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  I would agree with Roger. That is about as good as it gets. Personally I think designated indoor play areas and good food are mutually exclusive events.
  
  We are a funny bunch when it comes to kids and food/drink. People seem to favour taking kids where they are permitted to do what they like. Please do not think I am making a judgement here as I have taken my children to the Kittiwake etc, and happily let them bounce off the walls of the designated padded cell. They also always give you some kind of 'pack' that includes 4 crayons that don't seem to work(how this is achieved I do not know!)
  
  However, it has to said, I hate it and I don't think the kids even like them that much. When you take them to a proper restaurant or pub, they generally rise to the occasion and sit really well. I prefer them at the table. Sometimes they kick off and that's the time to take them outside. There are loads of pubs and restaurants that really understand this approach but equally many that are awfully intolerant...a good example being the Griffin's Head at Chilenden, a superb pub but run by the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
  
  In places like Italy, you actually get preferential treatment if you take children into restaurants. It's a shame we don't have more places approaching this socialisation in a similar way. Pubs are turned into taboo establishments where people just go and get drunk, when the reality is that they are places people go to talk and be with other people.
  
  I would like to add that both of the publicans who post on this site are great with children in their establishments and prove that you don't need a padded cell if you you have high expectations of the children's behaviour.

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