I don’t know that I would recommend this place for Black customers (like myself). When I arrived (at 7:47 pm) I told the first waitress who walked by that I had a reservation for 7:45 pm. She said she would get someone and walked away. I proceeded to stand there for at least five minutes while waiters walked by and none spoke to me. Eventually a white couple arrived, a waiter asked if he could help them, they said they had a reservation for 8 pm, and he told them to follow him. I would have left at that point but I had to give the restaurant my credit card details to make the reservation so I decided to give them two more minutes. I told the next waitress who walked by that I had a reservation for 7:45 and had been waiting for over 10 minutes, she finally seated me claiming she thought I was “waiting for someone.”

After sitting down, the original waitress I spoke to when I first arrived and who said she would “get someone” to seat me brought me bread. Being the bigger person I said “thank you.” She just looked at me and walked away. The waiter who served me the rest of the evening was fine but did not seem very interested in answering my questions about the menu. All this and then the food (presumably the most important part?) was just ok. Ultimately, I wish I had gone somewhere else but I’m giving two stars since the terrace area was nice (nice enough that I would have stayed for another glass of wine and dessert if I felt welcomed to do so).

To the restaurant: please understand you are in the “hospitality” business. Your staff should be warm and welcoming to all customers, regardless of the color of their skin.

I’m Black, love being Black, and will take my Black business somewhere that deserves it.