Delhi restaurant denies entry to woman for wearing sari

A video has gone viral on social media in which a woman is seen asking an employee at a restaurant in the national capital whether sari is allowed The employee replies that sari does not count as smart casuals whereas the hotel only allows smart casualsThe restaurant denied entry to the woman who is an exjournalist for wearing sari However the restaurant located in Khel Gaon posh area has earned the wrath of netizens after the video went viralThe video has been shared by Anita Chaudhary a former journalist who was there to celebrate the birthday of her daughterTalking to IANS Anita said we booked a table much before to celebrate the birthday of our daughter at a restaurant named Aquila at Khel Gaon but they didnt permit me inside as I was wearing a sari which they dont consider a smart casualShe added that even after her daughter resisted the decision to allow her mummy inside the restaurant staff said that they will allow her only not her mother as she was wearing sariAlso Read Pune Food delivery agent molests woman offence registeredAnita choudhary told IANS that she repeatedly asked the staff standing at the gate to show her the rulebook which doesnt allow women wearing sari inside the restaurant But instead of showing that the staff went on repeating that they cant allow a woman wearing a sari She said that even restaurant manager and other staff came outside the hotel and threatened her to call bouncers and police for creating disturbances at the hotel She said Even our table was booked earlier we decided to leave the venue as they were not ready to allow me insideSharing the video Anita Choudhary wrote saree is not allowed in Aquila restaurant as Indian saree is now not an smart outfit What is the concrete definition of Smart outfit plz tell me Please define smart outfit so I will stop wearing sariSaree is not allowed in Aquila restaurant as Indian Saree is now not an smart outfit What is the concrete definition of Smart outfit plz tell me AmitShah HardeepSPuri CPDelhi NCWIndia Please define smart outfit so I will stop wearing saree PMishra_Journo lovesaree pictwittercomc9nsXNJOAOmdash anita choudhary anitachoudhary September 20 2021One user said The restaurant in Delhi Aquila that denied entry to a lady because she was wearing sari has terrible ratings everywhere On Google the rating is 115 On Zomato its 25 Its not the first time they have erred Checkout the past reviews everyone who has been there hates itThe video has soon went viral enraging many netizens calling it discriminatory rule of the hotelAccording to the restaurant the comment on sari not being a smart casual outfit in the video shared by Choudaary was a way to tackle the situationTo tackle the situation and request the guest to leave one of our gate managers made a statement on sarees not being a part of our smart casual dress code and our whole team apologises for the same the statement saidAquila went on to apologise for the remarkAquila is a homegrown brand and each member of the team stands tall as a proud Indian Our gate managers statement in no way is a representation of the entire teams view on the dress code Nowhere in our company policy does it say that we will refuse entry to anybody in ethnic wearWhile we have all the right to take steps for the violence by the guest against our staff we have chosen to maintain peace so far but in accordance with our policy of maintaining transparency with our stakeholders we are now issuing this statement Aquila saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever