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Adults with children are only allowed two alcoholic drinks at JD Wetherspoon pubs in order to limit their stay, the chain has confirmed to the BBC.
A spokesman for the company said it was “uncomfortable” with children being on the premises for long periods because of a lack of play facilities.And he said parents visiting its pubs could even be refused soft drinks or coffee to curtail their stay.
There are 683 Wetherspoon pubs throughout the UK.
Segregated areas
The drinks policy came to light when Stephen Gandy contacted the BBC after visiting a Wetherspoon pub in Wallasey on Merseyside for a meal with family and friends.
The group was told that they could not have more than two alcoholic drinks each because they were with a child, even though the child’s mother was only drinking water.
Imagine a foreign visitor coming in and getting told that – it’s unreal
Stephen Gandy
Mr Landy said they were told by the bar’s manager that the aim of the restriction was to comply with “child cruelty legislation”.
“I tried to tell him that I understand and know the legislation and it’s not in relation to cruelty but in relation to comfort, environmental conditions and segregated areas and a comfortable environment for children,” Mr Landy added.
“But he was having none of it and the choice was we could stay but the child would have to go. Obviously we didn’t want that so we proceeded to another establishment that made us welcome.
“Imagine a foreign visitor coming in and getting told that – it’s unreal.”
When the BBC contacted JD Wetherspoon, spokesman Eddie Gershon confirmed the policy was in place, but denied it had anything to do with child cruelty laws.
Mr Gershon said: “Wetherspoons is quite clear it wants children in its pubs but it’s not a children’s pub in as much as a Wacky Warehouse or that type of place.
“What we don’t want is the adult just staying and drinking in the pub while the child is just sitting there and we will 100% back our manager in the approach he has taken.”
In relation to Mr Gandy and his friends, Mr Gershon added: “The only people they need to look at are themselves.”
Dont you just love our fine country and what its turning into :lol:
Wetherspoon pubs are fecking boring anyway :lol: can’t even have a fight withoue someone moaning :!:
Whilst on the face of it this ‘policy’ might seem to be a bit unfair …. I can see the point that the pub chain is making.
Whilst having a family meal including children is one thing, liscenced premises are really not the place for children to be for any length of time, particularly if they don’t have any dedicated children’s areas.
Are we REALLY saying that the consumption of intoxicating liquor is vital to the enjoyment of a family meal with one’s children???
I’d prefer to sit with the mums and dads on their third glass of wine and watch the eighteen year olds on their tenth barcardi breezer sent packing.
Wetherspoons are pubs that have no music, which is nice actually, well I find it so anyway. Nothing worse than trying to have a conversation with someone when theres loud music blaring out in the background.
I you want a pub where you can take kids, there are plenty of them, pubs with dedicated play areas for children. Although I agree with PB, pubs are not the place for kids but each to their own.
I’m pretty sure too that there are plenty places where pple like chickenman can drink himself senseless and the have a good fight, places where the bottles are already fitted with whistles :roll:
I’ve never been to a Weatherspoon’s pub but next time I do I’ll go on my own and sit nursing a pineapple juice all evening.
@bassingbourne55 wrote:
I’ve never been to a Weatherspoon’s pub but next time I do I’ll go on my own and sit nursing a pineapple juice all evening.
Paedophile.
:shock:
I wouldnt take our kids to our local one, its too much like a boozer for loosers…. all the layabouts end up in there morning till night.
Where we take ours on a Saturday night there is a kids area with pool, disco and entertainment and even darts for kids and machines. They love it, although my eldest prefers to stay home, my youngest meets his mates there and has a great night out.
I dont take them to pubs though, how boring would that be?
@cas wrote:
I’m pretty sure too that there are plenty places where pple like chickenman can drink himself senseless and the have a good fight, places where the bottles are already fitted with whistles :roll:
All i’m saying is that a pub aint a pub without birds bare knuckle fighting over fat blokes and men betting on the outcome of bear baiting in the car park, or maybe it’s just an Essex thing :wink: :lol: :lol:
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