Do you expect to pay for a toddler at a buffet?

**RedTiger** · 28-07-2007, 07:16pm

If you go to an 'all you can eat' buffet with a toddler would you normally expect to pay for them? Ryan hardly eats anything, if we're going out for a meal I don't buy him a meal I just chuck him a few bits off of our plates. Tonight we were at a chinese buffet and had to pay for him as well as DD but neither of the kids are big eaters so between them they probably ate less than 1 'average' child does hence it costs us more to go to a buffet than just to eat from a normal menu

My Mum was a bit

'I can't believe we've had to pay for him to have a slice of bread & butter and a scoop of ice cream' Just wondering what the norm is across the country? (We don't normally have to pay for him in Pizza Hut

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**ms sweetcheeks** · 28-07-2007, 07:25pm

I'm sorry but no!
Well I guess it depends on how old the child was.
Under 5 no!
Over 5, half price I'd say

**Lady M's Mummy** · 28-07-2007, 07:27pm

i'd expect them to eat off my plate.

**sersha** · 28-07-2007, 07:28pm

Under three, probably not. Everything seems to change when they hit 3!

**Giggi** · 28-07-2007, 07:34pm

No way!! There is a huge Chinese Buffet at Cheshire Oaks and they don't expect you to pay for children. In fact they go by height so I don't think they would expect any children under 6/7 to pay.

**Candlelight** · 28-07-2007, 07:35pm

No i wouldn't

Oliver does eat off these things but a sparrows portion, definately not worth paying for!

Most ones I have been to have been on height i think

**Calamity** · 28-07-2007, 07:36pm

We had to pay £6 odd Red at the Chinese at the caravan park

Also didn't the kids have to pay at one of the megameets we went to??

**RedTiger** · 28-07-2007, 07:36pm

He is 3 (but is small so looks younger), the kids price was £2.20 cheaper than the adult price. It means that we probably wont go back there if we've got the kids with us, it cost us about £10 for the 2 of them (inc a drink for DD, had taken Ryan's cup with us) whereas we would normally be about £4-ish for 1 kids meal inc drink & Ryan would share a bit off everyone's

I suppose it's not that much money mind you - more the principal!

**Jampot** · 28-07-2007, 07:37pm

No I don't expect to. As you say, Pizza Hut have always been fine with us not paying, when ours were little, they even used to bring us a spare plate for the little one to have food off our plates. I'd definitely say 4 and over for buffets.