That part at the start confused me a lot. I guess the weird dog clerk is some demon that can setup his own domain and the mc entered that? Also how did he make it so his phone app shows the hind is on the other side of the city when it's right there? Maybe the domain is in another location which is why the directions were wrong? Because when the mc exits the store, he's teleported to the original spot.
Or maybe i'm overthinking and he just has magic that can control the phone screen, or it was some other restaurant named the same.
Also ross is way different than that flashback made me think lol