Oh La La !! — Restaurant in Bayeux

Walked into this place and tried to look at a menu and this man (assumed to be the owner/manager) was so rude. He wouldn’t let us look at the menu and told us if we wanted food we had to go next door (to another part of the resturaunt?). He was extremely belittling. We were currently looking at the drink menu. It seemed as though the man didn’t want us eating inside even though that’s where we wanted to eat and there was only one other person in there drinking/waiting for their food. I told him that we would go over there but right now we were just looking at the drink menu. He was not taking this as an answer and asked us again to go next door. We dropped what we were doing, walked out of the place and went next door. We ordered on the kiosk. I wanted to pay with cash (which the kiosk did not take) and there was no one next door except for the worker who was making the food. I had to go again next door and ask how to pay with cash. The rude guy referred me to someone else and I had to explain the entire situation to him, only to walk around again next door, this time with a worker who would take the money. I couldn’t find any drink on the kiosk besides soda which I don’t drink so I had no beverage with my burger and fries.

We sat outside and had chain smoking Europeans blow their cigarettes in our faces as we ate. The tables were covered in bird droppings and other peoples food droppings which the manager clearly saw when we sat down and did nothing. He kept smirking to himself pleased that he could just boss us around because we were younger than him. He would come out periodically to stare at me and my friend while we tried to eat. We then saw the kitchen bring food inside (obvious that eating was allowed inside). Later we had friends of our group come and go inside (approx 12 people). They told us that they ate inside, got drinks and even ordered off a different menu. I also learned that they had beverages I was looking for (beer) inside.

I’m rating this place 1 star because no taste of food covers the bad taste this establishment left. You’re a resturaunt, your food should taste good, however, you provided a really poor experience. You can do better, don’t bring your personal problems into work and project onto customers. If you don’t want to explain your system to customers, create an easier system or make a poster. It’s really not that hard.

EDIT: you can also tell how tasteless the establishment is by how they reply to...

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