Barry Nickle says he doesn’t dislike children. He has two grandchildren that he frequently babysits.
But if children come to his restaurant, Asian Palace in the Independence Mall shopping center off U.S. 202 , he wants them to stay in their seats. Nickle works the tiny eight-table dining room and his wife Selena is the talented, and solo, chef in the kitchen. When Barry carries out hot plates of food, he doesn’t want a loose child bumping into him and accidentally getting burned if he drops a platter. So if the kids can’t stayed seated, Nickle will ask the parents to leave.
Nickle also doesn’t like customers using cell phones in his restaurant - they don’t pay attention when he wants to take their order and it’s annoying. He also wants customers to wait for him to show them to a table and not just grab any open seat.
Don’t like his policies? Too bad. Go somewhere else. Asian Palace is Nickle’s house and patrons have to play by his rules. Sound like a memorable Seinfeld character?
Is Nickle being inhospitable? Or is he just a restaurateur running his eight-year-old business the way he wants to? That’s for you to decide. See my review.
Bottom line: Dining is supposed to be a pleasurable experience and if you aren’t comfortable with the atmosphere of a eatery, by all means, leave. Or you can always order take-out.
Then let the kids run wild and the cellphone ring away.
But if children come to his restaurant, Asian Palace in the Independence Mall shopping center off U.S. 202 , he wants them to stay in their seats. Nickle works the tiny eight-table dining room and his wife Selena is the talented, and solo, chef in the kitchen. When Barry carries out hot plates of food, he doesn’t want a loose child bumping into him and accidentally getting burned if he drops a platter. So if the kids can’t stayed seated, Nickle will ask the parents to leave.
Nickle also doesn’t like customers using cell phones in his restaurant - they don’t pay attention when he wants to take their order and it’s annoying. He also wants customers to wait for him to show them to a table and not just grab any open seat.
Don’t like his policies? Too bad. Go somewhere else. Asian Palace is Nickle’s house and patrons have to play by his rules. Sound like a memorable Seinfeld character?
Is Nickle being inhospitable? Or is he just a restaurateur running his eight-year-old business the way he wants to? That’s for you to decide. See my review.
Bottom line: Dining is supposed to be a pleasurable experience and if you aren’t comfortable with the atmosphere of a eatery, by all means, leave. Or you can always order take-out.
Then let the kids run wild and the cellphone ring away.
2 comments:
Sorry, bu6t I cannot go to that place. It's the Gulag of restaurants.
The Asian palace has great food and the owners are serious about their business.
I applaud them for “sticking to their gun”. I had a restaurant for 10 years and the public can be so rude with their cell phones and kids screaming and running around. I grew up in a small business and my mother always told me that the customer was always right, but that’s not true today; it’s more like the customers’ for the most part, are rude with total disregard for others. I will go to the Asian Palace more often and I’ll leave the cell in the car!
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