Brittany E.
Yelp
RACIST BUSINESS! DON'T SUPPORT!
My roommate had been excited for weeks to go to this store ever since she seen a video of it online. She's really into anime and figured they might carry some of the snacks she's seen on the shows.
AS SOON as we walked through the door UNTIL WE LEFT we were followed around by the two female employees. Not once were we greeted or asked if we needed any help. Even though my friend was clearly having trouble finding something, and we were the only customers in the store at that time, the workers still ignored assisting us. But they did manage to find the time to continue following us down EVERY aisle, look us up and down, and make it very OBVIOUS that they were talking about us to each other in their language.
I was ready to leave the minute we arrived ,but my friend really did want to try some of the snacks (And she gets nervous when she's being followed around as if she's going to steal something so she then feels pressured to purchase something) so she ended up getting $30 worth of products. I didn't give them a penny!
BUT WAIT, IT GETS BETTER!! When we made it to the check out the first thing I noticed is the HUGE security monitor. It had a live still frame picture for every aisle in the store (not a big store). I just can't understand why they felt the need to follow us around when they LITERALLY have every angle of that store covered in cameras. They could have just watched the monitor the whole time from the register instead of making us feel SO UNCOMFORTABLE!!!!!!
And I read a previous review that this has happened to others as well. I believe this is a reoccurring issue for SOME people. Because I couldn't help but notice after other customers came into the store they were not followed..... for the record I'm white and my roommate is mixed.
We will NOT be returning to this store again. And honestly after the way we were treated that was probably their intentions. To keep "some" types of people from returning. But it's not worth it anyways. Besides being treated like a delinquent, the stuff is WAY overpriced and just not good. My friend ended up throwing away more than half of the snacks she bought.
I strongly advise going to the Asian market that is located across from this place! More variety, more affordable, and LESS INTIMIDATING!
P.S. my friend wanted me to include that for a japanese lifestyle store they really don't carry much anime, besides the small anime figurines that you could easily purchase at hobby lobby for half the price..