Would never come to an ACYE, but was invited by my friends parent, so said hey why not! Well I arrived a bit earlier than my party, and the hostess decided to sit me. First she was going to place me behind a wall, but I wanted to be near the tv since the marathon was on, so sat closer to the door at the table that seated four; right in front of the tv. Well I guess the manager(older woman) didn't like where I was seated in the resturant, and made me move to the table directly right across from the table I was seated-which was behind an artifical tree. She gives me a lame excuse "since your going to be seated with a party of 3 this table is for 4 or more." I question her motives stating "the table your requesting me sit at is right next to this one, and it has 4 chairs too." Not one to put up a fuss I moved to the table behind the tree (still in sight of the tv) and next to a couple(2) sitting at a 4 sitter table as well. Lo and behold nobody sat at that table in fact they seated a couple with a toddler child 15 minutes after my arrival (see attaches image)
The experience was so mortifying that I had no words- as the entire resturant seen this older woman direct me a "black" woman to be out of eyes view for no reason, besides my skin color . My appetite is now ruined- hate that I can't review the resturant as a whole, but CUSTOMER SERVICE is equally as important. The joke is, when my guest arrived (white couple) they questioned why are we behind this tree?!
PLEASE NOTE- I WOULD NEVER CALL A PERSON AND/OR ESTABLISHMENT RACIST IF IT IS NOT WARRANT; AND AWARE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BAD INTERACTION VS BEING JUDGE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF MY GENETIC MAKEUP. Pictures to follow.