# Dinner and a show with kids in San Francisco

Why just eat when something can happen while you do? 10 places in San Francisco with a show at dinner, or right after it: acrobats a few feet from your table, a chef doing knife tricks, rain on the hour over a tiki lagoon. Then the penny arcade at the wharf, cookies folded by hand in a Chinatown alley, and bowling and mini golf if the night keeps going.

Last updated 2026-10-03, from the newest confirmation among these places.

## The list

1. [Club Fugazi](https://ourplayday.com/places/club-fugazi-94133) (attraction). North Beach theatre where Dear San Francisco's acrobats perform feet from the tables. Ninety minutes, with tumbling that holds a seven-year-old and a grandparent.
2. [Benihana](https://ourplayday.com/places/benihana-94115) (restaurant). Japantown teppanyaki where the chef cooks at the table with knife tricks and an onion volcano. Big tables seat a whole family and the show keeps the kids in their seats until the food comes. Kids' menu. Confirmed: high chairs, takes reservations, easy parking (Play Day, October 2026); kids' menu (Play Day, September 2026).
3. [Hikari Bullet Train Sushi & Bar](https://ourplayday.com/places/hikari-bullet-train-sushi-bar-94115) (restaurant). Order on the iPad at your table and the sushi rides up on a bullet train. The kids' bento arrives on a robot. Confirmed: high chairs (Play Day, October 2026); kids' menu (Play Day, September 2026).
4. [Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar](https://ourplayday.com/places/tonga-room-hurricane-bar-94108) (restaurant). Fairmont tiki bar with indoor rainstorms. Confirmed: takes reservations (Play Day, September 2026).
5. [Waterbar](https://ourplayday.com/places/waterbar-94105) (restaurant). Embarcadero seafood with a kids' menu, crayons, and floor-to-ceiling fish tanks. Confirmed: high chairs (Play Day, October 2026); kids' menu (a published guide, September 2026); takes reservations (Play Day, September 2026).
6. [Musée Mécanique](https://ourplayday.com/places/musee-mecanique-94133) (museum). A free room at the wharf packed with working penny arcade machines, from a hand-cranked carnival to old strength testers. Confirmed: wheelchair accessible, coffee nearby (OpenStreetMap, September 2026); free to enter (Play Day, September 2026).
7. [Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory](https://ourplayday.com/places/golden-gate-fortune-cookie-factory) (attraction). A Chinatown alley the width of a hallway where two women fold cookies off a hot press by hand. Two minutes, a sample, and worth the detour. Confirmed: coffee nearby (OpenStreetMap, September 2026); free to enter (Play Day, September 2026).
8. [The Detour](https://ourplayday.com/places/the-detour-94114) (attraction). A Castro arcade bar that welcomes kids of all ages on Saturday afternoons.
9. [Presidio Bowl](https://ourplayday.com/places/presidio-bowl-94129) (bowling alley). Presidio bowling alley; loud, fun, and built for preschool and school-age kids.
10. [Round1](https://ourplayday.com/places/round1) (bowling alley). A mall floor of arcade games, bowling and karaoke. Confirmed: coffee nearby (OpenStreetMap, September 2026).

## About this list

Every place here is a listing on Play Day, and a place is listed only when something positive is known about it for kids. The facts come from published guides, people who visited and OpenStreetMap, and each listing says which and when.

Page: https://ourplayday.com/guides/united-states/california/san-francisco/dinner-and-a-show. All of San Francisco: https://ourplayday.com/places/in/san-francisco