I was, until today, a frequent visitor to this place with my children [aged 6 and 2 1/2) but will no longer go to this place.
Earlier today, when we were sitting in the restaurant, a white man with a three-wheel walker came in. First, he asked me to take my son's pram to the side so that he can walk through, which I promptly did.
Thereafter, he had a conversation with the waitress, and then wanted to walk past my son's pram, and shouted in extremely abusive language. My children were terrified.
This man then went and sat at a seat close to the door, and was looking at me in an extremely intimidating way [I am a woman of colour, and we are a South Asian family].
When I got ready to go, my 2 1/2 year-old son was being his usual self, giggling, and being a bit loud. The abusive man again passed comments about my son.
I quickly got out of the restaurant and went away.
While all this was going on, and even after this guy shouted in very abusive language in front of me and my children, the staff did nothing. Nothing. They tolerated this white man's abusive behaviour [I am referring to his race because his hatred of my and my children were very clearly racially motivated], and were trying to make him comfortable.
The staff tolerated his abusive behaviour, and if even something more violent happened, you would expect nothing different from them. I no longer feel safe to go to this place with my young children, and will encourage all people of colour to avoid this restaurant, if they do not want to face unpleasant circumstances of this nature. read more