10 of the Best Family-Friendly Restaurants in Perth

From seaside cafés to garden restaurants and household breweries, Perth delivers the goods for family-friendly restaurants.  

Play it safe with the tried-and-true faves of pizza and burgers, or to branch out and eat more adventurously (or healthily!), from Japanese to Cambodian. Whether you're vegan and pram pushing, toddler taming or teen wrangling, Perth's got you covered, with high chairs and adventure playgrounds, sushi trains and arcade games.  

This is your guide to 10 of the best family-friendly restaurants in Perth. 

The beach is your playground at this beloved seaside kiosk at Floreat, one of the 19 beaches in metropolitan Perth. Drop in early for a big brekkie or settle in for a long lunch or to watch the sun sink down over the Indian Ocean, when the café stays open for summer sunset dinners.

Kids are well catered for with mini burgers and pasta, salads, and artisan breads. Fuel them up on milkshakes and send them out onto the white sand to burn off their energy while you go healthy and light, with Exmouth prawn salads or poke bowls, or try the homemade gnocchi.

Afterwards, take a 10-minute walk south along the beach to an activity playground; gold stars for Floreat Beach, which is patrolled by lifeguards. 

Who doesn’t love a 10-metre-tall curly slide? Answer, no-one. Sorry, the slide is kids only, but the wood-fired pizzas and 64 beer taps should make up for it, right?

This local fave has been pulling pints since 1898, and a $7-million facelift sees the addition of a new outdoor area and a kids’ playground, cementing The Baysie as one of the best kid-friendly restaurants in Perth. The all-day menu has vegetarian and vegan options, including on its share plates and the kids’ menu, with salad bowls alongside pizzas and grilled local fish.

For budget-friendly eating, check out the daily specials, such as steaks nights, roast of the month, barbequed ribs nights and parmi days. Did we mention the Biscoff brownie pizza?

You might think Western Australia's most famous brewer was named after kids (it’s actually named after the live yeast cultures in its beer), but it’s also an indication of just how family friendly this brewery is.

Kick off with some Freo octopus or fried eggplant croquettes before moving on to the grilled local fish, chicken or mussels – the menu’s designed to share, and also to complement its award-winning brews and ciders.

The sandpit and playground will keep your little creatures busy before the food arrives and long after it's gone. There’s indoor and outdoor seating and a no-reservations policy (it’s first-in, first-served, even for groups), highchairs are available, it's a pram and wheelchair-friendly venue and Little Creatures even loves hounds. In short, everybody’s welcome.

A regular on the ‘top pizza in Perth’ lists, Il Falco is home in a retro brick building. The deal is simple: thin-crust pizzas, done insanely well.

Kids are well-catered for, with highchairs and change tables, outdoor seating and an outdoor playground; they’ll even throw in colouring-in pencils and drawings (pizza-themed, naturally), and the picnic tables keep it casual.

Kids can order from the bambini menu, which includes pizza, pasta, juice boxes and ice cream with sprinkles, or join in with the adults, with vegans and coeliacs catered for.

And it’s dog friendly, too. Walk-ins and bookings welcome; bonus points for the free parking outside. Save room for the homemade tiramisu.

One of Perth’s favourite sushi joints is super fun for kids; slip into a booth or take a stool at the bar and let the good times and the sushi train roll.

Tempt fussy eaters with little bites and golden, deep-fried (karaage) chicken, rice and noodle bowls, or hit Super Tetsudo's cross-culture sushi tacos.

It has a gluten-free menu (including GF soy sauce) and vegetarian options, and its bar serves wine, beer and even Japanese-inspired cocktails. In Claremont as well as Westfield Carousel near the cinemas and in Karrinyup shopping centre. 

Fancy an all-day breakfast, a classic smashed av or a Devonshire tea? This café on the banks of the Derbarl Yerrigan-Swan River obliges.

Find a table inside, on the verandah or outdoors beneath the umbrellas for stylish café fare such as moreish veggie bowls or open bagels, using organic, seasonal produce. Kids are looked after on the Little Farmers menu, with mini waffles and eggs your way, to refuel after running wild in the café's play area and cubby house.

To roam further afield where the wild things are, order a takeaway hamper through the website and find your picnic spot – BYO blanket. There’s free parking, including accessible parking nearby, with ramps and wheelchair-friendly toilets.

For a daytrip in the Perth Hills, this cider house is set on 6.4 acres of gardens and bushland, where the whole family can stretch their legs; eat at the tables or bring a picnic blanket and sprawl or crawl.

After exploring the adventure playground and magical gardens, little travellers can choose from the Little Apples Menu with pasta, pizza, and burgers, or ‘borrow’ from your choice from the good-looking, all-day menu.

It includes harissa roasted cauliflower, Western Australian scotch fillet steak, salads, and share boards of cured meats, cheeses, and hummus. The drink to choose is, of course, their pure cider, brewed here in the Perth Hills, with local beer, wine, and spirits also available. 

Named after a temple in Siem Reap, My Bayon holds the title of best Cambodian restaurant in Perth. Ideal for families who like to explore beyond pizzas and burgers, the bright, colourful dishes are all made from scratch in its kitchens.

Kids can play it safe with fried rice, spring rolls, or street food favourite Lort Cha noodles, while the papaya salad and citrus beef salads are a cool treat in summer. The restaurant has a full bar; try Cambodia’s Angkor lager, and you can BYO wine Mondays to Wednesdays.

The restaurant donates part of its sales to two Cambodian charities who bring health and education services to underprivileged children in regions still impoverished by war. 

Big kids, little kids, Varsity’s enormous games arcade, burgers and milkshakes make it the perfect family restaurant in Perth for older kids, especially if it’s rainy or – more likely – too hot.

Varsity has nine venues across the city, including Northbridge, Fremantle, and Cannington in Perth’s south, which includes a full bowling alley as well as a full arcade of games.

Watch the match of the day live on the big screens with a beer from the taps and check out the menu, which plays it safe with burgers of all persuasions, from chicken to vegan, with pizzas and milkshakes. With lighter balls and fatter pins, little kids will love the duckpin bowling.

One of life’s lessons: there’s nothing better than butter chicken, and it’s parents’ responsibility to pass on this knowledge.

Consistently one of the city’s best Indian restaurants, Sauma offers a gentle version of the classic, along with roti wraps and rice on its special menu for kids under 12. And who doesn’t love fluffy, hot naan bread?

The menu focuses on sharing, can be adapted to avoid dairy, gluten, nuts, and to suit vegans. Centrally located in Northbridge, the vibe is casual. It also serves a pared-down menu between 2:30-5pm for late lunchers-early diners.

From gastro-pubs to Indian restaurants and seaside kiosks, Perth is packed with kid-friendly restaurants. Try Western Australia’s most famous brewery, Little Creatures, or Sauma for its show-stopping, baby-steps butter chicken.

Plenty of Perth’s restaurants cater specifically for kids: at the Naked Apple Cider House in the Perth Hills, order share platters for all the family, or choose from the simpler kids menu with pasta, pizza, and burgers.   

The Varsity in Cannington is one big playground, with a bowling alley and arcade games that will keep teens and little kids as busy as their parents. Iconic Perth brewery Little Creatures in Fremantle has a sandpit and playground onsite, as does the Bayswater Hotel, with its 10-metre-tall curly slide, play shops and (thankfully stationary) wooden Vespa.

Vegans and coeliacs are well catered for at Super Tetsudo, whose sushi train restaurant in Claremont includes a gluten-free menu. Cambodian restaurant My Bayon serves vibrant vegetarian and vegan options on its menu, as well as gluten-free choices with its signature Ah Mok Khmer curry, and Indian restaurant Sauma can cater for dairy, gluten and nut intolerances, and its menu is great for vegans.

Parents with the littlest ones love baby-friendly Il Falco, with its highchairs and change tables in the bathrooms; the paths to the Peninsula Farm Café are great for prams, with pram parking outside and highchairs inside; for a quieter dining experience, reserve a table on the verandah.

The Naked Apple Cider House in the Perth Hills lets kids roam gardens and bushlands, adventure playgrounds and gardens, while the beach is the playground at The Kiosk at Floreat Beach, both great options for family-friendly dining in Perth.

Different families choose different dinner times, and Perth’s family-friendly restaurants cater for all. For early diners, Sauma Indian restaurant in Northbridge has an all-day dining menu, with a kids menu offering roti wraps and hot fluffy naan on its kids menu. Il Falco opens at 4:30pm for pizza lovers, and its long picnic tables can seat all the family until 10pm. Little Creatures brewery is super busy on weekends; drop in during the week for a quieter family meal.