<p>Clothes maketh the man or man maketh the clothes? Well, people have been looking for an answer to this question from time immemorial.</p>
<p>And for the 'posh' 'Mocambo' restaurant in Kolkata's Park Street area the answer to the question is 'clothes are more important than the man'.</p>
<p>Now, Park Street is a famous thoroughfare in Kolkata with several fine dining restaurants doting the location with Mocambo being one of the oldest joints there.</p>
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<p>According to one Dilashi Hemnani, who posted the entire incident on Facebook, she went to the 'Mocambo' restaurant for dinner with her driver on Friday. According to Hemnani,&nbsp;who is a marketing manager at Tata Motors,&nbsp;the incident took place on September 9 at around 8:40pm. According to the post, the driver, Manish Bhaiya, had missed his lunch that day and she decided to take him to dinner with her.&nbsp;</p>
<p>On reaching the location, she was first given a waiting period of 15 minutes for a table for two, but htat changed to 45 minutes and then was told that she wouldn't be allowed inside because of the person she had come with. Once she understood &nbsp;that the wait for deliberate, she charged the management. She reported that the staff said, "Ma'am we can&rsquo;t give you a table&rdquo;, subtly pointing at the driver.</p>
<p>Her post &mdash; shared on September 10 &mdash; has gone viral and created a furore on social media platforms, with people slamming the restaurant. Hemnani's Facebook post has been shared over 14,677 times since. It was even being shared on WhatsApp.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;"><strong>HERE'S HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED ON FACEBOOK:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;"><strong><img title="Faecebook reactions on Mocambo shocker" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/sep/mocaombo-fb.jpg" alt="Faecebook reactions on Mocambo shocker" /></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: medium;"><strong>HERE'S HOW TWITTERATI REACTED:</strong></span></p>
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<p lang="hi" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/anaggh">@anaggh</a> Mocambo khush huaa</p>
&mdash; Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabbbarSingh/status/775303919018713088">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even Mogambo will not be happy with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mocambo?src=hash">#Mocambo</a> &amp; will send dozens of rats 4 fine dining at this roadsider restaurant</p>
&mdash; Raaisaab (@raaisaab) <a href="https://twitter.com/raaisaab/status/775298644656263169">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="hi" dir="ltr">Disgusting. Mocambo Kolkata. Angrez chale gaye, inhein chod gaye. <a href="https://t.co/XKbquX4biX">https://t.co/XKbquX4biX</a></p>
&mdash; Kshitij Salve (@JaisiAapkiMasti) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaisiAapkiMasti/status/775298208625025024">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">So <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mocambo?src=hash">#Mocambo</a> is a place not to be ever! huh?<a href="https://t.co/nH069wtNtC">https://t.co/nH069wtNtC</a></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is this what happening in my city of joy!!! What a shame.. <a href="https://t.co/1XysvcFnQc">https://t.co/1XysvcFnQc</a></p>
&mdash; Paoli Dam (@paoli_d) <a href="https://twitter.com/paoli_d/status/775297468917551104">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never been to Mocambo! mainly because Kolkata has way too many street food joints for Street-people like me and didnt know anyone to take me</p>
&mdash; P B (@PBnrg) <a href="https://twitter.com/PBnrg/status/775293340166291456">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">In the land of Durga, demons proliferate<br />She was paying for dinner NOT stealing<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SpreadTheWord?src=hash">#SpreadTheWord</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mocambo?src=hash">#Mocambo</a> is evil.<a href="https://t.co/FAMaI4jd2i">https://t.co/FAMaI4jd2i</a></p>
&mdash; Ridhima Singh Rana (@Ri_Ra07) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ri_Ra07/status/775286215746519040">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Few of these park street restaurants have a place in the world of "Fine Dinning". Its right at the bottom.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mocambo?src=hash">#Mocambo</a> <a href="https://t.co/g7XqKabC5t">https://t.co/g7XqKabC5t</a></p>
&mdash; Shaheb Bhattacherjee (@shaheb17) <a href="https://twitter.com/shaheb17/status/775290356493582336">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh, I hope they don't shut down Mocambo before I next visit Kolkata!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mocambo?src=hash">#Mocambo</a> When you act like this,believe me the smell of food will seem stinking too.Wipe your brains with brooms,if at all it gets cleared!u00f0u009fu0091u008e</p>
&mdash; Kamalika Basu (@KamalikaBasu) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalikaBasu/status/775300112029327361">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That's what <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mocambo?src=hash">#Mocambo</a> restaurant in Kolkata did not to allow a driver accompanying a guest to dine being low std. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClothesDefineCharacter?src=hash">#ClothesDefineCharacter</a></p>
&mdash; Fly High (@CreationsbyI) <a href="https://twitter.com/CreationsbyI/status/775300061261692929">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. Obnoxious behaviour by Mocambo Kolkata. Please do give them a poor rating on whichever forum you can. <a href="https://t.co/L7kfpyLoMI">https://t.co/L7kfpyLoMI</a></p>
&mdash; Debayan Sen (@debayansen) <a href="https://twitter.com/debayansen/status/775302140185178113">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">apparently mocambo turned away a driver bec he wasn't dressed to their standards.<br /><br />apparently, mocambo still has standards. lol.</p>
&mdash; Gigi Garcia (@mycrotchetyluv) <a href="https://twitter.com/mycrotchetyluv/status/775304190277013504">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">really shameful, A well known restaurant Mocambo deny to enter a woman bcoz she has cm wth his driver..u00f0u009fu0091u008e<br />ppl shud boycott this racist rest.</p>
&mdash; NEVER MIND (@jayashreebhatt) <a href="https://twitter.com/jayashreebhatt/status/775306701322854400">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mocambo?src=hash">#Mocambo</a> incident is a shame!since when have colonial ghosts taken over &amp; replaced them with classist souls?! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kolkata?src=hash">#Kolkata</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/notMYkolkata?src=hash">#notMYkolkata</a></p>
&mdash; Damayanti (@Ch0tpot3) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ch0tpot3/status/775309125731266560">September 12, 2016</a></blockquote>
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