This was the worst Japanese Restaurant I have ever
been in for over 20 years. I am a mother of 2
toddlers and am currently pregnant. As usual when my
family dines out especially with toddlers, who have
their hands on everything and spill their food out of
their plates, I clean the table which we are going to
eat at. From all my experiences dining out I have
seen many gross and perfect areas as for cleanliness.
I have seen waiters cleaning the table after table
using the same rags and never rinsing them. I have
also seen rags which where used to clean someplace
around the restaurant used to clean the tables. As a
result of this I am a very cautious when I go out
with my children to eat out. This is the 3rd time I
had eaten in this Bento Box in Renton. The first time
was nothing unusual. The 2nd time the table which was
available was messy and was not wiped. The 3rd time
although the table was clean there was a fork on the
window seal. I cleaned the table with my hand
sanitizer and used the napkins that I had brought as
a pad for my children's plate. After prepaying for my
meal and the food was brought to the table I asked
the waitress if I could please have another plate for
my son and she turned her back on me while I was
still talking. The next incident was when I had
ordered at the front counter for a take out for my
grandmother and the hostest asked me if I was
Chinese. What a weird question but as a common
courtesy I answered, yes I am (Chinese American
Citizen). After hearing my answer she immediately
spoke in her language to a man in a non-friendly
manner , backed up at the counter staring at me with
her hands folded on her chest. The man approached me.
He then said for me to not clean the table because
they clean the table already and it is clean. Well,
the term clean is not the same for everyone
especially during the cold and flu season. I had
explained to them that I did not know that I was not
supposed to clean my own table which we were going to
eat at after all there was no sign. Plus I do it in
every restaurant that I go to fancy or not and no
restaurant has ever had a problem with it after all it
is the comfort of the customer that is supposed to be
what a restaurants concern is right? During this
incident I felt hurt that I was being corrected after
paying this restaurant over 30.00 for that night and
I felt angry that they were racist. The question if
"I was Chinese" and the series of events that had
occurred after that has made me feel that they were
judging me of my ethnicity. This restaurant is
absolutely the worst I have ever gone to, I hope when
you select your dining for tonight that you think
about what kind of experience you would want to have
before you eat at this restaurant.
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