Restaurants that do an actual family meal, one order that feeds the whole house. Not kids-eat-free, not a coupon. The thing you get when it is 5:40pm and dinner is not happening.
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Meet Frankie → Or see where kids eat freeOC restaurants with a known family meal or family pack include Stonefire Grill, Zankou Chicken, Mad Dumplings, Luna Grill, Chicken Maison, The Kebab Shop, Sgt. Pepperoni, El Pollo Loco and Urban Plates across multiple locations, plus Aloha BBQ in Santa Ana, Playa Mesa, Hong Kong Express and Birrieria La Tapatia in Costa Mesa, and Panini Kabob Grill and EverSpring Modern Chinese in Irvine.
Birrieria La Tapatia in Costa Mesa starts around $25, and Chicken Maison starts around $26. Zankou Chicken and El Pollo Loco both start in the low $30s. Most OC family packs land between $25 and $70 depending on how many people you are feeding.
A family meal is a bundled order, usually a large protein plus sides, priced to feed a whole family in one go, and it is almost always available for takeout. Kids eat free is a discount on a childs meal on a specific day when an adult buys an entree, and it is usually dine-in only.