A RESTAURANT on the Upper East Side in New York is so exclusive that they Google guests before they’re allowed to book.
And according to staff working for Fleming by Le Bilboquet, anyone who isn’t notable or rich is not called back for a reservation.
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A document obtained by The Post called “Fleming Hostess Reservation Protocol” required staff to track emailed reservation requests, and then “pull up each unknown guest on Google.”
The web-check policy was strictly to keep out the rifraff, workers there said.
One waiter who asked to remain anonymous said: “Yes, we Google people. We want to keep the restaurant for special people only.”
The worker added: “There are more rich than famous people coming in but we get Robert De Niro, Paul McCartney, Ivanka Trump.
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“We want to maintain a certain environment for our customers, rich people, even if it means we’re slow.”
Any request for a reservation at the 20-seat eatery – which is a spin-off of legendary French eatery Le Bilboquet – needs to be discussed with “Alex”, the manager, the document explains.
A second employee, who works in the kitchen, said anyone who tries to make a reservation and isn’t acceptable after being Googled doesn’t get a call back.
Asked what made someone acceptable, the worker simply said: “Rich.”
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A representative for Fleming, Josh Vlasto, admitted they do Google guests, but denied that they do it to deny seats to people who aren’t rich and famous.
He told The Post: “What the staff is claiming is absolutely not true and whoever said it is making it up.”
The eatery has some high-end owners.
Billionaire Ronald Perelman and famed French restaurateur Philippe Delgrange opened the hot spot last year.
A man in Colchester was banned from a posh restaurant after complaining on Facebook about his “massively under-cooked” food.
He was then direct messaged by the owner saying he would not be welcome back.
The story was originally published by New York Post and has been reproduced with permission.
