being refused entry to cafes etc with a pushchair

[missdashwood]

Visited a cheshire market town today with a friend. We were refused entry to two cafes because we had buggies. We were quite suprised. What are your thoughts on this? Anybody else had similar problems?

is that legal. dd would have to crawl in

Reading Blu's comment "If you invite a friend for coffee at your house, she probably won't expect to wheel the buggy into the kitchen or front room..."

I am reminded of my woman who cannot understand why I am not happy everytime she wheels her buggy straight off the road and into our front room (we have cream carpets and everyone removes their shoes on the mats as they come in). She just looks at me puzzled and says "But I've taken my shoes off". Mind you, this is the same woman who also doesn't understand why I refused to let her put her childcar seat containing child on my leather sofa!!

health clinic where dd2 has speech therepy doesnt allow buggies inside due to fire regulations, but they have bike locks at the front desk so you can lock them up under the shelter (the buggies, not the kids)

a few places cant get buggies in easily, so i tend to not go there. if we want a drink when out then tend to stop somewhere which has more open spaces, or if its nice, have a table outside

The tea shop downstairs has a sign saying no pushchairs at the tables.

Or maybe they don't want boobie feeding mums in there?

Mercy, I'm surprised by what you say about buggies as a lot of Haringey cafes get a lot of business from the with buggy crowd. There are places I wouldn't go because they're too small, and others where I prefer to sit outside if I can. And some which just don't seem pleasant in other ways.

mmm yes interesting. It is fair to ask for buggies to be folded at busy times. One of my fave park cafes has a sign that says just that. They are very family friendly but they ask that at very busy times people are considerate.

However I have a huge gripe against our local botanical gardens cafe. Which decided to put up a very snooty snotty sign outlining their buggy ban. IMO they did this because they felt mothers and babies were not the clientele they wanted.

It isn't clear cut but in some cases there is definate anti-child feeling. After all they don't drink lattes. Yet

I would never leave my baby strapped into the buggy outside a cafe while I went in.. If she was awake I would happily leave the buggy outside and put her into a high chair but if she was asleep I would not go in if I could not take the buggy in... In this day and age it is not safe to leave a child unattended imo even if you are watching through the window.

did you ask if you could fold down the pushchair? they may have just not wanted the pushchairs taking up all the space if they were small cafes.

can understand not wanting a pushchair wheeled through your house but i wouldn't mind putting a carseat on my sofa. it's not like they are dirty.