Pastaio - Soho

Bustling art-deco brasserie with French comfort dishes and a kids' menu of a main plus a dessert.

Bombay cafe in Covent Garden with an all-day kids' menu of smaller dishes with very little spice.

Fresh pasta in a small Covent Garden room with no highchairs, suited to kids old enough for an ordinary chair.

Piccadilly hotel with 50 square meter Residences: a separate bedroom and living room, a kitchenette, a washing machine and a Children's Concierge.

A playzone of little trains, boats and a cable car your kid gets to drive, made for under-fives.

Swings, a seesaw and a sandpit, a few steps from the lake.