As always there are two sides to every story. We are indeed very child and family friendly at The Greyfriar. However, in this instance my wife, after thinking about the matter, decided she had to speak to this lady. The Greyfriar restaurant area was almost empty that day, so there were corner tables available, which afford considerable privacy, away from the bar area. Despite this, this party had chosen to sit at the restaurant table nearest to the bar. Moreover, the lady had also chosen to face the bar customers when feeding her child, rather than feeding with her back to them. To cap it all, the purpose made top which is designed to cover everything was, literally, covering nothing. This is why my wife spoke to the lady – she was displaying her entire breast to everyone in the bar, in circumstances where it was entirely avoidable. We have the full cross-section of people visiting The Greyfriar and I’m afraid many are offended by this type of display. We have a reputation for good hospitality at The Greyfriar and it was in the interests of our other customers and their experience at The Greyfriar that day that my wife had what was always going to be a difficult and delicate conversation. We are very sorry that this family were unhappy with their visit but we must always run the pub with the interest of all our customers in mind.]
