A salon owner said in a TikTok video that a first visit to Mario’s Pizzeria turned into a public argument after she and her girlfriend refused to eat wings they said were of poor quality. Miyah Miyah, who posts as miyahmiyahbraidsllc and described herself as a salon owner in South Carolina, said they ordered six buffalo wings, six sweet chili wings, and a salad with cheddar cheese. She said the waitress later told them the restaurant did not have cheddar and offered mozzarella instead. Miyah said she declined and asked for the salad to be taken off the order, which she said the waitress agreed to do. When the wings arrived, she described them as unusually large and mushy and said they did not feel comfortable eating them. Miyah said they calmly explained they were unhappy with the food, offered to return the untouched wings, and said they would still pay for two drinks, a Sprite and a sweet tea listed at $2.49 each. She claimed staff then said they had to pay for the food or the restaurant “would call the police.” In her caption, she also said they were called a “thug,” accused of being thieves, and told they “always come in there and do this,” even though she said it was their first visit. Staff and customer describe different versions of the same visit Video from inside the restaurant shows a dispute at the table involving Miyah, a woman staff member identified as Shelby, and a male employee. Shelby can be heard offering two choices. “You can pay for your food and leave, or we’ll call the police and they’ll come right across the street and take care of it,” she said. Such disputes between customers and staff can escalate quickly, as when a woman in NYC tried Danny Coop’s cheesesteaks and found something in her meal. @miyahmiyahbraidsllc BEWARE OF MARIO’S PIZZERIA. My girlfriend and I visited Mario’s Pizzeria for the first time and had an extremely disturbing experience. We ordered six buffalo wings, six sweet chili wings, and a salad with cheddar cheese. Our waitress later told us they did not have cheddar and offered mozzarella instead. I declined and asked her to remove the salad from the order, which she said was no problem. When the wings arrived, they were unusually large, mushy, and not something we felt comfortable eating. We calmly explained that we were dissatisfied with the quality, offered to return the untouched wings, and said we would still pay for our drinks. Instead of addressing the issue professionally, Shelby and another male employee immediately approached us and said we either had to pay for the food or they would call the police. We were calm throughout the entire interaction, yet we were called “thugs,” accused of being thieves, and told that we “always come in there and do this”—even though it was our first time ever visiting the restaurant. Other customers began recording us as though we were committing a crime. We felt humiliated, stereotyped, and racially profiled simply because we refused to pay for food we had not eaten and immediately said we did not want. As a salon owner of seven years, I understand that businesses experience product loss and customer complaints. However, I would never respond to a dissatisfied customer by becoming aggressive, insulting them, making false accusations, and threatening police involvement before attempting to resolve the issue respectfully. We told them to call the police because we knew we had not stolen anything. We were willing to pay for everything we consumed. The issue was never about avoiding payment—it was about the poor quality of the food and the discriminatory way the situation was handled. Based on our experience, I would not recommend this restaurant. ♬ original sound – Miyah Miyah Miyah said they had not stolen anything and asked the staff to call the police. She said they would wait. Shelby introduced herself on camera and said, “My name is Shelby. Nice to meet you.” The staff’s accusation of theft is part of a broader pattern of such allegations, as Walmart staff once accused a woman of stealing her own sweatshirt. The male employee said the pair had been there before and done “the same thing.” Miyah replied that it was her first time and that the other woman was “not even from here.” @miyahmiyahbraidsllc Racist ? Or …. ♬ original sound – Miyah Miyah The male employee said the restaurant would not give away free food and that the customer is not always right. Miyah said nobody wanted anything for free. He pointed to a ticket he identified as table 20 and said a salad was on the order. Miyah said they did not order a salad that stayed on the bill and that the staff had already agreed to remove it. A follow-up video from the staff side identified Mario’s Pizzeria in Edgefield, South Carolina. In that clip, a supervisor who identified herself as Shelby said two women sat down, ordered two plates of six wings each and a salad as an appetizer, then asked to cancel the salad after the kitchen had started it. She said the restaurant took the salad off. Shelby said the woman later asked for takeout instead of dining in, left for a walk, and came back. She said the wings came out, the women opened them, and they complained the wings were too big and that they had received too much food for the price. She said they then refused to pay. “And when you don’t pay for your food, that’s stealing. Sorry I have to explain that,” she said. Miyah’s videos show the argument growing louder as both sides talk over each other. The male employee told them not to come back. Miyah said the staff was unprofessional and that the video would go on Facebook. As they left, both sides used profanity, including “get the f–k out my face.” A later clip posted with the caption “Racist ? Or ….” again showed the same exchange and ended with a Google listing for the Edgefield restaurant. Another video showed a Facebook post from Mario’s Pizzeria – Edgefield, SC. The post warned other restaurant owners about a “common thief” named Miyah Miyah and accused her of ordering food and not paying for it. Miyah has said in her videos that they offered to pay for the drinks they consumed, and that the dispute was about food they did not eat. Viewers responded to Miyah’s original video with comments about how the staff handled the complaint. One commenter wrote, “They love weaponizing the police.” Another commenter focused on the language Miyah said was used at the table. They wrote, ““Thug”…. It’s giving racial profiling.” A third commenter looked at the restaurant’s position after the videos spread. They wrote, “I know a struggling business when I see one.” Other viewers said they thought the business was removing criticism online. One wrote, “They deleting the bad reviews!” Another comment asked about the word Miyah said staff used and about how the dining room looked in the footage. They wrote, “the whole store look racist asf, did he call you a thug ???”