“Together with power in numbers we have decided the only option is to show the company who have decided to not pay its staff and suppliers are not getting away with taking advantage of us.
“I would like to thank all our supporters and suppliers and most of all all the loyal staff… you guys have been an insipiration. I love ya.”
According to Broadsheet, perth/food-and-drink/article/ku-de-ta-perth-goes-administration”>negotiations about venue ownership between the chefs and owners had failed to reach an agreement.
It’s understood staff have been paid to date, but around 25 kitchen staff walked off the job after Saturday’s lunch service.
On Sunday, the Deck remained open, but Ku West and Ku Dining were both closed.
The restaurant has received mixed reviews since its inception.
West Australian restaurant critic Rob Broadfield described his first experience as “shambolic” but changed his mind and talked of a “remarkable good” time after another visit a few weeks later, he wrote in the newspaper in April.
Recent reviews on travel and restaurant review site Tripadvisor were similarly hit and miss with just over 50 per cent of the 260 reviews judging their experience as “excellent” or “good” while the rest of the reviews rated the restaurant as “average”, “poor” or “terrible”.
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