To take DS passport to a restaurant?

[jessieminto]

Just booking a family that has a set price list. DS 10 looks more like 13-14, he's very tall. Prices for kids 9-11 is £10 cheaper than 12+.

Is it weird to take his passport, just in case, or would you expect the restaurant to just accept our word for it? Or knowing he's the size of a teenager anyway, should we just pay more for him? Some of the food is served, and some buffet style and he can put away an adult portion.

I'd just take a photo of the relevant page.

I think if he eats an adult portion then you should pay an adult price.
My 11 year old eats more than I do and we pay accordingly.
My 10 year old eats child sized amounts so I probably would take ID if I thought it would be queried.

Take his passport and pay for his age range. Restaurants don't just accept what parents say. It's often out of the staff's hands, just policies.

take the passport some places wont accept a copy

If your son is 10 you can pay for child amount and take passport to prove. 9-11 years old is stated just because your son eats more than some kids doesn’t mean you should feel bad and pay more for him x

Take it with you, but he might then be given a child sized plate for the buffet aspect.

if he wants an adult portion this should be what you pay for.

Or is this meant to be the flip side of the “my son is a strapping six footer” thread?

I take my DC for buses, restaurants and hotels, especially when they were 6ft 13 year olds.

I haven't seen that thread, I'll take a look. DS is 5'5.

I would (and have) on holiday at a Brazilian steakhouse place kids under 6 were $5, 6 and above $25. She was almost 6 and very tall. They didn’t query it but I was prepared.
My mum was outraged a bus driver questioned me but I always had a copy of her birth certificate or passport in my bag - she was weeks off 5 and in a 7-8 dress.
I once had a mum at a music group arguing with me that she couldn’t be 3 😐 (err I’m her mum I know her age)

Places that do it on height are so much simpler! Its really hard to tel how old a child is just by looking. My DD isn't exactly short (about 152cm, age 11) but her best friend is a foot taller

We always took them, never got asked but we're a tall family and my kids always looked older than they were. It was no hassle to have it with us just incase and way better than arguing with the restaurant or being annoyed because they wouldn't believe us.

I remember I lost my birth certificate proving I was under 14 when I was 13! For discount fares and the like. We didn’t have passports under 16 in those days as we could travel on parents’ passport (which is mad when you think about it!)

I took DSD passport when we went to premier inn so make sure we got the free breakfast for her as she looked at least 18 despite being 15. They didn’t actually ask for it but we didn’t want to miss out 😆

When we served carvery it was more like if you want an adult sized plate you pay for that.. whether it’s for your 3 year old or a 60 year old. You pay child portion you get a child sized plate

I took my girls to Badminton horse trials this year (tickets are expensive) but under 13’s go free! My youngest is a very tall 12 year old (just!) so I took her passport and offered it to the ticket people on the gate when signing us in, they didn’t look at it but thanked me for my honesty 🤣🤣

Places that do it on height are so much simpler! I'd hate that though. My dd12 is 175cm!

Some of the food is served, and some buffet style and he can put away an adult portion.

Theres your answer - you should probably pay the adult price for his eating.

If your son is going to eat an adult sized plate of food you should pay the full price. Otherwise take the passport with you.

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I have this problem. My 9 yo is 5'3", size 7 feet! I have an app called folio and you can safely store a picture of passport on it so you don't have to take it out. I have my driving license, bank cards, loyalty cards all on there and it's so handy

You pay by age. They realise some kids will eat adult sized portions. In the same way as some adults eat bird like portions.

Take the passport, saying you always bring it as you realise he looks older than he is.

Job done.

I would take it and show them if they don't believe you. However if he's a big lad at 10 he might want to eat off the adult menu rather than the children's and I would expect to pay the full price for that.

So would an adult pay child prices if they wanted a smaller portion?

One of the buffet style restaurants in my town centre does it on height which I think is quite good although I can't remember the exact cut off height. DS is fairly tall for his age and I reckon he passed to adult at around 11/12 but a smaller child would possibly have been paying childs prices up to 14.