I think it had everything to do with
the blatent safety issue that a stroller pushed up to a table in the middle of a crowded restaurant is, and very little to do with her not eating. Usually when a family has a highchair need, they put your party in the most out-of-the-way spot in the restaurant. When taking my DD out and about to eat when she was stroller-aged, I never had a restaurant once tell me I was allowed to push the stroller up to the table... I had to hold her, or put her in a highchair, for safety/liability reasons.
I can totally understand why the restaurant staff did not want to risk trying to maneuver HOT food and beverages around a stroller AND the other guests. That is why the TS restaurants have some kind of stroller parking outside. The Stroller-as-a-Wheelchair only works for
RIDES. Not bathrooms or gift shops or restaurants....
I think that's where this definition of "access" got a little skewed...
Also if Teppan Edo is that style of Japanese steakhouse where they cook in front of you and you are sharing the table with a bunch of strangers, that style of restaurant REALLY cannot support a stroller pushed up to a table, it's just too chaotic. I can understand THEIR confusion; if she's not eating, then why does she need to be
at the table, and if she
needs to be
at the table, then why isn't she in someone's lap? They don't know the in's and out's of your child's condition and they don't need to know the details. If you refuse to be accommodated in the ways that they can provide, they aren't discriminating, they are simply unable to provide exactly what you are demanding.
If you have Dining Plan on this trip, I'd just
maximize the
Character Meals you can get, and work
lots of
snacks into your stay with the credits you have. Because I can sadly see where the pushback from management would come from, each and every time you try to sit down and have "a nice family meal" at a TS restaurant and why there is this policy to begin with...
Ugh how frustrating, I hope you can come up with an idea that works best for everyone in your family!