All my family-friendly favorites whether you live in Houston or are just visiting!
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This is super helpful if you're visiting for a short time and want to hit several spots! It is only for a short period of time so it may not be the best for a local, but so good for people visiting!
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If you're visiting Houston during Houston Restaurant Weeks, I highly recommend taking advantage of the awesome deals they have going on! We were able to eat at a high-end steakhouse for pretty cheap!
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Family-friendly things to do
This is the best children's museum I've been to! This place is awesome for any age child and even has a baby play area!
Children's Museum Houston
It gets so hot here that all the best things to do in the summer are water-related. We love this place!
This place is so cool! If I remember correctly, it's free just to walk around, but you can feed all the animals if you pay for the food. They also let you hold some of them. So neat if you have kids!
This place is one that's worth seeing at least once. Very educational but also has some neat things to do and a big play area for the kids.
Space Center Houston | Bringing people & space closer together
Rides, games, restaurants. Fun to walk around.
Kemah Boardwalk
Fun-fact: this is where my husband and I had our first kiss🫣 This place is a hidden gem!
Showboat Drive-In
Another fun fact: this is where my dad proposed to my mom.🤭 It's mostly just a park, but it's pretty neat to see and is across from the Galleria Mall. It's a good place for a picnic and to let the kids run around if the weather is nice.
"The Democrat" is one of my favorites that I get every time. "Trashy trailer park" is one of my husband's favorites. Some of them get rotated out regularly, but those two stick around. Get extra Poblano Sauce.👌🏻
Torchy's Tacos
Everything we've tried here has been good, but I especially liked the loaded fries and the ice cream dessert bao buns!
Fat Bao Houston
This is always a hit for our whole family 🤌🏻 Even my picky 2-year-old loves the tikka masala, chicken biryani, and buttered naan!
Tarka Indian Kitchen
Okay this one isn't all that "family-friendly" per se, but it makes a great date night out! Everything there is so good.
Eddie V's Prime Seafood
Places to stay
You can get a day pass if you want to use the water park without actually staying there
Great Wolf Lodge Water Park | Webster
This one has a mini water park with slides, pools, a water volleyball net, a water basketball hoop, a lazy river, a splash pad, and a really shallow "pool" for the babies to splash around in. I can't speak for the other facilities since we were only...
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