Should phones be allowed in restaurants?

A growing number of hospitality venues are discouraging or even banning phones for the sake of customers. The French House in London’s Soho has long maintained a policy of no phones, music or televisions to safeguard its reputation as a “haven for conversationalists”. At Eulalie in New York, which launched in 2023, the request to tuck one’s mobile away signals a return to old-fashioned values…