100% the call of the owner. The market will decide. I have 3 young children and would never take them to a fancy restaurant. What’s the point? Everyone suffers. The kids would rather be a Papa Gino’s/Five Guys anyway. If the wife and I want a nice meal we suck it up and get a babysitter. It really isn’t that difficult.
Exactly.
When my son was four or five and well behaved, I was told by the hostess that they did not serve children under six.
That was fine. We went back many times later when he was older and enjoyed the restaurant which had no obnoxious young ones.
I have taken my 3 year old daughter into several very upscale restaurant with no problem I have actually been thanked by the management for her behavior You have to know your child and what they are capable of An iPad with headphones and their favorite movie never hurts either