And that half portions of the regular menu would be a much better idea.
Usually when we eat out we just let ds order from the kids menu without thinking about it. It's almost always boring, burger and chips, chicken nuggets and chips.
Like a lot of 7 year olds ds does like that sort of food but when at home he will at least eat most things.
Saturday we went to a place without a children's menu but still family friendly, a Mediterranean place.
Dh looked blankly over the menu and asked what an earth ds could have. Ds asked the waiter where the children's menu was 
I rolled my eyes and said its just food.
We ended up having sharing platters and tapas dishes and ds loved it, couldn't get enough of the food.
Such ashame most food places don't adopt this.