Went there to meet a friend and world class fragrance expert from Russia to enjoy a nice coffee in a beautiful environment and share insights on the world of luxury perfumery. I wanted to show him what Emirati hospitality felt like.
He showed me a collection of upcoming oils and we were having a great time. Unfortunately, the atmosphere went drastically south real quick. Their staff approached us rudely and told us that we are not allowed to sell or display products there and that we should pack up and go. We explained nicely that perhaps they misunderstood us as we were not selling anything. And that these were not products. These were fragrance oils and my friend is showing me some interesting notes as we are fragrance enthusiasts. However, we said that we would pack them up soon out of courtesy.
A short while later, another staff approached us rudely again and told us we had to leave for the same reason. And we explained the situation again. However, he was extremely rude and pointing his finger at us and being very disrespectful. He wasn't even listening to anything we were saying. And told us to drink our coffee and go. Even after we packed up our oils.
When we explained what happened to the management, and even though they acknowledged that we shouldn't have been treated that way any under circumstances, they didn't even to bother Appologies.
Honestly, I have never experienced such disrespectful treatment or felt so humiliated from any 5 star hotel. And this was far from the experience I wanted to show my guest.
Maybe it was a bad day for the staffs involved, I don't know, but I certainly won't be going back nor inviting any other dignified individuals to this...
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