Woman refused entry into Delhi restaurant for wearing Indian ethnic dress

A woman said recently that she was denied entry into a Delhi restaurant as she was wearing a traditional Indian wear.

Sangeeta K. Nag took to Twitter to share her experience with the restaurant in Vasant Kunj area of New Delhi. "My shocking experience with discrimination at Kylin and Ivy, Ambience Vasant Kunj this evening. Denied entry as ethnic wear is not allowed! A restaurant in India allows ‘smart casuals’ but not Indian wear! Whatever happened to pride in being Indian? Take a stand," she tweeted.

In the video that she shared, a staff of the restaurant can be seen refusing to grant entry to the woman and another person, saying “ethnic is something we don’t allow”.

The restaurant reportedly has a strict dress code: "Smart casuals only/ no shorts/slippers." In the video, the hotel staff can be heard saying that this rule is not being followed by the two persons.

However, the woman shared the 'terms and conditions' of the restaurant which does not mention that Indian ethnic wear is not allowed. “The fuss is that their dress code doesn’t mention ethnic wear. He only speaks of it in the video. Hidden rules,” she tweeted.

After her tweet went viral, the restaurant reached out with an apology. Tweeting the apology, she wrote: "Thank you for reaching out to apologise for the incident last evening."