If you’re searching for kid-friendly restaurants in Vancouver that offer more than just a children’s menu, Rocky Mountain Flatbread’s Sunday-night kids’ pizza-making experience is one of our family’s most-loved outings. We’ve been many times over the years, so this post is a first-hand review of what the experience is really like with toddlers and young kids.
A Family-Friendly Restaurant Experience in Vancouver
Rocky Mountain Flatbread is well known as a family-friendly restaurant in Vancouver, but their kids’ pizza-making nights make it especially appealing for parents looking for an easy activity to pair with dinner.
Instead of registering for a class or special event, you simply order the kids’ pizza-making experience as a menu item. The cost is $13.95, and there’s no additional charge for the experience itself.
Once ordered, your child is called up to a designated pizza-making table to create their own personal pizza.
What the Pizza-Making Experience Is Like
This pizza making experience in Vancouver is well organized and very age-appropriate. There is typically the same host running the activity, and she does a great job guiding kids based on their age and comfort level.
Children are encouraged to:
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Roll out their own dough
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Spread tomato sauce using the back of a spoon
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“Tickle” the cheese onto the pizza
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Choose and add toppings
Topping options usually include pepperoni, ham, tomatoes, kale, mango, pineapple, olives, onions, red pepper, and more.
The hands-on portion of the kids’ pizza making takes less than five minutes, which is ideal for toddlers and preschoolers, but the experience is open for kids up to age 12.
After the pizza is made, it goes straight into the oven and is served with the rest of your table’s food. From experience, I recommend ordering adult meals at the same time as you order the kids’ pizza-making so everything comes out together. And by the way, the adult menu is delicious with quality, farm-fresh ingredients. You can’t go wrong with anything on the menu, but we generally like to order the pizza and/or pasta of the day.
What we love about Rocky Mountain Flatbread
Both of our kids had their first pizza-making experience in Vancouver at Rocky Mountain Flatbread at age two.
As a parent, I love that this activity is:
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Short and structured
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Easy to fit into dinner
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Engaging without being overstimulating
This review is based on multiple visits over several years, and it continues to be one of our favourite kid-friendly dining experiences in Vancouver. It’s simple, well-run, and genuinely fun for kids while still allowing parents to enjoy a relaxed meal. If you’re looking for things to do with toddlers in Vancouver, or a restaurant that truly welcomes young kids, this is a great option to keep in mind.
Kid-Friendly Pizza-Making Details
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Where: Rocky Mountain Flatbread (4186 Main Street)
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When: Every Sunday from 4:30 pm – 6:45 pm
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Reservations? Because this is ordered like a regular menu item, reservations aren’t necessary. That said, we usually make one anyway since Rocky Mountain Flatbread is a popular kid-friendly restaurant in Vancouver.
