Renowned tennis champion, Serena Williams criticised a luxury hotel in Paris in a social media post on X, previously known as Twitter, that received huge attention from millions of viewers worldwide, after she and her family were denied entry to the hotel's restaurant on Monday. Sharing a post on X Williams said: "Yikes @peninsulaparis I've been denied access to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer places but never with my kids. Always a first.
" The Peninsula's rooftop restaurant , L'Oiseau Blanc that offered a view of the Eiffel tower, responded to the post and said: "Dear Mrs. Williams, Please accept our deepest apologies for the disappointment you encountered tonight. Unfortunately, our rooftop bar was indeed fully booked and the only unoccupied tables you saw belonged to our gourmet restaurant, L'Oiseau Blanc, which was fully reserved.
" With another message followed, stating: "We have always been honored to welcome you and will always be to welcome you again." While some X users expressed their support for Williams, arguing that the restaurant should have accommodated her, while another said, “Elites publicly whining about not getting VIP service is so dystopian..
.” A staff member at the Peninsula Paris restaurant, Maxime Mannevy, told media outlet Variety that Williams arrived at the restaurant looking "unrecognizable" and reportedly requested a table on the rooftop. “When she came there were only two tables available and they had been reserved by clients .