Kids Eat Cheap or FREE Promotions
Why heat up the kitchen to cook when you can dine out with the kids at big discounts? Take advantage of these great offers at chain restaurants to get free meals and desserts for your kids at participating restaurants!
As 2023 customer prices stay in the news for all the wrong reasons, enjoy these great 2023 kids eat free promotions.
For even more great offers, pay attention to your local restaurants for their own “kids nights” or “kids eat free” specials.
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Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
NOTE that as most chain restaurants are owned by individual franchisees, you should always verify local restaurant participation.
- Amici’s: kids eat free on Tuesday w/ purchase of each adult meal after 5 pm
- Arooga’s: kids eat free on Monday w/ purchase of adult entrée (see details)
- Arriba Mexican Grill: free kids meal from kids menu on Sunday w/ purchase of adult entrée from dinner menu (see details)
- Atlanta Bread Company: kids eat free (select menu items) on Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Black-eyed Pea: kids eat free on Tuesday (after 5:00 pm) w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Bob Evans: free kids meal on Tuesday (after 4:00 pm) w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Bruster’s Ice Cream: free Baby Cone Every Day for kids under 40 inches tall (see details)
- PLUS bring your dog to treat them to a free Doggie Sundae!
- Café Brazil: free kids meal on Sunday to Thursday (5:00 pm – 10:00 pm) w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Carrow’s: free kids meals on Tuesday (11:00 am – close) w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Chompie’s: free kids meal on Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Coco’s Bakery Restaurant: free kids meal on Tuesday w/ online order (see details)
- Cody’s Original Roadhouse: free kids meal on Monday and Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Cowboy Chicken: kids eat free after 4 pm on Monday w/ adult entree purchase
- Denny’s: kids eat free on w/ adult entrée purchase of $6 minimum (see details)
- Dickey’s Barbecue Pit: free kids meal on Sunday w/ $10 minimum purchase (see details)
- Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse: free kids Fogo Churrasco Experience Every Day w/ full-price adult entrée (see details)
- Freebirds World Burrito: free kids meal on Sunday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Fricker’s: free kids menu meal Every Day w/ adult entree and child beverage purchase (see details)
- Frisch’s Big Boy: free kids Mini Meal on Monday w/ adult purchase of $6.98 minimum (see details)
- Holiday Inn: kids eat free and stay free Every Day w/ qualifying adult stays (see details)
- Huddle House: free kids meal on Monday and Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Luby’s: free kids meal on Wednesday and Saturday w/ adult meal purchase (see details)
- Main Event: free kids meal on Tuesday w/ $8.99 purchase (see details)
- Marriott Hotels: Kids eat FREE with a stay at participating hotels (see website for full details)
- Marriott: kids eat free Every Day w/ qualifying adult stays (see details)
- Max & Erma’s: free kids meal on Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- MCL Restaurant & Bakery: free kids meals on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Miller’s Ale House: free kids meal on Tuesday w/ $10 minimum menu item purchase (excluding alcohol) (see details)
- Moe’s Southwest Grill: kids eat free on Sunday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Rodizio Grill: free kids meal Every Day w/ adult meal purchase (see details)
- Ruby’s: free kids meal on Tuesday (4:00 pm until closing) w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Ruby Tuesday: free kids meal on Friday w/ adult entrée purchase
- Shari’s: free kids meal on Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Smashburger: free kids meal on Wednesday w/ adult entrée purchase
- Texas De Brazil: free kids meal Every Day w/ full-price adult meal purchase (see details)
- Tucanos Brazilian Grill: free kids churrasco meal Every Day w/ full-price adult churrasco purchase (see details)
- Tumbleweed Tex Mex Grill: free kids meal on Sunday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Village Inn: free kids meal from Village Inn Kids’ Menu on Monday and Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Woody’s: free kids meal on Monday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
Restaurants Where Kids Eat Cheap
NOTE that you should always verify offers in advance and understand they are subject to change at any time.
- Beef ‘O’ Brady’s: kids meal discounts on Tuesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Chevys: kids meal discounts on Wednesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Fuddruckers: kids meal discounts on Monday (4:00 pm to close) w/ adult combo meal purchase (see details)
- IKEA: kids meal discounts on Wednesday w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
- Piccadilly: kids meal discounts on Thursday (all day) and Saturday (11:00 am to 4:00 pm) w/ adult entrée purchase (see details)
While you’re out with the kids, consider taking them out to enjoy these additional great offers for kids too!
Formerly Had Kids Offers (now expired)
These were some great offers while they lasted. Be sure to keep an eye on these great restaurants in case they decide to offer their free kids meal promotions again!
- Bakers Square: free kids meal w/ adult entree purchase
- Bennigan’s: kids eat free on MONDAY w/ adult entree purchase
- Bertucci’s: kids eat free on weekdays (summer 2019)
- Bubba Gump: kids eat free w/ adult entree purchase (spring 2020)
- Buca di Beppo: kids eat free (summer 2019)
- Logan’s Roadhouse: kids eat free on Wednesdays w/ adult entree
- Macaroni Grill: kids eat free w/ adult entree purchase (summer 2019)
- Marie Callenders: kids eat free on Tuesdays and Saturdays w/ purchase
- Norms: kids get a free Jr Entree w/ purchase
- O’Charley’s: kids eat free w/ purchase
- Ruby Tuesday – kids eat free on Tuesday nights after 5 pm w/ purchase
- Smokey Bones: free kids meal w/ adult entrée purchase
- Steak N Shake: kids eat free on Saturday and Sunday w/ $9 purchase
- UNO Pizzeria & Grill: fids eat for $1 w/ adult meal purchase (summer 2019)
Ways to Entertain the Kids at the Table
While you are dining out with the kids, you want to be able to enjoy the experience as much as possible. Set yourself up for success with a handful of easy-to-carry activity items that will allow fidgety kids to stay entertained so that others can enjoy a leisurely meal together.
These ideas of ways to entertain kids are small enough for a child to carry and easily use at the table. Convenient sets make it easy to pick these up when you’re on the go or leave them stashed in the car to have handy!
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In addition to these discounted and free food offers for kids, check out these articles for even more ways to save money!
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What are your favorite places to dine out with the kids? Are there any other offers for kids that other readers would enjoy? Please share in the comments below!
Hi Alyce. This is pretty cool, all the information you provide on where to take your children to eat free. I would’ve loved to have had something like this when my kids were young. I think it’s great, it can get expensive taking the family out to eat. Where are all these restaurants? I’m in California and I don’t think I’ve heard of any of them.
Hi Virginia, The restaurants are located all across the USA. Most of the featured restaurants have multiple locations across a region. There should be some great options for Californians, including Fogo de Chao.
Wow, this is a long list of wonderful places for kids to eat and have fun. I can see some of these places are in the united states. My kids are still small to take out to these places because they can’t eat by themselves and maybe a handful but I look forward to exploring these types of amazing offers in the future. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Bethel, Some of the best free kids’ meal deals are for the youngest kids, so be sure to check them out before the kids are too old for the offer. For example, if you enjoy a Brazilian churrascaria experience, kids under a certain age can dine from the entire gourmet buffet for free. The age limit varies by restaurant, but it’s nice that there are a few to choose from!
These are good suggestions for those with a thinner pocket. Very nice from the owner of the restaurant for allowing the children to eat for free or at some low prices. Today, it is rare to see something like that. You have all the recommendations from me and I would like to visit these restaurants once.
Hello Bojana, Dining out with kids can be a challenge when the budget is stretched thin, so these deals can definitely help! Enjoy!
That’s good for sharing this article because it’s useful for me – there are many more offers than what I thought that there would be for Kids Eat Cheap or FREE Promotions. Thank you for more detail of many places or locations to bring my child to eat free and some places is very cheap prices.
Thanks for your hard work and well done.
Hi Sean, I’m glad to hear that you’ve found some helpful information that can help save you some money when eating out with kids. Enjoy!
This is an extremely helpful list of places where kids can eat for free or at a discounted price. Eating out is always a treat and a luxury in our household, but if I know that we can get a free kid’s meal, it will make it so much easier to take the kids out for a treat.
You mention with some of the places that kids eat free if they are under 10, or even under 12. But are there any places that provide free meals for kids that are slightly older as well? Thanks for sharing a great post.
Hello! I’m so glad that this list helps to allow you to enjoy more of the luxury of dining out with family.
I have not found any places with ongoing promotions for children that have reached their teenage years, but there are other ways to save when dining out! Check out the article featuring restaurants that offer free birthday deals for more ways to save when dining out!