Where to Eat in Copenhagen With Kids in 2026: Seven Early Meals

The stroller is folded, the coats are on, and the child who wasn’t hungry by the lake is suddenly starving. Now the best table is the one you can reach before the last snack runs out. That means knowing when the kitchen opens as well as what it cooks.

In Copenhagen, plan a family meal around the neighbourhood where your afternoon ends. A food hall can rescue an early start; a booked pizzeria gives you a known seat; and a menu with a small dish makes ordering easier. Pick the one that fits the day.

Why Do Timing and Distance Decide a Family Dinner?

The journey, the wait for a table and the wait for a kitchen can make dinner feel long before anyone has ordered. Shorten one of them and the meal gets easier.

Plenty of sit-down rooms start dinner at 17:00 or 17:30. Corsa on Vesterbrogade opens at 17:00 and Scarpetta on Rantzausgade at 17:30. For an earlier stop, Tivoli Food Hall opens at 11:00 and Gasoline Grill Hellerup opens at 11:00 until sold out. Check a stall’s service separately from the hall’s hours.

Stay where you already are: the centre, Vesterbro, Nørrebro or Hellerup. Look for a room with one useful thing for your family, whether that is early food, a highchair or a smaller dish.

Which of the Seven Places Fits Your Family Tonight?

The table compares the seven stops by food and kitchen hours. Check the current menu before setting out.

Where Can You Eat Early With Kids in the City Centre?

If your afternoon finishes near Central Station, Tivoli Food Hall has a door straight off the street, so dinner does not need a gardens ticket. The hall opens at 11:00. You still have to find a table, so give yourself time if everyone needs to sit together.

At Dhaba, Indian small plates go in the middle. The Tivoli menu lists potato and pea samosas with coriander chutney. Children can have butter chicken and rice from their own menu, so they can try a bit of what you ordered and still have a plate of their own.

Where Should You Eat With Kids in Vesterbro?

West of the station, an early pizza makes sense if you have spent the afternoon in Vesterbro. It is a meal that can be shared, and the adults can order something different without going to a second restaurant.

Corsa at Vesterbrogade 44, bakes Neapolitan pizza and opens at 17:00 every day. The dough is the reason to go: its own sourdough rises for four days, then bakes at high heat for a short time, so the toppings stay fresh and the crust comes out bubbled with leopard spots. A Margherita with tomato, mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella and basil costs 110 kroner and a Capricciosa with ham and mushrooms 145, and beef meatballs in tomato sauce at 85 give a small eater something beyond pizza.

Corsa belongs to the Cofoco group, which has worked since 2004 on the belief that a good meal should not be expensive. It says children are welcome at all its restaurants and a child can always order a children's menu or a dish at half size and half price. When you book, say how many children are coming and whether you need a high chair, because only some of the group's rooms have them.

Where Can You Eat With Kids in Nørrebro?

North of the Lakes, the choice widens, and two neighbours on Sortedam Dossering cover most families between them. Both state the facilities parents usually have to phone about.

Which Nørrebro Rooms Have Highchairs?

Food Club Nørrebro at Sortedam Dossering 7C is a self-service buffet at a fixed price you know in advance: no ordering and no waiting for plates. It takes its cue from communal dining and local eateries, puts vegetables at the centre and keeps no fixed list of dishes. The Christmas menu now on its page runs from sourdough bread, hummus and salads to Danish pork meatballs, gyoza, fish and chips and French fries, with soft ice and waffles for dessert, so a cautious child and a hungry parent can both fill a plate.

The early sitting fits a 17:00 plan. In November and December, a table booked between 17:00 and 17:45 runs for an hour and a half and costs 345 kroner a head from Sunday to Thursday and 405 on Fridays and Saturdays, with wine, beer and soft drinks included. Under-6s eat free and ages 6 to 11 pay 150. It has highchairs, a toilet with a changing table and a wheelchair lift into the restaurant. Book online, and give at least three days' notice of any allergy.

Next door at number 5, Hanzō Nørrebro faces the Lakes and crosses Asian borders freely, with most dishes shared and sent out in a steady flow. That flow suits a hungry table: on the dinner menu, Korean fried chicken bao with gochujang and cabbage, crispy tiger prawns with teriyaki and pork dumplings with chili crunch cost 80 to 85 kroner a plate.

The kids' menu, for children up to 11, costs 100 kroner: chicken skewers with peanut sauce or fried shrimp with mayonnaise, each with steamed rice, crispy vegetables and a lemonade. Hanzō also keeps high chairs; book or call for dinner times.

Where in Nørrebro Is There a Full Kids' Menu?

Scarpetta at Rantzausgade 7 takes its name from the last piece of bread used to mop up the sauce, and it prints a real children's menu: pasta with butter for 55 kroner, pasta with tomato sauce for 60, a Margherita with buffalo mozzarella for 55 and the day's gelato for 38.

The kitchen looks for less familiar Italian ingredients, so the adults can order further from home: ravioli with duck confit, black kale and hazelnut at 195, or the gamberetti linguine with wild shrimp, tomato and chilli at 175. Any pizza can be made gluten-free. It opens at 17:30, with the last arrival at 20:45 from Sunday to Thursday.

Where Can You Eat With Kids in Hellerup?

Hellerup's family afternoon often ends at Experimentarium on Tuborg Havnevej, the science centre whose Miniverse is built for children aged 1 to 5. It closes at 17:00, or 16:00 on Fridays, which is exactly when the question of dinner arrives. The city centre is a train ride away. Two family rooms sit almost side by side on Strandvejen.

Gasoline Grill Hellerup, at Strandvejen 201, opened in April 2021 with a clear brief: the team wanted a local hangout and community space like the Peach Pit from the 1990s series Beverly Hills 90210. The room was designed with BRIQ, the furniture is by Matrikula Studio and the leather comes from Spoor and Friland. It has ample seating indoors and out, opens every day from 11:00 and closes when it sells out, and it takes no reservations, so a family can simply walk in.

For the adults, the order is the Original Burger at 110 kroner on the Hellerup menu: beef ground every day, lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles and the house sauce, with cheese added if you like. Children have their own burger on the same menu, made with the same beef and covered in the Hellerup question further down.

Next door, Sticks'n'Sushi Hellerup at Strandvejen 195 and 199 has served since 1999; its takeaway sits in a former Esso petrol station and the dining room, with counter seats around an open kitchen, in the old flower pavilion across the terrace. The grilled sticks beside the sushi are good news for a cautious eater: when the group opened in 1994, one founder insisted on yakitori in case Danes were not ready for raw fish.

That logic still works on children. The Okosama kids' menus start at 85 kroner: one brings nigiri and eight pieces of hosomaki, the other two sticks of chicken meatballs or salmon with teriyaki and rice, both with edamame and cucumber sticks with miso dip, and neither comes with wasabi or ginger. The restaurant lists itself as family friendly and runs Kids'n'Sushi sessions where children roll their own hosomaki. The kitchen is open from 11:00 to 21:00 from Sunday to Thursday and to 21:30 on Fridays and Saturdays, and tables can be booked online.

When Should You Book a Table, and When Can You Just Walk In?

Choose a walk-in room if you have not booked; book when the evening has to work for a group or an occasion. The difference matters most at 17:00, when a full room means a long wait with nowhere to sit.

• Walk in: Gasoline Grill takes no reservations; app pre-order arranges food, not seats.
• Book online: Corsa, Scarpetta, Food Club, Hanzō and Sticks’n’Sushi take bookings.
• Ask when booking: if you need a highchair, tell the restaurant which branch and how many children are coming.

Can You Take Children to Gasoline Grill Hellerup?

Yes. Gasoline Grill Hellerup opens every day from 11:00, has ample indoor and outdoor seating and needs no booking. We serve a Kids Burger from 90 kroner: beef with ketchup, cooked well done, with no salt or pepper. That makes it an easy early dinner after a Strandvejen afternoon or a morning at Experimentarium.

The rest of the table can eat differently. The Green Burger is a vegetarian choice: fresh whole vegetables in season, cooked to order, with cheddar, tomato, lettuce, red onion, pickles, Gasoline Grill sauce and herb oil, for 100 kroner. What sits in the bun changes through the year: we use portobello in this version, and the zucchini in the photo is an earlier season's version. Regular fries cost 40 and a large portion to share 60, and the homemade lemonade, with a touch of elderflower, costs 35.

At those starting prices on our Hellerup menu, a family of four with two young children spends 450 kroner before drinks: two Kids Burgers (2 x 90), one Original Burger (110), one Green Burger (100) and one large fries to share (60). Extras such as cheese or a second patty cost more.

You can pre-order through the Gasoline Grill app. Hellerup closes when it sells out, so check its current availability before setting out.

What Should You Check Before You Leave Home?

A family dinner in Copenhagen goes right when the plan is small. Before you put shoes on anyone, run four checks:

1. Time: will the kitchen be open when you arrive? Sit-down rooms such as Corsa and Scarpetta start at 17:00 or 17:30; all-day rooms do not make you wait.
2. Distance: is it within a short walk of where you are now, and of the way home?
3. Seat: have you booked, or is it a room you can walk into? Ask for a high chair when you book.
4. One dish each: can you name one thing on the menu each child will eat, a buffet plate, a small Margherita, buttered pasta or a Kids Burger?

Choose one dish each child might eat, then make the journey as short as you can. On a longer evening you can book a table worth travelling for. Tonight, an early kitchen and a short walk home may be all the plan you need.

Frequently asked questions

Where can you eat an early dinner with children in Copenhagen?

Tivoli Food Hall opens from 11:00 and has free street access; check the chosen stall’s service. Gasoline Grill Hellerup opens from 11:00 until sold out, Corsa Vesterbro starts dinner at 17:00 and Scarpetta Rantzausgade at 17:30.

Which Copenhagen restaurants have a children's menu?

Dhaba at Tivoli Food Hall lists butter chicken and rice on its children’s menu. Scarpetta Rantzausgade, Hanzō Nørrebro and Sticks’n’Sushi Hellerup list children’s options, and Gasoline Grill Hellerup serves a Kids Burger. Check the branch’s current menu before you go.

Where can you eat with kids in Hellerup?

On Strandvejen, Gasoline Grill Hellerup at number 201 opens daily from 11:00 with a Kids Burger and needs no booking, and Sticks'n'Sushi Hellerup next door serves sushi and grilled sticks from 11:00. Experimentarium closes at 17:00, or 16:00 on Fridays.

Which family restaurants in Copenhagen have highchairs?

Food Club Nørrebro states it has highchairs and a changing table, and Hanzō Nørrebro next door also has high chairs. The Cofoco group, which runs Corsa and Scarpetta, keeps high chairs at some restaurants only, so ask when you book.

Sources

1. Gasoline Grill Hellerup
2. Gasoline Grill Hellerup menu
3. Corsa Vesterbro
4. Cofoco, family friendly restaurants
5. Cofoco, who we are
6. Food Club Nørrebro
7. Food Club Nørrebro Christmas menu
8. Food Club concept and prices
9. Hanzō Nørrebro
10. Hanzō dinner menu
11. Hanzō kids' menu
12. Scarpetta Rantzausgade
13. Experimentarium
14. Experimentarium opening hours and prices
15. Sticks'n'Sushi Hellerup
16. Sticks'n'Sushi, about us
17. Sticks'n'Sushi kids' menu
18. Dhaba: small plates and serving style
19. Tivoli Food Hall: hours and street entrance
20. Dhaba at Tivoli Food Hall: menu and children’s dishes