AIBU about not allowing outside food in restaurant?

[Gnomesrule]

I own a restaurant with play area. We do not allow people to bring their own food. Many reasons including allergies, food poisoning etc and also there is a restaurant so we cater for all food requirements. We do have parties and allow people to bring birthday cakes only, but they are cut and wrapped by us and not eaten on the premises.

We have more and more people bringing their own food especially for unofficial parties etc. Many even leave the wrappers for us to clear, plus mash it into the carpets etc. We recently even had a parent cracking peanuts who was shocked when we told them that it wasn’t allowed (we don’t sell food containing nuts).

Would you find it an unreasonable request to be asked not to eat outside food in a place that has a restaurant?

Also if you held an unofficial party would you find it unreasonable to be charged to have your cake cut and wrapped for you?

Or go to a venue where they don't mind. Our home's too small and the park's a bit risky in September. I've always asked permission, they've always said yes and brought out plates and a knife.

OP, you could also include a financial element to discourage bad behaviour - Bertie and Boo in Clapham do this. Lovely cafe with good food and a good play area. It’s £3.50 per child to play if a meal is ordered, £5.50 if not.

We are on a very low budget so going to the soft play is a real treat for my kids, I cannot then afford £1 for a small bottle of water and the same again for a small snack that they inevitably ask for while we're there, it can cost more than entry just to get a small snack for them each

So don't buy them snacks??

I dont think it is up to businesses to cater for everyone. But it is pretty hard to say no to your kids if they want a drink of water. Not sure I could do it.

We struggle with how inflexible menus often are at soft play/children's places. For example 2 of my children will eat a cheese sandwich but only if the cheese is sliced - the texture grated cheese makes them gag and one wont touch it at all. When I order a cheese sandwich for them and ask for it to be sliced they say no as all the cheese arrives ready grated. If they do sausage and mash we might ask for a sausage sandwich instead and they cant do that either as it comes portioned together in a set meal with the mash. We once thought we'd have sausage and mash and a ham sandwich thinking we would remove the ham and put the sausage in the sandwich, but the lady told us the sausages come to the place in gravy. It's really hard to look at menus and have nothing on there your children will eat.

I don’t think anyone should expect to take their own food to a restaurant. That said , I’m extremely allergic to all dairy, and I’m Coeliac too - I generally find That if I call ahead, the restaurant are
Good about me taking something I can eat in a tub !!

On an intercity train. Accidentally spilt wine when pouring into a plastic cup. AIBU to mop spillage up with a sanitary towel?

To be fair MrsKoala your kids do sound ridiculously fussy.

So when you next ask for a cup of hot water because you brought your own tea bag consider how much that cup of water actually costs.

Not been for years, butis why I used to ask for a cup of tea but NO teabag, no milk no sugar just the hot water ONLY in a cup and pay the going rate for tea. Lack of teabag is frankly only a 10p worth or so

Best recent post is that of lstest

Years ago we used to go to one play area did jugs of squash for a reasonable price - I think £1 or so, and you could split among up to half a dozen cups supplied with it.

Yabu Latest, you should use your hair and then you can lick it off later.