“Ahmed, the racist Moroccan waiter, who singlehandedly ruined our France holiday.”
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 hosti