![]() One Yelp reviewer, Xu Z., detailed being made to wait for 40 minutes with a friend before being seated upstairs - despite reserving a table on the first floor. “We have received over 60,000 reviews on Open Table, the reservation platform we use and not one has mentioned any type of discriminatory behavior on our part,” Gardner said.Īnnie begged to differ - and so do scores of other angry reviewers on Yelp and Google. TikToker who goes by Annie and dined at One if by Land, Two if by Sea recently, was allegedly seated with an Asian-only crowd in a dining room upstairs, while the first floor was a white crowd. ![]() I have worked at the restaurant for 30 years and the reason it has stayed so popular is because of the warmth each guest receives as they walk through the door,” Lisa Gardner, One if by Land, Two if by Sea’s Director of Special Events, told The Post in a statement. “One If By Land, Two If By Sea has been in business almost fifty years and we pride ourselves on our service to our customers, regardless of their color or nationality. She contrasted the second-floor space with a Yelp photo of the appealing, well-lit main dining room that might as well have been another restaurant - one, she says, that didn’t seem to want Asian diners.Ī representative for the Barrow Street boîte insisted there was “no basis of truth” in Annie’s allegations. “Let’s cut to the chase: One if by Land, Two if by Sea racially discriminates against nonwhite people, particularly Asians,” said review of a popular dinner restaurant in NYC – One if by Land Two if by Sea #greenscreen #nyc #nyceats #foodie #asian #nycrestaurants #nycdinner ♬ original sound – annie The cramped space is a far cry from the gorgeous ground floor that has won the restaurant, carved out of a 1700s carriage house once owned by Aaron Burr, so many accolades over the years. TikToker Annie, who goes by scored more than 100,000 views on a video from the night of her visit that shows a poorly-lit second level packed with other Asian couples sitting on less-than-luxurious chairs that might as well have been on loan from a suburban wedding hall. I’m a restaurant server - my customers’ card got declined, so I had to pick up the tabĪ disappointing date night at romantic Greenwich Village restaurant One if by Land, Two if by Sea left one foodie steaming mad - now, she’s accusing one of New York’s most historic hideaways of discriminating against Asian diners. Lady Gaga’s dad slams ‘horrible’ NYC: ‘Smells like weed everywhere’ Italy-born owners of Avocaderia use Mexican staple to grow Big Apple restaurant empire Popular NJ Italian restaurant will ban children under the age of 10: ‘Liability to us’
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