To expect a restaurant to be able to do a pint of milk?

It's not necessarily about having the milk in stock, it's the inability to put "pint of milk" through the till. Many places don't allow staff to go "off piste" in any way - so if drink X isn't on the POS system then they're just not allowed to sell it.

So you expect staff to just nip out to a local shop to accommodate a customer who has ordered something not on the menu 🤔

Ime parmesan,parmesan isn't on the table the waiting staff come round with it and grate it on to the meal but that's by the by
I also dont think anyone is suggesting people can't successfully order a glass of milk ever in any food establishment
It's just in this case the restaurant don't serve it
People can't go into a restaurant demanding they serve a food or drink item that isn't on the menu just because another food establishment is willing to accommodate their requests .

I don’t get it. They could easily give you a pint of milk, then grab an extra bottle from a local shop if needs be. I should imagine pretty much any restaurant would be able to charge back for the odd extra top up from HQ if needed, there would be other times odd things might run out.

As I said, I think it’s highly unlikely that the supply of milk in a restaurant is this tightly controlled. Milk is a staple - it’s only 80p a pint to the consumer, so will be even less wholesale. Why risk running out for the sake of a couple of quid?

If ten customers like the OP’s daughter came in, I can conceivably believe they’d run out. But selling one pint in one go (as opposed to two lattes, for example)? I can’t imagine it leading to hordes of quivering-lipped customers sobbing “But… my coffee… my coffeeeeee!!”

The point of it.

@GRex

1. I've never in my life seen an entire plates worth of Parmesan (or pint of milk) on a table for customers to help themselves to.
2. Of course it's perfectly possible in some restaurants. That's obvious. The ops query was why can I not in all restaurants? Which has been patiently explained repeatedly by people with the power of thought to those without. And still they can't get it.

What part of that post did you not understand?

It’s not something I’m used to seeing on menus. If it’s all your daughter will drink, take your own? In a chilli bottle?

Parmesan is put on the table, if you choose to spoon it out and eat the lot then everyone will think you're weird, but nobody will stop you. Some of you seem to really feel there's some kind of gotcha that doesn't exist but would mean it's unreasonable to ask a restaurant to accommodate a request. As you can read, loads of us successfully order a glass of milk every day in a range of establishments. Why not stop pretending it's impossible when you read that, just accept it was outside your personal experience?

For large and chain establishments I would suggest that is issue is more to do with, how much to charge, how to put it through the till (which button) and then justifying at a stock take. Ie, 'you've sold X teas and coffee's but your out of milk' type situation

@GRex
That wasn't the point of the post.
The poster was saying that she would just order a whole plate of Parmesan.
After all, the restaurant serve Parmesan.
And if they run out they could just run along to a shop and get more.
Put it through the till as something else.
Ie what many responders here have said the restaurant should do for milk.

Actually most places you absolutely can order pasta with the sauce left off and just Parmesan. It's no different than asking them if you can have the pasta without mushrooms. An occasional place might have all food pre-made and microwaved, but decent restaurants usually make some food fresh. It'll be put through the till as whatever the original pasta cost. I'm not sure why you would think you can't ask for adjustments to dishes?

Or they upset more customers that want coffee but can’t have it because they’ve sold more coffee that they expected?

You’re reasonable to expect to order what’s on the menu. If milk isn’t listed as a drink, then it’s ridiculous to think it would be available. Just because a restaurant offers pasta with Parmesan grated on top, doesn’t mean you can expect to order an entire meal of it alone. Suppose you could pick BYOB places, then pay corkage on milk you’ve brought yourself…. Or your daughter could do without a drink at the meal.

Could you perhaps take milk cartons with you or in a flask? Then if not provided, DD drink your own

It is very clearly written in English. I think you could do with taking a refresher course at sarcasm.school.

In English?

Literally nobody has suggested anything of the sort 😆😆

Is it ok for someone who eats meat to take their own meal to a vegan cafe if they are with people who are paying for their own meals?

They don't even have to take it according to some on this thread. They can just ask for it, then it's simply good customer service for one of the people who works there to stop what they're doing, pop along to the nearest shop for a steak, buy it, cook it, then put it through the till as something else.

That’s not a relevant comparison I was saying why is it a problem in an establishment that serves milk for them to either supply some for a child to drink or allow them to drink some from home ?

Well not really if it's against their rules I'm all for for disabilities rights as I have a disabled child but people who try and claim they are being discriminated against when they are not help no one.

OP said sometimes places aren’t ok with it ?

According to some on here, absolutely!.

Is it ok for someone who eats meat to take their own meal to a vegan cafe if they are with people who are paying for their own meals?