Cheap and free family food options available across the UK throughout the 2025 Christmas break.
It’s easy for Christmas to become one of the most expensive times of the year. Buying food for Christmas dinner, gifts for loved ones, and even putting the Christmas lights on all come at a cost.
Over the Christmas break, if you’re looking for places to go with your family without it becoming really expensive, there are lots of places kids can eat free or cheap this Christmas. Here is a list of well-known places with offers on to get you started:
Cafés where kids eat free
IKEA
At IKEA restaurants, although there are no specific ‘kids eat free’ Christmas offers, if you sign up for free to join the IKEA Family (rewards programme) you can get access to several rewards and discounts. All breakfast options are already under £3.75, and all main lunchtime meals under £7.25. Kids’ meals start from 95p, up to £2.95.
Morrisons
At Morrisons cafés, for every adult meal you buy for £5 or more, you get a free kids’ meal including a drink.
Dunelm Pausa Café
For every £4 spent in Dunelm Pausa Café, kids eat free. Choose a kids’ main, drink and two snacks.
Restaurants
Bella Italia
At Bella Italia restaurants, for every adult main meal purchased, kids aged 2–11 can eat free every Sunday to Thursday. This includes three courses of food, plus a drink for £1. Outside of these days, you can also buy smaller-sized portions for just £7.49, with bigger meals still under £10.
Café Rouge
For every adult main meal bought from Café Rouge between 12–4pm, a child can eat for free.
Dobbies Garden Centres
At Dobbies, for every adult main meal purchased, you can get a children’s breakfast, hot meal or pick n mix lunch box for just £1, including a drink.
Franco Manca
Between Monday to Thursday at Franco Manca, children under twelve can get a free kids’ pizza at for every full-priced adult main meal (in selected pizzerias).
Gordon Ramsey restaurants
For every adult that orders two courses from the la carte menu at Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, you get a free main course from the Ramsay Kids’ menu (available for children aged ten and under).
OK Diners
At OK Diners, for every adult main course bought from the à la carte menu, a child under 10 years of age gets a free meal. Available all day, every day, excluding diners located on the A1.
Premier Inn
At Premier Inn, for every adult that orders a breakfast, up to two children can eat breakfast for free.
Purezza
Children under the age of ten get a free pizza at Purezza (restaurants in Brighton, Camden and Manchester), for every paying adult.
TGI Fridays
When you buy an adult main meal at TGI Fridays, you get a free children’s main (suitable for kids up to 12 years old), if you download the free rewards app. This includes breakfasts, and is available all day, every day.
The Real Greek
On Sundays at The Real Greek, get a free kid’s meal for every £15 spent by an adult.
Pubs
Beefeater
During school holidays at Beefeater, for every adult breakfast you buy, two kids under 16 can eat for free.
Hungry Horse
You can get a kids’ meal for just £1 when buying one adult meal at a Hungry Horse.
Sizzling Pubs
At Sizzling Pubs, for every adult main meal you buy on a weekday after 12pm (or after 3pm during term time), you can get one children’s main for £1.
Brewers Fayre
For every adult breakfast you buy at Brewers Fayre, two kids under 16 eat for free.
Local, independent-owned cafés and restaurants
It’s always worth looking to see if any local cafés or restaurants in your area are offering any discounts or deals for families too. You might be able to find out by visiting their social media pages or their website, or by popping by and seeing if any special offers are displayed in store.
All offers and information correct at the time of publication. Please check store websites for more details and to check your local branch is taking part in these offers.
