The following are some of the most popular themed restaurants for children:

1. Elephant Bar Restaurant: This is a fun restaurant for kids. They offer a Jr. Explorer's Club, which encourages academic achievement, books about animals for kids to read while they are waiting for their food, and distribute crayons to children in a cup that is shaped like an elephant foot. As well, they now offer healthier choice meals for children.

2. Chuck E. Cheese's: They provide games, rides, prizes, food, and entertainment designed for children of all ages. They offer great food for the entire family such as baked pizzas and a fresh salad bar. There are special events for birthdays, play groups, organizations such as scouts and youth groups, and school fundraising events. There is fun recreational equipment for running, jumping, and climbing. There are also video games and high tech simulator rides, and kiddie rides. The game rooms are sectioned off for older kids and younger children.

3. The Rainforest Cafe Restaurants: The restaurants are decorated to depict features of a rainforest, including plant growth, mist, waterfalls, animatronics robots of animals and insects. Large marine aquariums are common in most restaurants. Automated water sprinklers and synchronized lights set to exact patterns are also featured. A simulated thunderstorm occurs every thirty minutes, utilizing simulated rain as well as flashing lights and high-powered subwoofers for lightning and thunder. The cafes feature a talking tree named Tracy that gives facts about the rainforests. The restaurants are divided into several rooms using rain curtains that fall into basins running along the tops of partition walls and booths. As well, rainforest themed merchandise is sold. The Rainforest Cafe has food that includes seafood, beef, chicken, pastas, and pizzas.

4. McDonald's Restaurants: The McDonalds food chain is world renowned for catering to children. These restaurants feature large indoor or outdoor playgrounds, called "McDonald's PlayPlace" (if indoors) or "Playland" (outdoors). Some PlayPlace playgrounds have been renovated into "R Gym" areas. "R Gyms" are in-restaurant play areas that features interactive game zones designed for children aged 4 to 11. They are equipped with stationary bicycles attached to video games, dance pads, basketball hoops, monkey bars, an obstacle course, and other games. The "R Gym" features the Toddler Zone, an active play environment with age appropriate games that develop physical coordination. The Active Zone, designed for children aged four-to-eight, promotes physical fitness through fun play. The Sports Zone features a series of sport oriented activities to promote aerobic exercise for children aged 9 to 11. The Parent Zone features seating and a monitoring area for their children.

Restaurants that cater to children make the dining experience much more fun and entertaining for the kids and the adults. Fortunately, these restaurants are meeting consumer demands for healthier foods for their children by adding healthy options to their menus.