Johnny Alloo — Restaurant in Victoria

Pretty venue, sadly horrible service.

Service for this place is horrible. Rocked up whilst waiting for my elderly mother to complete an appointment at a local specialist.

The staff were terse on arrival, one girl pointing out a seat in the internal area, when I asked if I could sit outside, quickly in a snappy manner asked “are you going to take a seat?” by another young girl.

When I asked to use their washroom I was waived to a back area to which I used the facilities, upon returning I was asked if I’d like a drink, I asked for a peppermint tea, and proceeded to make my order ready…

And I waited, … for 20 minutes, still no tea (hot water with a tea bag / leaves should not take this long) while others were seated, and orders were taken, and the staff chatted by the glasses / till area only to ignore myself when attempting to get their attention to make an order, but I was quickly running out of time.

In the end I gave up, and walked out, I had limited time, the service was sadly lacking, and sadly to be frank, rude and inattentive.

Not a great visit to this Ballarat business. And sadly, will not be returning to this venue again, I highly suggest if you visit Ballarat medical district to look elsewhere for speedy, friendly and attentive service.

This may have been an off day, but they got-to do better, especially near a hospital, people come to a cafe / restaurant to have reprieve from things and enjoy some friendly and...

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