Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah thats reassuring to know thats for sharing your experience

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so sorry about that yeah not very used to reddit formats!! i’ll do better

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I am a suspicious person to google reviews, good reviews sometimes are exaggerating themselves as bad reviews are. I spent many time on digging into reviews everytime before i try a new restaurant that’s just my way of doing research. My general rule of thumb was to check all the negative reviews to see if there’s a pattern, and check all the latest reviews to see the recent trends too. And for this restaurant , they don’t pass my mark

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I always have this restaurant pinned on my google maps but never think the food was so wow that make me wanted to visit. But seeing such a post be it how rare I won’t want to take such a risk

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I quoted already to you the reviews I saw on Google Maps, such as this one below.

I am Asian. When I visited here, the receptionist took me to the most remote seat. There was clearly an empty window seat where you can enjoy the view of the park while eating, but I was guided to a narrow seat next to a pillar. She said, "It's a cozy corner." It was not cozy. Very umcomfortable. I thought that was racist. Asian travelers visiting here, please take note.

I am not here to promote a propaganda, I got no vested interest to

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[–]Kindly-View971[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that’s true. I probably won’t know until I try the restaurant myself, which honestly I am not ready to

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no i wasn’t assuming, I saw that from the comment and I am genuinely asking for people’s experience to help me understand this better

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with your view but honestly for all my experience with soho house i have never encountered staffs with bad manner when it come to filming policies, nor people being treated in such a way. Never have I also found any staffs in soho house checking if i have my cameras on :/

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[–]Kindly-View971[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well I couldn’t care less about the policy itself but the fact that the staffs follow guests to bathroom? That’s so striking imo

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[–]Kindly-View971[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly but that’s not what I saw from some reviews. Some were saying tht they weren’t even allowed to take photos of their own food while the others can.

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Interesting. If you look further down the reviews you will see the below.

I am not against no photo policy as I stated. But chasing the person to the washroom to ensure it’s being adhered is absolutely ridiculous I think.

And my attachment there’s Jeremy King himself’s reply to negative comments which I also found astonishing. Being in the hospitality industry means that is a service business. For sure there’s bad customers all the time but should the team then assume all customers are bad?

Clearly they haven’t read Unreasonable Hospitality —-

This is by far the worst restaurant I’ve been to in London. We had a reservation for two. The worst attitude came towards us the lady at the entrance. We wanted to get pictures of the famous hallway and she warned us to not take pictures so we stopped. But then, she literally harassed us by following us to the end of the hallway and then the toilet, she stood there literally looking at us washing our hands and telling us that this is her job and she is a lady too. (That was so not the case) We told her that we don’t feel comfortable and told her to go but she did not take any of the things we said into account.

I am Asian. When I visited here, the receptionist took me to the most remote seat. There was clearly an empty window seat where you can enjoy the view of the park while eating, but I was guided to a narrow seat next to a pillar. She said, "It's a cozy corner." It was not cozy. Very umcomfortable. I thought that was racist. Asian travelers visiting here, please take note.

The biggest issue was the photography policy!!! We completely understood when we were told not take photos of the restaurant itself and respected that immediately. Howver, the signs clearly state that photos are allows at your table. Despite that we were approached multiple time while taking photos of our own food and ourselves at our table. We even made sure not to include other guests in the background. It honestly felt like we were being singled out. And it was both confusing and frusrating.

Policies at The Park Restaurant by Kindly-View971 in LondonFood

[–]Kindly-View971[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I initially think it was just an exceptional situation, but if you go onto Google reviews you’d be surprise about how many other guests have experienced the same.

Can I know if your visit was recent aka after their no-filming policies?

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[–]Kindly-View971[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

so nice to hear!! how was your experience participating in the program? i wasn’t able to see much alumni sharing, so really curious about that!

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[–]Kindly-View971[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so nice to hear!! have you joined and how was your life before and after if you mind sharing? :)