Restaurants with a kids' menu in San Mateo

Downtown San Mateo woodfire spot with kids' pizzas, rotisserie chicken, and a roomy modern space steps from Central Park.

Casual Italian with fresh pastas and piadine, a real kids' menu, and a Thursday kids-eat-free night.

East Coast-style pizzeria with an official Young Kid's Menu (pizza, pasta) for an easy, casual family dinner downtown.

Chain brewhouse at Bridgepointe with a big kids' menu (mini burgers, mac 'n' cheese, mini corn dogs) and a high-energy, family-friendly atmosphere where kid noise blends in.

Top-tier tsukemen without the line-wait meltdown: join the Yelp waitlist remotely, and kids get their own small bowls of milky ramen or brothless aburasoba with jammy eggs.

Charbroiled burgers and milkshakes, plus a kids' menu of sliders, grilled cheese and chicken fingers with kid-size shakes.