good restaurants that you can take kids to

We regularly go to Rustico and they've been very accomodating with our DD who's 8 months.

I have found pretty much every mid-priced restaurant in DC that I went to pre-baby is perfectly baby & toddler friendly as long as you go on the early side -- they all had high chairs and were very accomodating. Even places you wouldn't ordinarily think of as child friendly. Just go at 5:30 or 6:00 and they are happy to have you.

Anonymous wrote:Central
Fogo de Chao
Brasserie Beck
Potenza
CityZen

Perfect! Love it!

We're "foodies" and have brought our dds with us just about everywhere. I draw the line at CityZen or Central, though!

Oyamel is great for kids. They love the decor and, of course, the guac made tableside. Little plates are good for kids since there's rarely a lull in the food action. For this reason, we also love Jaleo and Zaytinya. For pizza, Matchbox is fun for everyone. We've even done Rasika for an early dinner with family.

Also:
Lebanese Taverna
Indique
Sorriso
Sette
Marvin

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Central
Fogo de Chao
Brasserie Beck
Potenza
CityZen

really? i have to say i'd be pretty pissy if i was around an unruly kid at cityzen or most of the others listed. and the odds are good that at some point in a 2+hour meal a kid would get unruly. in other words, might be fine for you to take your kid, but not necessarily fair to the waitstaff or other customers if you do.

I was going to write the same thing as you, 17:36. They are good restaurants, but definitely NOT what I would call kid-friendly.

I'm the one that posted the original list. I have a 2 month old that I regularly bring to these places in a stroller/car seat. Never once have I had a problem. I always make reservations in advance and tell them that I will be bringing a stroller. Each one of the places has gone out of their way to accommodate us, and it's always been fine. Our child always sleeps through the meals, so I don't see a problem.

Give it another 10-12 mos - you can get away with a lot more with a 2 month old that sleeps through dinner than with an older baby/toddler that wants to get into everything and definitely is not going to sleep through the meals.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Central
Fogo de Chao
Brasserie Beck
Potenza
CityZen

really? i have to say i'd be pretty pissy if i was around an unruly kid at cityzen or most of the others listed. and the odds are good that at some point in a 2+hour meal a kid would get unruly. in other words, might be fine for you to take your kid, but not necessarily fair to the waitstaff or other customers if you do.

I assume this list is a joke. I've been to Brasserie Beck many times and never seen a young kid there. Occasionally there will be HS age kids there. And who could afford to take a kid to CityZen?

I just took my 6 year old to Brasserie Beck. It was early in the evening, he was perfectly behaved and the staff were all very courteous to us. (I wouldn't take him to Cityzen though, fwiw)

I REALLY hope you scrutinize your choices when I'm paying a sitter top dollar for one night out. We have NO family in the area and rarely get out. So help me if I hear a screaming kid. There is NOTHING cute about it.

We are pretty much the same in not being able to get out, but frankly these days when I hear a kid screaming I am more likely to think "I'm glad I'm not that family" than to glare at them. Of course it does require some judgment, and I would never take a small child to a 2 hour meal.