"Our experience was almost perfect had mine and my son’s casual but clean attire had not been questioned when requesting to dine at Hells Kitchen restaurant. We were initially asked to “go and change” which I found insulting but, after staff and management discussions, we were accepted into the establishment. I found this to be humiliating, especially in front of my 13 y/o son, this is not what one would expect in the year 2026. Had it not been something my son wanted to experience, I would have walked and not given the FOH staff the pleasure of judging or vetting us. I have to add that, when we were actually dining, the waiting staff were exemplary. Everything else about the hotel was perfect."
