Top 5: Restaurants with Playrooms

Fizztastic Champagne Brunch at the Hilton Beijing Wangfujing
The Hilton Wangfujing recently unveiled their Sunday Fizztastic
Champagne Brunch. It features a Kidz Paradise playroom where your little ones can watch cartoons and movies, doodle in activity books and play with toys in a supervised area. There’s also a kids’ buffet serving mini burgers, chicken wings, hot dogs, mini pizzas, as well as popcorn and cotton candy stations. RMB 368 per adult (with a 15% service charge, includes free flow of champagne and beverages), children ages 6-12 get 50% off, kids under 6 eat free. Sun 11.30am-3pm. Penta dining area, 5/F, Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing Dong Dajie, Dongcheng District. (5812 8888 ext. 8411)

Zen5es at The Westin Chaoyang
Dim sum delights for the whole family are available on weekends at this Cantonese restaurant in the Westin Chaoyang. Beijingwithkids.com recommends Zen5es for its playroom that has a TV, video games, toys and most importantly, an amazing on-staff ayi. RMB 168 (excluding beverages) for two adults (free for kids under 6). Sat-Sun 11.30am-3pm.4/F, The Westin Hotel, 1 Xinyuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District. (5922 8888)

Blue Frog (Europlaza)
Blue Frog’s Europlaza branch in Shunyi has a kids’ menu (that it shares with the Sanlitun branch) and a “Lil’ Frogs” playroom complete with computers, a kids’ bar serving gummy candies and lollipops, a TV and DVD player and two Sony Playstations. Daily 10am-1am. L312 Europlaza, 99 Yuxiang Lu, Tianzhu Zhen, Shunyi District. (8046 6337)

Peppes
Now under new management, Peppes is more kid-friendly than ever. On offer is an expanded menu as well as a second-floor play area packed with toys and games. If the playroom doesn’t satisfy, their yummy selection of pizzas certainly will. See “Good Eats” for a detailed description. Daily 11am-midnight. S4-34, 3/F, Bldg 4, The Village at Sanlitun, 19 Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District. (6415 0888)

Rumi
The popular Sanlitun-area restaurant is famous for its unique Persian cuisine and sleek design, but families flock here for the toy-filled play area tucked in the corner of the dining area. Tots can draw, build and romp to their hearts' content while mom and dad (and other patrons) can dine in relative peace. Daily 11.30am-midnight. 1A Gongti Beilu (opposite Zhaolong Hotel), Chaoyang District. (8454 3838)