Sam and Billie Faiers have revealed that they were left red faced after being rejected from entering a swanky eatery in London's Mayfair.
The sisters, who are best known for their stint on The Only Way Is Essex, were left unimpressed after they booked a table at the posh restaurant but were turned away at the door when they were late.
Pregnant Sam, 31, and Billie, 32, said they were out in the city to celebrate their mum Suzie's 53rd birthday and were looking forward to enjoying a meal out and overnight hotel stay on the latest episode of their The Sam & Billie Show podcast, writes The Mirror.
At the start of the chat, the sisters decided to keep the name of the venue to themselves, but then Sam decided to share with fans that it was Sexy Fish and added that the management had a "terrible attitude" when they asked for another table after sitting at the bar for nearly an hour.
Sam explained: "I booked mum’s dinner on this concierge app, so we’ve walked into the restaurant and we were 15 minutes late, no, 20 minutes late, we had our reservation, got to the restaurant 20 minutes late, walked in, just the three of us."
Telling how the hostess at the door informed them their table was no longer available, Sam recalled being told: "Umm there is a 15 minute grace period, we’ve given your table away."
Pointing out that the sisters were not a fan of how they were spoken to, she asked her sister: "Don't you think it was just the attitude instantly towards the three of us?"
Billie joined in: "Also, from that kind of restaurant you do not expect that kind of service.
"You’d expect something like ‘I’m really sorry, you're a little bit over the waiting period for your table, could you have a drink at the bar? We will try and sort something out,' it was like 'we’ve given your table away you're 5 minutes over your grace period.'"
Sam sharing how she was not aware of the timeline to arrive, added: "First of all, I was like 'sorry I didn’t know there was a grace period I booked it through a concierge company who is well very well known, you’ll know them, you have my credit card details.'
"It was like come on, we are 5 minutes later than this grace period, that we didn’t know about."
Sam then went on to say how post-covid there are no walk-in tables available in London with Billie adding that spontaneity has gone out the window.
Pregnant Sam then went on to continue the restaurant saga as she shared: "So we was like 'ok we will stand at the bar', we were there for nearly an hour.
"It was like they forgot about us! Billie replied."
Sam confirmed: "They totally forgot about us!"
The pair then said that finally, the manager spoke to them but that they "didn’t want to be helpful."
Sam said: "I think as a manager of such a well known, huge establishment in London the way he dealt with the situation was terrible, bearing in mind we sat there for an hour, it was like computer says no."
Billie later added: "It was busy, there was a lot of tables being cleared but they could have squeezed us in apart from a small bar stool."
Sam then put the venue on blast as she blurted out: "I think we should name and shame sexy fish."
The sisters then saved the night by walking out and getting a table at Park Chinois Chinese which led to them having a lovely night out.
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