Maria L.
Yelp
I am a Latina woman, and I arrived on 09/22/2023 around 5 pm after my OBG appointment. I was starving, and my husband was parking. Since we were walking in, I decided to step in and wait for the host. When she arrived (a tall blonde girl) at the host stand at the entry, she asked me if I had a reservation. I replied that I just wanted to know if a table for 2 was available (half the tables were empty), but no, I didn't have a reservation. Then she looked at me and said, 'You can have this table,' pointing to a corner table inside, 'but I need the table back in 1 hour.' She also sounded very rude.
Feeling hungry, and being 5 months pregnant, I thought, 'I'm so hungry, I don't care if she's rude, I need to eat ASAP after my doctor's appointment.'
She then sent someone to seat me and told the waiter to remind me that I could only stay for 1 hour. I could tell the waiter was ashamed, and the second waiter seemed awkward too.
When my husband arrived, the waiter said to me, ignoring him, 'I am aware you can only be here for an hour.' My husband, who is a super white dude, was shocked because not even Nobu dares to say such a thing, lol.
He said to me, 'So, because you're Latina, and half the tables are empty...'
I noticed that they seated other people after me and never mentioned anything about the 'hour limit,' even if they had the entire restaurant booked at 6 pm. I tried to brush it off, thinking maybe they had reservations.
The food was good; it was my second time eating there in a month because it's very close to my doctor's office. However, there are so many good restaurants around Beverly Hills where you can spend your money. By the way, we ate in like 30 minutes because we were starving and had dessert at the Greek yogurt place next door, which was so nice and had a completely different vibe.
Just a heads up for Latinos - the host is not friendly, and it's not worth it. The experience was awful, even if the food was good.
I hope the service improves, (just the host attending Friday 09/22/23 at 5 pm) everyone else is super friendly