“If they came to my house and behaved like that they wouldn’t come back so why should they come back to my café?”
The owner of The Little French Cafe in Newcastle, Australia, has caused quite the debate after telling parents with noisy children not to come inside.
The comments, made in a post on the café's Facebook page on Monday and since deleted, came after the eatery received a one-star review from a customer who asked: "Are you child friendly? – because it doesn’t seem like it."
The Little French Cafe / Via Facebook: TheLittleFrenchCafe
If you are looking for a cafe with a children's menu, baby chinos, a play area, lounges for your children to jump on, vast space for your prams, an area for your children to run rampant, and annoy other customers, whilst you are oblivious to them – then the short answer is No we are not child friendly.
HOWEVER, if you would like to bring your children here, and they are happy to sit at a table with you, while you enjoy a coffee, and are well behaved, please come in. Otherwise, there are plenty of places that are specifically designed to entertain your children.
The post provoked a heated and mixed response, with some calling it "arrogant" and an "attack on parents", the Herald reported.
But according to news.com.au, others supported the cafe's position.
One women reportedly wrote: “I don’t think there was anything wrong with what you said by any means. You aren’t a child minding facility and if parents want to take their children to your cafe, they need to be responsible for their behaviour. Simple as that."
The Little French Café / Via Facebook: TheLittleFrenchCafe
