JD Wetherspoon (JDW) has defended its policy of only serving two alcoholic drinks to parents with kids, after a customer contacted the BBC over the pub group’s stance.
Customer Stephen Gandy told the BBC that they were not allowed more than two alcoholic drinks each because they were with a child, even though the child's mother was drinking only water.
Mr Gandy said they were told the restriction was to stop "child cruelty".
Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon denied this was the case and said: "We are not in any way a children's pub with an activity centre.
"It is not a wonderful day out for children spending hours in the pub.
"Once they have finished the meal with the child, we would expect them to leave soon after."
"We would let an adult order an alcoholic drink with a meal and another drink after that but we don't want children there bored while adults drink.
"This is not a moral approach. From our point of view, this is nothing new.
"We never had children in pubs until around five years ago."
