Few clients at Chinese eateries
What you need to know:
- A manager at another hotel who sought anonymity said the number of customers was at a record low.
- In spite of all these, some lovers of Chinese cuisine are not ready to give up. Ms Ciru Muchoki, who has been having meals at a Chinese restaurant for the past 10 years, said not even the exposé could change her eating habits.
- “People no longer visit our restaurant as frequently as they used to,” said a security guard at Nanchang Restaurant in Westlands.
Owners of restaurants that specialise in Chinese food say business has gone down since a hotel was exposed for discriminating against blacks.
The restaurant did not admit black people after 5pm unless they were accompanied by a Chinese.
A spot check revealed that the number of customers has dwindled since March.
In one of the restaurant, there were only eight customers by 9pm on Wednesday.
“People no longer visit our restaurant as frequently as they used to,” said a security guard at Nanchang Restaurant in Westlands.
A manager at another hotel who sought anonymity said the number of customers was at a record low.
Owners of Japanese restaurants also face the same fate.
SLOWLY PICKING
Ms Jeniffer Njeri, a manager at Ginza Restaurant, told the Nation that business had gone down though it was slowly picking up.
“We have suffered the same predicament as Chinese restaurants because clients can’t differentiate the two,” she said.
In spite of all these, some lovers of Chinese cuisine are not ready to give up. Ms Ciru Muchoki, who has been having meals at a Chinese restaurant for the past 10 years, said not even the exposé could change her eating habits.
“That was an isolated case. I will still go to Panda Restaurant even after that saga,” she said.
Ms Angeline Mumbo said she could not condemn all Chinese restaurants because of the mistake of one.
