SAGINAW TWP., MI -- A Saginaw Township man is asking why he was told to by police to leave an IHOP early Saturday morning, an incident he partially recorded on video.

The video of his encounter is going viral on social media.

Jahi Ballard, a local DJ, said after he played music at the 10-year class reunion for Saginaw High's Class of 2008, a group of people decided to go and grab a bite to eat before calling it a night.

IHOP on Tittabawassee in Saginaw Township on Monday, July 30, 2018. (Nate Manley | MLive.com) Nate Manley

The group first tried Denny's on Tittabawassee in Saginaw Township, but Ballard claims the restaurant said it didn't have the staff on hand to accommodate the group of up 15-30 people.

Ballard said the group went to the nearby IHOP where he arrived first and informed the staff that there was a large group of people also coming.

"They said OK," Ballard said. "I was seated and, after I ordered, I started seeing people from the party coming in. Three of them sat with me."

Ballard said the waiter took everyone's order and, at some point, a woman with the group accidentally spilled her water.

He said a security guard then came to the table and told them to leave.

"We didn't do anything wrong. A person made a mistake and dropped a water," he said.

Shortly afterward, a uniformed police officer came up behind the security guard and that's when Ballard pulled out his cellphone and started recording. On the tape, the officer says she was initially at the restaurant for a different matter.

After some back and forth, Ballard said he left the restaurant without further incident.

The video had more than 600,000 views as of Monday, July 30.

"I called the store manager Saturday morning," Ballard said. "The manager said that she was going to coach the manager that was working there that night and the security guard. She apologized.

"I called corporate this morning and they apologized as well and said they were going to look into the matter."

Management at IHOP in Saginaw Township acknowledged an incident occurred but declined to comment.