Where to eat with kids? (In any of US, IoA, Citywalk, PBH?)

[rolshan]

Hi, going to Universal for the first time, staying two weeks at PBH. We will be doing lots of parks, including Disney, Seaworld, Discovery Cove and of course the Universal parks, but tend to be back by dinnertime. 3 kids including a teen, a toddler and a picky grade schooler. Would appreciate any suggestions for counterservice or kid-friendly sitdown places with kid friendly menus. Extra points for any entertainment that can get a few more minutes of sitting down at the table from the toddler! Thank you.

 

[Spidey7]

I could say almost anywhere there onsite. Margharitavilles is one of my favorites in CityWalk and is pretty kid friendly. Enchanted Oak in IOA is great, but so is Mythos, but that is more of a sit down, nice restaurant, not counter type service. Well I should say Margaritavilles isn't either.

I guess counter service is going to be Enchanted Oak and the restaurant at the Jurassic Park Discovery center (as far as the better counter service places) Your kids will probably love the Circus McGurkus Cafe in Suess Landing though. Food isn't quite as good as some of the other spots, but still pretty good, atmosphere is really neat there.

Also the Monster Cafe at the main Universal Park is pretty cool.

Universal has a lot more sit down menu type nice restaurants than your typical theme park, including the ones at the hotels and the ones at CityWalk.

If things get crowded you can also head over to Jakes at the Royal Pacific, great food (sit down menu though) but kid friendly (kids menu). But very good food here and usually no wait.

 

[rodkenrich]

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[dsmom]

TWO WEEKS at PBH? I am so jelous! We also loved Margaritaville. The dinner buffet at Trattoria is great and they have entertainment on the week-ends- a balloon man, magician, characters... MammaDella's is a lot of fun - they have Mamma and strolling singers.

 

[RVGal]

Circus McGurkus was a great spot for us when we ate there. Food is pretty standard theme park (big portions, okay taste) and it is counter service. The fun factor is great for little ones. Around the room, the booths are in cubbies and made to look like a circus train. The High in the Sky Trolley runs around the ceiling every few minutes, so DS2 was quite entertained waving at the people passing by. "Hi people. Bye-bye people." and if we were lucky, the people on the trolley waved back and he thought it was the funniest thing ever.