Fun places to take kids

bolo · 08-31-2004

Looking for some fun restaurants to take our kids - ages 4 & 2. What would you all recommend? Highchairs would be a necessity.

Michele · 08-31-2004

My little ones enjoyed the mariaches at La Parilla on 5th. Can't comment on the highchair situation...I don't remember if we used them.

JAH · 08-31-2004

Just have the waiters stack 2 or 3 of those ubiquitous plastic chairs and push them up to the table. It works fine for toddlers. Very few places have high chairs.

Michael · 08-31-2004

I can’t remember seeing many high chairs in Playa. Some places must have them, but I don’t remember seeing any. I do remember that when our kids where that age and we traveled in Yucatan and had to learn to do without high chairs. Playa is much more sophisticated than rural Yucatan but you may need to think about what your plan B is. You will find the restaurant staff will generally be very enthusiastic and helpful regarding your kids. It is not like visiting Paris or even San Francisco, where you can get ejected from a “good” restaurant for bringing a child (yes we’ve been there and done that).

Becky · 09-01-2004

Los Rancheros... the waiters will entertain them with lots of little games. And yes, they'll stack several plastic chairs to make a seat high enough.

Becky

Avalon · 09-01-2004

Thanks for posting this, we've been training our soon to be 3 year old to just sit at table and chairs. But you know how it is, you kind of want to strap them to something at this age just so you can eat. When are you visiting?

bolo · 09-02-2004

Thanks for all your advise. We will be there September 10th for a week and can't wait. This is the first long trip with the kids. And although they will love it, I have a feeling it will be quite an adventure for my husband and I with the two little ones!

kbb964 · 09-03-2004

You can get special fold up travel seats for babies and toddlers. Failing that use a blow up cushion and a pair of walking reins

kbb964 · 09-03-2004

Oooooooo try this???

http://www.livingincomfort.com/chhihohichwi.html

MERCADO · 09-04-2004

Mexicans are very creative..........they will find a way to create a high chair.
( I'm Mexican, if we could'nt find it, my family would make it)

Beachnutt · 09-04-2004

Don't they have collapsable, travel boosters these days.

Michele · 09-04-2004

Yes, Target sells them.

08-31-2004	#1 (permalink)
bolo sandflea Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7	Fun places to take kids Looking for some fun restaurants to take our kids - ages 4 & 2. What would you all recommend? Highchairs would be a necessity.

08-31-2004	#2 (permalink)
Michele añejo Merchant Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Playa del Carmen, QR, MX Posts: 5,173	My little ones enjoyed the mariaches at La Parilla on 5th. Can't comment on the highchair situation...I don't remember if we used them.

08-31-2004	#3 (permalink)
JAH reposado Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,326	Just have the waiters stack 2 or 3 of those ubiquitous plastic chairs and push them up to the table. It works fine for toddlers. Very few places have high chairs.

08-31-2004	#4 (permalink)
Michael añejo Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Silicon Valley, California Posts: 5,312	I can’t remember seeing many high chairs in Playa. Some places must have them, but I don’t remember seeing any. I do remember that when our kids where that age and we traveled in Yucatan and had to learn to do without high chairs. Playa is much more sophisticated than rural Yucatan but you may need to think about what your plan B is. You will find the restaurant staff will generally be very enthusiastic and helpful regarding your kids. It is not like visiting Paris or even San Francisco, where you can get ejected from a “good” restaurant for bringing a child (yes we’ve been there and done that).

09-01-2004	#5 (permalink)
Becky reposado Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,118	Los Rancheros... the waiters will entertain them with lots of little games. And yes, they'll stack several plastic chairs to make a seat high enough. Becky

09-01-2004	#6 (permalink)
Avalon beachaholic Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 270	Thanks for posting this, we've been training our soon to be 3 year old to just sit at table and chairs. But you know how it is, you kind of want to strap them to something at this age just so you can eat. When are you visiting?

09-02-2004	#7 (permalink)
bolo sandflea Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7	Thanks for all your advise. We will be there September 10th for a week and can't wait. This is the first long trip with the kids. And although they will love it, I have a feeling it will be quite an adventure for my husband and I with the two little ones!

09-03-2004	#8 (permalink)
kbb964 way into it Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 138	You can get special fold up travel seats for babies and toddlers. Failing that use a blow up cushion and a pair of walking reins

09-03-2004	#9 (permalink)
kbb964 way into it Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 138	Oooooooo try this??? http://www.livingincomfort.com/chhihohichwi.html

09-04-2004	#10 (permalink)
MERCADO way into it Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: LOS ANGELES Posts: 106	Mexicans are very creative..........they will find a way to create a high chair. ( I'm Mexican, if we could'nt find it, my family would make it)

09-04-2004	#11 (permalink)
Beachnutt añejo Join Date: May 2004 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 4,584	Don't they have collapsable, travel boosters these days.

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09-04-2004	#12 (permalink)
Michele añejo Merchant Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Playa del Carmen, QR, MX Posts: 5,173	Yes, Target sells them.