Yo! Sushi
From 17 February to 21 February, kids can eat free all day in Yo! Sushi restaurants when dining with a full-paying adult. There’s a minimum £10 spend and only one child can take the offer, and they must be under the age of 10. A maximum of three kids can eat free.
Pizza Hut
At selected Pizza Huts, the kids buffet kids buffet is free between 10 February and 28 February, everyday until 3pm. You have to spend £10 on other food and use the code KEF. The offer isn’t available at Halifax Charleston Road, Hereford, Hull Kingswood, Inverness, Merry Hill, Merton, Solihull Touchwood, Star City and Swindon Greenbridge locations.
Pizza Express
Kids get one ‘piccolo’ meal for free when you dine-in and purchase an adult main at Pizza Express. The offer includes dough balls to start, a pizza, pasta or salad as main, an dessert and Bambinoccino. It’s available this half term from 17 February to 2 March.
Toby Carvery
From 10 February to 28 February, excluding weekends, kids eat for £1 at Toby Carvery if you order an adult main or breakfast. You just need to show your voucher, which you can get on the Toby Carvery app.
TGI Fridays
Kids eat free at TGI Fridays when you order an adult’s main meal. The offer is available for Stripes Rewards members all day every day – you’ll just need to join via their app, which is free to download through app stores.
You’ll get a complimentary Little League or Major League kids’ meal. The menu includes classic burgers, fish fingers and vegan choices. There is also free Heinz baby food for the smallest guests at TGI Fridays. Find out more here.
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Harvester
Kids eat for £1 from 10 February until 28 February at Harvester. You’ve got to order an adult main, but with it you’ll get any main from the smaller bites, bigger bites and kids’ breakfast menus for a £1.
You need to download the Harvester app or register for an account, download the voucher and show it to the team to get the offer.
Sizzling Pub and Grill
Your child can enjoy a £1 meal at Sizzling Pub and Grill as long as you purchase an adult’s main meal. The offer is available on weekdays from 3pm. The menu includes fish fingers, pasta, chicken wraps, pizza and more. Get the offer.
OK Diners
One child under 10 can eat free when an adult purchases a main meal. This offer is available every day at the diners in Derby, Cannock, Leominster, Northop and Oswestry. Read all about it here.
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants
At selected Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, kids can eat for free from the Ramsay kids menu when ordering a main. It’s only available for children under the age of eight and you will need to purchase an adult main for every free children’s meal. It’s available at Heddon Street Kitchen, all Bread Street Kitchen and Bars, Bread Street Café, Gordon Ramsay Bar and Grill and York and Albany.
This offer is available all year around, except on select dates like Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve.
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Sainsbury’s Café
You can get one children’s hot main meal or “lunch bag” for £1 with the purchase of an adult hot main meal from £5.20 in the Sainsburys café. The lunch bag includes a sandwich, bag of crisps, a piece of fruit and a kids’ drink. Mains include a sausage, cheese and tomato pizza or chicken nuggets. It’s available every day from 11.30am until the cafe closes.
Morrisons Café
Children aged 16 and below can get one free meal with every adult meal. The offer only applies when you purchase an adult meal with a value of £4.50 or over, and it excludes all cafe specials. The meal includes a piece of fruit and orange or apple juice or bottle of water. Read the terms and conditions here.
Bella Italia
Kids can eat free all day every Thursday and for £1 between 4pm to 6pm from Sunday to Wednesday, at Bella Italia.
They get three courses and a drink. Meals are suitable for two to 11 year olds, with smaller and larger portion sizes to suit their appetites
The cheapest adult main course is the margherita pizza, priced at £11.49 – though these prices go up to £11.99 at some London and Center Parcs branches. Read all about it.
Dunelm
Many of the furnishing retailer’s branches have an in-store eatery, the Pausa cafe. Kids can get a ‘mini main’, two snacks and a drink for free, as long as an accompanying adult spends £4 or more.
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Tesco Café
Kids eat free at Tesco Café all year round with the Kids’ Pick ‘N’ Mix Lunch Deal. Your child will get a sandwich, a piece of fruit, two snacks and a drink. An adult just has to buy any item in the Tesco Café (that includes drinks).
Dobbies
Kids can get a free breakfast or lunch at national garden centre Dobbies, with one meal and drink available for every adult main purchased. It does not include the Beaconsfield, Hungerford, Keston, Andover, Lelant, Marple, Reading, York and Anchorwood restaurants. It’s £1 for a kids’ Sunday roast.
The lunch offer’s available every day from 12 noon until 3pm, or the breakfast only until 11.30am.
Travelodge
If you happen to be staying in a Travelodge in February half term, kids aged 15 and under eat completely free. Your child can choose as much as they like from the cooked selection, including prime back bacon, Cumberland pork sausages, free range scrambled eggs and more. Up to two kids can eat free for every full paying adult, starting at £5.50 for a breakfast to go.
Premier Inn
The same goes at Premier Inn! When an adult orders a full Premier Inn breakfast or a meal deal, up to two under 16s eat breakfast for free. Find out more.
Holiday Inn
Kids eat (and stay) free at Holiday Inn. It is available for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the hotel’s dine-in restaurant. Your kids will get a main course and dessert. An adult (who is registered as a hotel guest) must order at least one course from the full priced menu. It’s limited to four children per dining family. Find out more here – including how kids can stay for free at Holiday Inn.
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SA Brain Pubs
Welsh pub chain SA Brain & Co. is also handing out kids meals for just £1. This offer is available all day every Wednesday, and must be purchased alongside a full price adult main meal. It excludes Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Purezza
Purezza, the vegan pizza restaurant, has a kids eat free scheme all year round! Children under 10 can enjoy a free mini pizza with a topping of their choice. Only one child eats free per adult dining. The restaurants can provide additional mini pizzas and other children for £5 each. You’ll find Purezza in Camden, Bristol, Manchester and Brighton.
Ikea
At Ikea, your little ones can enjoy the pasta with tomato sauce or the mac and cheese and a soft drink for 95p. You could also enjoy browsing and getting lost through the aisles of the furniture store and make it a proper trip out! This is available every day from 11am.
Table Table
Two kids under the age of 16 can get free, unlimited breakfast at Table Table’s all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast. You have to purchase an adult breakfast at a cost of £9.99. It promises a freshly cooked full English with all your cooked and continental favourites.
Brewers Fayre
Kids can get free buffet breakfast at Brewers Fayre, which is also owned by Whitbread – just like Table Table. It is much the same deal as above. Kids have to be under the age of 16 to eat for free, and you have to purchase an adult breakfast for £10.99.
Beefeater
Another Whitbread pub, Beefeater also offers two kids all-you-can-eat breakfast for free. Kids have to be under the age of 16 to eat for free, and you have to purchase an adult breakfast for £10.99.
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Brewdog
Kids can eat free at Brewdog this half term. In England, the offer lasts from 15 February to 23 February. And in Wales, it’s 22 February until 2 March. In Scotland it is unfortunately already over, lasting until 16 February.
Heathrow Airport
OK, so you won’t be heading to Heathrow Airport purely for a meal (try explaining that to security), but if you are jetting off on a holiday in February half term, it is handy to know that kids can eat for free in its restaurants. Participating spots include Big Smoke, Giraffe, The Globe and more. You can find the full list here.
The Real Greek
Kids eat free on Sundays at the Real Greek for every £10 spent by an adult. The offer includes one meal from the children’s menu as well as an ice cream or sorbet for kids under 12.
Hungry Horse
Every Monday, kids can eat for £1 at Hungry Horse pubs. Dishes include pork sausages, fish fingers and chicken nuggets and a small beef burger. Up to two kids can eat with every full paying adult. Larger dishes will cost you £1.50.
Asda Cafe
Asda’s kids eat for £1 meal deal has been extended all year round. Kids can get a hot meal, such as penne pasta with meatballs, fish fingers, chicken nuggets and all-day breakfast. They will also receive a free piece of fruit. There’s also a cold pick and mix selection that includes a sandwich, drink and piece of fruit. And you don’t have to buy anything yourself to go with it!
Banana Tree
Kids eat free at selected Banana Tree restaurants every Sunday. It’s a free kid’s main meal and kid’s dessert per full price main meal ordered from the all-day menu. This offer excludes Banana Tree Soho, Covent Garden and Oxford. It excludes the O2 location on event days, and is only available until 6pm in the Portsmouth location.
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Franco Manca
Kids aged 12 and under can get a free pizza for every adult main you buy at Franco Manca. It’s available in Stoke Newington, Balham, Kilburn, Bishops Stortford, Cheltenham, Hove, Manchester Didsbury and Peterborough locations, as well as East Dulwich on Mondays to Thursdays.
It is available for eat-in only, is applied to individual kids pizzas (not the extended kids menu) and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
Las Iguanas
Kids under 12 can get a free niños meal but only if you download the Las Iguanas app. Each adult ordering a main course from the a la carte menu can claim a free kids meal. It includes a main, two sides and a dessert. Las Iguanas is also giving away free books with kids meals.
It’s not available on big event days at the O2, Wembley, Resorts World, Cardiff Mill Lane or Brindley Place restaurants and at Las Iguanas Center Parcs.
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Barbican Kitchen
Children under 10 can get a free kid’s meal at the Barbican Kitchen with every adult meal over £10 purchased. This offer is all year round. The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the Barbican. See the menu and more on their website.
Preto
Kids can eat free at Brazilian buffet restaurant Preto in February half term and beyond. The offer is valid every weekday after 4pm and all weekend. This offer is open to children up to 10 years old, and proof of age might be requested. An adult will need to pay for a full meal.
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It starts at £24.95 but you get an unlimited selection from the traditional Brazilian hot dishes and salad bar. You can get the offer at the Victoria, Putney, Queensway, Colchester and West End restaurants by downloading a voucher.
Angus Steakhouse
At Angus Steakhouses in central London, one child can get a meal per full-paying adult. It is available every day from 12pm to 5pm. It is only on offer for kids under the age of 10. You should request in advance of your booking. It’s not applicable on Saturdays in Bond Street and Oxford Circus branches. Find out more.
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