I have a sneaking suspicion that her child was one of the misbehaving children (though she would never admit it).
The parents of well-behaved children in my acquaintance wouldn’t complain about a rule like this; they’d just make a note to have a date night at the restaurant.
no one kicks smelly, loud, slow older people out of places...but kids are fair game...
and so it goes...our war on children and how "inconvenient" they can be....
Yeah, I’ve got two little kids. We go to restaurants with balloons and free kids meals. There for a while we didn’t go to any restaurants because one kid had a penchant for what I like to call “the random screams.” He grew out of it. Then we could go back to balloons.
It is possible she has a good child. She may feel she’s being “discriminated against” because of others of “her” group, IYW.
However, I think I would be more disappointed than anything else if I really liked the place. After all, the age thing changes - she can go back with him in a few years.