by FatherTime » Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:08 am
Alexandra wrote:
You have an infant correct? It's not like they refused your quiet 16 year old. They were too polite to tell you that people don't spend $200 to sit down and listen to your baby playing on his iPad or screaming like they normally do in public in Cambodia. If you're not staying in the hotel I really don't know what you're doing at Rosewood with kids.
Yes, infant, correct. (I'm not really sure, when do they stop being "infants"?)
I'm very conscientious, and would not be in any restaurant/bar with him playing an iPad, screaming, or crying. I figured that at 5/5:30 PM, before the sun even went down, that my group of four (plus him) could sit an enjoy a drink and the view. Staying at the hotel or not shouldn't matter, but it seemed to me that even if I was staying in the hotel, that they wouldn't have allowed it.
logos wrote:Any bar in the US or Europe would let you in at 5:30 PM with your well behaved infant, but they were told here “no one under 18 can come in and drink.”
I very much doubt you'd be able to take a toddler to some British pubs except on family brunches. Why do you assume you should be exempt of written rules, just because you're a Westerner in Cambodia?
I guess I was surprised that an open aired restaurant/bar wouldn't let us at a reasonable hour of the day. Have you been there? It's a pretty relaxed environment, at a 5-star hotel. The "under 18 rule" is most likely their global policy of not serving alcohol to those under 18, and doesn't relate to me having a beer with my son.
I guess I was just surprised to be denied, which did not happen when I traveled to the U.S. or to Europe. It comes back to my original question, and I guess Alexandra and Logos would say that even during daylight hours, one should not go to a bar like atmosphere with their little one.
[quote="Alexandra"]
You have an infant correct? It's not like they refused your quiet 16 year old. They were too polite to tell you that people don't spend $200 to sit down and listen to your baby playing on his iPad or screaming like they normally do in public in Cambodia. If you're not staying in the hotel I really don't know what you're doing at Rosewood with kids.[/quote]
Yes, infant, correct. (I'm not really sure, when do they stop being "infants"?)
I'm very conscientious, and would not be in any restaurant/bar with him playing an iPad, screaming, or crying. I figured that at 5/5:30 PM, before the sun even went down, that my group of four (plus him) could sit an enjoy a drink and the view. Staying at the hotel or not shouldn't matter, but it seemed to me that even if I was staying in the hotel, that they wouldn't have allowed it.
[quote="logos"][quote]Any bar in the US or Europe would let you in at 5:30 PM with your well behaved infant, but they were told here “no one under 18 can come in and drink.” [/quote]
I very much doubt you'd be able to take a toddler to some British pubs except on family brunches. Why do you assume you should be exempt of written rules, just because you're a Westerner in Cambodia?[/quote]
I guess I was surprised that an open aired restaurant/bar wouldn't let us at a reasonable hour of the day. Have you been there? It's a pretty relaxed environment, at a 5-star hotel. The "under 18 rule" is most likely their global policy of not serving alcohol to those under 18, and doesn't relate to me having a beer with my son.
I guess I was just surprised to be denied, which did not happen when I traveled to the U.S. or to Europe. It comes back to my original question, and I guess Alexandra and Logos would say that even during daylight hours, one should not go to a bar like atmosphere with their little one.