Red Lobster Kids Menu 2026 | Macaroni and Cheese

Red Lobster Macaroni & Cheese $6.99: creamy cheddar pasta plus kid’s pick of fries, broccoli or mash 380 calories, milk wheat allergens. Perfect comfort plate for little appetite!

Mac and cheese is the cheapest item on the Kids Menu at $6.99, and almost certainly the most ordered it’s the one dish on this list that doesn’t require any negotiation with a picky eater. No seafood, no chicken, just pasta and cheese sauce.

There’s nothing seafood themed about this dish at all, which is exactly the point. For parents bringing a child who won’t touch fish, shrimp, or chicken on a given day, this is the fallback that guarantees a finished plate without an argument. At 380 calories, it’s also solidly in the middle of the Kids Menu range not the lightest option, not the heaviest.

It’s worth noting this is the one Kids Menu item that could be ordered at almost any restaurant there’s nothing about it that connects to Red Lobster specifically. Families who want their kid trying something seafood adjacent might do better with the Popcorn Shrimp or Golden Fried Fish, both of which ease into seafood flavors through familiar, breaded formats rather than asking a child to eat shrimp or fish outright.