Chapter Too — Restaurant in Melbourne

I went to the cafe with my son. Drinks and food was quick to come out. Mind you the muffin and the biscuit we had were both so dry.. My son needed to use the toilet, so I had to go with him. We had finished our food, but still had drinks - large coffee mug- pretty much full and my sons milkshake he'd almost finished. We came back to find our table had been cleared? They had plenty of spare tables and 3 waitresses just standing around.. We were seated right where they were standing around. I was looking forward to finishing my coffee... So I said to the waitress 'I hadn't finished' .. To which she said 'we can offer you a standard size coffee'.. I requested take say as I couldn't stand to be there any longer.. No apology from anyone.. The barista handed me the coffee and said nothing. All so rude, won't...

Lady who served us was very blunt - making comments about our guests, insisting we were ready to order when we had only been seated for a few minutes, then not even placing cutlery down without making a whole big excuse as to why she hadn't done it (as if it was our fault for asking?)...like we're not having a go, we just wanted to eat our food? Not a fan of this cafe at all. For the price you pay, you might as well go to Hatter and the Hare. Quality of staff and food has dropped dramatically - it's no longer the 'place to be' like it was a few years ago. They turn over staff quicker than they flip your egg. Won't be seeing me again, I'll walk a bit further down for a better feed for the price and happier, skilled staff. No wonder there are tables available for walk ins on a...

Meet up with friends for lunch. The food was quite ordinary for the price. Probably just me, (as I mean my tastes) but I actually didn't like the choices of food offered. I settled for the one I thought I could eat. It was OK but non memorable.

I found the service pretty ordinary overall. I went there on time, but my friends were late. I ordered even though they weren't there as I had to leave at a particular time. I asked for my food to be prepared and served as soon as it was prepared even if my friends had not come or been served theirs. It did not happen. When I finally got my food it was cold and I had to gulp it and leave. The staff were not in sight most of the time and did not respond to my gestures to attract their attention when they were...