Katie's Rice Box — Restaurant in Campbell River

I don't leave many reviews, but I had to leave one... this wild story happened yesterday.

I never got to try the food as the worker (owner, maybe?) threw it in the garbage in front of me. Here is what happened...

I was in the shopping centre, and I saw this place and thought I would take a look. I went in, looked around, and ordered sushi. The older gentleman behind the counter seemed a bit annoyed that I had ordered, so much so that I made a joke about not ordering sushi.

He seemed to have trouble ringing it up with the debit machine but eventually passed it over to me and immediately started making the sushi. I walked over to the debit machine, which did not show a transaction. It happens; sometimes, the workers forget to hit a button. Since he was already making the sushi and seemed kind of grumpy, I just thought, "Just pay for the sushi when he is done making it." No big deal, or so I thought.

I looked around the store as the sushi was being made. They do have some interesting Japanese products.

When the sushi was done, he asked if I needed a receipt. I said I still hadn't paid and got ready to pay.

The man said, "Never mind." When I said, "I want to pay," he said, "Never mind," again. "...But I want to eat the Sushi." He then proceeded to throw the sushi across the store into the garbage.

I awkwardly left and was a bit shell-shocked at how fast that escalated.

I'm still confused as to what the man was thinking. He already made the sushi. I could have paid in cash or debit. The waste of food.

I will never know if the food is good. It's probably not good enough to be reminiscent of a certain Seinfeld episode.

And now I'm telling everyone I know and leaving a...

I incorrectly brought my bike in the store as there wasn't a bike storage anywhere in the vicinity outside. here's how the following conversation went:

"Take your bike outside." "Oh my apologies, do you know where a bike storage is?" "Take your bike outside." "Of course, I'll do that. Can you please point me to a place I can lock up?" "TAKE YOUR BIKE OUTSIDE!"

And as I'm trying to get the bike outside, he's saying the same thing over and over, and asking what I'm doing? Like what the hell man, I wanted to try this place out for lunch and that's how I get treated? Rudest I've been treated in town in probably a year. Don't count on me coming back and steering...

I once experienced a very unpleasant incident with a rude shop owner who treated customers terribly. It happened during the day when some students, including me, went into the restaurant to order food. I think those students didn’t really know how to order properly, but instead of helping them, the owner chased them away. He seemed irritated all the time while working.

Another time, I went there with my friend. I ordered food, but my friend didn’t. Then the owner told my friend, “If you’re not ordering anything, wait outside.” I didn’t understand why. I never thought I would experience something like this...