Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia — updated August 21, 2026
Four Richmond restaurants that hold up with kids in tow: a burger counter on Arthur Ashe Boulevard, a riverfront pizza room in Shockoe Bottom, a late-running diner on West Cary, and a milkshake bar in the South Side.
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Richmond's most reliable family restaurants are not the ones with a laminated kids' menu and nothing else. They are the burger counters, pizza rooms and diners where the food is good enough that the adults are not just waiting out the meal. The four below range from three-thousand-review institutions to a small South Side dessert bar, and the ratings tell you which is which.
1. Boulevard Burger and Brew
The highest-rated of the big-volume options here: 4.5 across 3,420 reviews, which is a settled number rather than a promising one. It bills itself as a burger joint with craft beer and boozy shakes in a loud, casual room, which is the useful part for families, since nobody notices one more table making noise. Recent additions have gone beyond burgers, including a Birria French Dip listed at $14.79 and Birria Poutine at $11.99. Hours run 11am to 9pm Sunday through Thursday and 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday. Happy hour is 3pm to 6pm Monday through Friday, which is also the quiet stretch for an early dinner with kids.
2. Bottoms Up Pizza
A Shockoe Bottom fixture at 1700 Dock Street with 4.4 from 3,574 reviews, the largest sample on this list. Pizza is the safest possible order with a table of children, and this is the Richmond version of it. The practical advantage is the schedule: open every day, 11am to 10pm Monday through Thursday, until 11pm Friday and Saturday, and 11am to 9pm on Sunday, so a late-afternoon lunch or an early Sunday dinner both work. Curbside pickup and delivery are offered if the group is not up for a sit-down meal.
3. Galaxy Diner
The Carytown diner at 3109 W Cary Street, rated 4.3 from 3,116 reviews. It earns a spot for breakfast served on a schedule that suits families: doors at 10am most days and 8am on Saturday, with service running to midnight. The menu covers pancakes, French toast, two-egg platters and three-egg omelets, plus burgers, with the Galactic 7 at $12.99 and a Bologna Burger at $9.50. Pancakes at 8am on a Saturday is the reason to come; the late close means it also works when a day out in Carytown runs long.
4. Coco + Hazel
A specialty milkshake and espresso bar at 2733 McRae Road, rated 4.4 from 314 reviews. That count is much thinner than the others here, so treat the rating as encouraging rather than proven. It is on the list for the dessert case: milkshakes, ice cream, cakes, pastries and cookies, alongside savory breakfast, lunch and dinner items, with biscuits listed from $3.50 to $6.50. Closing time can shift on holidays and event days, so check before making a special trip across the South Side for milkshakes.