点评:I am writing as a regular visitor to Oswaldtwistle Mills, often accompanied by my 82-year-old mother. We have always enjoyed our visits, but I wanted to share some feedback about our experience today, which left me feeling disappointed.
We arrived at the café at 3:00 PM, intending to have a light snack. To our surprise, none of the three cafés were serving food, despite the website indicating that all cafés are open during the advertised hours (Terrace Tea Room 9–4, Pavilion Coffee 10–5, Caffe Nova 10–5). In fact, one of the cafés was even turning people away for hot drinks.
This isn’t the first time I’ve felt rushed or unwelcome at the cafés. Often, when we visit around 2:30 PM, we feel hurried as staff begin cleaning up and closing. Today, we had hoped arriving slightly earlier would help, but the experience was still frustrating. I also spoke with another customer who visits with her elderly mother, and she expressed the same concerns about staff being abrupt and the cafés closing earlier than expected.
Ultimately, we ended up having only a cold carton and a packet of crisps at 3:20 PM, which was disappointing and not what we anticipated from a visit to your cafés. I understand that staff need to clean and close, but I feel that closing all food service so early in the afternoon—especially while the cafés are still technically open—creates a negative experience for visitors.
翻译:我以奥斯瓦尔德维斯尔米尔斯的常客身份写这封信,我82岁的母亲经常陪伴左右。我们一直很享受这次的访问,但我想分享一些关于今天体验的反馈,这次体验让我感到有些失望。
我们下午3点到达咖啡馆,打算吃点小吃。令我们惊讶的是,尽管网站上显示所有咖啡馆都在宣传的营业时间内营业(露台茶室9点至下午4点,亭子咖啡馆10点至下午5点,新咖啡10点至下午5点),但这三家咖啡馆都没有提供食物。事实上,其中一家咖啡馆甚至拒绝顾客提供热饮。
这已经不是我第一次在咖啡馆感到匆忙或不受欢迎了。通常,当我们下午2点半左右去的时候,工作人员就开始打扫和关门,我们感觉很匆忙。今天,我们原本希望早点到会有所帮助,但这次经历仍然令人沮丧。我还和另一位带着年迈母亲一起来的顾客聊过,她也表达了同样的担忧,比如员工服务太粗鲁,以及咖啡馆关门比预期的要早。
最终,我们下午3点20分就只剩下一盒冰镇的饮料和一包薯片,这很令人失望,完全不符合我们每次光顾你们咖啡馆的预期。我理解员工需要打扫卫生然后关门,但我觉得下午这么早就关闭所有餐饮服务——尤其是在咖啡馆理论上还在营业的情况下——会给顾客带来不好的体验。