If marketing is all about filling a need then the latest publication from restaurant experts Hardens will hit the spot with many parents.

Eating out with Babies and Toddlers features more than 1,000 child-friendly restaurants, cafes and pubs in the UK, as identified by eating members of the public, and rates on such aspects as availability of children’s menus or reduced portions, supply of baby-changing and breast-feeding facilities and presence of outside space or entertainments.

Sponsored by baby specialists Plum it includes top price eateries for the special family event, through the mid-price range – and here the Chinese dim-sum dishes served between 12.00 and 17.00 and so popular with their children and parents alike could be an inspired choice – to the things-with-chips places, and also evaluates the best chain-restaurants for the kids.

www.hardens.com