The Third Place — Restaurant in Lancaster

I typically don’t write reviews, but I feel compelled to share the deeply disappointing experience I had at this restaurant. Despite spending nearly a total of $600, my friends and I were treated with a shocking lack of basic respect by the owner. We were ordering our food, when we noticed a group of girls that came in, we happen to know them, they were sat 1 foot away from our table, as we started to say hi and give each other a hug, they scooted their table near us, of course it seemed to be fine to us since we knew who they were, as a night went on we were having a great time together laughing catching up and enjoying ourselves, next thing you know, I am given my order in a to go container and told to pay my check and leave. I asked our waitress why I was being forced to leave, and she mentioned that her manager told her so. I then ask her to please have the manager come to our table because I'm at loss as to why I'm being asked to leave, he comes to our table, very rudely and points to the door and says, “you guys need to get the hell out of my restaurant” in a very rude, loud manner, as a woman I've never been spoken to like that, and coming from a man it was very intimidating, but I didn't raise my voice still, and asked him why I'm being asked to leave, he says that apparently we disrespected his restaurant, pointing to the group of girls that we had coincidentally seen at the restaurant, I then explained to him that we have nothing to do with them, we came separately, different reservations, and that he is treating us disrespectfully for doing nothing wrong

At one point, I felt completely intimidated and disrespected when the owner raised his voice at me without justification. I calmly asked him to please lower his voice, to which he responded that he didn’t care and told me to “get the hell out” of his restaurant. I then requested that he remove the food he had packed for me, as I did not plan to take it home—I had intended to enjoy it in the restaurant. He refused multiple times until I politely persisted. Eventually, he took my receipt, removed the item, handed it back to me, and once again told me to “get the hell out.”

Throughout the entire interaction, I remained composed and respectful. I quietly gathered my belongings and left, all while the staff stood at the hostess podium watching us, making our exit feel incredibly uncomfortable and public. It was humiliating and unnecessary.

My friends and I had no involvement in any other situation occurring at the time, yet we were unfairly treated. I can’t help but feel that the tone and aggression used would not have occurred had we been accompanied by male partners or if we had not been only females. The entire experience left us feeling singled out and taken advantage of simply because we were women dining on our own.

We maintained our dignity and composure throughout, but we will absolutely not be returning. I regret the money I’ve spent at this establishment, and I hope this review encourages the ownership to reflect on how guests—especially women—should be treated with...

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