A grand old Nob Hill hotel with beehives in the rooftop garden and a family room with a bunk bed. A band plays on a boat in the Tonga Room, the hotel's old indoor pool, and at the holidays there's a life-sized gingerbread house.
Wharf hotel with a heated pool, games, and outdoor space for kids.
Union Square hotel with a kids' concierge, milk and cookies in the evening, and kid-sized robes.
Ocean Beach restaurant with a kids' menu, a lawn out front, and room for strollers; lively and easy.
Café across from the park's playground and butterfly garden, with patio tables in sight of the play and room for strollers.
Nob Hill luxury hotel with a kids' program, a kids' menu, and a garden terrace.
Union Square landmark hotel with a kids' menu and family movie nights.
Clement Street breakfast spot with outdoor seating and a lively room that forgives toddler noise.
Loud, cheerful Bernal spaghetti house with a kids' menu and crayons; a toddler favorite.
Outer Sunset fish shack with outdoor tables and a play area, so kids move while the tacos come.
Presidio trampoline park with a café and kids' menu; loud, bouncy, and built for school-age kids.
Union Square chain with a kids' menu, high chairs, boosters, and a lively patio.
Nob Hill crepes with a kids' menu, high chairs, a changing table, and crayons.
Woodfired pizza on Ocean Avenue, with high chairs, boosters and a kids' menu.
Mission Thai with big shareable plates that work for preschoolers and older kids.
Inner Richmond pizza with crayons and a lively room where babies and big kids both fit in.
Ferry Building burgers and shakes with a kids' menu and outdoor tables by the bay.
Presidio Heights Italian with a garden patio that welcomes babies through school-age kids.
Japantown ramen with a moderate room; toddlers and up slurp along.
Classic diner with high chairs, jukebox booths, and milkshakes for every age.
SoMa hotel with a kids' menu, suites with living space, and the children's museum next door.
Old-school diner on Geary with a kids' menu; lively enough for toddlers and up.
Cole Valley brunch with high chairs, crayons, and a back patio for toddlers and up.
Bernal barbecue joint with a kids' menu, crayons, and a corner for kids to play while the ribs arrive.
Mission institution with a kids' menu at brunch, crayons, and films projected on the courtyard wall.
Potrero Hill pizza with a kids' menu and a family crowd on weeknights.
West Portal Italian-American with a lively room where toddlers and up blend right in.
Outer Sunset Mexican with a changing table and room for strollers.
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.
Sourdough landmark at the Wharf with a kids' menu and bread animals to look at while you wait.
The pizza chain's inventive pies, like the Thai chicken and the tostada pizza, with butter cake for dessert.
Neighborhood Italian with a kids' menu and crayons; pasta for everyone at the table.
Lower Nob Hill Indian with a kids' menu, mild curries and rice.
Inner Sunset comfort food with crayons on the table.
Wharf seafood house with a kids' menu and boats to watch from the window.
Embarcadero seafood with a kids' menu, crayons, and floor-to-ceiling fish tanks.
Latin American plates, all made from scratch: fish tacos, Cubanos, and crispy chicken with rice, beans and plantains.
Sunset District Vietnamese with kids' portions and pho that soothes everyone.
There is a real kids menu with kebab, gyro or nuggets plus rice, fries, hummus or falafel, which makes ordering painless.
Taqueria with high chairs and room for strollers.
Union Square beer hall with a kids' menu and outdoor tables.
An organic farm-to-table restaurant with kids' meals and an on-site bakery.
A kids' menu of spaghetti and meatballs, fish and chips and grilled cheese, and clam chowder in a bread bowl for everyone else.
House-made bread and sausages from an open kitchen, and a menu that changes daily. Better for a kid who'll try things.
Pasta made by hand in house, and a breakfast menu too.
A neighborhood café with a play kitchen in the back that keeps kids busy while you finish your coffee.
A corner café with outdoor tables looking onto the lawns, coffee roasted in-house, and breakfast, sandwiches and bowls.
A corner café at the end of the lawn, a short walk from the fenced playground, for coffee and breakfast.
Order on the iPad at your table and the sushi rides up on a bullet train. The kids' bento arrives on a robot.
An open-air back patio with a cabana, brunch and dinner, and mochiko chicken bites to share.
Mickey Mouse-shaped pizzas and gnocchi on the kids' menu, and a heated patio for dinner outside.
