I live right next to the restaurant. I have a three year old daughter with autism and she is a very picky eater. One of the few things she eats and loves, is the pad Thai here. We order it probably three times a week. Deliver, pick up for take out, dine in... you name it. We loved this place, the server knew us and our order by heart.
I took my daughter and my 16 month old son to dine in yesterday. My autistic daughter who has just become semi verbal was greeting everybody with an emphatic "hi!" And smiling and happy to be out. It was a 75% full restaurant. The server That has taken care of us for the year and a half we have lived here, asked us to leave because other customers were complaining about my daughter being loud.
Let me repeat that.
I was asked to leave this restaurant because my autistic child was apparently ruining other guests experience.
As I then said that we no longer wished to eat here, ever again, she tried to tell me to please understand. I work in a restaurant. So does my husband. I understand that this was absolutely discrimination and if I could go and take this instance further than just a review, I would. My child struggles enough with daily things in life. It was very sad as I packed my kids up and my daughter is crying bye food, bye pad Thai. I took the opportunity to kiss my child's face and remind her that she's beautiful and did absolutely nothing wrong.
A nice man and one of the guests we apparently disturbed helped us out. I said I was just asked to leave because my special needs child was disruptive and he was appalled.
F this place. And if anybody has any advice on how I can make this a bigger deal, please let me know. I will be letting the autism community know as well. Thanks for reading.