Mucho Gusto Coffee — Restaurant in Hasselt

3 down one to go: This is the last and final review of the group of 'youngsters', 4 students, 2 of which wanted to drink a small quick drink, before heading back to the station... The 4 of us came in around 17h25 on a Saturday and 2 of us wanted a coffee and a water. After receiving our order, we all sat down at the table, naturally, because why would 2 of us leave just for the others to quickly consume their drink.

It's in fact commonly seen as acceptable to sit down as long as someone in the group orders, even if the bar closes in 30 minutes ;). In this case though, we (the 2 that didn't dare ordering a fine coffee) were asked by the staff to also order a drink because "that is what we are here for". Understandable, but then again, a bit weird, because there was 2 people that had one. I personally understood this still in a friendly way, however the staff member proceeds to say: "for this time it's okay, but next time we want everyone to order". Well you guessed it, there won't be a next time. Being a 'young' person doesn't mean we have no idea how things work, and if we decide to not have a drink, there is a reason for it and shouldn't be proclaimed as 'We have to teach these young people some manners'. Very disrespectful, personally never witnessed this, though I also work in horeca.

I hope with this last review of the 4 youngsters, that still have to learn how to behave, people can make up their mind about this place. Not taken seriously as young students paying for expensive drinks, that's a shame !

I hope the staff understands that our 4 reviews are not written to mock the coffee bar, instead we want to note the unpleasant service, so that future visitors know what they are getting in to. Sounds rude but I guess we don't know better, because we don't order drinks.

Thank you...

I came in as part of a group of 4 to accompany 2 of my friends who wanted a coffee and a water. As groups do, me and another person seated at the table to wait for our friends, and were asked if we wanted anything to drink. As I couldn't hear the last word the staff was saying I asked again until I understood. He started to become a bit rude with his approach, and proceed to say we could stay there this time but next time everyone has to order something. We didn't engage in any argument with him, and just carried with our conversation. We were there for 5 min maximum, makes no sense to buy something while we just wait for our friends, again, for 5 min at the table. Also, the place was completely empty, and the owner will say they were about to close. But actually, they close at 18h and after we left the coffee it was 17h34. Very bad experience, really expensive, do...

The rudest place I have ever come across. The cafe refused to serve me and my family. We wanted to share a coffee and brownie but were outrightly refused. They asked us to leave and I am assuming this behaviour was racist (we are a brown family). The reason told to me was that three people cannot share 2 food items. The place had about 6 empty places and in spite of that we were turned down on a Tuesday afternoon. A perfect example of racism...