Pubs that welcome kids...

[Huguenot]

I reckon we're quite short of these; but myself and Bumbalina do need to meet our chums and their kids somewhere at weekends!

I make it the following ED Pubs that welcome kids:

The Herne, The Vale

Outside ED we could consider The Sun & Doves (Camberwell), The Crown & Greyhound.... erm, any more?

The ones that don't:

EDT & Black Cherry (except mid-week afternoons), The Bishop, The Palmerston, Inside 72, Liquorice, Franklins, CPT, The Drum, Uplands

Is that fair? What have I missed? It seems that 'adults only' get a reasonable crack of the whip in ED?

[georgia]

I am sure Uplands do as have seen kids in there. Also thought the Bishop does during the day? Could be wrong. The Magdala does too.

Outside of ED - Dulwich Wood House does and has quite a big beer garden, food ok too.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Just slightly outside of ED I would say the Nuns Head does a good job of dealing with kids.

If only I could say the same about the parents ;-)

And the Magdala does a good job too I think - high chairs and that

Oh and the Gowlett I've seen many a parent (some famous) with children in tow

[Alan Dale]

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[Keef]

Uplands definitely does. CPT lets kids sit outside which will be okay in summer. there seem to be 2 very annoying kids that run around in there all the time at weekends, but I suspect that's more cos their dad's a bit of a nutter :-S

[scott]

The Bishop welcomes children with open arms. Always has. They can stay as long as parents see fit.

[Catmummy]

The Rye, till 6pm...

[the-e-dealer]

Yes Ive seen people laying on the sofas in the Uplands Drunk at 11pm with their kids sitting looking tired. Not sure its such a good thing.

[bald marauder]

Green and Blue seems to be pretty child-friendly too, at least in the daytime.

Franklins also served up some tea and cakes on a wet Saturday afternoon to two families with babies, without raising an eyebrow.

[almurray]

The EDT welcomes children accompanied by an adult any time of the week. We also make extra effort on Parent and Child Tuesdays.

[bawdy-nan]

EDT is a fine and dandy place to grab a meal with kids on a saturday lunchtime. I;ve eaten there with two smalls a few times and found it really friendly and good value, with good childrens food and nice stuff for adults too. I have to say that whenever I've been there Franklins has been a dream with kids. In fact, we celebrated our daughter's second birthday there and she tucked in heartily to the lamb's tongue.

[chichirara]

Took our children 14 and 12 to the Old Nuns head on Saturday night. good food and v friendly staff

[char1ie]

In my experience the Bishop has been great. I always take Max in there. The staff are lovely and very friendly towards him. There's always loads of babies and young children in there.

On the other hand the EDT seems to have a harsh policy. The bar staff have told me it's illegal or breaks the term of their licence to have babies in there after 7.00pm. It's embarassing when one member of a group of friends is asked to leave at 7.00pm by the bar staff to take the baby away.

Charlie

[spadetownboy]

i,ve said it before and i,ll say it again but the harvester is a great spot to bring the kids

[wee quinnie]

Yeh - but you wouldn't want to eat there!

[Jah Lush]

A baby shouldn't be in a pub after 7pm and if that's the law then I fully agree with it. By that time the parents should be getting the child ready for bed, not pissing it up in the pub with their mates.

[char1ie]

It's the banter and the potted haddock that brings Max back to the Bish. That and the barmaids.

Charlie

[Keef]

Found this...

"The new Act permits children on premises provided they are supervised by someone over 18 if the young person is under 16 years of age where the main activity is the sale of alcohol (e.g. a pub). Where it isn't then they must be so accompanied after midnight and before 5am (e.g. a restaurant)."

I think though that each establishment has the right to refuse if that's what they want to do, but they shouldn't claim that it's the law when it's not.

Personally I think that 7 in the evening is pushing it a bit for kids... Fine in the day time, but surely in the evening people should be able to have a drink and get a bit rowdy, without having to worry about little kids in the place.

[almurray]

I'm very shocked to hear that a member of my staff told you that children are not allowed after 7pm. This is in fact not the case. In fact it is not the policy of our license to refuse an accompanied child in our establishment after 7pm and you shouldn't have been made to leave! I will address this issue immediately and I assure you it will not happen again.

My apologies for this, our policy is that Parents can decide what is right for their children. EDT proudly welcomes families of all ages.

Best Regards,

Ray@edt

[Ultraconsultancy]

My gaff - my rules!

[bawdy-nan]

we too have been warned that we will need to leave once it reaches 7. This was when sitting down outside with a very young baby - at around 5pmish - it did give the impression that we weren't really welcome there at all. Having said that, it wasn't said in an unfriendly way at all - rather as a kind of passing on of the rules (and this was about a year ago).

[SeanMacGabhann]

Thanks for the clear-up Ray - we loves it when local business-folk join us on here

Loving all of the ideas currently happening at the EDT by the way. Was that you that got told off by Brendon Burns at the comedy a few weeks back, about that female heckler?

[fatfightersforever]

went to clockhouse recently as usual v early in eve to sit outside with two teenagers 15 & 13 and were told kids no longer allowed even though we were outside! V offputting...don't think much of their makeover either...

[alm]

funny that fatfighters, we went the other day to CHouse with two very small children in the early evening (I guess we had left by 7) and had no trouble at all. Maybe it is teenagers they don't like...

[fatfightersforever]

maybe although they are v pub trained! think it was later but still would have been expected to sit quietly outside...don't think it was ever a problem before.