to be allowed in a tea room with an 8 month old baby?

[moogbean]

I went out today with dh & dd (8mths), beautiful weather, and wanted to stop and try out a tea room we had seen at battlers green farm. However the manager barred us entry inside or outside with a child under 8! Is this normal? Are they alloed to do this with age descrimination as it is? He said "he wasn't licensed..."

other peoples kids having tantrums - no prob as nothing to do with me - hurrah. would I ever go to a tea room that bans under 8yrs old - big no.

I have never herad of a tea room having to be licensed for under 8's.
It is a very stupid rule.

shops can ban under 8's if they want

i do live in the area, and its somewhere i would go without children.

i realyl dont want other peoples children ruining the peace for me at times. yes i am an old grouch.

I am not being devils advocate here, but I think "the management have the right to refuse entry" in this kind of place.

My friend has a business (hotel) where they have a "no-under-5's" rule. They just got tired of having the place trashed by badly behaved toddlers and had to make a general point because there is no way you can pick and choose.

Not sure about the licensing issue - perhaps he was trying to make a joke?

To be fair, it is very small and cluttered inside, tables are very close together and on;ly seat 3/4 people at a squeeze, so there is no room for pushchairs or small children, It is great for listening to other people's conversations though!

There are places just for people with kids (ball pits; soft play centres etc) that may not let someone in without children (in case they are a child obsessed weirdo).

And over 12s/teenagers are not allowed on swings in most parks. That doen't seems fair to me.

So a place without children sounds fine too.

i agree with gagarin - there are plenty of places you can go with your child without having to go to that tearoom.

having said that, unless you check up beforehand on the website, how would you know? it seems a bit of a waste of a child-free space tbh. if i'm in a child-free establishment i want to be drinking alcohol not tea! i can drink tea at home!

hi ud whats up?

well its just miserable, isn't it?

yes they have the right to refuse entry blah blah blah

its just miserable and rather precious.

that's near me, it's very poncey, like the st albans waffle house

Thanks to everyone's opinions, I do see two sides to the coin. My dd (8mths) was not with pushchair. In dh arms, and as a daddys girl, totally happy and quiet. After looking after 4 nieces and nephews (1 with adhd/ 1 asd) I know kids can be loud and can trash things. However I wasn't aware it had a ban. I has taught me that if I want to go anywhere, I must check if my child can go too. I think thats really . I feel very sorry for the parents of this world. By the way, whats wrong with the st albans waffle house?

On a recent holiday to Devon we made a special visit to a tea room in Dartmouth (highly recommended in the brochure in our holiday cottage), only to find a sign on the door saying no children under 7 allowed. It's the Singing Kettle Tea Room and they were almost completely empty.

So four adults and one (asleep) four month old baby (in a sling, not even a push chair) missed out on our cream tea. I then noticed another sign in a restaurant on the front also banning kids.

I'd mind less if they put it in all their adverts ("we welcome single, old and or/ non breeders but no-one in between"), but they don't.

Actually I have just noticed it is not a Tea Room but a Tea Shoppe. Says it all really.

The Waffle House isn't poncey, it is happy to have families, oushchairs, etc. Ithas highchairs and even has a children's menu that doesn't have nuggets and chips on it!

They will also welcome your dog, as there is a covered outside eating area.

It does get full of yummy mummies sometimes!