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Best Restaurants for Family-Friendly in Palm Beach (2026)
Family-friendly · Palm Beach · 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
Palm Beach is an island of dress codes and old money, which makes the rooms that genuinely welcome children worth knowing by name. The signature move is dinner at The Breakers, where a glass wall separates the dining room from a children's play area with a saltwater aquarium next door. Add a James Beard chef's trattoria built for family pricing, a 1950 diner with all-day breakfast, and a Worth Avenue garden courtyard doing pizza, and the affluent island still has easy tables for kids. Ranked on the food, how genuinely welcome children are, and what the whole table gets once seated.
1.The Italian Restaurant at The Breakers
The oceanfront resort room with a children's play area behind glass and an aquarium; the island's gold standard. Book an early seating.
The Italian Restaurant sits inside The Breakers, the oceanfront resort on Palm Beach island that dates to 1896, and it is purpose-built for families. A glass wall separates the dining room from a children's play area with toys, video games and a mini theatre, with an arcade and a 1,000-gallon saltwater aquarium nearby, so parents eat a proper meal while children stay entertained. The kitchen does brick-oven pizzas and classic pastas, with a kids' menu and a gluten-free menu, at resort-dining prices broadly in the 20s and 30s. It is a season ritual for residents. Book an early family supper, and reserve well ahead during the winter season.
Book an early seating on Palm Beach island; let the children use the play area and aquarium.
2.Grato
The James Beard chef's trattoria built for family pricing, with a proper kids' menu. Go early before it gets loud.
Grato opened on January 8, 2016, at 1901 South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, from the James Beard Award-nominated chef Clay Conley of the Buccan group, who designed it as a neighbourhood restaurant with family pricing. The meatballs in marinara over creamy polenta are the dish to order, with an herb-marinated half chicken close behind, and wood-fired pizzas run roughly 14 to 18 dollars. The full children's menu includes a fusilli and cheese and a banana peanut-butter panini, so younger eaters are properly catered for. It is polished but boisterous, and it gets loud at peak. Go earlier in the evening with kids, reserve on OpenTable, and order a pizza for the table.
Go early for dinner on South Dixie Highway; order the meatballs and a wood-fired pizza.
3.Elisabetta's Ristorante
The 300-seat waterfront Italian room with a gelato cart; crowd-pleasing pizza and pasta with space to spare. Request the patio.
Elisabetta's Ristorante opened its downtown West Palm Beach location in January 2020 at 185 Banyan Boulevard, overlooking the Intracoastal, from chef Lisabet Summa of the Big Time Restaurant Group. The room is enormous, about 10,000 square feet and 300 seats, with a multitier waterfront patio, gazebos and a vintage gelato cart that children make straight for. The chicken parmigiana is the popular order, with lamb chops a step up, in a moderate-to-upscale Italian range. The sheer space and the crowd-pleasing pizza and pasta absorb a family easily. Request a patio table for the Intracoastal view, keep children to the main level rather than the adult rooftop, and finish at the gelato cart.
Request a waterfront patio table downtown; order the chicken parmigiana and finish at the gelato cart.
4.Howley's Restaurant
The 1950 neighbourhood diner with all-day breakfast and a jukebox; casual and forgiving with children. Come by day.
Howley's Restaurant has run at 4700 South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach since April 1950, and a restoration in 2004 brought back its retro look, pressed-tin ceiling and jukebox. It is the easy, unfussy family pick on an island of dress codes: all-day breakfast that children love, plus diner comfort classics like meatloaf, brisket and mac and cheese, at moderate prices. The multi-generation neighbourhood feel forgives a restless table, and the daytime hours are the calmest. It stays open late on Friday and Saturday, but daytime is the family sweet spot. Come for a relaxed daytime meal, order breakfast whatever the hour, and let the jukebox entertain the children.
Come by day to South Dixie Highway; order all-day breakfast and play the jukebox.
5.Pizza al Fresco
The garden courtyard off Worth Avenue doing wood-fired pizza; relaxed, open-air and child-friendly in a smart setting. Take an outdoor table.
Pizza al Fresco occupies a courtyard at 14 Via Mizner, just off Worth Avenue on Palm Beach island, in one of the historic Mizner garden passages. The setting is the whole appeal for families: an open-air courtyard, relaxed and pet- and family-friendly, where universally kid-pleasing pizza lands in an otherwise smart Worth Avenue address. The burrata and the margherita pizza are the orders, with a pizza around 23 dollars in a moderate range. It runs daily from 11am to 10pm. The courtyard is the point, so take an early-evening outdoor table; it is small, so call ahead in season, then let the children eat pizza in the garden while the adults relax.
Take an early-evening courtyard table off Worth Avenue; order the burrata and a margherita pizza.
6.Benny's on the Beach
The casual room out on the pier over the ocean; the view alone entertains children through brunch. Book a daytime pier table.
Benny's on the Beach sits out on the Lake Worth Beach pier at 10 South Ocean Boulevard, just south of Palm Beach, literally over the ocean. The setting does the work with children: the pier view and the casual coastal vibe keep younger ones happy, and the portions are generous and shareable. Breakfast and brunch are the family sweet spot, with the nutty almond French toast and a lobster Benedict among the popular plates, in a broadly mid-range coastal-American band. The regular family-outing crowd sets the tone. Book a daytime pier table on OpenTable, come for brunch when the light is best, and let the ocean view carry the meal between courses.
Book a daytime pier table at Lake Worth Beach; come for brunch and the ocean view.
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How to eat with children in Palm Beach
Palm Beach rewards knowing which rooms genuinely welcome children, because the island leans formal. The defining experience is dinner at The Breakers, where a glass wall lets parents eat while children use a play area and a saltwater aquarium, the gold standard for kids here. The second is the trattoria: Grato was built by a James Beard chef with family pricing and a proper kids' menu, and Elisabetta's has 300 seats and a gelato cart. For something simpler, Howley's has served all-day breakfast since 1950.
A few habits help. Winter is high season, so reserve well ahead and aim for an early family seating, especially at The Breakers. Several of the best family rooms sit in West Palm Beach rather than on the island itself, with more space and easier parking. And keep children to the main rooms rather than the adult rooftops and late-night scenes. For more rooms across the area, browse the Palm Beach dining guide and compare with the best family restaurants in Miami.
Frequently asked
What is the best family restaurant in Palm Beach?
For most families, The Italian Restaurant at The Breakers is the sweet spot: a glass wall separates the dining room from a children's play area with a saltwater aquarium nearby, so parents eat brick-oven pizza and pasta while children stay entertained. For a relaxed neighbourhood meal, Grato in West Palm Beach was built by a James Beard chef with family pricing and a full kids' menu. Pick by the night: a resort dinner, or an easy trattoria.
Are Palm Beach restaurants good for children?
Palm Beach island leans formal, but the area has genuinely kid-welcoming rooms once you know them. The Breakers builds a play area into its Italian dining room, Grato and Elisabetta's are spacious Italian rooms with kids' menus and a gelato cart, and Howley's is a 1950 diner with all-day breakfast. Several of the best family options sit in West Palm Beach rather than on the island, with more room and easier parking.
Do you need to book family restaurants in Palm Beach?
In winter season, yes. The Breakers' Italian Restaurant is a resident ritual and books up, so reserve well ahead for an early family seating. Grato, Elisabetta's and Benny's on the pier take OpenTable reservations and fill at peak. Howley's and Pizza al Fresco are more walk-in friendly, though the small Worth Avenue courtyard is worth a call in season. Aim early with younger children.
Where can families eat near the water in Palm Beach?
Benny's on the Beach sits out on the Lake Worth Beach pier, over the ocean, where the view carries a child through brunch. Elisabetta's overlooks the Intracoastal from a downtown West Palm Beach patio, and The Breakers is oceanfront on the island. All three keep the food approachable and the setting casual enough for children, so a family can fold a meal into a day by the water rather than a fussy sit-down dinner.
Which Palm Beach restaurants have a kids' menu?
Several. The Italian Restaurant at The Breakers offers both a children's menu and a gluten-free menu alongside its play area, and Grato's full kids' menu includes a fusilli and cheese and a banana peanut-butter panini. Elisabetta's and Howley's both cater easily to younger eaters with pizza, pasta and all-day breakfast. For pizza in a smart setting, the Worth Avenue courtyard at Pizza al Fresco is a reliable child-pleaser.
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