Family Friendly Restaurants

Buffets -- Cheap meals for the whole family. The kids can choose what they like, and there are sometimes make-your-own sundae machines.

Cypress Street Marketplace -- Caesars Palace's food court (stylish enough to offer real plates and cloth napkins) offers a range of food (from very good hot dogs to wrap sandwiches to Vietnamese noodles) wide enough to ensure that bottomless-pit teenagers, picky grade-schoolers, and health-conscious parents will all find something that appeals, at affordable prices.

Fellini's -- With a menu that admittedly veers toward Italian-American rather than authentic food from the motherland, this is all the more appropriate for families, who probably want a good red sauce pasta dish and some solid pizza rather than anything more elaborate.

Monte Carlo Pub & Brewery -- Despite the "pub" part of the name, this noisy place in the Monte Carlo hotel has many TVs to distract short-attention kids and brooding teenagers, all of whom will like the barbecue, pizza, and chicken fingers. Parents will be pleased with the low prices.

Pink Pony -- This bubble-gum-pink, circus-motif 24-hour coffee shop at Circus Circus will appeal to kids. Mom and Dad can linger while the kids race upstairs to watch circus acts and play carnival games.

Rainforest Cafe -- This is like eating in the Jungle Book ride at Disneyland. Animals howl, thunder wails, everywhere there is something to marvel at. There is a decent kids' menu, and they might even learn a little bit about ecology and the environment.

Sherwood Forest Café -- Kids love to climb on the lavender dragons fronting this 24-hour coffee shop at Excalibur, while finicky eaters can get burgers at breakfast and pancakes for dinner.

Toto's -- This Mexican restaurant that features enormous portions served family style is a casual place favored by locals.