A Toby Carvery customer has claimed he was "singled out" and "racially discriminated against" while visiting a restaurant in England.
Mikey Evans visited Toby Carvery in Kings Norton, Birmingham, for an evening Sunday roast on August 29.
After joining the queue to be served a meal by a member of staff, the tradesman noticed that other diners were each served two large Yorkshire puddings.
However, the 54-year-old claimed that when his turn arrived, a restaurant worker "moved the large Yorkshires" and gave him a small pudding, reserved for children.
When he asked for another one, he said the staff member again moved the big puddings and served him another small one.
Mr Evans - who saw it as an act of discrimination - complained to the manager, who said they would "have a word" with the employee.
The customer said he was "treated differently by her because he's Black" and that the restaurant's response had been lacking.
A spokesperson for Toby Carvery Kings Norton said they had been in touch with the diner directly to apologise to him and explain the incident had been a "misunderstanding" by their server over the size of the puds that he wanted.
Mikey, from King's Heath, Birmingham, said: "Everyone before me got big ones and everyone after me did as well.
"I said 'Can I have a large Yorkshire pudding because I don't eat meat'.
"She moved all the big ones out of the way and gave me a small one.
"I thought 'That's a bit strange, she's given me a small one'. So I said, 'Can I have another one, a large one please?' and she moved the big ones again and gave me a small one.
"I know she made an effort to find the small one because she moved the others out of the way.
"She would've known the small Yorkshires are for kids. She would've had that training - the small ones are for the kids and the big ones are for the adults."
He added: "I feel I was treated differently by her because I'm Black - my friend that was with me, who's white, got a big one straight away.
"I spoke to the manager and he said, 'I don't know why she's done that, because the small ones are for the kids'. That's the first thing he said."
Mr Evans, who works as a multiskills tradesman, said that he felt "singled out and treated differently to everyone in the queue" and that he experienced a feeling of discrimination that he hadn't felt since he was a kid.
Mikey said: "You just know when you're being treated differently.
"You notice little things like that, in fact you don't even spot it, you feel it. It's like a gut feeling that something's not right.
"I was singled out and treated differently to everyone in the queue. I was absolutely fuming inside."
Mikey said that while he hopes Toby Carvery will give the worker "more training on policies around discrimination", he will nonetheless return to the restaurant, which is a favourite of his mother's.
A spokesperson for Toby Carvery Kings Norton said: "We have a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination and take any claims very seriously.
"We have thoroughly investigated following the incident and have been in touch with the guest directly to explain the smaller Yorkshire puddings were provided due to a misunderstanding by our server on the size of carvery the guest wanted and to apologise for this mistake.
"We pride ourselves on being a family-friendly, welcoming restaurant and we're sorry to hear one of our guests has left feeling this wasn't the case when visiting."
