Chelsea's Ivy Asia restaurant sorry for 'culturally insensitive' advert

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Chelsea's Ivy Asia restaurant sorry for 'culturally insensitive' advert
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The video features women dressed as geishas being pulled in a rickshaw to the restaurant.

The advert is an example of "premeditated racist stereotyping", according to restaurant critic and presenter Jay RaynerThe Ivy Asia in Chelsea, west London, posted a video on social media which featured women dressed as geishas being pulled in a rickshaw to the restaurant.

The Ivy chain, best known for its original restaurant in Soho, said it was conducting an internal review.

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