Delhi restaurant issues statement after woman says she was denied entry for wearing saree

On Wednesday, a video went viral on social media where a woman claimed that she was denied entry into a Delhi restaurant because she was wearing a saree. In the video, a woman could be seen asking an employee at the hotel whether a saree is allowed. The employee replied to her saying that "saree does not count as smart casuals". 

The incident took place on September 19.

Now, the Delhi Restaurant named Aquila has issued a statement about the same and has posted a clarification regarding the matter. In its statement, the restaurant said, "We believe in utmost transparency and are hence attaching snippets of people who have visited our restaurant in a traditional dress code previously."

Read the full statement here. 

 

 

 

 

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"A guest visited the restaurant and was politely requested to wait at the gate as there was no reservation under her name. However, while we discussed internally as to where we could seat them, the guest entered the restaurant and began to fight and abuse our staff. What unfolded after was beyond our imagination, with the guest slapping our manager," the restaurant further added.

As for the video, it was shared by Anita Choudhary who wrote, "Saree is not allowed in a restaurant as Indian Saree is now not a smart outfit. What is the concrete definition of a Smart outfit plz tell me. Please define smart outfit so I will stop wearing saree."

The video invited the wrath of citizens who called out the 'discriminatory' and 'elitist' rules of the hotel.

(Note: We cannot verify the authenticity of the video).