Three Amazing Places To Eat In Central Bristol With Kids (by Jessica)

This summer, we had an amazing five days in Bristol, with lots of time spent in the city centre. Here are three great places that we ate at and really enjoyed...

The Spyglass

3. Spyglass
The Spyglass is a small, friendly restaurant with a fabulous children's menu and a wonderful and quiet location.
The menu had great variety and all of the food was delicious. I especially loved my corn on the cob which was rolled in an incredible chilli, garlic and cheese mixture - scrumptious! This was served wi
th BBQ garlic bread which was really nice. The Spyglass makes its very own ice-cream on the premises and it was honestly one of the nicest ice-creams I've ever tasted. My mum points out that kids eat free here if adults have a main course, and that seems like very good value to me.


2. Las Iguanas
I really loved this restaurant as the spices and flavours were really unique and different to what we usually eat. I had an Epic Enchilada with butternut squash, spinach, cream cheese, beans & chickpeas from the adult's menu which was lovely but very spicy. The food on the children's menu has fewer vegetables but still has a great variety of foods. Kids also get a sheet of paper with puzzles on to complete when they are waiting for the food. Everything tasted really nice and now I really love Latin food.

1. Za Za Bazaar

Za Za Bazaar is definitely one of the nicest places that I've ever eaten at. Seating 1000, it is the biggest restaurant in the UK and probably the busiest! It is an all-you-can-eat buffet for a fixed price and was like no place I'd ever been to before... 

The atmosphere is incredible; it has big blinking lights, great views and big pictures and posters plastered all over the walls. It was also very clean when we went. The only downside is that it is extraordinarily hot - a bit like being in an oven!

With Dad In Za Za Bazaar

Although we don't eat meat and Robert can't have dairy, there was something for all of us. All the food was yummy and every chef was kind and friendly. The room consists of lots of stations, full of different types of food. There was sushi, pizza, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Tex-Mex etc and everything I tried I liked. There was also a whole station full of desserts, fruit and sweets. The best bit was a soft scoop ice-cream machine and the juicy watermelon.

My favourite thing about Za Za Bazaar were the yellow parts of the stations where chefs could make your meal for you! I had a brilliant vegetable and cheese fajita as well as some superb noodles where I picked the type of noodles, toppings and how spicy it was - yum!

Overall, Central Bristol is a great place to eat with kids. Make sure you take them to these three places! 

More By Me: Our Fabulous Day At The Science Museum! My Three Top Rides At Universal, Orlando The View From The Shard

Three Amazing Places To Eat In Central Bristol With Kids (by Jessica)

This summer, we had an amazing five days in Bristol, with lots of time spent in the city centre. Here are three great places that we ate at and really enjoyed...

The Spyglass

3. Spyglass
The Spyglass is a small, friendly restaurant with a fabulous children's menu and a wonderful and quiet location.
The menu had great variety and all of the food was delicious. I especially loved my corn on the cob which was rolled in an incredible chilli, garlic and cheese mixture - scrumptious! This was served wi
th BBQ garlic bread which was really nice. The Spyglass makes its very own ice-cream on the premises and it was honestly one of the nicest ice-creams I've ever tasted. My mum points out that kids eat free here if adults have a main course, and that seems like very good value to me.
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Gromit Set Loose (by Robert)

"Gromit set loose" is on over the summer holidays. In it you try to find models of Gromit (from Wallace and Gromit.) Each sculpture is different because each one was designed by another person or artist like the Beano or Zayn from One Direction.

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There are 80 Gromits to find all over Bristol and a few in other towns. My sister and I found 39. It was really fun looking for the Gromits and sometimes we found some without meaning to. My favourite ones were a salty sea dog by Peter Lord, Gromit Lightyear by Pixar and Where's Wallace? by Martin Handford.

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Overall it was a great thing to do in the holiday and if you want to do the trail, start looking in Bristol before the end of the summer holidays or as Wallace would say "get cracking lads " It ends on September 8th.

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My mum says: Gromit Unleashed is a series of giant Gromits which have been designed by artists and others in order to raise funds for sick children.

We've sent this post to Gretta at Mumsdotravel where she and others recommend other great family days out!

UPDATE: We have now managed to visit the original Gromit, who is currently in London, at Paddington Station. Take a look at our little post and pics here.

More by Robert on Beanotown at the South Bank in London and Cadbury World in Birmingham.

Gromit Set Loose (by Robert)

Gromit Lightyear

Where's Wallace?

Gromit set loose is on over the summer holidays. In it you try to find  models of Gromit (from Wallace and Gromit.) Each sculpture is different because each one was designed by another person or artist like the Beano or Zayn from One Direction.

There are 80 Gromits to find all over Bristol and a few in other towns. My sister and I found 39. It was really fun looking for the Gromits and sometimes we found some without meaning to. My favourite ones were a salty sea dog by Peter Lord, Gromit Lightyear by Pixar and Where's Wallace? by Martin Handford.

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Hello to new visitors!

We are delighted to have published two recent guest posts and wanted to say hello to anyone who may have found us through them.

Our post for Travel Dudes was on our brilliant trip to the US and how we loved being Family of the Day at the Magic Kingdom. You can see this article on Travel Dudes. It includes this picture of us with the cast of the opening show - after which I opened the park with the classic words "Good Morning"!

If you've come to us via Travel Dudes and are interested in reading more about Disney World or Orlando, take a look at Jessica's post on the best rides at Universal Studios, whether 11 is too old for Disney or my post for BritMums about SeaWorld.



You may also have come to us via Travel Bloggers Unite, where we gave our 5 tips for having fun in London with kids. If you've come to us via TBU and are interested in more on London, you could take a look at our posts on the Science Museum, the Shard or the Southbank, and check back here soon for pieces on the fabulous Spy hotel (St Ermin's hotel) and Buckingham Palace.

Please also take a look at other places we've been and give us your recommendations.

Thanks for visiting!

All the best,

Sarah and Jessica

Hello to new visitors!

We are delighted to have published two recent guest posts and wanted to say hello to anyone who may have found us through them.

Our post for Travel Dudes was on our brilliant trip to the US and how we loved being Family of the Day at the Magic Kingdom. You can see this article on Travel Dudes. It includes this picture of us with the cast of the opening show - after which I opened the park with the classic words "Good Morning"!

If you've come to us via Travel Dudes and are interested in reading more about Disney World or Orlando, take a look at Jessica's post on the best rides at Universal Studios, whether 11 is too old for Disney or my post for BritMums about SeaWorld.

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Our Fabulous Day At The Science Museum (by Jessica)

We were lucky enough to see the Energy Show at the Science Museum and we had a brilliant time.

The live show is based around two futuristic science students - serious Annabella and Star-Wars obsessed Phil. To pass their science exam, they must perform a five minute skit showing and explaining the nine different types of energy. To help them, they have an old lab full of cool equipment and two assistants (Bernard and i-nstein). The 75 minute long production features loads of explosive experiments, fun facts and big bangs so -although the loud noises may put some people off- it is fun for everyone aged 7+.

My favourite character in the show was Bernard as he was really funny, especially when he fell in love with Annabella. Phil was also hilarious; she made loads of great Star Wars references in totally awesome voices!

The experiments were incredible but scary - I did spend some of the time anxiously anticipating loud bangs. However, the results were always very cool and the sound were not as loud as I expected.

My favourite experiment (although it was also the loudest) was when Annabella and Phil put hydrogen and oxygen in balloons, then added fire to pop them. The first only had oxygen and it made quite a quiet sound in comparison to what I was expecting. The second only had hydrogen in it and it made a massive noise. I was extremely scared about what the balloon with the mix of chemicals would sound like! Luckily it wasn't too terrible, and I learnt a lot about combustion in the process.

Us With The 3D Glasses We Made

Once the show ended, we played interactive games that tested and tricked our brain. These made us drive the wrong way, remember patterns, collect squares, and answer questions. This was a lot of fun and I wish that we stayed for longer.

After a delicious lunch, we went to the Pop Up Museum workshop where we were given scissors glue and a piece of paper with a design on it. We folded, stuck and cut these up to create miniature artifacts from the museum, such as an apple mac. This was a challenge and I had a lot of fun.

We also enjoyed the 3D Spectacular workshop, where we made our own 3D glasses and looked at pictures with them. You can also take home a photo that becomes 3D when you put on your glasses. I think that's very cool.

Overall, we had a fantastic day, learnt a lot and marvelled at loads.

Thank you so much to Rachael at the Science Museum for getting us tickets to the energy show. You can find out more about it here.

 

More by me: PGL With My School, Five Things You Must Do In Vienna and Is 11 Too Old For Disney World?

Our Fabulous Day At The Science Museum (by Jessica)

We were lucky enough to see the Energy Show at the Science Museum and we had a brilliant time.

The live show is based around two futuristic science students - serious Annabella and Star-Wars obsessed Phil. To pass their science exam, they must perform a five minute skit showing and explaining the nine different types of energy. To help them, they have an old lab full of cool equipment and two assistants (Bernard and i-nstein). The 75 minute long production features loads of explosive experiments, fun facts and big bangs so -although the loud noises may put some people off- it is fun for everyone aged 7+.

My favourite character in the show was Bernard as he was really funny, especially when he fell in love with Annabella. Phil was also hilarious; she made loads of great Star Wars references in totally awesome voices!

The experiments were incredible but scary - I did spend some of the time anxiously anticipating loud bangs. However, the results were always very cool and the sound were not as loud as I expected.

My favourite experiment (although it was also the loudest) was when Annabella and Phil put hydrogen and oxygen in balloons, then added fire to pop them. The first only had oxygen and it made quite a quiet sound in comparison to what I was expecting. The second only had hydrogen in it and it made a massive noise. I was extremely scared about what the balloon with the mix of chemicals would sound like! Luckily it wasn't too terrible, and I learnt a lot about combustion in the process.

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Beanotown: the Dennis the Menace festival (by Robert)

 

The Dennis the Menace festival (officially called Beanotown) is on until September the 8th. It celebrates 75 years of the Beano and Dennis and Gnasher, two of the most well known comic characters in the country!

In the festival you can dress up as your favourite characters and get pictures of them, you can shoot evil baddies with your special nerf gun like you are Banana Man (but nearly all of the guns were broken ) and you can experience going inside Dennis' treehouse with its own unique style of wall paper (your drawing).

You can read Dennis and Gnasher albums going back to the 1960s and, in the shop, you can buy comics, clothes, pranks, videos and games, some which Dennis might have had himself.



There were two toilets, and these were both very funny because Dennis tells jokes while you're in them. One toilet is normal just with Dennis saying jokes but the other one has been stink bombed by Minnie and Dennis so watch out for that unpleasant surprise.

If you draw a picture about Dennis, Gnasher or any other character, it will be displayed on the wall and if you write down a good enough joke it will be shown in one of the Beano comic books.

I think this is a great day out for all the family and I guarantee that if you go there you will laugh at least once, but probably more.

To see more about the Beano, visit their website 

To find out more about the Beanotown festival, visit their website.

 

Read more by Robert - our visit to Cadbury World.

Beanotown: the Dennis the Menace festival (by Robert)

The Dennis the Menace festival (officially called Beanotown) is on until September the 8th. It celebrates 75 years of the Beano and Dennis and Gnasher, two of the most well known comic characters in the country!

In the festival you can dress up as your favourite characters and get pictures of them, you can shoot evil baddies with your special nerf gun like you are Banana Man (but nearly all of the guns were broken ) and you can experience going inside Dennis' treehouse with its own unique style of wall paper (your drawing).

You can read Dennis and Gnasher albums going back to the 1960s and, in the shop, you can buy comics, clothes, pranks, videos and games, some which Dennis might have had himself.

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