onsite restaurants w/ kid rooms?

[Jenny]

i read something about this but can't find it right now.....can someone describe these rooms? i was hoping there would be some diversions for the kids while my DH & I take turns eating our meals (sometimes it comes down to this). my kids are poor eaters & get quite restless when we eat out (ages 20 mo. & 4). i'd love to here more about these rooms....what do they have in them and which restaurants have them?

thanks so much.

 

[Fan2CSkr]

I remember the kids area at Trattoria del Porto. It was in the same room in a sectioned off area. We could see the kids. Its a nice idea for parents with small kids.

Portofino
Trattoria del Porto features a children's play area with a child-size table and chairs, beanbags, and a large screen TV to watch all their favorite cartoons. Children's menu is also available.

Hard Rock
Kids Crib
Kids can hang out in Kid’s Crib and watch the big screen TV – the walls are adorned with lunch boxes, colorful drumsticks and a flat screen TV to watch all of their favorite cartoons. Lil rockers can hang out in bean bags and miniature table and chairs, while mom and dad enjoy their dinner.

Royal Pacific
Kids Dining Room
Featuring kiddie-size tables and chairs, flat screen TV playing cartoons, a Bali-style play area, and a special children’s buffet with all their favorites like Chicken Nuggets, Macaroni & Cheese, Pizza, Fruit, Cookies and more. A great value at only $3.99 per child (ages 3-12)

 

[denny144]

The Islands Dining Room at the RPH has the grown-up tables on one side of the dining room and kid size tables and play equipment on the other side. This is set up in a big room that is open to the rest of the restaurant on one side so you don't feel like you've been stuck in a "crying room" and it's decorate as nicely as the rest of the restaurant. You can also request to eat in this room with a high chair if you don't want to be in the main dining room

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

Do you have to eat in the kid's room? I'm a single parent and it seems a little pointless to me to send DS6 off so I can eat by myself. On the other hand I teach preschool for a living, and so eating in a "kid's room" might be a little too much like my day job. He's pretty well behaved for 6, but would want to order from a kid's menu. Can he eat in the main dining rooms and do that.

 

[RUDisney]

The Palm has a kids menu as does Tschop Chop. We also ate at Mamma Della's in PBH and they had a kids' menu. My DS ordered from the kids' menu at The Palm, but DD ate from my plate. It was the first time that I could eat everything there even ordering the smaller filet. Supplemented with some hash browns and creamed spinach and we were in carnivore heaven!

I used to take a "bag of tricks" when the kids were younger. This bag had activities that were restaurant and age appropriate so they would be entertained while we dined.

 

[denny144]

You don't have to eat in the "kid" dining area at RPH if you don't want to. With a six-year-old, you probably won't even be asked if you'd like to eat there. It's more for the high-chair set. Your son can order from the regular menu or kiddie menu no matter where your table is.

 

[Jenny]

so the whole family can eat in these kid areas of these restaurants ordering from a full menu? it's not just a play area?

 

[denny144]

At the RPR, the whole family can eat in the Kid's Dining Room and order off the regular menu. There is a children's buffet every night in the Kid's Dining Room if they (ages 3-12) don't want what's on the menu (and they probably will prefer the kid food on the buffet). The kids can fill their plate at the kid's buffet and stay in the Kid's Dining Room to eat or go out to the main dining area and eat with the rest of the family unless, of course, the family wants to sit at a table in the Kid's Dining Room. The Kid's Dining Room is not just a play area--it is set up with a row of the same tables as are in the main dining room on one side of the room with the buffet down the middle and small, plastic picnic tables--the Little Tykes bright yellow ones--on the other side. Although I don't think anyone in the restaurant would have a prblem if your kids decided to go play in the Kid's Dining Room while you finished in the main room. But I wouldn't let them go unless I could see them from where I was sitting.

 

[Jenny]

Thank you for this information....it was very helpful.