These are the restaurants where kids can eat for free during the Easter break

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The school holidays can be a stressful and expensive time for parents, particularly when you’re hunting down the best Easter eggs and preparing the perfect roast .

Fortunately, there are tons of restaurants where your kids can eat for free (or just £1) over the Easter break, from ASK Italian to Asda’s cafes.

We say ‘free’ but, as you may expect, you’ll need to make a purchase (usually an adult’s main meal) to qualify in most cases.

However, there are still big savings to be made – some of these offers enable you to feed yourself and multiple kids for less than £20.

Each restaurant deal comes with its own terms and conditions, so we would recommend reading these before you book, to avoid disappointment.

For the same reason, it's also a good idea to tell the server that you want to claim the ‘kids eat free’ deal as you're being seated.

From Subway sandwiches to free pizza at Brewdog, here are the places that kids can eat for free, or for £1, over the Easter holidays.

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Where kids can eat for free or for £1 over the Easter holidays
Free kids’ meal at Frankie and Benny’s
At Frankie and Benny’s, you can get a free kids’ meal – including a main, two sides, a drink and dessert – per adult main that you buy.

The offer runs from Monday 30 March to Friday 10 April in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

In Scotland, the offer is available from Monday 30 March to Friday 17 April.

An adult main is usually priced from £12.75, whereas kids’ meals are from £6.80.

Up to two kids under the age of 10 can eat for free when you buy an adult main for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Like many of the deals on this list, this is running every weekday of the school break: Monday 30 March to Friday 10 April.

Adults can get avocado on sourdough for around £11.25 or a Greek salad for £13.95, so you’re looking at spending about £20 as a group of three, once you add on a service charge.

£1 kids’ meal at Côte Brasserie
Children can enjoy two courses for £1 at Côte Brasserie (usually £8.50) when an adult orders a main course.

Or you could opt for a £1 kids’ breakfast when an adult orders a breakfast dish.

You’ll need to download the Côte app to get this offer, which is running from 30 March to 10 April.

Download the Burger King app, buy one adult burger meal and you’ll get one free King Jr meal, which typically includes one main (burger, chicken burger or nuggets), side (fries or onion rings), drink and a toy.

This offer is running for three weeks, from 27 March to 20 April.

Free kids’ meal at Bread Street Kitchen
If you’re taking a family trip to London, Liverpool or Edinburgh, you can head to Bread Street Kitchen to enjoy a free meal for children aged 10 years and under.

For a quick eat, you can buy a footlong sub between 25 March and 14 April to get a free kids’ meal at Subway.

Your child will get a 4in mini sub, a snack and a drink.

Free kids’ pizza or pasta at ASK Italian
Download ASK Italian’s rewards app and dine in at ASK Italian from 27 March to 19 April to get up to two free kids’ meals when you buy one adult main.

Your child will be able to choose between the ‘happy face pizza’ and pasta with their choice of sauce.

Free kids’ pizza at Franco Manca
For every full-priced adult main you buy at Franco Manca, you’ll be able to get one kids’ pizza for free – provided that you dine in between Mondays and Thursdays.

Even better, this deal is available year-round.

An adult main starts from about £7.95, so you could enjoy a meal out for both yourself and your child for less than a tenner with this offer.

Sign up to Zizzi’s loyalty scheme, Zillionaire’s Club , and your kids will get a free three-course dinner when you buy one adult main between 29 March and Sunday 12 April.

Kids will get to choose from Italian favourites such as pizza and pasta, and they can try the restaurant’s new candy floss sundae, too.

Adult mains are priced from £13.45.

Reserve a table at Brewdog and select ‘kids eat free’ as your booking type to get a free kids meal with the purchase of an adult’s main meal.

This offer is available to claim between 28 March and 12 April, but availability varies between branches, so be sure to check for exemptions on Brewdog’s website .

£1 kids’ meal at Marston’s pubs
Free kids’ meal at Morrisons cafes
When you spend £5 or more on an adult’s meal at a Morrisons cafe at any point in the year – not just during the school holidays – you’ll also get a free kids' meal for those under 16 years old.

If your child is picky, they can build their own breakfast or main meal, and they’ll get a drink included.

Two adult meals with a drink each cost £15 in total, so if you’re a family of four, you can all eat at Morrison’s cafe for just £15.

Asda’s £1 cafe meal deal runs year-round, and you won’t need to buy an adult meal or spend a certain amount to use the offer.

Kids can choose from pasta with meatballs, chicken nuggets, fish fingers or pizza, and they’ll receive a free piece of fruit with their hot meal.

Babies don’t have to miss out either, with the supermarket offering a free Ella’s baby food pouch (for children aged up to 18 months) with any cafe purchase.

If you’re heading to Ikea with your kids in tow, don’t forget to claim your 95p kids’ meal once the shopping is done.

Kids will get pasta with tomato sauce, a soft drink and piece of fruit for 95p, and you don’t need to purchase an adult meal to claim this.

They can also choose from sausage and mash, or the store’s famous meatballs for £2.50.

£1 kids’ meal at Dobbies garden centre
Planning on doing some shopping at Dobbies garden centre?

If you happen to visit the restaurant, kids can get a meal for just £1 when you buy a traditional adult breakfast or main course lunch option, both of which start from around £9.

Kids can choose from cooked breakfasts, jacket potatoes, fish fingers, pasta and more.

Some Dobbies restaurants also have soft play areas, so you can relax while they play.

If you’re travelling in the UK over half term and staying in a Premier Inn Hotel, up to two under-16s can enjoy a free breakfast when one adult orders a full breakfast, starting from £10.99.

The breakfast includes an unlimited choice of cooked foods (think eggs, bacon, sausages), pastries, cereals and more.

Kids’ breakfast for £1 at Travelodge
For every full-paying adult, one child will get breakfast for £1 at Travelodge.

Adults can get an unlimited breakfast for £9.99, meaning that your bill for yourself and one child could come to just £10.99 before service charges.

Free kids’ meal at Dunelm’s Pausa cafes
If you take a shopping trip to Dunelm and spend £4 at the store’s Pausa cafe, your child will get a main, drink and two snacks for free.

Options for kids include jacket potatoes, toasties and beans on toast, with their choice of drink, chocolate or crisps.