Clock House pub closed down? (Update: 19/08/24: reopening next month)

[Dulwich dweller]

2 hours ago, phas0ruk said:

Was told my 8 year old wasn’t welcome at 7:20pm. Why did they move to ED if they hate families?

I'd imagine it to be pretty common for pubs have a no kids policy in the evening. It might be a pain for you but at the same time not good for business or favourable with punters. I think a ' hate families hour ' sign should be clearly visible too as it saves you the ignominy of it all.

[Sue]

Despite our best intentions, we used to go here every Christmas Day (when we were in London)  after The Ivy House closed (well, we had to pass it on the way home, and our willpower failed us)  so this year we thought we would book Christmas lunch there.

Sadly they are not opening at all on either Christmas Day or Boxing Day, let alone doing food 😥

 

[malumbu]

To put the boot on the other foot it amused me in the 90s into the 00s when the Dulwich Woodhouse very much welcomed families in the day, particularly at weekends, when the garden was open, but not when the garden was shut.  Happy to take the money when the sun shined.  I remember one cold but sunny day being told that kids were unwelcome, but then made them open the door to the garden.  Still a much better pub in those days, as was the Clock and all of the Young's estate, irrespective of the old couple who managed it for years.

I met them in the Morpeth near the Tate when they had moved to there's about 15 years ago, and they complained about running the Woodhouse 

There is a sensible balance in letting families in it can go wrong in both ways.

[Cyclemonkey]

I think it is common for pubs not to be allowed to have children there after a certain time.  I susoect it is a licence condition rather than specific children hate.  We went to the Clockhouse on last month on a Sunday afternoon and there were plenty of children there. 

[Sue]

2 hours ago, Cyclemonkey said:

I think it is common for pubs not to be allowed to have children there after a certain time.  I susoect it is a licence condition rather than specific children hate.  We went to the Clockhouse on last month on a Sunday afternoon and there were plenty of children there. 

I think it's probably both.

Most people would not want to go to a pub in late evening and find it full of children. The pub would soon lose customers!

[Cyclemonkey]

Well there is that too.  I support family friendly venues but in the evening/night pubs are adult spaces.