Tennis legend Serena Williams has called out a five-star Paris hotel after she and her kids were turned away from its seemingly-empty rooftop restaurant. The 23-time Grand Slam winner, 42, who served as a torchbearer for the Olympics is now watching the Paris games with her children , Alexis Olympia Jr., 6, and Adira River, 11 months, and has shared her awful experience at The Peninsula Hotel.
‘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. #Olympic2024,’ she wrote on X alongside a picture of the hotel sign.
The hotel was quick to respond, sharing a statement underneath the post apologising to the four-time Olympic champion. ‘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,” the reply read. ‘We have always been honored to welcome you and will always be to welcome you again. The Peninsula Paris [sic],’ the hotel added in the follow-up post .
In a further comment made to Metro.co.uk , the Hotel added: ‘As an alternative, Ms Williams was offered an outside table downstairs at the hotel’s La Terrasse Kléber.
’ And said they ‘always try to make space for walk-in guests but sometimes this is not possible.’ The hotel has reached out to S.