Woman told outfit is 'too revealing' for restaurant accuses venue of 'discrimination'
dailystar.co.ukTikTok by complaining that she had been told to change clothes before entering a London restaurant.Katie Haywood claims her outfit was deemed “too revealing” to enter the venue MNKY HSE in Mayfair.The reveller, who was visiting for a friend's 21st birthday, accused the eatery of “first-hand discrimination” after she was allegedly told to cover up.READ MORE: Parents outraged that 'girls' toy' is more expensive than boys' in pink tax rowAccording to Katie, door staff said she'd need to change out of her pink crop top and wrap-around patterned skirt that bared her midriff – as it may offend other diners.In the video, which has gained more than two million views, Katie explained: "We all dressed up nice.
We turned up at the door and the security lady on the door goes to me, 'You can't come in like that. You need to change what you're wearing.'"I was like, 'oh, I don't have anything else.' And she was like to my friends, 'oh, do you have a jacket? 'She could have seen none of us had one. "I was like, 'why is that?' And she was like, 'because there's a lot of Arab families in here.
You can't be coming in dressed like that.' "I said, 'it doesn't state this on your website though, 'cause I did check before we came.'"The punter then reluctantly agreed to rejig her skirt so that it covered her over – but claims she was made to do it in the middle of the road and in front of male members of staff.But after being shown to her table she was allegedly asked again to wear a jacket – despite her friends also wearing revealing clothing.
Katie claims the group were then moved so they were out of view of other customers, which made her feel like she didn't want to be there.She believes the only problem was that she was a bigger girl.
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