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Under-Age Eating?
Can a 14 year old boy and a 16 year old girl go into a 'Weatherspoons' pub/restaurant on their own to have a meal (no alcohol). I've googled it many times and I'm amazed at how such a simple question doesn't have a clear answer.
My lad and his girlfriend want to go out for a meal (without adults spoiling their fun) but we don't know if they will be breaking the law. It's a licensed premises, so is this a pub or a restaurant? Surely eating is never a problem with the law....
My lad and his girlfriend want to go out for a meal (without adults spoiling their fun) but we don't know if they will be breaking the law. It's a licensed premises, so is this a pub or a restaurant? Surely eating is never a problem with the law....
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.,,, During these times, 16- and 17-year-olds are welcome to visit without adult supervision, for food and soft drinks only... https://www. jdwetherspoo n.com/contac t/faqs/our-p ubs So the 14 year old must be with an over 18
12:27 Thu 31st Mar 2016
hc4361 Our local Weatherspoons opens at 7 am 7 days a week including Sunday and it serves alcohol as soon as it opens until it closes at midnight or 1 am ! As far as I know they are all the same. So there is no time an under 18 can go in alone. Where else can you get a burger and a beer at 7 am on a Sunday ?
Sycamore3house You are wrong. It is the fact that the premises has a licence to sell alcohol that causes the problem. It does not matter if it is a pub , bar, or restaurant the licencing law applies equally to all of them.
They could not go into a Chinese or Indian restaurant apart from to order a takeaway if it has a licence.
They could not go into a Chinese or Indian restaurant apart from to order a takeaway if it has a licence.
I never knew this about restaurants. We took my daughter and 8 friends to the local Chinese restaurant, saw them to their seats and went in the pub next door to wait til they had finished (the thought of sitting with 9 14 years olds was not appealing). They got served their food and cokes no problem.
^^ That link is several years out of date, it relates to when alcohol was not permitted to be served before 11am . Since the licencing laws changed to allow 24 hour alcohol serving, ALL 'Weatherspoons' are required under company management policy to serve alcohol at all permitted times. So as mine does they all sell alcohol from 7 am to midnight 7 days a week.