Multiple servers at the landmark Patys Restaurant in Toluca Lake said they’ve quit their jobs after a cell phone camera was discovered hidden in a restroom there last week.

The camera reportedly captured video of customers and restaurant employees using the facility, the employees said.

Detective John Perez of the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood Division said “an incident did happen there” that’s currently under investigation. But Perez declined to offer further details, noting he was still waiting to do some interviews.

The popular San Fernando Valley restaurant on Riverside Drive has served up diner favorites for more than six decades and is billed as a neighborhood hangout for locals and celebrities alike.

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Tanner Leiva said she arrived at work for her 5 p.m. serving shift on Sept. 25 and was greeted by her night manager as usual. About a minute later, a coworker pulled her aside to let her know a cell phone was found in one of the restaurant’s unisex, single-use bathrooms earlier that day, she said.

Her coworker informed her that police were there investigating. Two employees who were among the first to see the phone — which was discovered by a customer — were talking with day manager about the incident in another room, Leiva said.

Leiva, who had worked at the restaurant for more than a year, went to talk to the employees and manager to get more details. She said she was told a customer found the phone at about 2:30 p.m. and brought it to a waitress. Leiva was also told that the cell phone was placed underneath the sink in a cubicle with piping, wedged in with napkins. They also told her there were no contacts listed or messages on the phone — just video of the bathroom that dated back several days, she said.

“I found out and I’m just so shocked,” Leiva, who said she quit her job the same day, recounted. “Basically, I’m thinking at this moment how can I be here right now?…I felt so violated. Our privacy was so violated.”

Based on a portion of the video reportedly captured, some workers believed a male employee may have been involved in planting the camera, according to multiple employees.

Detective Perez declined to comment on any potential suspects.

Several calls left for senior management at Patys about the incident were not returned Wednesday or Thursday.

Server Ashlie Burgess, who had worked at the restaurant for 5 years, said she was not notified of the incident until Sept. 29 — and that was via a text message from another employee who works there.

Burgess said she was very concerned about customers, including possibly minors, as well as employees being filmed unknowingly in that restroom. Video was reportedly captured over multiple days, she said.

“There are so many emotions; as far as recording us, the employees, that’s disgusting in itself,” she said. “We don’t know how many people saw this, don’t know how long (the perpetrator) had been doing this.”

After Burgess was informed of the incident, she felt she could not return to work, she said, even though the job was her “only source of income.”

A third server has left the restaurant since the incident happened, Burgess said, while others are considering leaving.