Café Konkret — Restaurant in Bochum

Was recommended to me and is, while nothing unusual, nice and pleasant enough. Friendly was also mentioned but I was unlucky ... the waiter serving us was anything but ... I suppose "duzing" customers in a country where formal address is the default is meant to convey a chilled vibe but overdoing it surely has the opposite effect turning it into a clichee and a fake gesture which comes over as laboured and old-fashioned. I'm sure it can be done in a friendly and charming way - after all the point is to make your customers feel relaxed and at ease - unfortunately the waiter serving us lacked the appropriate skills. Borderline rude overfamiliarity, sarcastic responses to entirely reasonable questions and requests, bellowing, rolling eyes and sloppy service seem to me from the Basil Fawlty school of professional waitressing and customer service and unlikely an integral or obligatory part of the "duzing" policy? With regard to the latter, why not take occasionally a hint from your customer's response or how they address you? It's not an insurmountable challenge to turn down the sheer amount of "du" in communicating with your customer, only basic verbal skills required. Bashing customers with an onslaught till they squirm in their seats to hammer down a point seems to me a rather counterproductive approach if the aim is making them feel comfortable. Also, I quite like to be given a glass with a bottled drink, by no means an unreasonable request, and would appreciate the glass to arrive before the drink has gone flat and warm. Maybe a little bit of additional staff training would help. Last not least, the Bochum friend, a frequent customer who took me here, assured me my experience was not typical and usually the waiters were mostly friendly, courteous and professional. So I...

the girls who work there are disrespectful, if they don't like other's face they talk inappropriately and treat others disrespectfully and demean people but that doesn't mean people should either be according to their opinion and hold or form so what i could understand is that they only welcomes one type of guys and it's not okay at all and I got the worst feelings from her and from this not modern city that doesn't even have a modern or quality store 😂 , so actually I don't understand why you who work 😀 can look askance at Other. it's...

Das Konkret ist im Bermuda-Dreieck definitiv mein Lieblingsort. Hier finden sich tolle Getränke und Gerichte für jede Tageszeit und jederzeit aufmerksamen und freundlichen Service zu angemessenen Preisen.

Die Gerichte sind abwechslungsreich, selbstgemacht und lecker. Auch vegetarische und vegane Optionen finden sich zahlreiche!

Ich liebe insbesondere das Frühstück, da es meiner Meinung nach das absolute Alleinstellungsmerkmal des Ladens ist: ganz im Gegensatz zu Convenience-Produkten und Buffet bekommt man hier individuelle Auswahlmöglichkeiten und besondere Frühstücks-Zutaten, die man nicht überall findet. Die kreativen selbstgemachten Aufstriche sind auf jeden Fall ein Highlight!

Auch zu anderen Zeiten findet man tolle Gerichte: Suppen, Eintöpfe, Salate, Baguettes - das Konkret setzt sich klar von Fast Food o.Ä. ab und das macht es für mich so besonders.

Auch gegen Abend findet man hier einen gemütlichen Ort und kann in entspannter Atmosphäre die unfassbar vielfältige Cocktail- und Longdrink-Karte ausprobieren. Hierbei liegt der Fokus auf Longdrinks und hochwertigen Spirituosen. Die Karte ist ausführlich und bietet ausführliche Empfehlungen zu Gin, Likören, Wein und außergewöhnlichen Geisten. Hier findet Jede*r etwas nach dem eigenen Geschmack und das Personal kann auch Rückfragen kompetent beantworten und Empfehlungen aussprechen.

Ich komme immer sehr gern und bin froh, dass das Café eine feste Größe in Bochum ist, die das Gastro-Angebot definitiv um einen besonderen...