Pubs & restaurants with playgrounds in Brisbane

The Colmslie in Morningside has a kids' playground reached from its Kids Terrace, an open-air party space that holds up to 80. It runs free Messy Play sessions for under-fives, which need booking, alongside other family events through the month. The restaurant does pub classics for lunch and dinner, from parmies to pizzas.

The Lord Stanley's new indoor playground is fully contained, soft-finished and air-conditioned, with kids' movies and games, and you can see it from the dining area. A kids' meal is $14.90 with a main, a side and dessert, and every one comes with a free activity bag of puzzles and colouring. Parking is on site.

The Hills at Rivermakers in Morningside has an indoor playground for children up to five, open 8am to 3pm, and a separate outdoor playground open until 7pm every day. You can reserve a table on its website.

Everton Park Hotel's renovated Kids Club has a new playground, play zones, an arcade, a sensory wall for little ones and a carousel, and parents can sit in the beer garden while the kids play. There are free family activities every weekend and free face painting on Fridays from 5pm, when a booking is essential. The kids' menu has ten dishes and a make-your-own soft serve station.

Kedron Park Hotel has an indoor kids' playground where children can play while parents eat, and the Graziers Steakhouse offers a kids' menu. The hotel also runs kids' parties in two of its function areas.

The Treehouse at the Full Moon Hotel in Sandgate is an indoor kids' space styled as a Queensland backyard, with a play veggie patch, a play kitchen and a two-seat swing. It's open-plan, so you can watch from the dining area, and there are kids' menus for lunch, dinner and breakfast.

The Brook Hotel in Mitchelton has an indoor kids' room with an interactive TV and board games, and an outdoor area beside the bistro with handball and mini basketball courts, hopscotch, a sprint track and a small climbing wall that parents can see from their tables. The Grovely Terrace function space opens straight onto it.

Table 26 in Chermside is a cafe with a gated kids' play area inside, a kids' menu, and a dog-friendly alfresco area with its own dog menu. Bookings are taken online.

VEND Cafe at Virginia has a playground on its lawn, a playpen for babies and giant lawn games, with a kids' menu in the cafe. The lawn and playground can be booked for a party.

Playland at Carina Leagues is a purpose-built indoor play centre for toilet-trained kids aged 3 to 12, supervised and air-conditioned, with a climbing wall, a movie room, a craft area and arcade games. It works by booking only, through the Playland app: $20 a child for three hours plus a $2 fee, no walk-ins. Parents stay in the club and check in every hour.

The Newnham Hotel at Upper Mount Gravatt has a new playground for climbing, sliding and exploring, and parents can watch from the sunny deck. There's free kids' entertainment every Saturday and Sunday from 11:30am, a kids' menu, and the Gelding Room for parties looks straight onto the playground.

The Glen Hotel at Eight Mile Plains has an enclosed nature-play playground, open 7am to 9pm daily, with a double slide, a tractor called Deckster and a caterpillar tunnel. Some tables look over it, and the largest verandah has a clear view of the whole playground.

The Mount Gravatt Hotel has a large indoor playground, kids' and seniors' menus in its family bistro, and function spaces that cater for children's parties.

The Salisbury Hotel has a new outdoor kids' playground and a kids' menu. Children stay with a parent, and you can bring your own cake without a cakeage fee.

The Mansfield Tavern has a brand-new outdoor kids' playground beside the beer garden, with a semi-private Outdoor Playground Section next to it that can be booked for a family celebration. There's a kids' menu and free entertainment every weekend.

The Jindalee Hotel has an outdoor playground and a kids' menu, and children are welcome as long as a parent stays with them. The bistro opens from 11:30am on weekdays and 11am from Friday to Sunday, and there's parking at Jindalee Village or in nearby streets. School holidays bring face painting, character visits and a dino dig.

The Gap Tavern's kids' play area combines an outdoor playground with arcade games and movies, and both the lower and upper decks overlook it. There are kids' menu options, and the open-air Lower Deck, right by the play area, is the tavern's suggestion for a child's birthday.

The Centenary Tavern at Middle Park has an indoor playground beside the bistro, kids' rooms with arcade games and a TV, and a large outdoor playground as well. There are kids' menu options, it's open seven days, and it runs kids' party packages.

The Bellbowrie Tavern has a large undercover kids' playground in its bistro, which serves all day on Fridays and Saturdays. It takes bookings for groups of any size.

Table 26 on Level 2 of Indooroopilly Shopping Centre has a fully enclosed, gated play area with building blocks, a play kitchen, a climb-on car, a play wall and interactive screens, with one of its dining areas built around it. You order at the table, and there's a kids' menu.

The Alexandra Hills Hotel pairs an outdoor playground with a mini golf course of 12 greens and 48 holes, with pins for kids through to advanced players. Under-threes play free with a paying adult, not every hole is shaded, so bring hats, and booking online is recommended. The Fairway Beer Garden sits among the playground and the course, and the Hills Cafe does breakfast.

Koala Tavern at Capalaba has a brand-new outdoor play area and kids' meals in the bistro. Its Sunday Kids Club, from 12pm to 2:30pm, has arts and crafts, story time and dress-ups, and children can stay in the bistro until 9pm with a parent. The tavern has its own car park.

The Redland Bay Hotel has a large playground in its outdoor area, close enough for parents to watch from their tables.

The Victoria Point Tavern has an indoor play area with a playground and PlayStations, and kids' and seniors' menus.

Redlands RSL's Kids Bunker, next to the Sails on Shore Restaurant, is a free room with Lego, toys, consoles, arcade games, chalkboards and movies, open every night from 5:30pm and from 11:30am on weekends. In supervised hours it's for members' children aged 4 to 12 and their guests, up to 12 at a time for two hours each.

The Grand View Hotel in Cleveland has a fenced, astroturfed play area with a small slide, a kids' menu, and free parking on site and in the street. Walk-ins are welcome.

Sandstone Point Hotel has 300 metres of water frontage on Pumicestone Passage and a barnyard-style playground with a climbing wall, slide, rocking cow and windmill. It connects to an air-conditioned games room with movies and consoles, and there's a shade-covered jumping pillow in the sand and a lawn with a trampoline and soccer nets. The shaded picnic tables look over the water.

Mango Hill Tavern has an indoor play room with TVs as well as an outdoor playground, and children can eat in the bistro with a parent. There's a kids' menu with soft serve, Family Fun Sundays from 12pm with a disco, magicians and characters, and a free Saturday Night Kids Club from 6pm to 8pm, for which booking is recommended.

The Eatons Hill Hotel has a kids' playground with slides, climbing nets and hidey-holes, a fully air-conditioned kids' room, and an arcade room open from 10am to 9pm daily. Parents supervise, and at weekend breakfast there are lawn games on the green.

The Albany Creek Tavern has a big outdoor playground, a kids' play area in the beer garden and a dedicated indoor kids' room. It runs regular Family Fun Days and hosts children's birthday parties.

The Jungle at Norths Leagues & Services Club in Kallangur is a custom-built kids' room in The Precinct restaurant, with a multi-level playground, iPads, TVs and an activity station, and a parents' room next door. It's staff-supervised on weekday evenings and at weekend lunch and dinner, and members' children can use it unsupervised from 9:30am to 10pm.

The Morayfield Tavern has a partly covered outdoor playground, open 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5:30pm to 8:30pm every day. Children need to be with a parent and leave by 10pm, and you can bring a cake with no cakeage fee.

Redcliffe RSL has a Kids' Play Space with play equipment in the heart of the club. It isn't staff-supervised, so parents stay with their children, and there's no food or drink in the play area. The Dawn Bistro has kids' meals for under-12s, with an activity to keep them busy.

North Lakes Sports Club's Kids Club has a playground, arts and crafts, and an Xbox, free for members' children aged 3 to 12. It's staffed during set hours, and outside those an adult can stay with the kids; children need to be toilet trained.

The Narangba Valley Tavern has a spacious outdoor playground and an indoor electronic play area, with kids' meals on the restaurant menu.

The Samford Hotel in the Samford Valley has a newly installed outdoor kids' playground.

Bribie Island RSL has two indoor play areas and a covered outdoor one: a kids' play room with a giant LEGO table in the Botanic dining area, and a family space in the Social Cafe with Space Invaders, giant Scrabble and foosball. Parents supervise, visitors don't need to sign in, and children leave by 9pm.

The Bribie Island Hotel at Bellara has a kids' playground, a kids' menu, and a free Family Fun Day every Sunday from 11:30am with an animal farm and face painting. School holidays bring jumping castles, petting zoos and movie nights.

The Belvedere Hotel at Woody Point has a kids' playground near the Pavilion, which can close in bad weather and isn't fully wheelchair accessible. Cakes are welcome, and staff will bring plates and a cake knife.

Springlake Hotel at Springfield Lakes has a kids' playground and an indoor play room with PlayStations, books and toys. On Sundays from 12pm to 3pm an animal zoo visits, and school holidays bring cooking, Lego and disco sessions. Children need to be with a parent and leave by 10pm, and there's parking on site.

Club Parkview at Goodna has a brand-new three-storey outdoor playground and an open-plan dining room that seats 400. It's next to Goodna station, with a courtesy bus and plenty of parking, and the bistro does pub classics, steaks, woodfired pizza and Asian dishes. Bookings are taken on its website.

The Chatswood Hills Tavern at Springwood has an air-conditioned kids' room next to the family bistro, with a huge indoor playground, free arcade games and play tablets, and a camera shows the room on a screen in the bistro so you can keep an eye on them.

The Windaroo Tavern has a huge outdoor playground and an indoor play area with PlayStation games, movies and arcade games, and a kids' menu.

The Diggers Services Club in Logan Central has a new children's playground.

The Greenbank Services Club's Kids Club is fully supervised, for members' children aged 2 to 13, with a cinema room, arcade tables, consoles, toys and drawing. A parent stays on the premises, it's first in, first served for up to two hours, and it's open from 10am most days and into the evening Tuesday to Sunday.

The Beenleigh Tavern has a new outdoor play area beside its alfresco dining, a kids' menu, and an alfresco function area that lets party guests use the playground.

The Redbank Plains Tavern has a large playground, and its buffet has a child price for ages 4 to 12, with under-fours eating free.

The Springfield Tavern has an outdoor playground.

Brothers Leagues Club in Raceview has The Space Place, a space-themed kids' room with play zones and interactive games for children 10 and under, next to the open-plan restaurant and open while it's serving. There's a kids' menu with free colouring-in.