[tessa]

i havnt looked at your menu but from reading the other posts im guessing its a seafood restaurant, I think its good to have kid freindly restaurants and its also good to have adult only restaurants as well. There is a fine line between both sometimes and If children are being taken to restaurants that arent "family restaurants" most of the time they are really well behaved, and if they are not then generally thats the parents fault. How hard is it if you get a family come in to offer entree size portions for the kidliwinks, surely if you have seafood on the menu then you could be flexible enough to make a small piece of fish, dipped in crumb, or flour etc, and served with some saute potatoes a la fancy fish and chips, it keeps the kid happy which in turn keeps the parents happy, so therefore they are more likely to spend more and comeback more often , and not necessarily with the kidlets in tow.
Most kids will at somepoint eat pretty much the same thing as their parents, it just maybe toned down and in smaller sizes.

You could do the same thing with desserts as well , most kids are very happy to have a scoop of icecream, or a piece of something a little more adult on a smaller basis , it means you still get the business, they get fed everybody is happy.
If you can be accomodating to people and be respectful to the fact that every family is different it makes for being a much more hospitable operation.
These kids are the future diners/hospitality workers etc and if we can encourage them when they are young to try new things and new experiences they will always remember those things and be enspired.