Screeching kids in bar

[HandbagsnGladrags]

We are on holiday at a 5 star well known luxury brand of hotels. No kids with us. Hotel is known for being child friendly - no problem, there are adult only areas. Except on an evening where there is only one bar. Last night (and most nights) there were around 10 kids running around the bar, chasing each other, running through people's tables, almost knocking waitresses over. AIBU to think it's not acceptable to sit getting pissed while your kids bother other guests?

Yes I know we could have gone to an adults only hotel, but just because we didn't, it doesn't mean we should have to put up with unruly kids.

I don't let my kids run around but 1 in 10 times they will be dicks, maybe when there's a full moon or something and it's so embarrassing. Do try not to judge, sometimes even good parents have annoying kids, maybe it's a freak day because it's all so new and exciting, I get that it's annoying tho

@Preeeettyprettygood I'm sad for you that you don't get a holiday. But doesn't everyone idly browse and post on MN when they have time on their hands? And of course I've ordered plenty drinks 🍷🍹🍸

My SIL tried to get into an adults only restaurant with her child when abroad as she was asleep and then the manager said no she wanted to ask all the restaurant tables whether they would mind…..

I don't know if we have lucked out but I have never experienced this behavior on vacation. We have 3 kids and I wouldn't take them ro a bar at night anyway (when they were younger) but I would never let them run around inside like that.

This really annoys me as my child does have Sen (asd) and doesn’t run round bars or restaurants. In fact as another poster said happened with her child we’ve had to leave places due to other kids being excessively noisy and I can see him getting wound up and a meltdown coming on. In my experience whilst kids with Sen may be noisy at times they are generally not being allowed to run riot unsupervised, if they are then Sen is not the issue, I wouldn’t dare not supervise my Sen child as we can go from total calm to total carnage within the space of about 10 seconds.

I think that’s fine but then you say “hey kids calm down” or something and actually calm them down or leave if they won’t you don’t sit drinking and totally ignore them to do what they like at the expense of others

I would pay double the market price for any experience that doesn’t include children. Hotels, restaurants, flights, beaches, water parks etc.

It has become worse and yes I agree parents seem to expect others to police their kids. Last night the candlelight restaurant had said 3 year old rolling around on the floor whilst diners stepped over him. The poor staff were clearly uncomfortable but didn’t feel they could do anything. One of the diners was brave enough to speak to parents asking whether they could help to be be told, no, just leave him to it. He will stop eventually!!

I used to go to a local bar, craft beer type place. A couple of regulars always bring their kids in and as they've got older they treat it like a playground. Running, shouting. I've stopped going, as have a few other people

I'm on holiday at the moment, adults only, thankfully. We were out for dinner last night to a restaurant in town, and there was one child who wouldn't sit down, she was up squeezing past tables, running in and out of the restaurant, screeching "mummy look" etc, the parents appeared helpless.

She knocked a drink, luckily a cold one, off a man's table. It smashed on the floor. He said "go and sit down " in a very deep, loud, possibly Italian accent, in English. I'll be honest, I was glad to see her lip quiver and she went and sat down. Stayed there. A couple of people clapped, her mum looked annoyed, I've no idea why, and peace was restored.

Did the parents get the man a new drink?

Urgh.
Hell is other people's children.
"He's spirited!"
tinkly laugh
FUCK OFF AND PARENT YOUR CRITCH GOBLIN

@stratforduponavon that's quite unbelievable and ridiculously entitled!

We have discovered the joys of balcony drinking. A restocked minibar is only a phone call away.

We had a great time running round in family friendly hotels as kids. We book up market family resorts now and love it as we don't have to put up with entitled people thinking kids shouldn't have fun. This was never a problem before hotels started doing adults only sections in family hotels it was always one or the other.

The pub in all inclusive resorts isn't like a normal bar it's a theatre, come playground (reps doing balloon art, clowns, kids disco etc). We are off to Mexico soon, the hotel has a lazy river, bowling, kids club etc DS will love it.

@Chouah I bet that was amazing to watch!

@Morph22010 Unbelievably, no they didn't! They just fussed over the child. She didn't get up again though.

Yes it was. It's a shame the parents hadn't taught her, but I hope it's the thing that teaches that individual child to behave, she got a fright but that's no bad thing.

I have no problem with kids having fun. But I do have a problem with them running through my table screeching at each other. They are no more entitled to a nice holiday than I am. But you even seem to begrudge me what adults only sections we do have.

@HandbagsnGladrags well book an adults only resort!

Ahhhhhh okaaaay, so kids can run riot and do whatever they want because it's a family friendly hotel? I can see that you're exactly the kind of parent that I'm talking about who cba watching their child whilst on holiday.

@HandbagsnGladrags oh trust me he's being watched. So many dangers on holidays such as I don't no, a pool, the beach, marble floors etc I don't take my eyes off him. I just don't stop him being a kid and that includes playing 10-20m away and coming back to his parents happy and loud. Hell you often have a conga line of kids coming through, it's not like it's a piano bar on the top deck of a luxury cruise ship!

You sounds like the woman who once complained she was being splashed by the kids coming down the water slides and chucking water around the splash pool.

We've done adults only and we've done holiday villages, we go to each with totally different expectations. You wouldn't book a beaches resort and expect sandals.

@Grumpybutfunny no she sound annoyed that a parent let their child have a wee in the food area of a restaurant and scream, runaround and Knock over drinks...

No one is saying you can't have a lovely holiday with your children but when they're being annoying to everyone else be more considerate

@Grumpybutfunny would you also whip out a potty for your child to use in full view of people eating? That is rank

@QuidditchThroughtheAges no not the potty from 🤢 point! But her original post was about kids running through a bar as their isn't an adults only bar available which to me in a all inclusive on an evening is perfectly normal. I wouldn't let him run around a normal restaurant/bar in the UK but on holiday yes they all do it. They play around in the entertainment area which is usually a bar, whilst parents have a drink and often if there as a group take it in turns to watch all the kids.

It's really not 'perfectly normal' to let your kids run riot in a bar such that waitresses carrying drinks around can't do their job.

To those who said I should raise on TA - I did, and the guest relations manager read it and wanted to speak to us before we checked out. I got the impression that they'd had similar complaints in the past.