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<\/p>\nA US restaurant has caused a stir online after introducing a 'bad parenting fee' on their menu for customers with misbehaving kids.<\/p>\n
The Toccoa Riverside Restaurant in the rural town of Blue Ridge, Georgia, has begun dishing out the dining surcharge to encourage parents to keep their children in check.<\/p>\n
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The riverside eatery has lost its patience with juvenile customers causing havoc whilst their unconcerned parents fail to act.<\/p>\n
The cabin-like establishment serves fresh local food including a $39 (\u00a332) ribeye steak and lots of fish.<\/p>\n
It also enjoys an overall rating of 4.1 stars from its 2,062 Google reviews.<\/p>\n
However, the restaurant has angered social media users after a photo of the menu recently appeared on Reddit, as reported by The New York Post.<\/p>\n
The warning is stated clearly on the menu, bluntly stating: \u201cAdult surcharge: For adults unable to parent $$$.\u201d<\/p>\n The restaurant is said to have been charging the fee for a while, but only now have people begun to take notice.<\/p>\n And plenty of people had their say on the matter in the comments section of the Reddit post.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is deemed as an \u2018adult who can\u2019t parent\u2019?\u201d one person asked.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Another said: \u201cJust say no kids\u2026? Kids can be annoying, but they\u2019re unpredictable because they\u2019re KIDS.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I read this at a restaurant I would probably leave,\u201d someone else declared.<\/p>\n Several upset diners have left poor Google reviews of the spot, claiming to have been unlucky recipients of the \u201cbad parenting\u201d fee.<\/p>\n \u201cThe owner came out and told me he was adding $50 (\u00a341) to my bill because of my children\u2019s behaviour.<\/p>\n \u201cMy kids watched a tablet until the food arrived, ate their food and my wife took them outside while I waited and paid the bill\u2026.Disappointed by the experience,\u201d one claimed a week ago.<\/p>\n Another also claimed to have a bad experience bringing his children to eat at the restaurant.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t go if you have children. We were 3 adults, 2 children and our four-month-old baby and since we entered to the place they gave us a bad look.<\/p>\n \u201cLater my wife was rocking the baby (not crying, just to make him sleep) and this \u2018manager\u2019 told her that you don\u2019t do that in a fancy restaurant (of course this is not a fancy restaurant) and later moved our stroller in a bad way.<\/p>\n \u201cFood is not good either. Do yourself a favour\u2026go somewhere else,\u201d the angry parent stated.<\/p>\n Other bad reviews claim the owner dislikes children, can be rude to customers, refuses service animals and serves overpriced and undercooked food.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not going to go into details about the horrendous night we had here but would highly recommend not going here,\u201d one disgruntled diner wrote online.<\/p>\n Along with the \u201cbad parenting\u201d fee, those thinking of visiting the restaurant should be aware that customers looking to split a meal should plan on paying a $3 (\u00a32) sharing fee.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, however, the Toccoa Riverside Restaurant are far from the only establishment to do so nowadays.<\/p>\n On the Italian island of Sicily, a family were left horrified when a restaurant in a tourist hotspot charged them \u00a317 extra just to cut their birthday cake.<\/p>\n The eatery in Palermo sparked outrage after it revealed its new chopping fee.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-beeri-israel-israel-prepares-854208963.jpg\")
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