Don’t come between Richard Katz and his breakfast!
The Manhattan lawyer has filed a $730,000 lawsuit against the posh Setai Club and Spa Wall Street for reneging on its promise of a “complimentary full breakfast” with his $5,000 annual membership fees.
When he joined the club in December 2009, Katz said the breakfast was served at the SHO Shaun Hergatt restaurant near the club, and “it was wonderful.”
“They had a full restaurant menu like you get in a hotel — omelets, pancakes, waffles, yogurts, meats, juices,” he said. “Whatever you wanted.”
But, after the restaurant closed for a month this past August, he said, the spa started serving just a cold buffet on the roof deck.
Eventually, the club let him quit and gave him a prorated refund of his fees. But he said he told them: “It’s just not that easy.”