1 /5
Rating
★
We were celebrating my boyfriend’s birthday where we were clearly discriminated against. For starters it took almost 15 minutes for us to be greeted once we sat down at our reserved table. The dark haired bartender/ waitress was talking amongst another blonde bartender instead of greeting us. Tables around us with were attended to several times during this wait. Once we asked for the special cocktail of the day it was clearly made up on the spot as the waitress hesitated before saying “watermelon punch” I couldn’t help but laugh at this. Once she placed our order to her friend whom she was speaking with for 15 minutes before greeting us she insisted the drink be “light like really really light” I wasn’t sure what this meant but once I got my drink I realized the lack of liquor in the drink. Our food was brought out by gentlemen bus boys whom I pray receive tips. Once I placed another drink order with the blond bartender I told her “not light this time” once I received my second drink it clearly had more alcohol. My point of this message is the restaurant needs sensitivity training on unconscious biases. It felt from the moment we walked in they expected us to not be familiar with fine dining. From the waiting to the waitresses all around standoffish behavior I won’t be coming back to this establishment. This treatment is quite familiar in the area of downtown Hartford. We are two college educated, Diversity Inclusion certified professionals who work with the state and the top insurance company in Hartford in finance. Us nor anybody of any background should have to feel unwanted in an establishment, do better.