well as helping teach kids proper table manners. These are the top kid-friendly restaurants in five top US cities, which also happen to be top vacation destinations for families.

There are no fast-food or national fast casual chains on this list, only the best kid-friendly restaurants chosen by more than one million verified reviews on OpenTable.

The list includes barbecue, Brazilian, dim sum, French, Japanese, seafood, and, naturally, perennial family favorite, Italian.

Cities, alphabetically, are Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.,

Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in Top Summer Vacation Destinations

Chicago
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse
Little Goat
Maggiano’s
Mon Ami Gabi
Quartino
RJ Grunt’s
Stella Barra Pizzeria
Weber Grill
Wildfire

Los Angeles
Benihana – Encino, Ontario, Puente Hills, Santa Anita, Torrance
Black Angus Steakhouse – Torrance
Duke’s Malibu
Enterprise Fish Co. – Santa Monica
Farmshop LA
Gus’s BBQ
M Street Kitchen
Maggiano’s – Farmers Market + Woodland Hills
North Italia – El Segundo
Paradise Cove Beach Café
Queen Mary Champagne Sunday Brunch

New York
Blue Smoke
Carmine’s – 44th Street + 91st Street
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que – Harlem
Landmarc at the Time Warner Center
Max Brenner – Union Square
NINJA NEW YORK
The Palm Court at The Plaza Hotel
Rock Center Café
Sarabeth’s TriBeCa
Sugar Factory – Meatpacking District
Tony Di Napoli – Midtown + UES
Virgil’s Real BBQ

San Francisco
Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant
Benihana
Fog Harbor Fish House
Franciscan Crab Restaurant
Greens Restaurant
House of Prime Rib
Original Joe’s
Presidio Social Club
Scoma’s Restaurant
The Stinking Rose
Yank Sing – Rincon Center

Seattle
Elliott’s Oyster House
Ivar’s Acres of Clams
Ivar’s Salmon House
Mama Melina
Palisade
Ray’s Café
Salty’s on Alki  Beach
Sand Point Grill
Skillet Diner – Ballard
SkyCity Restaurant at the Space Needle
Vios Café – Capitol Hill

Washington, DC
Carmine’s
Chef Geoff’s – New Mexico Ave.
Clyde’s of Gallery Place
Farmers Fishers Bakers
Filomenta Ristorante
Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse
Founding Farmers
Le Diplomate
Maggiano’s – Chevy Chase
Old Ebbitt Grill
The Hamilton
Zaytinya

Read more about the kid-friendly on the OpenTable blog.

The Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in Top Summer Travel Destinations in America list is generated from more than 1.4 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners between June 1, 2015, and May 31, 2016. Only restaurants with a minimum “overall” score and number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Qualifying restaurants were then sorted according to a score calculated from each restaurant’s average rating in the “kid friendly” category.