I am a resident of the Vista who frequents Shalom quite regularly and occasionally meets with clients in the venue. Today I came in and I bought a banana muffin. I asked for a glass of water and the waitstaff said okay. A few minutes after the muffin had arrived I asked for the glass of tap water and was told that it was company policy not to give a glass of tap water to anyone who had not bought a drink. That's news to me. I came in and bought a product and sat at the table. This is bad customer service and extremely greedy on the management's behalf to tell me I cannot receive tap water as a paying customer; it's never happened before (and just perhaps I need water for health reasons?). I am strongly considering never returning to Shalom again under any circumstances.
I wonder if I were a paying customer and coughing to death whether I'd have to worry if I got a glass of tap water because I didn't pay enough. I bet they'd let me choke to death in their venue because I hadn't given them enough money.
Also, greeting me by yelling at me every time I walk past the cafe in the Vista mall is extremely annoying. It makes me...
Read moreI don't think the vegetables or the wontons for that matter in my soup were fresh - probably frozen but I might be wrong - probably not. The salted cream coffee was very good - with salt and cream how could it not. Service is kind of sketchy. I had to get up for everything like condiments, napkins, toothpicks. The ladies here have nice smiles though. I wonder why this place is named Shalom; I guess because they have bagels. The name was more than likely my motivation for stopping in. I probably wouldn't make an effort to come back though I live only 5 minutes away which wouldn't be much of an...
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