All you can eat child's price based on height?!

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I am booking a meal at an all you can eat buffet for Saturday and when checking the prices, I noticed that the child's prices are based on height!

Is this normal?? I don't remember ever seeing this before and it seems a funny way to differentiate!

I've included a screen shot - made me giggle as I imagined them whipping the tape measure out Mary Poppins style!

Have you seen this before?

I’ve heard of it, makes sense to me.

See this in many all you can eat places. My son was well able to eat far more than me when he was 12 and towering over me

Never seen it before, but makes sense. Avoids arguments as well from the CFs who pretend their 7 yo is 3.

Makes sense to me 👍🏻

Flipping heck. Ds1 is 5'10, 12 years old and eats damn all

It's probably because they've had people trying to sneak in children who are obviously 10 in as 3 year olds or something similar.

The local aquarium by us has the same policy. Under 90cm gets in free. It's a bit annoying for parents such as myself who have exceptionally tall children and meant we had to pay for DS1 when he was 2.

Yes it usual round here (well when I used to be hungover enough to go to AYCE anyway).

I've seen it too. It's just to stop arguments re a child's age... mainly those who blatantly lie. I think it's quite a good idea on the whole.

How weird i was a tiny child and i remember once on holiday when i was about 9 i was playing on the play equiptment and they had a height limit. I was several inches shorter than it (tiny) and twice i was pulled off by staff who dragged me over to the height chart to "make sure" i was not too tall to play. I didnt know they still had these crazy rules.

jeez...dd 5 eats like a sparrow but is 130cm already.... but ds 1 much much shorter... can eat her under the table

Yes my Ds has been full price since he was 8 . He is a beanpole tall .

Yep seen this in several Chinese buffets

Tbh we are talking three foot and under so not exactly same as separating it into multiple price ranges.

Why would you go to such a place
Shudders silently

I was under 90cms when I was quite old though so would have been cheap for my parents. I looked about three even at six or seven

Just realised I would have eaten half price until I was fifteen

I wish they’d bring this in for adults. I’m 5 foot tall and pretty damn impressive at a buffet.

Yes, makes sense to me. They probably have a height marker on the walk. NYC transit authority used to do this for child fares, don't know if they still do or not.

I'm under 150cm, do you think I could swing half price at age 39?!

When in Brazil we went to a couple of buffet style restaurants that charged by weighing your plate cheap if you just had the salad

Ahhhhh you're going to Tangs aren't you? 😭

Totally normal I think, most buffers here are height based prices. Fair enough really.

One of the chains of all you can eat places we go to does this, they have a measuring thing on the wall next to the 'wait here to be seated sign' and I've seen them get kids to stand next to it.

The local all you can eat we prefer is by age and they charge full price from age 10, which to me is rather young. But it’s a lot cheaper than yours. That said, children are only £3 cheaper than adults rather than half price. There is another one by height nearby.

very sensible