Aparthotel Adagio Porte de Versailles

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“We are a family of three – me, my wife and nine year old boy who stayed at the Adagio from the 30th of September to the 4th of October 2025. Since we arrived late evening after a tiring journey of over 13 hours flying from Kolkata, India (with long layovers in Mumbai and Istanbul), we were late to arrive for the hotel breakfast. As a result, my nine-year-old was still eating when the cutoff time of 10.30 am happened. What happened next shocked me out of my wits and left a bitter taste in my mouth which lingered through our entire stay in Paris. A waiter (who I had already noticed casting hostile glances in our direction), appeared at our table. Infuriated that my child was still eating, he glared angrily at my family and me, before admonishing us publicly for staying beyond 10.30 am. As he said this, I noticed that the family at the next table had just left (they were white and probably French), and this person had clearly been waiting for them to leave before insulting us. After I had recovered from the initial shock over the humiliation, I told the person that we were done, and the child would take only 5 minutes more. To my shock, the waiter admonished me again, more aggressively and contemptuously, again informing me that the cutoff time had passed. At this point I told my child to stop eating and asked my wife and boy to get up and leave. After they left, I sought the waiter out and asked him if this was how he behaved with all his guests. To which he replied that since some countries weren’t ‘cultured’, he needed to behave this way sometimes. More than the irony of a Moroccan waiter telling an educated Indian corporate professional that he came from an ‘uncultured’ country was the scary thought that this racist person had probably behaved this way with others in the past, and would probably do so again. I want to add that I did complain about him to a manager at the hotel, who very sensibly kept him out of our way for the remainder of our time there. I have no complaints against the hotel. However, they should relook their hiring policies as racist and India-hating staff can give not just their hotel, but the lovely country of France a bad name!”

Venture21098000371 · Nov 11, 2025