I know where you're coming from. It's not exactly fair to ban kids altogether when there's some well-mannered families who would like a nice, maybe once-in-a-lifetime dinner. I prefer this restaurant's policy given the circumstances, but I know it's not totally fair and square. That said, my mother owns a restaurant, and on average the kids will make a total mess and annoy the other customers. I'd say 80% at least. I kid you not. We tell the parents to respect the other patrons, but most of the time they give you a look like you just gave them the finger. If kids are going to act unruly to begin with, you can bet telling said parents to keep it down is going in one ear and out the other. It's not fair to the restaurant or the other customers who paid money for food and atmosphere. Someone's going to pay either way. In a perfect world parents would know better then to bring their misbehaved kids to a place like this. But come on, you know that isn't going to happen. I think those type of parents like going to restaurants so they don't have to reprimand their kids and don't have to clean up after them for one night.
no contest at all I just don't really like those people who are stubborn to the end with their opinions when they are outnumbered like a thousand to one (that's just a general example, obviously there haven't been a thousand replies yet in this particular case) sometimes you just have to realize that your thinking on a subject is completely against the norm and just have to take the resulting decision...doesn't mean you still can't have your own opinion, just saying that it's not going to be the standard policy
then add in a line about unruly patrons having to leave. I wouldn't want some kid throwing food at me either, but it's silly to make a rule that explicitly bans kids from going there.
I realize you are only trying to get a rise out of people but not all kids are misbehaved little hellions. I've been taking my kids to restaurants ever since they have been born. For that reason they are use to going and following the rules for that situation. They are well behaved and know how to act. It is the parents who don't take time to teach their children how to behave that cause the problems.
with all due respect, that suggestion is worse than banning kids. having to throw out adults b/c of their kids is embarrasing for the adults AND the restaurant.
I can enjoyment the child's face when they are served: Seared foie gras Greens that resemble the weeds in their backyard etc.
I can see where you're coming from, but the thing is this resutaurant is in a place built for kids. any other restaurant outside and I wouldn't care, but in a place thats billed as the ultimate destination for kids, having this kind of restaurant seems very contradictory.
so is forcing some parents to find a babysitter while they're vacationing at Disney World because the restaurant they want to go to on their family vacation doesn't allow them to bring kids
seriously, a place that costs $125/person to eat there does not need nor should be catering to kids. i can't see too many people up in arms about it.
That's ridiculous. Go to another restaurant. To achieve an adult setting at an establishment it sometimes requires an "adults-only" rule. Why? Because some parents don't know how to act like adults and take their children to a more suitable restaurant and/or control their kids!
you need help. you're spinning this like crazy. the majority won't care that one restaurant out of 98 is for adults only in disney world. not sure why you should even care, you probably don't even have kids.
ok thats good point, but the restaurant allows 10 year olds in there. Why would a 10 year old be any less detrimental to an adults anvironment than a 9 year old? if this was an adults-only restaurant, I wouldn't have as much a problem with it (even though its in Disney World).
If they are only getting around three families (with children) a month into this particular restaurant, then they evidently aren't doing a very good job of appealing to children. Perhaps their intended market - business for that restaurant isn't families with children. If it was, then they would change their menu, atmosphere, pricing and operational details to target families with children. Since they are going to a more exclusionary policy, then they probably weren't targeting the families with children market.
