Oishinbo — Attraction in Town/Village of Harrison

Update (9/23/23): Surprise surprise, it turns out they're actually quite racist to black folks.

On my second visit I was only greeted by terse glances and silence. Even the couple of patrons seemed extremely scared of me. I realize now that my previous positive experience was only because I was one of the only customers at that time, and there was only one worker.

I will not beat around the bush: I was followed around the entire time I was shopping there. I experienced one of the workers (pink shirt in an apron) staring at me, walking very close to me while staring, and even BLOCKING the exit when I returned to the pastry stand.

At that point I gave up and checked out. It was only then that the cashier saw that I was a "true" customer due to what I was buying.

I was offered an "Oishinbo Stamp Card" as perhaps some sort of restitution.

Perhaps if these folks were not freaking out about my skin tone, they would have realized that a shoplifter is not going to target their store in broad daylight to steal a basket full of curry donuts, Calpico cans, pastries and a premade meal.

Then again, as we all know, racism is highly illogical. I cannot in good conscience recommend this store to anyone. Back to HMart and...

Run away from this place. They don't act correctly. Yesterday, I contacted the restaurant to inquire if they were open. They informed me that they were and advised me to use UberEats for delivery, stating that the preparation and delivery time would be approximately 45 minutes. I placed the order and began tracking it. After 50 minutes, I noticed that the status of the order was still "preparing order." I called the restaurant again, and the person informed me that the order was ready but there were no drivers available to pick it up. I explained to them that they needed to update the status in the app to "ready for pick up" so that a driver would accept the trip, but they didn't understand and didn't do anything. They told me my options were to pick up the order in person, which didn't make sense and that's why I initiated UberEats or to cancel via Uber Eats. I canceled the order, and now I see that they are charging me $67. I didn't cancel because I wanted to. I tried to receive my product. I called to try to resolve the issue, but the person didn't accept my suggestion, wasn't friendly, and didn't propose any way to resolve the problem....

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