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Best Restaurants for Family-Friendly in Bogota (2026)
Family-friendly · Bogota · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 18, 2026 · Updated June 18, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Lunch is the family meal in Bogota, and the city's best version of it is loud, colourful and built for a long afternoon. The signature move is a daytime table at Andres, where a maze of statues and lights keeps a six-year-old happy while the grill turns out salt-crusted tenderloin. Add a homegrown crepe house with a proper kids' menu, a farm-to-table brunch by the Usaquen market, and a mansion doing crab nachos for the whole table, and the city makes eating out with children easy. Ranked on the food, how genuinely welcome children are, and what the whole table gets once seated.
1.Andres Carne de Res
The salt-crusted-tenderloin circus on the city's edge; pure daytime spectacle for children. Book a lunch table at Chia.
Andres Carne de Res has run its maze of statues, lights and grilled meat in Chia, just north of the city, since 1982, when Andres Jaramillo opened it. The house dish is lomo al trapo, a tenderloin packed in salt and cloth and cooked over coals, with steaks broadly 60,000 to 120,000 pesos. By day it is a family destination: the carnival decor keeps children wandering wide-eyed, and the kitchen keeps chicken fingers, pizza and hot dogs on hand for the cautious. Nights turn into one of Colombia's biggest parties, so go for lunch or early afternoon with kids. Reserve ahead, especially at weekends, and let the children explore between courses.
Book a lunch table in Chia; order lomo al trapo and let the children roam the maze.
2.Crepes & Waffles
The homegrown crepe-and-ice-cream house with a real kids' menu, found on nearly every corner. Just walk in.
Crepes & Waffles began in Bogota in 1980, when Beatriz Fernandez and Eduardo Macia opened the first stall, and has grown to more than 120 restaurants while staying the city's default easy family meal. The savoury shrimp crepe is the thing to share, and the rose-petal ice cream is the reason children behave through dinner, with most plates 15,000 to 30,000 pesos. There is a proper kids' menu, a mini crepe or waffle with a drink and dessert, and the bright rooms in Zona G and Parque 93 take a stroller without fuss. No need to book. Walk in off-peak to skip the queue, then split a savoury crepe and finish with the ice cream.
Walk in at a Zona G or Parque 93 branch; order a savoury crepe and the rose-petal ice cream.
3.Gaira Cafe Cumbia House
Carlos Vives's coastal-music house, festive and warm; an early dinner children remember. Book a weekend show.
Gaira Cafe Cumbia House was created in 1998 by the singer Carlos Vives and his brother Guillermo, and the Chico room at Carrera 13 No. 96-11 pairs coastal Colombian cooking with live cumbia and vallenato. The kitchen leans Caribbean, with arepas, empanadas and a full bandeja paisa, and the festive music gives children plenty to watch from the table. Earlier seatings are the family hours; later the room tips toward live-music nightlife. It reopened in 2021 after the pandemic and remains a genuine cultural night out. Book ahead for a weekend show, come for an early dinner, and let the band do the entertaining.
Book an early weekend seating in Chico; come for the live cumbia and the coastal plates.
4.Abasto
The Usaquen farm-to-table brunch by the Sunday market; gentle, wholesome and easy with children. Come for weekend brunch.
Abasto, led by chef Luz Beatriz Velez, has anchored Usaquen's farm-to-table cooking at Calle 118 No. 5-41, beside the Sunday flea market. Brunch is the meal to come for, with the cheese-filled carimanolas and braised lamb the orders, plus tropical juices of tamarindo and corozo children take to, broadly 40,000 to 60,000 pesos a head. The bistro is relaxed and pet- and family-friendly, the food is gentle rather than challenging, and the room fills quickly at weekends. Come early for a weekend brunch, then walk it off at the Usaquen market next door, which makes the morning an easy family outing.
Come early for weekend brunch in Usaquen; order the carimanolas and pair it with the market.
5.Central Cevicheria
Bright, fresh ceviche near Parque 93's playground; a relaxed lunch the whole table enjoys. Arrive for early lunch.
Central Cevicheria, part of the established Takami group, sits at Carrera 13 No. 85-14 in the Zona T, a short walk from Parque 93 and its playground. The kitchen is seafood-led, with the ceviche Caribe around 31,900 pesos and the grilled octopus near 53,900, and the menu has enough breadth that cautious eaters find something. The room is bright and relaxed rather than formal, which suits a family lunch, and the central, walkable location lets you fold in park time before or after. It opens late morning. Arrive for an early lunch before the weekend crowd, then let the children burn off the meal in Parque 93.
Arrive for early lunch off Zona T; order the ceviche Caribe and walk to Parque 93 after.
6.Harry Sasson
The polished mansion doing crab nachos and roast duck; a special family meal with older children. Reserve dinner.
Harry Sasson cooks modern international food over live fire in a red-brick 1914 mansion in the Zona G, and it placed #18 on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants in 2025. The crab nachos around 79,900 pesos are the order to share, with the tamarind-roasted duck close behind, and dinner runs about 190,000 pesos a head. This is the dressed-up pick: the large mansion rooms take a multi-generation table easily, it opens seven days, and the format is a proper a la carte meal rather than a fixed tasting, so older children settle in. Reserve for dinner. Bring older kids for a special family meal and order the crab nachos for the table.
Reserve dinner in the Zona G mansion; order the crab nachos and the tamarind duck to share.
Not for everyone
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El Cielo Bogota. Juan Manuel Barrientos's avant-garde room runs a twenty-course, multi-hour sensory tasting; the format and price are wrong for children, even with a kids' menu on paper.
Salto del Angel. The Parque 93 live-music pub serves Tex-Mex until 3am at weekends; the loud, late bar scene makes it an adults' night out, not a family table.
How to eat with children in Bogota
Bogota makes family dining easiest at lunch and in the early afternoon, when the city's signature rooms are at their calmest. The defining experience is a daytime table at Andres, where the carnival of statues and lights entertains children while the grill works, and the second is the homegrown crepe house, where a real kids' menu and rose-petal ice cream rarely miss. For a weekend, the farm-to-table brunch at Abasto pairs neatly with the Usaquen market, and Central Cevicheria sits a short walk from Parque 93's playground.
A few habits help. Many of the best family rooms are busiest at weekend lunch, so reserve where you can and aim for an early seating. The grandest pick, Harry Sasson, suits older children and a special occasion rather than toddlers. And do not save the famous spots for dinner with kids; the daytime versions are the family versions. For more rooms across the city, browse the Bogota dining guide and compare with the best family restaurants in Buenos Aires.
Frequently asked
What is the best family restaurant in Bogota?
For most families, a daytime table at Andres Carne de Res in Chia is the sweet spot: a maze of statues and lights to wander, salt-crusted tenderloin for the adults, and pizza and chicken fingers for cautious children. For an easy any-day meal, Crepes and Waffles has a proper kids' menu and rose-petal ice cream on nearly every corner. Pick by the hour: a lunchtime spectacle, or a quick crepe on the way home.
Are Bogota restaurants good for children?
Yes, especially at lunch. The city's big rooms turn family-friendly by day, with Andres a genuine destination for children, and homegrown chains like Crepes and Waffles built around a kids' menu and ice cream. Farm-to-table Abasto sits by the Usaquen market, and Central Cevicheria is a short walk from Parque 93's playground, so a meal folds neatly into an outing. Strollers fit, and the daytime crowd is relaxed.
Do you need to book family restaurants in Bogota?
It depends on the room and the hour. Crepes and Waffles takes walk-ins and suits a flexible family schedule, so you simply turn up off-peak. Andres Carne de Res, Abasto at weekend brunch, Gaira for a live-music show, and Harry Sasson for dinner are worth booking ahead, especially for a weekend lunch or a big multi-generation table. Aim for an early seating with younger children.
Where can families eat with a kids' menu in Bogota?
Crepes and Waffles is the reliable answer, with a dedicated children's menu, a mini crepe or waffle with a drink and dessert, found across the city in Zona G, Parque 93 and Usaquen. Andres keeps pizza, hot dogs and chicken fingers for younger eaters, and Central Cevicheria's broad seafood menu has options for the cautious. For a gentle weekend brunch, Abasto's wholesome plates and tropical juices suit children well.
Which Bogota restaurants are best for a special family meal?
Harry Sasson is the dressed-up choice, a 1914 mansion in the Zona G ranked #18 on Latin America's 50 Best 2025, with rooms large enough for a multi-generation table and crab nachos to share. It suits older children rather than toddlers. For a livelier celebration with music, Gaira Cafe Cumbia House works at an early weekend seating, and a daytime table at Andres turns any birthday into a spectacle.
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