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Family Friendly Restaurant - Canberra

Monket View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 03:43 PM Post #1
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Hello Canberrans I am trying to organise a family dinner for my mum's 80th birthday and I am after suggestions for restaurants. I have 2 children 4 and 5 and my sisters daughter is 8 so we were looking for somewhere where they can be kids but we can still have a nice meal! Somewhere with some outdoor space would be good so they can run around without annoying other diners. Does such a place exist? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers This post has been edited by Monket: 29/12/2012, 03:46 PM

jayskette View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 03:52 PM Post #2
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Any of the casual restaurants in Gold Creek - eg Cafe Injoy Hogs Breath APK The grill in Southern Cross Jamison This post has been edited by jayskette: 29/12/2012, 03:55 PM

Tenacious C View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 04:41 PM Post #3
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The Mawson Club has a decent play area for the kids that is adjacent to the dining area.

Plappermaul View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 04:52 PM Post #4
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You could try the George Harcourt Inn in Gold Creek. Decent pub food and an outdoor area.

Monket View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 05:03 PM Post #5
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Thanks ladies. I have one sister who wants a posh restaurant and the rest of us want child friendly! Trying to please all is hard....and I haven't lived inCanberra since 1999 so I am not up with the latest hip places to eat. Thanks again, I will check out these suggestions.

my serenity View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 05:13 PM Post #6
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Cafe in joy closes at 5pm I'm sure..... Many of the clubs have great outdoor areas but George harcourt does lovely meals and is kid friendly The Jamison suggestion great too as for your sis choose what you know will be more relaxing for you and the kids and other diners

bosker View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 05:18 PM Post #7
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Possibly better for a lunch than a dinner, but I really like the outdoor area at Rose Cottage, there is a great sandpit for kids and lots of space to run & play amongst the garden, they also have a kids menu Bec

laura7 View Member Profile	29/12/2012, 05:22 PM Post #8
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Hi OP I used to live in Canberra and found that there wasn't a huge number of places in Civic that were child friendly. We used to meet up at The Southern Club Cross at Woden or the Mawson Club. Both have really good, play areas for children and you can sit near to supervise. I found the food at the Mawson Club marginally better-but that was a while ago. Good Luck

seepi View Member Profile	30/12/2012, 10:34 AM Post #9
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the yacht club? Ngunnawal indian is opposite a little park. Regatta point cafe gungahlin labor club or lakes club - or da nunzio on gungahlin lake does gourmet pizza and in near the lake to play. This post has been edited by seepi: 30/12/2012, 10:40 AM

chat View Member Profile	30/12/2012, 12:30 PM Post #10
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Hogs Breath @ Woden is a really good family restaurant.

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