If you want to dine out, stretch your money by choosing places where KIDS EAT FREE or at a discount. Please check the links or call the location first, as offers change. Here are some standard guidelines:
- Promos are valid at participating locations on respective day of the week. Dine-in only.
- Many have time restrictions, so be sure to check your watch before sitting down.
- Most (if not all) free kids’ meals must be ordered from a children’s or select menu.
- Most offers are limited to kids 12 and under. However, a few have younger age restrictions.
- In most cases, free kid’s meal requires the purchase of an adult entrée at regular price.
- Limit of one free kid’s meal per paid adult entrée — some, but not many, allow more than one.
- Discount cannot be combined with other offers, coupons or promos.
- Children must be present.
Monday Kids Eat Free
- Bd’s Mongolian Grill: Kids eat for $3 all day on Mondays & Tuesdays. Kids 10 and under. Kids drinks $.99
- Buffalo Wild Wings: Kids Meals $1.99. Drinks included. Kids 12 & under. May only include Bethel Road, Grandview, and Hilliard locations only.
- Buffalo Wings & Rings (Broad St. and Lewis Center): Free kid’s meal with adult purchase all day. Drink included. Minimum purchase of $5 at Lewis Center location. Minimum purchase of $10 at E. Broad St location.
- Chocolate Café: Kids eat for $1.99 all day. Drink and dessert included.
- Claddagh Irish Pub: Buy one, get one FREE Fish & Chips Entee with the purchase of 2 drinks for all ages
- Golden Corral: Children 3 and under eat FREE from the buffet with the purchase of an adult meal, every day
- Las Margaritas (Canal, Dublin and Westerville locations): Receive a free kids meal with each adult entree purchase. Kids 12 and under. Drink not included.
- Liberty Tavern: Kids eat free from kids menu. 12 and under, 2 per family.
- MCL Restaurant & Bakery (UA, Westerville, Whitehall): Free kids’ meal every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, when you purchase an adult entree at regular menu price *Valid for kids 12 and under.
- Nasty’s Sports Bar & Grill (Hilliard and Reynoldsburg): Kids dine for 1/2 off on Sundays and Mondays
- Spaghetti Warehouse: Kids eat for $1.99 from the kid’s menu with an adult entree. Kids 10 and under.
- Submarine House Bar & Grill (Hilliard): One kids eats free from 4-8pm daily with the purchase of each 8″ or 16″ sub. Children 12 & under – dine-in only.
- Talita’s Mexican Kitchen (Grove City): Kids Eat Free at Talita’s on Monday from 12-7 pm. One FREE kids meal for children 12 and under with $10 adult purchase. Dine-in only. Cannot be combined with other promotions.
- Texas Roadhouse: Free kids’ meal per adult entree purchase from 4 – 10 pm, plus crafts, facepainting, and entertainment at Bethel and Grove City (4-8 pm) locations. Newark location Kids’ Night is Tuesday (see below).
- Villa Nova Ristorante: All kids meals $1.99. Drink not included.
Tuesday Kids Eat Free
- Bd’s Mongolian Grill: Kids eat for $3 all day on Mondays & Tuesdays. Kids 10 and under. Kids drinks $.99
- Culver’s Hilliard: Every Wednesday and Saturday from 5-8 pm, get a free kids’ meal for every value basket/dinner purchase
- Denny’s: Kids eat free from 4-10 pm
- El Vaquero: Free kids’ meal with purchase of an entree, 12 and under. For over 12, add $3. Beverage not included.
- Fazoli’s: Get 3 Kids Meals for 99 cents each with the purchase of each adult meal from 5-8 pm. Enjoy Spaghetti Smarts activities and crafts.
- Giant Eagle Market District (Dublin and Kingsdale): Two kids under 12 can eat free with each adult meal purchase of $10 from 4-8 pm
- Golden Corral: Children 3 and under eat FREE from the buffet with the purchase of an adult meal, every day
- Max & Erma’s: Kids 12 and under eat Free with an adult entree purchase. One kids’ meal per adult meal.
- MCL Restaurant & Bakery (UA, Westerville, Whitehall): Free kids’ meal every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, when you purchase an adult entree at regular menu price *Valid for kids 12 and under.
- Moe’s Southwest Grill: Kids eat free on Tuesdays (no specific details on website)
- Peacock West: From 4-9 pm, get one free kids’ meal per adult meal
- Pivot Sports Bar & Grill: (10705 Blacklick Eastern Road, Pickerington) Kids under 12 eat free with an adult
- Ponderosa Steakhouse: Kids eat free on Tuesdays from 4-9 pm, plus balloons and activities
- Smokehouse Brewing Company, Kids eat free with purchase of adult entrée
- Submarine House Bar & Grill (Hilliard): One kids eats free from 4-8pm daily with the purchase of each 8″ or 16″ sub. Children 12 & under – dine-in only.
- Texas Roadhouse Newark: 99 cent kids’ meal per adult entree purchase from 4 – 8 pm, plus crafts, facepainting, and entertainment at the Newark location.
- Uno Pizzeria: Free kids’ item with the purchase of each adult entree.
- Yabo’s Tacos: Up to 2 kids eat free per adult meal of $6
Wednesday Kids Eat Free
- Applebees: $0.99 Kid’s Meals All Day Wednesdays. Limit one per adult meal for kids 12 and under.
- Golden Corral: Children 3 and under eat FREE from the buffet with the purchase of an adult meal, every day
- MCL Restaurant & Bakery (UA, Westerville, Whitehall): Free kids’ meal every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, when you purchase an adult entree at regular menu price *Valid for kids 12 and under.
- Submarine House Bar & Grill (Hilliard): One kids eats free from 4-8pm daily with the purchase of each 8″ or 16″ sub. Children 12 & under – dine-in only.
- Buffalo Wild Wings: Kids Meals $1.99. Drinks included. Kids 12 & under. Bethel Road, Grandview, and Hilliard locations only.
- Zoup: Free kids meal with the purchase of an entree after 4 pm
Thursday Kids Eat Free
- Golden Corral: Children 3 and under eat FREE from the buffet with the purchase of an adult meal, every day
- Submarine House Bar & Grill (Hilliard): One kids eats free from 4-8pm daily with the purchase of each 8″ or 16″ sub. Children 12 & under – dine-in only.
- Hometown Buffet: 2 Free kids meal (11 and under) per adult meal from 5-8 pm, plus activities
Friday Kids Eat Free
- Golden Corral: Children 3 and under eat FREE from the buffet with the purchase of an adult meal, every day
- Submarine House Bar & Grill (Hilliard): One kids eats free from 4-8pm daily with the purchase of each 8″ or 16″ sub. Children 12 & under – dine-in only.
Saturday Kids Eat Free
- Golden Corral: Children 3 and under eat FREE from the buffet with the purchase of an adult meal, every day
- Submarine House Bar & Grill (Hilliard): One kids eats free from 4-8pm daily with the purchase of each 8″ or 16″ sub. Children 12 & under – dine-in only.
Sunday Kids Eat Free
- Golden Corral: Children 3 and under eat FREE from the buffet with the purchase of an adult meal, every day
- Las Margaritas (Stelzer & Reynoldsburg locations): Receive a free kids meal with each adult entree purchase. Kids 12 and under. Drink not included
- Nasty’s Sports Bar & Grill (Hilliard and Reynoldsburg): Kids dine for 1/2 off on Sundays and Mondays
- Submarine House Bar & Grill (Hilliard): One kids eats free from 4-8pm daily with the purchase of each 8″ or 16″ sub. Children 12 & under – dine-in only.
- Claddagh, 585 South Front Street Brewery District: Kids eat free on Sunday with the purchase on an adult entree
- Dickey’s Barbeque Pit (Lewis Center and Delaware): 1 Free Kid’s Meal per paid adult meal. 12 and under. Must order from Kid’s Meals.
- Gooseneck Tavern: Kids eat free with adult purchase all day. Drink included. Kids 12 and under. Sunday 12pm-11pm.
Other kids specials
- Cheryl & Co.: Kids bring in your report card to a Cheryl & Co. store & receive one FREE cookie per A; maximum 3 cookies per report card.
Subscribe to Columbus on the Cheap by email and you’ll receive just one email a day the latest information on free and cheap events. You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.
