Dress Code at The Shard

I'm not a jeans or trainer wearer for going anywhere special and my children know not to turn up in theirs either if we are going out for a special meal together. It's not so much the place, but dressing smartly if casually for an occasion. I am surprised if trainers weren't allowed just to view at the Shard.

Surely a misunderstanding on someone's part. Ive twice been up the Shard in trainers.

The bars and restaurants there have dress codes.

I'd say 90% of visitors/tourists to such venues would be wearing trainers to tramp around the streets and stand in queues!

Supposing the OP's SiL had taken his trainers off, carried them in a bag and gone barefoot? Just asking.

Yes jeans can look smart and some are very expensive but if you allow someone into a restaurant with £200 jeans on then you can't refuse the other person with the £5 pair on.
The no trainers up the Shard baffles me, I would have thought they were less damaging to the floors than some shoes but as DH has just said to me " it is a subtle way of keeping out the riff raff " nice

I can understand a no trainers rule, but jeans? Non tatty ones can look smart enough if dressed up a bit. TBH I rarely wear anything else, and have been to some extremely smart London restaurants in them - usually to meet a BIL who lives overseas and wants to meet there when he's in London. Nobody has ever said a word or looked askance.

Though I do remember many moons ago when a dd and a friend of hers both had German exchange students coming to stay. Half term was coming up and the other mother and I thought it'd be nice to take them all to Cornwall for a few days. I found a small 3 star hotel that seemed nice enough - only to find that it said 'no jeans in the dining room'! For a small seaside hotel I thought it barmy, not to mention pretentious - dd and her friends hardly possessed anything else they'd be happy to wear. We didn't go.

We went to the Shard last year, a Christmas gift from DD. I'm sure I remember reading beforehand about the no trainers rule so we made sure we wore other shoes. It was so spectacular up there, wandering round with a glass of champagne, watching people have afternoon tea, I was quite happy without my beloved trainers!

Tip - if you're going to walk through "mucky" areas in London in trainers , just pop a pair of court shoes in your bag to go into restaurants, theatres etc.

How very strange. The Shard is in such a mucky area. Might be different when they finish tarting up London Bridge Station. I am surprised the dress code isn't hard hats and hi-vis.

What if you have bad feet and trainers are the only footwear that are comfortable? I was in this position before I had my bashed hammer toe fixed.

If you are going to eat in a "posh - ish" London restaurant it's worth dressing casual, but smart. The same applies to afternoon teas. I went to a London hotel recently with a group of friends and one of the ladies had to rush out and buy a pair of black trousers because she wash't allowed in wearing jeans.

If it was just to see the view at The Shard, then that does seem a bit silly that you can't wear trainers.

On the website it specifically says No dress code to view but the restaurants may well have a dress code and to check before hand.
Maybe someone was being a Jobsworth!

Oh my, what do reprobates in trainers get up to in the Shard?

Ballgown and tiara for a female? They would be quick to take his money irrespective of what he wore. A first on me.

Oh good grief, I would never have given a though to a ruddy dress code for such a place.
They should certainly make sure it's well advertised.