‘If fat people are allowed in, it could be miserable for some guests’: New naked restaurant set to ban overweight diners
Tokyo's new nude restaurant The Amrita say it will even get out the scales to weigh its guests
A NAKED restaurant which opens in Japan next month will ban prospective podgy customers – and say staff will weigh guests if they look overweight and kick them out if they’re found to be too fat.
Like The Bunyadi restaurant in London, another new nude restaurant which is coming to Tokyo is encouraging people to strip down for dinner – but only if you meet strict requirements.
The Amrita, which means “immortality”, will ask guests to check in their clothes and put on paper underwear provided by the restaurant when they arrive.
On their website, one of the rules states: “If you are more than 15 kilos (two stone) above the average weight for your height, we ask you refrain from making a reservation.”
It warns that diners who appear to be above the “average weight” could be put on the scales and those found to be “overweight” will be refused entry to the restaurant and will not be entitled to a refund – as all payments must be made in advance on an online booking page.
Miki Komatsu, a spokesperson for Amrita told AFP: “If fat people are allowed in it could be miserable for some guests. “Guests can see the guidelines clearly on our homepage. We are aiming for a sort of Roman aesthetic, like the beautiful paintings you see in museums.”
The restaurant, which opens on July 29, also has strict age restrictions only allowing customers between 18 and 60 in.
Visitors are not allowed to “cause a nuisance to other guests” by touching or talking to fellow diners.
To add even more insult to injury, tattooed customers are also barred from entry.
Those who meet the restaurant’s entry requirements will be asked to lock away mobile phones and cameras in a tabletop box.
Guests will fork out up to £525 for tickets entitling them to eat food served by muscle-bound men wearing G-strings and watch a dance show featuring male models.
Meal tickets, not including a show, will cost from £92 to £184 depending on choice of menu.