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lurkerspeaks · 08/02/2012 21:00

Went out for coffee this afternoon to new-ish cafe. This area has lots of coffee shops so competition is pretty cut-throat.

I ordered a drink & cake and my friend did likewise. About 15mins later our drinks arrive along with one cake. Waitress then explains that the other cakes we ordered was 'off' the menu (despite the fact that there was some clearly on display when we arrived.

She offers us a few alternatives and we chose one of themwhich duly arrived after another 10mins (i.e. really quite a long time after our drinks arrived) but what surprised me was that it came with a bill. The replacement cake was slightly more expensive than the original cake ordered. I have to confess I'd expected them to write off the relatively trivial price difference as they had buggered up and allowed us to order something which was finished. The final surprise was that the waitress expected me (it was my turn to buy coffee) to traipse downstairs to pay there and then. I have to confess I declined and paid on the way out.

I was a bit surprised by this 'customer service' and don't think I'll be going back (the coffee wasn't very good either which didn't help).

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groveromy · 08/02/2012 21:09

Maybe the cake was off the menu because they realized they couldn't serve it and had to throw it out! Was it cream filled? Mouldy?
I agree they should have let u know the replacement cake would have been the same price, I'd say that is pretty standard practice...

IUseTooMuchKitchenRoll · 08/02/2012 21:12

YANBU. You should have complained to management.

AKMD · 08/02/2012 21:17

YANBU, sounds bad and I would write and set out the reasons why you won't be going back. They could be losing a lot of custom if this is a regular experience and there are plenty of alternatives close by.

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