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09-29-2009, 06:59 PM | #1 |
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Bad Food - Bad Service
We went to celebrate 3 birthdays this evening (Abigail, my mom, my son-in-law) at our favorite Mexican restaurant - but not the location we usually go to. Sadly, the service was bad and the food was really not up to par. It was so unusual - my daughter and her family eat at this location often, and even they commented that the food was not up to par. Nothing tasted like it was supposed to!
We waited 15 minutes for them to take our drink order - so by then we ordered our food with the drinks. It was probably 5 more minutes before she brought our drinks - by now we've been eating chips and hot salsa for 20 minutes with no drinks! Then it took 25 more minutes to get our food and she brought the food to half of us and the other half waited a good 5+ minutes to get their food. My order and my daughter's order was wrong (but nothing we couldn't tolerate). But the worst part was that nothing tasted like it was supposed to! It was just OK, not GOOD as it usually is. Very disappointing. HOWEVER, I just noticed on the bill that she didn't charge us for any of our drinks!!! We each had tea or soft drinks, so that was a nice compensation - although I don't think it was on purpose. I thought when I paid the bill that it was low, now I know why!
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09-29-2009, 07:36 PM | #2 |
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How disappointing. I wonder why they were having problems especially for so much to be wrong. Maybe they had a new cook, but that wouldn't explain the drinks being late. I'm sure that it put a damper on your party. Sorry.
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09-30-2009, 06:20 AM | #3 |
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That would be so disappointing for me. I really enjoy dining out and it's because I usually don't have to wait and the food is so good. I've not been to a disappointing place for quite awhile. Hope it stays that way.
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09-30-2009, 09:48 AM | #4 |
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Oh, Gayle, it's so disappointing when things like that happen. Hope you still have a good time though!!
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09-30-2009, 12:35 PM | #5 |
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Doesn't it seem that good service makes the food taste better and there's nothing worse that bad food with bad service?
There's a chain of family restaurants here, owned by the Pappadoupolis family: Pappas Seafood, Pappas BBQ, Pappasitos Cantina, Pappadeaux Cajun, and Pappas Steakhouse. We love Pappasitos - the best margaritas we've ever had. In 20 years of eating at these restaurants, I don't remember ever having bad service or food at any of them. We did have bad table neighbors once, but we got past it.
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That is terrible, maybe they changed management . I would have complained upon leaving. I guess they didn't charge for the drinks for that reason. But really, sometimes you hate to take it out on the waiters or waitress. I am a good tipper but if the service is bad and the food is not good , I leave much less.
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10-31-2009, 01:51 AM | #7 |
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Bad Food Bad Service
I hate bad customer service. Being in the food industry for 5 years. I pride myself in doing a good job & acknowledging when I make a mistake. I always go out of my way to make up for the nishap.
Where is has the quality of service gone? Bad wait staff...slow restaurants...disgusting food...dont even mention fast food restaurants... Short of never eating out again...what would be the best way to bring these issues up to management? |
10-31-2009, 04:39 AM | #8 |
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Well, we left our thoughts on a comment card, and when things are really bad, I ask to speak to the manager. But you never know how seriously your complaints are taken - I think it may vary from restaurant to restaurant.
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