I used to dread it a little bit: I didn’t have much of an appetite as a teenager, so I remember trying to force down my plaice and chips for fear of leaving food that we’d paid for. Then I’d go home and not be able to sleep because I was too full.
We went to our local pub, which I later ended up working at (and the landlords were wankers).
If we wanted a ‘fun’ meal that was more for us kids, we’d go to TGI Fridays. I used to love it. Went not so long ago and it was really, really bad. I don’t know if it got worse or it had always been that bad.
The Paul Pry in Peterborough. Couple of Panda Pops and a slab of meat near some chips. Definitely wasn’t ‘good’ in hindsight but we were kids with kid wants so it was fine really.
When I was little, Brewers Fayre – pick off the Charlie Chalk kids menu.
Bit older, couple of better local gastro pubs/Italian chain restaurant (usually ASK).
Whatever it was my parents would come loaded to the gunnels with discount vouchers and complain about at least one of the meals to the manager and ask to have it taken off the bill.