35+ Kids Eat Free Deals in Pinellas

Your guide to Kids Eat Free Deals in the St. Pete-Clearwater area

Looking to save money on dinner tonight? Then consider one of these kids eat free offers around Pinellas County.

This list was inspired by my own search for kids eat free deals near me. Many of the lists I found were out of date and included places that no longer offered those deals. With how expensive eating out is today, we wanted to make this list to use ourselves and also save local families time searching for kids eat free deals in our area.

Each of the deals you’ll find below is actually fact-checked by a real person (me!) and verified by phone, on the restaurant’s current website or in a recent social media post.

At the end, we also include a list of places you may see online that no longer offer free kids meal deals so you don’t have to check them yourself.

And if you need more restaurant ideas, we also have a list of kid-friendly restaurants in Pinellas.

Let’s find your next free kids meal!

Disclaimer: Please verify any deal before heading to a restaurant. We do our best to keep this list up to date but deals can change at any time.

Everyday Kids Eat Free

Chili’s

Chili’s reward members can get free kids meal online or in store. You can find out more about the details on joining on this page about their kids-eat-free deal.

Perkins

Perkins does their kids-eat-free special every weekday, Monday-Friday from 4-10pm. The deal is for one kids meal per adult meal, and I called the Clearwater location to verify.

Planet Grilled Cheese

**Note: We weren’t able to find a phone number for the Countryside Mall location to verify this deal. We will update this when we go in person to ask.

Planet Grilled Cheese’s social media advertises kids eat free every day with a minimum adult purchase, but we haven’t yet been able to verify if this deal is still active in Pinellas.

Monday Kids Eat Free

Carmelitas

According to their website, kids eat free on Mondays at their Dunedin location. I contacted them to see if their other locations do a deal and am waiting to hear back.

Grand Hacienda

Grand Hacienda has locations around Pinellas and offers a kids eat free deal after 5pm with adult entree purchase (per their daily specials website)

Bento

Bento advertises their Monday night free kids meal with purchase of an adult roll, bowl or entree prominently on their homepage (you can also find it on their specials page). We lived across the street from a Bento in college so I have a soft spot for this deal.

Village Inn

Village Inn does free kids meal specials on all day Monday and Tuesday with an adult purchase. I called their Oldsmar location to confirm the deal.

Denny’s

Kids eat free Monday and Tuesdays from 4pm-10pm. I called and verified this at both the Largo and St. Pete locations. Denny’s deal is nice because it is one adult for up to two kids!

Cody’s Roadhouse

Cody’s Roadhouse has a Monday and Tuesday kids eat free deal with an adult purchase. You can check out their specials website here.

OCC Roadhouse

OCC Roadhouse advertises free kids meals on Monday and Tuesday on their website.

Burger Fi

Burger Fi is slightly outside Pinellas but not far for those in Oldsmar so we added it to the list. They recently announced a new free kids meal offer on Mondays per this press release.

Tuesday Kids Eat Free

Caddy’s

Caddy’s has waterfront locations around Pinellas and offers a kids eat free deal with an adult entree purchase on Tuesdays. You can find them advertising this deal on their social media, such as in this instagram post from September.

Bob Evans

Bob Evans’ has a Tuesday free kids meal when you place an order over $15 on their app. Here is their website with the deal and app information.

Village Inn

Village Inn does free kids meal specials on all day Monday and Tuesday with an adult purchase. I called their Oldsmar location to confirm the deal.

Denny’s

Kids eat free Monday and Tuesdays from 4pm-10pm. I called and verified this at both the Largo and St. Pete locations. Denny’s deal is nice because it is one adult for up to two kids!

Miller Ale House

Miller Ale House offers kids eat free with the purchase of $10, up to two deals per table. You can find the deal details here.

Moe’s

I’ve found mixed information online about whether Moe’s has a kids eat free deal. I called the location at Clearwater mall and they told me they do kids eat free on Tuesdays now and that it is all day.

Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday does a kids eat free special on Tuesdays after 5pm and all day Friday. Kids eat free with an adult entree purchase and you can find details on their specials website.

Cody’s Roadhouse

Cody’s Roadhouse has a Monday and Tuesday kids eat free deal with an adult purchase. You can check out their specials website here.

OCC Roadhouse

OCC Roadhouse advertises free kids meals on Monday and Tuesday on their website.

Applebee’s

This deal isn’t 100% free but it’s really close. On Tuesday nights you can get a $1.99 kids meal with the purchase of an adult meal. I called their McMullen Booth Clearwater location to verify this deal.

Beef O’Brady’s

This isn’t truly a free deal but Beef O’Brady’s does offer a discounted $3.49 kids meal all day on Tuesday. You can find the details on their website and I also verified it with their Oldsmar location.

Wednesday Kids Eat Free

Boulevard Burgers & Tap House

I found this one when they advertised their kids eat free deal in a local moms Facebook group. Here is the post they shared with all the details of their Wednesday specials. The deal is also up on their specials website.

Paisano’s Pizza and Pasta

Paisano’s in St. Pete runs a lot of good deals, including a kids eat deal on Wednesday between 5-9pm. They’ll also give kids pizza dough to play to keep them entertained!

Mad Beach Catina

Mad Beach Catina in Madeira Beach does kids eat free on Wednesdays. They advertise the deal on their facebook page, such as in this post from last month.

Wings Etc.

Wings Etc. Palm Harbor has a Wednesday night free kids meal deal with purchase of adult entree. They were advertising this deal on their Facebook page recently but the promo picture does have fine print saying it is for a limited time.

Trophy Fish

Trophy Fish has a Wednesday kids eat free deal at their St. Pete location starting at 5pm. You have to spend $20 to receive the free meal. You can find details on the recurring Facebook event they made for the deal.

Smash Burgers

Smash Burgers is running a kids eat free promo for 2023. Per their deal terms, the special runs at least through 12/31/23.

Red Robin

Red Robin doesn’t do a true kids eat free special, but they do a half price kids meal deal on Wednesdays (per their website). The nice part about this deal is that you can get up to four kids meals half off with just one adult entree purchase.

Thursday Kids Eat Free

Quaker Steak and Lube

I called Quaker, Steak and Lube and they said they do a kids eat free deal on Thursdays and the person on the phone said they thought it was all day.

Perkins

Perkins does their kids-eat-free special every weekday, Monday-Friday from 4-10pm. The deal is for one kids meal per adult meal, and I called the Clearwater location to verify.

Greek City Cafe

Greek City Cafe does two kids meals per one adult meal which is a great free kids meal deal for those with multiple kids! We visited recently and the food was really good (one of our kids meals is pictured above). It has outdoor seating and our toddler loved watching the traffic go by — we all can’t wait to go back.

Friday Kids Eat Free

Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday does a kids eat free special all day Friday and Tuesday evenings. Kids eat free with an adult entree purchase and you can find details on their specials website.

Saturday Free Kids Meals

Green Market Cafe

Green Market Cafe is a local chain focused on healthy offerings with farmer-sourced produce. The Pinellas locations in Oldsmar, Clearwater and Seminole have a “family weekend” kids eat free special on their website.

Proino Breakfast Club

Kids can get a free breakfast meal at Proino’s on Saturday with a minimum $10 adult purchase. Proino lists this kids meal freebie right on their menu.

Whisky Wings

Whisky Wings does kids eat free only on Saturdays before 7pm (I called their Tarpon location specifically).

Sunday Free Kids Meals

Taco Bus

NOTE: Taco Bus no longer shows daily specials, including kids eat free, on their website or menu (last checked April 2024); and the location near ZooTampa is temporarily closed.

Taco Bus is a location institution with locations around the Tampa Bay area. Kids eat free on Sundays with the purchase of an adult meal according to their website. Taco Bus has always been a family favorite for us, and I love their vegetarian options.

CD Roma

CD Roma in St. Pete offers a free kids meal on Sundays, advertised on their specials page. Their deal is nice because you can get up to two free kids meals with one adult entree purchase.

Nueva Cantina

Nueva Cantina offers a kids eat free deal in St. Pete on Sundays. They list their free kids Sunday deal on the specials tab of their online menu.

Green Market Cafe

Green Market Cafe is a local chain focused on healthy offerings with farmer-sourced produce. The Pinellas locations in Oldsmar, Clearwater and Seminole have a “family weekend” kids eat free special on their website.

Places that no longer offer kids-eat-free deals

Here are some Pinellas restaurants you may find on other lists as doing kids-eat-free specials that DO NOT have those deals anymore. We called to verify them all.

• Sonny’s BBQ: I called the Largo & Palm Harbor locations and they said they stopped their kids eat free deals.
• Ford’s Garage: The St. Pete location does not do a kids eat free special. The person I spoke with thought they may do it at the Wesley Chapel location.
• Teriyaki Madness: I called the Pinellas Park location to ask about the Sunday kids eat free deal and they said they do not have one.
• Tijuana Flats: Tijuana Flats periodically runs free kids meal deals but per their current offer terms, it is not happening now.
• Speggtacular: I called their Clearwater location and they said they no longer do their kids eat free special.
• LCB Palm Harbor: They no longer do a kids eat free deal according to the person I spoke to on the phone.
• Skyline Chili: They do not have a kids eat free special anymore.
• Clear Sky Draught Haus: They do not do a kids eat free deal.
• Roosterfish: The person on the phone told me they stopped their kids eat free deal a number of years ago.
• Pappas: Pappas does not have a kids eat free special (I called the Clearwater location to verify).
• EVOS: Evos in St. Pete is no longer open on Sundays when they used to do their kids eat free special
• Kobe’s: Kobe’s is not currently doing a kids eat free special and said their promos page on their website is their current specials.
• IHOP: Thanks to a reader who alerted us that IHOP ended their kids eat free deal in 2024.

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