Babies and restaurants.

How comfortable/relaxed are you about taking your babies to restaurants?
As experienced and knowledgeable mums do you go out to dinner with your babies?
Are you able to relax and enjoy yourselves?
And are there any family friendly restaurants in Palmy that serve nice adult food too?

I have friends coming to stay with their 3 month old baby girl and 7 yr daughter and wondered if they would enjoy a night out or would be more relaxed with roast at our place.

we havent taken haleigh out to dinner yet, but i would say if you were going to take kids out for a meal do it early so your home at a good hr for them not to start to act up.

im fine in cafes with haleigh sometimes but other times its jsut far to unbearable to even do.

a nice roast at home could be the best way to go though

Most places in Palmy cater for children. We have taken Andrew to Lone Star when he was 2 and it great. They do have a kids menu which they give you once you are there. Off the top of my head I can't remember where else we have been with him sorry.

I would take both boys back there with a set of grandparents, not just with me and DH. With the age Josh is I would take him inside in his capsule and just have him on the ground if he was asleep or play pass the baby if he was awake. Lone Star were really good they got Andrew some paper and crayons and he had a ball scribling on the paper with his granddad.

IMO the more low-key the restaurant is, the more comfortable it is to take children there. I'm not a fan of Valentines (don't think it is good value for money) but I do like to go to Cobb n Co. DH and I went there last weekend (after we changed our minds on dessert and coffee LOL) and took Krystiana with us, she doesn't fit in a capsule and didn't need a highchair so I wrapped her in a blanket and just lay her by my feet while we ate (which she is totally OK with) and we had turns holding her between courses.

It totally depends on the family. Does she bf, is she fairly comfortable doing that in public? (I am because I've often been in that situation now, after 3 babies, so I'm used to it.) Will she be travelling a lot that day so would enjoy a quiet night at home? The 7 yo may enjoy a change of scene (and IMO 7yos act very well behaved at restaurants because they are different and seem 'posh' LOL).

I'm not keen on Valentines but it is an option with a 7yo and perhaps a wide variety of tastes?

And a roast dinner at home is always lovely. So definitely that's an option, depending on how much you'll be out in the afternoon of course.

You could always ask the mum when they are at your place because a lot of places often have extra tables, especially during the week, and you could make some calls (or even previously pencil book) that afternoon.

We really enjoyed it fluery but we were both raised in not well-off families so it might just be that we have a lower standard? (One of my favourite places to dine in Palmy is Aquaba but it's probably too crowded for a baby.)

I would personally feel more comfortable going to someone's home than a restaurant (I' thinking of the 3 month old). Even if bottle fed, it's easier to do in a house on a couch than trying to balance in a restaurant with waiters and heaps of noise around. Bubs might get unsettled from all the noise and refuse to sleep and there are more 'settling' options in a house as they can set pram; rocker; mobile gym; toys etc. Could be just me though