Having only two cafés on Aviemore High Street, this place really is the worst of a bad bunch. When we entered, there were only the high seats at the window available. After two minutes of coming in, a table became available. As my mother has a neurological disorder and finds it painful to sit in high chairs, we decided to move over to the table. After sitting down, a young family of four came in and the server looked at us and said, “did you just move from the high seats? Want to move back so they can sit here”. After the sheer amount of attitude and having already ordered our food, we decided to move back as the family stood there awkwardly staring at us. The food was slammed down in front of us without a simple, “enjoy” or any pleasantry. The food itself was disgusting. The cleanliness was something to be desired too. My advice to anyone even having a slight thought of coming to this hovel is to give it a wide berth. Prison officers in Guantanamo Bay probably have a better attitude than the staff here. My bets the food there is better also. £19 for a baked potato with chicken and bacon that looked like the bacon had been cut in a blender and slapped on top and a croissant with cheese and veg that looked like it had been run over by an army tank with a cup of tea that resembled mud from the Amazon rain forest is taking the biscuit. The only thing this place got right was the can of Coke Zero that you help yourself to...
Read moreNot great, walked in and sat at a table as it was unclear if it was table or counter service. Table was dirty and the young dark haired girl working there came over and started wiping down the table adjacent to ours (despite the fact that we were already sat at a dirty table but obviously the empty table took priority) I politely asked if she could just give ours a quick wipe to which I got the response 'gimme a chance'. She then just walked off and started doing another empty table and never did ours. How unbelievabley rude! Clearly a massive chip on her shoulder. The more senior member of staff Brought our pot of tea and was very apologetic and another member of staff then kindly wiped the table for us. Food was OK although got my partners order wrong. Then miss attitude problem came along at the end of the meal and started grabbing at plates whilst my 5 year old son was still eating. Christ just let him finish for God's sake! And maybe smile and greet people when they walk in to spend money in your establishment. Toilets werent clean (cleaning rota was from 6 days ago, no soap and broken soap dispenser) Basic customer service is such a simple thing to implement but is severely...
Read moreStopped over for brunch. Ordered a vegetarian breakfast and full English breakfast. We sat at the first table inside the cafe. Food arrived and did not look great. The food was piled high on each plate and mine - the vegetarian has two eggs which someone has already described as 'hockey pucks' as they did not look like normal fried eggs. The mushrooms and peppers were piled on and just looked as if the whole plate had been microwaved as nothing looked normal. Also there was steam coming off the food. It was so bad that I couldn't eat it and had the toast and tea that came with. I did go up to the counter when we were leaving as I wanted to know how the food was cooked. The cook showed me a type of pan that the eggs are done in and still don't know how they were cooked as it wasn't a frying pan.
If you want good nutritious food and you want to enjoy your meals - this isn't a place I would recommend. Hopefully the owners see this review and take action. PS. the photos on google of this place are not the same - the cafe is much more well worn and needing...
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