Rasika not allowing kids under 8?

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Rolling my eyes at this while at the same time remembering the bad experiences I've had going to restaurants with a couple of friends and their young kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. I won't be going back there, though my daughter is 9 now. I don't appreciate age discrimination.

Typical. ONE place out of hundreds is adult friendly, just ONE. But you have to have everything and every place, 99/100 simply won't do.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not a city or really country that likes children or cares about their general welfare, obvi. I haven’t taken young kid to Rasika and eaten outside on the street scape. I wouldn’t dine inside b/c of general hostility/tolerance for children in US. Do in Italy all the time. But am always prepared to leave if kid were to misbehave.

The intolerance is for the parents who aren’t prepared to leave if kid were to misbehave.

This is uniquely millennial problem. GenX parents just apologize profusely, put the kid on one shoulder and get a box to go. My 5 year can now sit quietly when crayons or a book - never given a phone or tablet, it takes one time leaving a place they really want to be with the consequence of leaving.

No, it’s not generational. Arrogant parents, who think they and their children are perfect, are every age, everywhere. No doubt you are one of them, just in a different way.

Nope. My kid is not perfect, but understands she is not the center of the universe, and is capable of self-soothing/entertaining. And yes, it’s absolutely generational and not surprising that the most entitled generation (millennial) has begot the most spoiled and entitled children.

Wait, aren’t Boomers the most entitled? And Gen Xers are lazy?

You have fallen into the trap of labeling people acc to when they were born. It lacks nuance. It’s unsophisticated. It’s a marketing scheme.

What generation is your DD? Is she already being stereotyped?

Babyboomers definitely brought GenX to restaurants, we were shamed openly to be quiet. And, no, millennials are the lazy generation. GenX are the bitter snipers from the side. But you knew that.

I do see how bitter you are. You don’t seem to have enjoyed your time in fancy restaurants as a child. I guess you weren’t as perfect then as you are now. Except for the bitterness, of course.

I prefer finely brined - but add lack of sense of humor to your long long list of generational defects. We didn't have a lot of money to eat at fancy restaurants, but learning to be polite and not disruptive is part of teaching children to be good citizens and members of a civil society. It's not about perfection. It's about learning to self-sooth and understand limit-setting. We took kids out for mother's day yesterday. They weren't perfect, but they stayed in their seats, tried new foods, made eye contact and had semblances of conversation, said thank you and happy mother's day to the waitstaff. Whining was minimal and successfully redirected.

DP We teach our kids all of these manners at home, every single day. We don’t need to go to a fine dining restaurant for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. I won't be going back there, though my daughter is 9 now. I don't appreciate age discrimination.

Typical. ONE place out of hundreds is adult friendly, just ONE. But you have to have everything and every place, 99/100 simply won't do.

My guess is you don't have kids or you maybe live in scandinavia or something. Most spaces in the USA are decidedly not kid friendly.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not a city or really country that likes children or cares about their general welfare, obvi. I haven’t taken young kid to Rasika and eaten outside on the street scape. I wouldn’t dine inside b/c of general hostility/tolerance for children in US. Do in Italy all the time. But am always prepared to leave if kid were to misbehave.

The intolerance is for the parents who aren’t prepared to leave if kid were to misbehave.

This is uniquely millennial problem. GenX parents just apologize profusely, put the kid on one shoulder and get a box to go. My 5 year can now sit quietly when crayons or a book - never given a phone or tablet, it takes one time leaving a place they really want to be with the consequence of leaving.

No, it’s not generational. Arrogant parents, who think they and their children are perfect, are every age, everywhere. No doubt you are one of them, just in a different way.

Nope. My kid is not perfect, but understands she is not the center of the universe, and is capable of self-soothing/entertaining. And yes, it’s absolutely generational and not surprising that the most entitled generation (millennial) has begot the most spoiled and entitled children.

Wait, aren’t Boomers the most entitled? And Gen Xers are lazy?

You have fallen into the trap of labeling people acc to when they were born. It lacks nuance. It’s unsophisticated. It’s a marketing scheme.

What generation is your DD? Is she already being stereotyped?

Babyboomers definitely brought GenX to restaurants, we were shamed openly to be quiet. And, no, millennials are the lazy generation. GenX are the bitter snipers from the side. But you knew that.

I do see how bitter you are. You don’t seem to have enjoyed your time in fancy restaurants as a child. I guess you weren’t as perfect then as you are now. Except for the bitterness, of course.

I prefer finely brined - but add lack of sense of humor to your long long list of generational defects. We didn't have a lot of money to eat at fancy restaurants, but learning to be polite and not disruptive is part of teaching children to be good citizens and members of a civil society. It's not about perfection. It's about learning to self-sooth and understand limit-setting. We took kids out for mother's day yesterday. They weren't perfect, but they stayed in their seats, tried new foods, made eye contact and had semblances of conversation, said thank you and happy mother's day to the waitstaff. Whining was minimal and successfully redirected.

Which generation?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. I won't be going back there, though my daughter is 9 now. I don't appreciate age discrimination.

Typical. ONE place out of hundreds is adult friendly, just ONE. But you have to have everything and every place, 99/100 simply won't do.

My guess is you don't have kids or you maybe live in scandinavia or something. Most spaces in the USA are decidedly not kid friendly.

Like?

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Anonymous wrote:How do I get them to ban the drunk boisterous customers that always end up at the table next me?

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Mom of 4 and I love it!

The table next to ours during Mother's Day brunch had 3 kids under 10. All were on tablets and NONE had headphones on! Super rude & ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:I take my 3 year old and 1 year old (and my older kids) to fine dining restaurants all the time with no trouble. Never did like Rasika. Pretty mid and basic Indian food masquerading as something elevated (protip - it's not)

You are just so above it all!

Seriously. And trust us - no one wants to see you, and your kids out at a fine dining restaurant. You and your kids are not all that.

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It's fine. My 3yo is very well trained for restaurants but I still wouldn't risk taking her somewhere like that. I do generally dislike the segregated restaurant culture we have in the US ("kid friendly" / not kid friendly) compared to. say, France or Germany, but we asked for it by creating a culture where kids run wild and eat picky.

To those talking about newborns, though, you must not have had a "luggage baby" newborn. I miss dining out with my newborn...she could sleep through the apocalypse.

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Anonymous wrote:Mom of 4 and I love it!

The table next to ours during Mother's Day brunch had 3 kids under 10. All were on tablets and NONE had headphones on! Super rude & ridiculous.

Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day should be renamed a mature diner day.

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Anonymous wrote:How do I get them to ban the drunk boisterous customers that always end up at the table next me?

Every time a single woman over 28 with a bmi in the top tercile walks into a restaurant, I know I'm in for a loud evening.

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Anonymous wrote:Mom of 4 and I love it!

The table next to ours during Mother's Day brunch had 3 kids under 10. All were on tablets and NONE had headphones on! Super rude & ridiculous.

This is why restaurants have to do this. Shocking how poorly some people parent. Anytime I see a kid at a restaurant watching a video without headphones, I think the whole family should be kicked out. Remarkably bad parenting in every respect.

(And I’m not anti electronics, just pro teaching your kids consideration early).

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Rasika is not that fancy and a total ban seems ridiculous. Why not just push families to earlier reservations - when my kids were little we tried to get in as early as possible and had a hard rule that the kids but was in the seat for the whole dinner. No getting up except for a closely supervised trip to the bathroom. and they were fine and quieter than many adults. People visitng the city or wanting to celebrate a big birthday etc.. may not have the option of a sitter. I really feel like if you are eating anywhere before 7:30/8 pm and get worked up that a kid is in the restaurant you are an attitude looking for a problem. If it is later and cranky kids are screaming or running around the restaurant that I also hate and think it puts the restaurant in a tough spot to deal with the out of control family

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Anonymous wrote:Rasika is not that fancy and a total ban seems ridiculous. Why not just push families to earlier reservations - when my kids were little we tried to get in as early as possible and had a hard rule that the kids but was in the seat for the whole dinner. No getting up except for a closely supervised trip to the bathroom. and they were fine and quieter than many adults. People visitng the city or wanting to celebrate a big birthday etc.. may not have the option of a sitter. I really feel like if you are eating anywhere before 7:30/8 pm and get worked up that a kid is in the restaurant you are an attitude looking for a problem. If it is later and cranky kids are screaming or running around the restaurant that I also hate and think it puts the restaurant in a tough spot to deal with the out of control family

Cranky, running or screaming kids should be removed from a restaurant instantly, regardless of the time. The problem isn’t the kids, it is parents that would allow such behavior for even a minute.