Best Kid Friendly Restaurants in Ballito

Ballito is the ideal holiday destination for families with loads of child-orientated activities. Our Best Kid Friendly restaurants offer great food, awesome ambiance AND have plenty to keep children entertained while adults enjoy a quiet meal to themselves!

Mamma G’s Italian Family Restaurant

Centrally located at the Ballito Junction, Mamma G’s  offers relaxed, family dining with a menu to cater for the most sophisticated palate…or the fussiest! Pizza for kids, gourmet choices for adults and an exclusive range of craft beers for Dad. The open piazza area is a haven for older kids on scooters and skateboards, while little ones can enjoy the climbing play area. Regular live music, screened rugby games…Mamma G’s makes for the perfect blend of family style eating.

Additional Bonus: The Wakaberry outlet across the paved piazza area offers kids an eyeful of dessert options with Frozen Yogurt Ice creams and a smorgasbord of chocolate candy toppings.

Mamma G’s Italian Style Restaurant: 032 946 2214 | www.mammags.co.za

Burnedale Cafe in Umhlali

Quite possibly voted the ‘Yummiest for Mummies’, Burnedale Farm is a specialty destination venue with kids as a priority! With an array of shops, salons, interactive workshop spaces and of course an open air cafe to enjoy breakfasts and light lunches, Burnedale offers safe and secure areas for children to play, with nannies to oversee them too. The small petting zoo has a variety of farm animals to offer many hours of fun for kids while moms catch up over cappuccino.

Additional Bonus: Cooking Classes for kids and adults make a super holiday activity to keep the little ones engaged and learning…

Burnedale Cafe in Umhlali Village, north of Ballito:  www.burnedale.co.za

BOLD Cafe at Sugar Rush

Under new management, BOLD Cafe offers all the Active Outdoor enthusiast with Kids could ask for. Home to Holla MTB trails, Laser Tag, Segway Tours, RC Track and comprehensive fenced playground for kids, this is a super place to spend a warm, sunny day with the whole family.

Additional Bonus: Dolphins Rugby Club call this area home. Enjoy a robust game of  rugby on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

Sugar Rush Park is on the Ensenembe Road, passed Collisheen Estate.

Eat Local Grill

A visit to Ballito would simply not be the same without a visit to Eat Local Grill! The vibey restaurant is often fully booked, keeping satisfied customers coming back time and again! With Argentinian passion and flare, patrons are treated to meat grills done in the style of the South American tradition, sizzling cuts served to perfection to large groups or more intimate parties with equal zeal. Don’t be surprised to have your meal interrupted by loud and boisterous Argentinian Music, encouraging all to sing along in festive spirit. Al Fresco style seating is perfect for kids to run back and forth between family and friends playing happily on the cobbled pavements.

Additional Bonus: Do not go home without tasting a Freddo Homemade Ice Cream. In a Cone. Rocky Road with marshmellow and nuts…hmmmm.

Eat Local Grill  under the expert hand of Hugo Palacio; www.eatlocalgrill.co.za

Wonderland Coffee

Serving perhaps the most aromatic coffee on the north coast, Wonderland offers a hub of social, business and spiritual sharing. Operating independently of Linc Church, the coffee hub thrives on an enthusiastic vibe which permeates the enormous building.

Readily Available WiFi, multiple plug points and onsite generator invite independent business people to work throughout any load shedding phases and the ENORMOUS jungle gym (a beacon of childhood delight from the N2 Freeway) is the perfect child-care addition to a long, leisurely cappuccino break. Burger Breakfasts, Snack Foods and Good Company are their specialty.

Additional Bonus: CrossFit has a box at Linc Campus too, so Wonderland is the perfect re-boost station after an early morning workout or late afternoon sweat session.

Wonderland Coffee is situated at Linc Campus in Salt Rock.

La Piazza Italian Restaurant

La Piazza is the perfect Romantic Dinner for Two kind of restaurant…and kids can come along too! Offering the delicate flavors of Authentic Italian Food and Gourmet Items on the Menu, the most discerning adult will adore the upmarket flavors…while children under five run happily free within the enclosed play area in the open courtyard. The perfect venue for young, up and coming parents with children underfoot.

Additional Bonus: The Bella and Boo Frozen Yogurt mini-bar has all things needed to appease a young sugar-hungry tot.

La Piazza Restaurant is centrally located in Ballito near Ashton International College.

Sage Cafe And Deli

This delightful gem is known intimately by locals for their mouthwatering menu of deli style foods and the Godsend of a play area for little ones. Children roam easily between cafe tables for adults within sight of the extensive climbing opportunities of a castle wendy house, tree-house, swings and slides.

Carers are on hand to help where needed while adults enjoy the aromatic flavors of light lunch fare.

Additional Bonus:“Sage @ Home” is a range of healthy meals, snacks and sweet confectionery to take home to impress dinner guests.