Overview
- King reports repeated disruptions at Notting Hill’s The Park, including photoshoots in bathrooms, tripods and suitcases, and groups blocking access to facilities.
- He has installed signage, tightened website guidance, employed security and now warns at reception against ring lights, tripods and other intrusive setups.
- After staff interventions, the restaurant received a burst of 12 one-star reviews from disgruntled influencers, according to King.
- He stops short of a blanket ban and says a mobile-free zone could be introduced if conduct does not improve.
- Similar controls are spreading — Borough Market restricts weekend filming, Harrods curbs food-hall content, and venues such as Paris’s Folderol and Brooklyn’s Dae bar filming — even as a 2022 survey indicates TikTok drives visits and industry figures urge targeting behavior rather than a job label.