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Chain restaurant in [[Locale Kensington|Kensington]].
 This is a very child-friendly restaurant. When [[John]] visited in Nov 2012 (with a 5 year old), the staff immediately brought over a set of crayons and an activity sheet before they even mentioned orders. There's a children's menu, and the child's food came first: that's useful because children normally eat more slowly than adults. The child's drink came with a plastic giraffe, and the restaurant offered a helium balloon to take away at the end of the meal.
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[[John]] et al. visited on a Saturday lunchtime in November 2012. We arrived at about noon and there was no queue, so we were seated immediately.
 At about noon on a Saturday, there was no queue, so we were seated immediately.
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Child-friendliness: This is a very child-friendly restaurant. On our November 2012 visit (with a 5 year old), the staff immediately brought over a set of crayons and an activity sheet before they even mentioned orders. There's a children's menu, and the child's food came first: that's useful because children normally eat more slowly than adults (and find it harder to wait when they're hungry). The child's drink came with a plastic giraffe, and the restaurant offered a helium balloon to take away at the end of the meal. There's a baby changing facility on the ground floor.
 Accessibility: step free access to the front half of the restaurant, then a couple of steps to get up to the bar and the back half. Toilets are downstairs, and there's a bit of a maze to get to the male toilets. There's a baby changing facility on the ground floor.
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Accessibility: Step free access to the front half of the restaurant, then a couple of steps to get up to the bar and the back half. Toilets are downstairs, and there's a bit of a maze to get to the male toilets.

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[John]], November 2012.</div>
address='7 Kensington High Street'
category='Child Friendly,English Food,Free Wireless,Restaurants,Vegetarian Friendly'
edit_type='Minor tidying'
 Last visited by [[John]], 10 Nov 2012.
address='7 Kensington High Street, London'
category='Child Friendly,English Food,Food,Food Served Evenings,Food Served Lunchtimes,Free Wireless,Vegetarian Friendly'
edit_type='Normal edit'
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host='81.187.166.218'
hours_text='8am-11pm Mon-Fri; 9am-11pm Sat; 9am-10:30pm Sun and Bank Holidays'
latitude='51.501708'
locale='Kensington,W8'
longitude='-0.186190'
major_change='0'
map_link='http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=525880&y=179699'
opening_hours_text='8am-11pm Mon-Fri; 9am-11pm Sat; 9am-10:30pm Sun and Bank Holidays'
os_x='525880'
os_y='179699'
 host='217.169.14.237'
hours_text='8am - 11pm Mon - Fri, 9am - 11pm Sat, 9am - 10:30pm Sun and Bank Holidays'
locale='Kensington, W8'
major_change='1'
map_link='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.5019978,-0.1881154&hl=en'
opening_hours_text='8am - 11pm Mon - Fri, 9am - 11pm Sat, 9am - 10:30pm Sun and Bank Holidays'
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summary='Chain restaurant in Kensington.'
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This is a very child-friendly restaurant. When John visited in Nov 2012 (with a 5 year old), the staff immediately brought over a set of crayons and an activity sheet before they even mentioned orders. There's a children's menu, and the child's food came first: that's useful because children normally eat more slowly than adults. The child's drink came with a plastic giraffe, and the restaurant offered a helium balloon to take away at the end of the meal.

At about noon on a Saturday, there was no queue, so we were seated immediately.

The staff were all very friendly. When someone knocked over a drink by accident, they rushed over to clean it up, and replaced it with a new one free of charge without even being asked.

There are a few vegetarian options on the menu, including the "veggie brunch" (served until 4pm). That's basically a fried breakfast, but it also includes aubergine which you don't normally get at a greasy spoon cafe.

According to the website they have free wireless, but there weren't any prominent announcements about this in the restaurant so this hasn't been tested.

Accessibility: step free access to the front half of the restaurant, then a couple of steps to get up to the bar and the back half. Toilets are downstairs, and there's a bit of a maze to get to the male toilets. There's a baby changing facility on the ground floor.

Last visited by John, 10 Nov 2012.


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