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Best Brisbane Family Restaurants

Updated: Jun 01, 2026

Looking for the best family restaurants in Brisbane? We've found some great child-friendly restaurants with foodie menus that both adults and children will enjoy and where kids food is not about chicken nuggets and chips.

From the Turkish restaurant with its own kids play area and the lively German restaurant with DJ to the funky inner city kitchen and bar and the pizza and games cafe, here's 5 to check out:

Olive Thyme Turkish Cuisine

An art deco corner shop is home to this gorgeous Turkish restaurant where everything is made onsite and there's a special kids lounge with books, games and toys

Pizzalunga Da Carlo

The best fun at this lively traditional pizza bar is ordering the metre-long pizzas to share and watching the chefs do their thing in a theatrical fashion

The German Club

Kids will love the theatrics of the Japanese tappanyaki chefs as they perform their traditional tricks right in front of them and the delectable food comes in small dishes

Mrs Brown's Bar & Kitchen

Occupying a funky inner city warehouse is this hip eatery and bar which offers kids an in-house roast chicken meal or traditional Italian pizza from Gianni's across the road

Wagaya

Upstairs in Chinatown Mall is this bustling Japanese restaurant with booth seating and i-pad menus where kids can have fun ordering by the picture and waiting for the dish to appear

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