Serena Williams has named and shamed a wonderful eating restaurant in Paris.
The athlete, 42, has been in France for the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 and took to X (previously often known as Twitter) to share that she wasn’t allowed to dine at The Peninsula Resort in Paris.
A four-time Olympic gold medalist, Williams arrived on the venue along with her and Alexis Ohanian’s kids, Alexis Olympia Jr., six, and Adira River, 11 months and stated she was turned away.
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“Yikes @peninsulaparis I have been denied entry to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer locations however by no means with my children. All the time a primary. 🙄#Olympic2024,” she wrote.
The restaurant shortly replied to the grand slam champion with two statements posted to X.
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“Expensive Mrs. Williams, Please settle for our deepest apologies for the frustration you encountered tonight,” its first response learn.
“Sadly, our rooftop bar was certainly absolutely booked and the one unoccupied tables you noticed belonged to our connoisseur restaurant, L’Oiseau Blanc, which was absolutely reserved.”
A second post added, “We have now at all times been honoured to welcome you and can at all times be to welcome you once more. The Peninsula Paris.”
In an announcement issued to TODAY, The Peninsula Paris stated: “In response to Mrs. Williams’ tweet, for whom we now have the utmost admiration and respect, as we do for all our esteemed friends; we are able to solely reiterate our deepest apologies for her notion of tonight’s state of affairs.
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“At this time, August fifth, our rooftop bar was certainly sadly absolutely booked, and the one unoccupied tables at the moment belonged to our connoisseur restaurant, L’Oiseau Blanc, which was additionally absolutely reserved tonight,” the assertion continued.
“She has at all times and can at all times be greater than welcome along with her household to The Peninsula.”
An worker at L’Oiseau Blanc, Maxime Mannevy, recalled the state of affairs to Selection, claiming that Williams appeared “unrecognisable” when asking for a desk.
“When she got here there have been solely two tables accessible and so they had been reserved by purchasers of the resort,” stated Mannevy, who wasn’t working on the time.
“My colleague did not recognise her and feels horrible, however he informed her what he would have informed every other shopper, which is to attend downstairs within the bar for a desk to develop into accessible. That was completely nothing private.”
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