Staff at Yates's are celebrating after picking up two prizes at the Best Bar None awards.
The bar, in Belvoir Street, Leicester, was chosen as the most family friendly in the city centre in a contest involving a vote on the Leicester Mercury website and judging by a family of Mercury readers.
Yates's was also named best non-independent bar at the awards ceremony on Tuesday night.
The bar's deputy manager, Kate Howell, said: "It was so exciting to win the award.
"Best Bar None is in its seventh year and we've not won anything before.
"So it was brilliant to be there on Tuesday night and be the winner of two awards."
She said the bar worked hard to welcome families during the daytime.
She said: "Yates's is very different in the daytime from the night and we serve meals and, at half-term in particular, we do have a lot of families in. We have a special children's menu with things such as spaghetti bolognese, fish and chips, macaroni cheese and healthy snacks such as cucumber sticks.
"We have high chairs and balloons and children can do colouring."
Yates's was one of eight venues in the city to put themselves forward for the family friendly award.
The Mercury online vote whittled them down to three – with Curve and the Old Horse, in London Road – which were visited our secret judges, the Nicholls family, from Glen Parva.
Paul and Fiona and the children Imogen, 13, and Aimee, six, had applied to the Mercury to be the judges in February.
Paul said: "We really enjoyed dong the judging and had some very nice meals.
"We gave Yates's good marks because, although it wasn't the first place I would have thought of for a family meal, it was really great value with the family menu.
"The food was excellent and there were balloons and colouring in for my little girl and it was very good service.
"We actually went back again since we enjoyed it so much."
Forty-two venues in the centre of Leicester received Best Bar None accreditation on Tuesday night.
Other winners of the main awards included O'Neill's, The Rutland and Derby Arms, Firebug and The Fan Club.
The night was hosted by sporting legends Willie Thorne and Steve Walsh and the top awards were handed out by the Lord Mayor of Leicester, Mustafa Kamal, and Superintendent Andy Lee, of Leicestershire Police.
