点评:Really disappointed with our visit today for Mother’s Day. This is usually a café we enjoy and have had lovely experiences at before, which made today even more frustrating.
I had specifically booked a table in the conservatory, but when we arrived they initially couldn’t find the booking. After some confusion it was eventually found, only for us to be told we’d been moved to an overflow room instead. After we had already arrived, I also received an email saying my conservatory booking had been changed to “Val’s Overflow”, which was a bit frustrating as we hadn’t been told beforehand. When I asked about this, I was told seating requests are “never guaranteed”, despite this not being mentioned anywhere when booking online. Also, I noticed that there were empty tables in the conservatory, so why were we moved? We were 5-10 minutes early for our booking, so why didn’t we just get sat there?
Unfortunately the overflow room had no music or atmosphere and the service there was very poor. We waited around 15 minutes for anyone to take our order and I eventually had to go and ask. We weren’t checked on during the meal and were never offered the complimentary tea refills that come with the afternoon teas.
It was also a shame that all the other mums were given a little Mother’s Day gift on arrival, but my mum was forgotten until the very end.
Sadly the whole experience felt quite disorganised and has left us feeling disappointed and a bit put off returning.
翻译:今天母亲节的这次光顾真是令人失望。我们平时很喜欢这家咖啡馆,之前也在这里有过很棒的体验,所以今天的经历更加令人沮丧。
我特意预订了阳光房的座位,但我们到达后,他们一开始找不到我的预订信息。经过一番周折,最终找到了,却被告知我们被安排到了临时包间。在我们到达之后,我又收到一封邮件,说我预订的阳光房座位被改成了“Val’s Overflow”,这让我们很恼火,因为之前并没有人通知我们。当我询问此事时,他们告诉我座位要求“无法保证”,尽管网上预订时根本没有提到这一点。而且,我注意到阳光房里明明有空位,为什么我们要被安排到那里?我们比预订时间提前了5到10分钟到达,为什么不直接安排我们坐在阳光房里呢?
不幸的是,临时包间里既没有音乐也没有氛围,服务也很差。我们等了大约15分钟才有人来点餐,最后我不得不主动去问。用餐期间没有人过来询问,也没有人主动提出下午茶包含的免费续杯。
更令人失望的是,其他妈妈们一到就收到了母亲节小礼物,而我妈妈却直到最后才被想起。
整个用餐体验非常混乱,让我们感到失望,也让我们对再次光顾这家餐厅有些犹豫。