Challenging Conventional Wisdom Leads to Profits for Restaurant

Not only do I have no issue with this, I would probably eat there because of it.

Thoughts?

Challenging Conventional Wisdom Leads to Profits for Restaurant

Challenging Conventional Wisdom Leads to Profits for Restaurant

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This has been a growing trend for a few years. Part of "fine dining" is the pleasure derived from the ambience.

But I will say that I used to take my children to "good" restaurants--this is how I learned and how my kids learned too. They never disturbed other diners, and frequently, older people would stop by my table on the way out to compliment their good manners. So maybe it's about the parenting rather than the ages of the diners.

I really dont want to support this because I think parents are already weakly supported and I think that part of parenting is teaching kids how to behave in these types of settings HOWEVER I have become so exasperated by brats that I cant be bothered to object.

nota bene said:

This has been a growing trend for a few years. Part of "fine dining" is the pleasure derived from the ambience.

But I will say that I used to take my children to "good" restaurants--this is how I learned and how my kids learned too. They never disturbed other diners, and frequently, older people would stop by my table on the way out to compliment their good manners. So maybe it's about the parenting rather than the ages of the diners.

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In one aspect I completely agree with you, it IS about the parents of the misbehaving children. And I will readily acknowledge that the vast majority of kids do NOT act this way. But, like so many other things, it's the few who ruin it for the many. It shouldn't have to be my problem, and when my meal is tarnished by unruly kids it becomes my problem.

I would also suggest that older diners stopping to compliment you and your kids precisely because they've seen too many unruly kids.

IMO, restaurants shouldn't have to do this. Simply remove the kids menu. Done deal.

i have mixed feelings about it. if i owned a restaurant, i definitely wouldn't discourage parents from bringing their kids. also, upscale places are fun when you're trying to do something special for your significant other, but i haven't really found the food to be worth the extremely inflated cost most of the time. the most expensive place i ever went to served pasta that wasn't really all that different from hamburger helper. another restaurant in the same city sold me a twelve buck shot of well vodka. throwing around money like you have it is fun on special occasions, i guess, but i don't see a good reason for dinner to cost $140.

KevinKohler said:

IMO, restaurants shouldn't have to do this. Simply remove the kids menu. Done deal.

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I have a friend who once owned a German restaurant and bar. He did not like kids. He did not want them in his place. He did not have a "no kids" policy, but he purposely did things to discourage kids from coming. His menu had no "kid friendly" items. He did not even own a booster seat or a high chair. If you brought a kid anyway, he would smile and serve them, but he didn't make it easy, nor did he make any apologies.

radcen said:

Not only do I have no issue with this, I would probably eat there because of it.

Thoughts?

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I support this. Because some parents don't care if they are the douche bags who let their kids run amok and ruin everyone's meal.