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Do you agree that certain restaurants should ban children under a certain age?

[b]Reservations soar at restaurant that has BANNED children after losing patience with crying, screaming and misbehaving minors[/b]

A North Carolina restaurant's ban on children 5 and younger has seen a spike in diners.

Since banning young children, Caruso's, described as an upscale Italian restaurant in Mooresville, North Carolina, has seen reservations increase from 50 to 80 daily.....

There was one time a girl was reportedly using an iPad with the volume loud and her parents refused to turn it down after waitstaff asked them to, said Yoshi Nunez, the manager of Caruso’s restaurant.
'Finally, we had to ask them to leave. They were upset, but they didn’t seem to care about what the other guests thought,' Nunez told The Washington Post.




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4372320/Reservations-soar-restaurant-banned-children.html
NCCindy · 36-40, F
Depends on the restaurant ... if you're going to a family style restaurant, I would expect to see children, that said, if I'm going to a high price fine dining restaurant, they take away from the whole experience I'm paying for.

Nothing against children, I love them and hope to have a few, but, there are times and places that adults deserve to be able to be around other adults and not children.
NineLives · 41-45, F
I never understood people who bring young children to restaurants and I'm the mother to soon - to - be 7 children.
There is take out for a reason! Little kids get bored at restaurants and isn't right that they disrupt the other paying customers and isn't fair of the parents to expect the young one to sit quietly and still for that long.
I never brought mine out, until they could prove to me that they could stay sitting and behave during a meal. I either left them home with one of their older siblings, while my husband and I dined (on special occasions), or I ordered food to be delivered home for everyone.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
I didn't take mine for a few years to a regular restaurant because she had a tendency to turn around and stare at people which is rude...we either went to a fast food restaurant and sat in a side table not frequently used by customers or carried out food. One time while we were sitting on a side area right next to the restrooms I got to overhear drug traffickers persuading my rural neighbor to make another trip down south, I dummied up and acted like I was talking to my daughter while listening with the other ear.
DownTheStreet · 51-55, M
I think it's within the right of the restaurant
SweetMae · 70-79, F
I think it is nice to have that option.
MayaFromCalifornia · 18-21, F
Owners have that right to ban anyone but not all children have stupid parents. I have seen adults in restaurants talking loud and behaving badly.
ryanty · 18-21, M
What about banning them after a certain time, I think families should be allowed to go out to and not just to fast food places
SW-User
It's not a bad idea ... you can't expect young children to behave like adults since they aren't
billytex1 · 70-79, M
I agree - there should be places where adults can go to enjoy a fine meal without dealing with any noises other than the background music and maybe an occasional cough or sneeze - folks that think they should be able to take their noisy, untrained children anywhere and do nothing to make them socially acceptable need to stay at home until they learn how to play well with others -
MayaFromCalifornia · 18-21, F
There are many restaurants that have that atmosphere but it's in hotels like at the Ritz or Four Seasons I think. But they're expensive to eat there.
kayleyem · 22-25, F
i would think no matter the restaurant if a child was crying throwing a fit, parents should respect everyone else in the restaurant and take the child outside and calm them down. ????? dad says that what he did with us kids, he said there were a couple times he paid the bill and we left before we were done because of one of us crying like crazy.. im sure it wasnt me, must have been one of my brothers
DrWatson · 70-79, M
I think each restaurant should be able to set its own policy. After all, these are privately owned.

I think bars should also have the right to set a higher minimum age than required by law. I did see one which did not allow anyone under 25.

There is more than one definition of "kid", as anyone who has been to a bar with drunk college students knows.
elVato · 46-50, M
Ban all the children.
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fairone · F
Its the restaurant's prerogative to make the choice. If their business has increased, they obviously did the right thing.

There are plenty of restaurants who welcome children. I say no harm, no foul.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Mexican restaurants where they have a Mariachi band because babies always cry when the loud music starts. Better yet, ban the Mariachi bands.
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
I mean I agree to an extent. What else is going to be done now though?...
They get their way with this..what else will they get away with? This borders on discrimination. A restaurant is not the same as a club where under 21 crowd is not allowed.

If you open your restaraunt with the purpose of it being adult then by all means. If you just decide mid way that you dislike children behaving like children then I think you should maybe change the concept of your restaurant too.

P.s. children who are 6 ...7....or 8 are not void of misbehaving and acting like kids.

 
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