The café dating affair: Two sides in front of the media, both clear and revealing the nature

Netizens are extremely stirred by the scoop on social networks, of a café in Ho Chi Minh City, whose business form violates ethics. The authorities quickly stepped in, the representative of the shop revealed the true nature.

Recently, social media was constantly buzzing in front of a "dating" café with a very strange model. According to many articles and photos posted on social networks, this "dating" coffee service in Ho Chi Minh City. HCM is suspected of using a 1-way mirror so that male customers can easily see female customers in the opposite room, while female customers are just mirrors and do not know what is happening. This later caused netizens to be extremely outraged because it posed dangers to women.

In the face of so many such posts, on a TikTok account named this café, there are constantly posts claiming to have done nothing wrong. The account also said that on the evening of June 1, there were female customers who came to the bar and had a normal experience.

A post from the account said the café would delete Google Map, Facebook and Instagram accounts until it was done working with authorities. However, during this time, the shop will still be open to customers normally, and will change to a normal mirror instead of 1-way glass.

In a later post, the TikTok account said that on the evening of June 1, there were still visitors to the normal experience. The shop also did not hide the use of 1-way mirrors because it posted pictures, and also said in the video that the shop posted earlier. In particular, despite the intense boycott, this account said that it will still keep this 1-way glass until the end of July (although the previous post said it would change).

After the incident, a representative of the café spoke to the media, who said that he would have answers and answers to questions as soon as possible.

Notably, at noon on June 2, the shop was temporarily closed, with security guards saying authorities were currently working inside. According to information from the Saigon liberation newspaper, the police leader of Ben Thanh ward said that he took part in the investigation after capturing information on social networks. Also at noon on June 2, the police of Ben Thanh ward coordinated with relevant units to actively inspect the café. At this time, the shop had no customers, only represented by Ms. H.T.A.D. (SN 2003, District 12), a foreigner and 3 employees of the shop.

Until 15:00 on the same day, the posts on the restaurant's TikTok channel remained the same, but more than 1 hour later, they were completely hidden. Currently, when contacted by the representative of the bar, this person is no longer responding.

TikToker C (who has 35.4K followers), who posted a review clip of the café, publicly apologized as the outrage against the café's tactics grew. C. admits to being wrong, apologizes to everyone, removes the review clip, and reveals that he contacted the café to return the previous review (for removing the clip).

"I hide comments not because I did wrong without acknowledging or denying responsibility. I knew how wrong I was when I went on the review, I felt sorry for all my followers who liked me.

I also never expected myself to trend through notoriety, this time as the first and last time I made this mistake. From now on, I will carefully review the job reviews, hope everyone raises a little for this mistake of mine. I'm sorry everyone. I also deleted the post and offered to return the cast I received. I'm really annoyed with everybody," C. said.