Royal Sushi Buffet — Restaurant in Jasmine Estates

THEY SERVED US CHEMICAL WATER. Last time I will be eating at Royal Buffet in new port Richey.

My cousin and I went for Lunch, we come here all the time. Everything was fine, until the waitress gave us our refills on water.

(We BELIEVE that she grabbed the Santi-pitcher that’s used to clean the tables because the pitcher has no ice, looked room temp, and it reeked of chemicals as she poured it into our cups)

I thought maybe it was her towel to clean the table, since our table was right next to her small waitress station set up/ untill Courtney took a drink and instantly start choking and her throat on fire. She asks the waitress “is this clean water. This is burning my throat, it taste like chemicals” BEFORE I even said anything about the smell.

My cousin was choking, and coughing, and kept asking if the pitcher was clean…. The waitress instantly grabbed the pitcher and ran into the back of the kitchen came out after 2-3 minutes..

At this point My cousins eyes are watering, throat burning, and coughing to the point she couldn’t catch her breathe from the drink of “water”

The waitress came back out with a DIFFERENT pitcher, full of ice AND COLD, and insisting that the water is ok.

I had my cup, and she poured us a new cup You can SMELL the difference. This one did not have any smell- LIKE NORMAL WATER….

The waitress came out with the young girl, THAT LOOKED ABOUT 12 - and said “this is the manager” and then a Man came out from the back of the kitchen, getting loud and raising is arms, to the point the little girl had to pull back on his arm. 

I kept asking for my orginal cup back full of the chemical water and they REFUSED TO GIVE IT BACK TO US because we were proving our point, and they REFUSED to take a drink for themselves..

They insisted that the water was clean, but as we kept asking for them to take a drink out of that room temp pitcher.. th waitress, “manager” and Man kept refused to go get that orginal pitcher of water that she brought back….

And then assumed we were going to pay for our food .. we weren’t even done with our meal and this happened.

The Man kept telling us “good for you” and that he’ll call “911 to help” .. we were not yelling, being rude or cursing, being disrespectful, or anything along the lines for him to get loud and assertive like he did…

I WILL NEVER COME HERE AGAIN

This is...

8/31/24

Inspection Number Date Disposition Number of Violations 3488603 Aug. 1, 2024 Emergency Order Callback Complied (Met Inspection Standards) 2 Aug. 1, 2024 Emergency Order Callback Not Complied (Facility Temporarily Closed) 4 3488603 July 31, 2024 Emergency order recommended (Facility Temporarily Closed) 8 3431107 July 15, 2024 Emergency Order Callback Complied (Met Inspection Standards) 3 July 15, 2024 Emergency order recommended (Facility Temporarily Closed) 8 3425106 May 9, 2024 Emergency Order Callback Complied (Met Inspection Standards) 3 3425106 May 8, 2024 Emergency order recommended (Facility Temporarily Closed) $800 of fine ordered on June 20, 2024 for 2 violations. 9 3406947 Jan. 22, 2024 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards) 10 3322779 Nov. 17, 2023 Emergency Order Callback Complied 0 Nov. 17, 2023 Emergency Order Callback Not Complied (Facility Temporarily Closed) 2 3322779 Nov. 16, 2023 Emergency order recommended (Facility Temporarily Closed) $400 of fine ordered on Jan. 23, 2024 for 2 violations. 8 3300554 Feb. 22, 2023 Call Back - Complied (Met Inspection Standards) 8 3300554 Feb. 17, 2023 Warning Issued (Follow-up Inspection Required) 34 3194114 Nov. 18, 2022 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards) 23 3091332 June 9, 2022 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards) 18 3157796 Oct. 13, 2021 Call Back - Complied (Met Inspection Standards) 4 3157796 Oct. 5, 2021 Administrative complaint recommended (Follow-up Inspection Required) 20 3080962 March 29, 2021 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards) 6 3072085 Feb. 2, 2021 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards) 3 2989098 Dec. 11, 2020 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards) 2 2948833 May 26, 2020 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards) 1 2931092 Sept. 25, 2019 Call Back - Complied 0 2931092 Sept. 23, 2019 Warning Issued (Follow-up Inspection Required) 7 2863831 April 12, 2019 Inspection Completed - No Further Action (Met Inspection Standards)...

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