After strolling up and down Oxford Street Bulimba to find a suitable cafe to eat breakfast with my wife and son we decided on the Bulimba Bean. Immediately after finding a seat and a high chair we were greeted by a waitress and placed our order, nothing too difficult either, toast, crossiant, pancakes and two coffees. Minutes past, we read the morning papers, we read some magazines, 30 minutes past and still no coffees... By the 31st min the little one got restless and needed to stretch his legs, hand in hand we circled the cafe, 10 more minutes past, we returned and still no coffee? So my wife went to the counter and asked for our coffee. Coffees? What coffees? They scrambled around looking for the docket. Oh sorry your order has been misplaced?
Now how could that happen? I saw her write it down and return to the kitchen? Oh well mistakes happen.
10 minutes later we received our coffees, not the coffees we ordered either, they were delivered with a message with no charge for these, but hang on we didn't order these kinds of coffees? My wife asks, is the food coming out shortly to the waitresses reply, yes will be out soon.
So 51 minutes had past and we were drinking cappacino's we didn't order and still no food. And not to forget we arrived at the Bulimba Bean at 10:30am, it was almost lunch time and little one had been crying now for a good 10 minutes, due to the lack of morning tea.
So we asked we asked one last time where our food was, it was on its way... apparently... I looked over to the kitchen and saw the waitress and instant coffee making hippie having a discussion looking our way. Had they lost our food order too? I think so.
With that thought we packed up the toys and the pram gave the waitress an unsavoury look and a wave of *#$& YOU and left and went home for lunch and put the little one down for a nap.
Some advice Bulimba Bean, if your are going to continue to sell food and instant coffee to customers either employ compentent waitresses and baristas or purchase a magazine rack and call yourself a newsagency!
You have certainly made the top of our list of where NOT to go!
Yours sincerly. |
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