Next Door by Wegmans

I don’t usually review restaurants but I felt the need to share my experience to anyone thinking of coming to this place. Extremely disappointed and will not be returning or recommending this restaurant to anyone! I made a reservation for my best friend and I, to celebrate my birthday. I specifically picked Next Door Bar and Grill because of the food and the ambiance, but was upset that we were taken all the way to the back room, where they store extra dinnerware and have ovens. There were plenty of empty tables out in the main dining area, all which were socially distanced so we were confused as to why we were sat away from everyone else. When my friend went to ask the woman if we could be seated in the main dinning area, her response was that there wasn’t enough room and those tables were for reservations only. Although we had a reservation it didn’t seem to matter, she told us there was nothing she could do. I’m not sure if this was because of race or not, but I felt very uncomfortable after being told we couldn’t sit out there with everyone else. I am Asian and my friend is black and I feel like that’s why we were sat in the back room. There was no one in that back room with us for a solid 45 minutes. I honestly wish we had just walked out instead of giving them our business. They did try to make up for it with a glass of champagne and a macaron, but the entire evening was very uncomfortable for my friend and I. Not the way I wanted to spend my birthday at all.

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Terrible experience. Was seated in the back overflow room when we had reservations .