We go to kid-freindly restaurants. Places with a play area, or a little climbing area outside. We have lots of clubs around us and most of the have a toy area or area outside to play. I also bring favourite small toys (like cars/mini dolls) or colouring in and when desperate (only if other people are obviously annoyed by them, or they're annoying me/DH), give them my phone to play on to help keep the kids entertained.

I always ask for their meals to come as quickly as possible. They know they need to sit to eat, and then they get to go and play. We only go to places we can eat at early, before 6pm, because they go to bed at 7.30pm and would be over it all if we went later. You just need to understand their limits, and do what you can to try to prevent any undesirable behaviours.

Lots of people are tolerant of young children being noisy. They get it.